0001193125-17-377708.txt : 20171222 0001193125-17-377708.hdr.sgml : 20171222 20171222163758 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-377708 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171221 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into 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: 20171222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Owl Rock Capital Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001655888 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 814-01190 FILM NUMBER: 171273057 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10167 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 419-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 41ST FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10167 8-K 1 d462030d8k.htm 8-K 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, 2017 (December 21, 2017)

 

 

Owl Rock Capital Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   814-01190   47-5402460

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

245 Park Avenue

41St Floor

New York, New York

  10167
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 419-3000

Not Applicable

(Former name or address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Emerging growth company  ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 21, 2017 (the “Closing Date”), Owl Rock Capital Corporation (the “Company” or “us”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement governing the issuance of $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”) to institutional investors in a private placement. Also on the Closing Date, ORCC Financing LLC (“ORCC Financing”), a Delaware limited liability company and newly formed subsidiary of the Company, entered into a $400,000,000 Loan and Servicing Agreement (the “SPV Asset Facility”), with ORCC Financing, as Borrower, the Company, as transferor and servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc., as administrative agent, State Street Bank and Trust Company, as collateral agent and Cortland Capital Market Services LLC as collateral custodian. The Notes and the SPV Asset Facility are described in more detail below.

The Company used the proceeds from the Notes and the SPV Asset Facility to pay down debt under (i) its Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2017 (as amended, from time to time), among the Company, as borrower, SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent and lender, and the lenders from time to time party thereto and (ii) its Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2016 (as amended from time to time) among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent and letter of credit issuer, and Wells Fargo, State Street Bank and Trust Company and the banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders.

Note Purchase Agreement

The issuance of $138.5 million of the Notes occurred on December 21, 2017, and $11.5 million of the Notes are expected to be issued in January 2018. The Notes have a fixed interest rate of 4.75% and are due on June 21, 2023. Interest on the Notes will be due semiannually. This interest rate is subject to increase (up to 5.50%) in the event that, subject to certain exceptions, the Notes cease to have an investment grade rating. The Company is obligated to offer to repay the notes at par if certain change in control events occur. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company that rank pari passu with all outstanding and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness issued by the Company.

The Note Purchase Agreement for the Notes contains customary terms and conditions for senior unsecured notes issued in a private placement, including, without limitation, affirmative and negative covenants such as information reporting, maintenance of the Company’s status as a business development company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum asset coverage ratio, and prohibitions on certain fundamental changes at the Company or any subsidiary guarantor, as well as customary events of default with customary cure and notice, including, without limitation, nonpayment, misrepresentation in a material respect, breach of covenant, cross-default under other indebtedness of the Company or certain significant subsidiaries, certain judgments and orders, and certain events of bankruptcy.

The Notes were offered in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act as applicable.

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company entered into an interest rate swap to continue to align the interest rates of its liabilities with its investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. The notional amount of the interest rate swap is one hundred and fifty million Dollars ($150,000,000). The Company will receive fixed rate interest at 4.75% and pay variable rate interest based on the 1-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2.545%. The interest rate swap matures on December 21, 2021.

The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Note Purchase Agreement which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

SPV Asset Facility

In connection with the SPV Asset Facility, from time to time, the Company expects to sell and contribute certain investments to ORCC Financing pursuant to a Sale and Contribution Agreement (the “Sale and Contribution Agreement”) by and between the Company and ORCC Financing. No gain or loss will be recognized as a result of the contribution. Proceeds from the SPV Asset Facility will be used to finance the origination and acquisition of eligible assets by ORCC Financing, including the purchase of such assets from the Company. We retain a residual interest in assets contributed to or acquired by ORCC Financing through our ownership


of ORCC Financing. The maximum principal amount of the SPV Asset Facility is $400 million; the availability of this amount is subject to a borrowing base test, which is based on the value of ORCC Financing’s assets from time to time, and satisfaction of certain conditions, including certain concentration limits.

The SPV Asset Facility provides for the ability to draw and redraw amounts under the SPV Asset Facility for a period of up to three years after the Closing Date (the “Commitment Termination Date”). Unless otherwise terminated, the SPV Asset Facility will mature on December 21, 2022 (the “Facility Maturity Date”). Prior to the Facility Maturity Date, proceeds received by ORCC Financing from principal and interest, dividends, or fees on assets must be used to pay fees, expenses and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company, subject to certain conditions. On the Facility Maturity Date, ORCC Financing must pay in full all outstanding fees and expenses and all principal and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company.

Amounts drawn will bear interest at LIBOR plus a spread of 2.25% until the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, increasing to 2.50% thereafter, until the Commitment Termination Date. After the Commitment Termination Date, amounts drawn will bear interest at LIBOR plus a spread of 2.75%, increasing to 3.00% on the first anniversary of the Commitment Termination Date. After a ramp-up period, there is an unused fee of 0.75% per annum on the amount, if any, by which the undrawn amount under the SPV Asset Facility exceeds 25% of the maximum principal amount of the SPV Asset Facility. The SPV Asset Facility contains customary covenants, including certain financial maintenance covenants, limitations on the activities of ORCC Financing, including limitations on incurrence of incremental indebtedness, and customary events of default. The SPV Asset Facility is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the assets of ORCC Financing and on any payments received by ORCC Financing in respect of those assets. Assets pledged to the Lenders will not be available to pay the debts of the Company.

Borrowings of ORCC Financing are considered our borrowings for purposes of complying with the asset coverage requirements under the 1940 Act.

The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the SPV Asset Agreement and the Sale and Contribution Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of SPV Asset Agreement and the Sale and Contribution Agreement which are filed as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation

The disclosure set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

10.1    Note Purchase Agreement, dated December 21, 2017, by and between Owl Rock Capital Corporation and the purchasers party thereto
10.2    Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated December  21, 2017, by and among by and among Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Transferor and Servicer, ORCC Financing LLC, as Borrower, Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc., as Administrative Agent, State Street Bank and Trust Company, as the Collateral Agent and the Account Bank, Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Collateral Custodian and the banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto as Lenders
10.3    Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2017, by and between Owl Rock Capital Corporation and ORCC Financing LLC


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Owl Rock Capital Corporation
By:  

/s/ Alan Kirshenbaum

Name:   Alan Kirshenbaum
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

December 22, 2017

EX-10.1 2 d462030dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION

$150,000,000

4.75% Senior Notes due June 21, 2023

 

 

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

Dated December 21, 2017

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION   HEADING      PAGE  

SECTION 1.

  AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES; INTEREST RATE      1  

Section 1.1.

  Authorization of Notes      1  

Section 1.2.

  Changes in Interest Rate      1  

SECTION 2.

  SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES      2  

Section 2.1.

  Purchase of Note      2  

Section 2.2.

  Guarantee      3  

SECTION 3.

  CLOSING      3  

SECTION 4.

  CONDITIONS TO CLOSING      3  

Section 4.1.

  Representations and Warranties      3  

Section 4.2.

  Performance; No Default      4  

Section 4.3.

  Compliance Certificates      4  

Section 4.4.

  Opinions of Counsel      4  

Section 4.5.

  Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc.      4  

Section 4.6.

  Sale of Other Notes      4  

Section 4.7.

  Payment of Special Counsel Fees      4  

Section 4.8.

  Private Placement Number      5  

Section 4.9.

  Changes in Corporate Structure      5  

Section 4.10.

  Funding Instructions      5  

Section 4.11.

  Subsidiary Guaranty      5  

Section 4.12.

  Rating      5  

Section 4.13.

  Second Closing      5  

Section 4.14.

  Asset Coverage Test      5  

Section 4.15.

  Consent of Holders of Other Indebtedness      5  

Section 4.16.

  Proceedings and Documents      6  

SECTION 5.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY      6  

Section 5.1.

  Organization; Power and Authority      6  

Section 5.2.

  Authorization, Etc.      6  

Section 5.3.

  Disclosure      7  

Section 5.4.

  Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates      7  

Section 5.5.

  Financial Statements; Material Liabilities      8  

Section 5.6.

  Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.      8  

Section 5.7.

  Governmental Authorizations, Etc.      8  

Section 5.8.

  Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders      9  

Section 5.9.

  Taxes      9  


Section 5.10.

  Title to Property; Leases      9  

Section 5.11.

  Licenses, Permits, Etc.      9  

Section 5.12.

  Compliance with Employee Benefit Plans      10  

Section 5.13.

  Private Offering by the Company      10  

Section 5.14.

  Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations      10  

Section 5.15.

  Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens      10  

Section 5.16.

  Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.      11  

Section 5.17.

  Status under Certain Statutes      12  

Section 5.18.

  Environmental Matters      12  

Section 5.19.

  Investment Company Act      13  

SECTION 6.

  REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS      13  

Section 6.1.

  Purchase for Investment      13  

Section 6.2.

  Source of Funds      13  

SECTION 7.

  INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY      15  

Section 7.1.

  Financial and Business Information      15  

Section 7.2.

  Officer’s Certificate      17  

Section 7.3.

  Visitation      18  

Section 7.4.

  Electronic Delivery      19  

SECTION 8.

  PAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES      19  

Section 8.1.

  Maturity      19  

Section 8.2.

  Optional Prepayments with Prepayment Settlement Amount      20  

Section 8.3.

  Allocation of Partial Prepayments      20  

Section 8.4.

  Maturity; Surrender, Etc.      20  

Section 8.5.

  Purchase of Notes      20  

Section 8.6.

  Make-Whole Amount; Prepayment Settlement Amount      21  

Section 8.7.

  Payments Due on Non-Business Days      23  

Section 8.8.

  Change in Control      23  

Section 8.9.

  Rating Delivery Prepayment      24  

SECTION 9.

  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      25  

Section 9.1.

  Compliance with Laws      25  

Section 9.2.

  Insurance      25  

Section 9.3.

  Maintenance of Properties      25  

Section 9.4.

  Payment of Taxes and Claims      25  

Section 9.5.

  Corporate Existence, Etc.      26  

Section 9.6.

  Books and Records      26  

Section 9.7.

  Subsidiary Guarantors      26  

Section 9.8.

  Rating Confirmation.      27  

Section 9.9.

  Status of RIC and BDC      28  

Section 9.10.

  Investment Policies      28  

 

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SECTION 10.

  NEGATIVE COVENANTS.      28  

Section 10.1.

  Transactions with Affiliates      28  

Section 10.2.

  Fundamental Changes      28  

Section 10.3.

  Line of Business      30  

Section 10.4.

  Economic Sanctions, Etc.      30  

Section 10.5.

  Liens      30  

Section 10.6.

  Intentionally omitted      30  

Section 10.7.

  Restricted Payments      30  

Section 10.8.

  Financial Covenants      31  

Section 10.9.

  Most Favored Lender Status      31  

SECTION 11.

  EVENTS OF DEFAULT      33  

SECTION 12.

  REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.      35  

Section 12.1.

  Acceleration      35  

Section 12.2.

  Other Remedies      36  

Section 12.3.

  Rescission      36  

Section 12.4.

  No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.      37  

SECTION 13.

  REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES      37  

Section 13.1.

  Registration of Notes      37  

Section 13.2.

  Transfer and Exchange of Notes      37  

Section 13.3.

  Replacement of Notes      38  

SECTION 14.

  PAYMENTS ON NOTES      38  

Section 14.1.

  Place of Payment      38  

Section 14.2.

  Payment by Wire Transfer      38  

Section 14.3.

  Tax Information      39  

SECTION 15.

  EXPENSES, ETC.      39  

Section 15.1.

  Transaction Expenses      39  

Section 15.2.

  Certain Taxes      40  

Section 15.3.

  Survival      40  

SECTION 16.

  SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT      40  

SECTION 17.

  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER      41  

Section 17.1.

  Requirements      41  

Section 17.2.

  Solicitation of Holders of Notes      41  

Section 17.3.

  Binding Effect, Etc.      42  

Section 17.4.

  Notes Held by Company, Etc.      42  

 

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SECTION 18.

  NOTICES      42  

SECTION 19.

  REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS      43  

SECTION 20.

  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION      43  

SECTION 21.

  SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER      44  

SECTION 22.

  MISCELLANEOUS      45  

Section 22.1.

  Successors and Assigns      45  

Section 22.2.

  Accounting Terms      45  

Section 22.3.

  Severability      45  

Section 22.4.

  Construction, Etc.      46  

Section 22.5.

  Counterparts      46  

Section 22.6.

  Governing Law      46  

Section 22.7.

  Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial      46  

SECTION 1.

  GUARANTY      2  

SECTION 2.

  OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE      3  

SECTION 3.

  WAIVER      4  

SECTION 4.

  OBLIGATIONS UNIMPAIRED      4  

SECTION 5.

  SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION      5  

SECTION 6.

  REINSTATEMENT OF GUARANTY      6  

SECTION 7.

  RANK OF GUARANTY      6  

SECTION 8.

  ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF EACH GUARANTOR      6  

SECTION 9.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH GUARANTOR      6  

Section 9.1.

  Organization; Power and Authority      6  

Section 9.2.

  Authorization, Etc.      6  

Section 9.4.

  Compliance with Laws, Other instruments, Etc.      7  

Section 9.5.

  Governmental Authorizations, Etc.      7  

Section 9.6.

  Information regarding the Company      7  

Section 9.7.

  Solvency      7  

SECTION 11.

  TERM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT      8  

SECTION 12.

  SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT      8  

 

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SECTION 13.

  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER      8  

Section 13.1.

  Requirements      8  

Section 13.2.

  Solicitation of Holders of Notes      8  

Section 13.3.

  Binding Effect      9  

Section 13.4.

  Notes Held by Company, Etc.      9  

SECTION 14.

  NOTICES[; ENGLISH LANGUAGE]      9  

SECTION 15.

  MISCELLANEOUS      10  

Section 15.1.

  Successors and Assigns; Joinder      10  

Section 15.2.

  Severability      10  

Section 15.3.

  Construction      10  

Section 15.4.

  Further Assurances      10  

Section 15.5.

  Governing Law      10  

Section 15.6.

  Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial      11  

 

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Schedule A    —      Defined Terms
APPENDIX A    —      Certain definitions from PPM
SCHEDULE 1    —      Form of 4.75% Senior Note due June 21, 2023
SCHEDULE 2.2    —      Form of Subsidiary Guaranty
SCHEDULE 4.4(a)    —      Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company
SCHEDULE 4.4(b)    —      Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers
SCHEDULE 5.3    —      Disclosure Materials
SCHEDULE 5.4    —      Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock
SCHEDULE 5.5    —      Financial Statements
SCHEDULE 5.15    —      Existing Indebtedness
SCHEDULE 10.1    —      Affiliate Transactions
PURCHASER SCHEDULE    —      Information Relating to Purchasers

 

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OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION

245 Park Avenue, 41st Floor

New York, NY 10167

4.75% Senior Notes due June 21, 2023

December 21, 2017

TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN

THE PURCHASER SCHEDULE HERETO:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), agrees with each of the Purchasers as follows:

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES; INTEREST RATE.

Section 1.1. Authorization of Notes. The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Senior Notes due June 21, 2023 (the Notes). The Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule A and, for purposes of this Agreement, the rules of construction set forth in Section 22.4 shall govern.

Section 1.2. Changes in Interest Rate. (a) If at any time a Below Investment Grade Event occurs, then:

(i) as of the date of the occurrence of the Below Investment Grade Event to and until the date on which such Below Investment Grade Event is no longer continuing (as evidenced by the receipt and delivery to the holders of the Notes of any Rating necessary to cure such Below Investment Grade Event), the Notes shall bear interest at the Adjusted Interest Rate; and

(ii) the Company shall promptly, and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days after a Below Investment Grade Event has occurred, notify the holders of the Notes in writing, sent in the manner provided in Section 18, that a Below Investment Grade Event has occurred, which written notice shall be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Required Holders to such effect and confirming the effective date of the Below Investment Grade Event and that the Adjusted Interest Rate will be payable in respect of the Notes in consequence thereof.


OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION    NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

(b) Each holder of a Note shall, at the Company’s expense, use reasonable efforts to cooperate with any reasonable request made by the Company in connection with any rating appeal or application.

(c) The fees and expenses of any NRSRO and all other costs incurred in connection with obtaining, affirming or appealing a Rating pursuant to this Section 1.2 shall be borne by the Company.

(d) As used herein, “Adjusted Interest Rate” means the interest rate on the Notes shall be the rate per annum which is 0.75% above the stated rate of such Notes. The Adjusted Interest Rate with respect to the Notes shall be 5.50% per annum.

(e) As used herein, a “Below Investment Grade Event” shall occur if

(i) at any time the Company has obtained a Rating of the Notes from only one NRSRO, the then most recent Rating from such NRSRO that is in full force and effect (not having been withdrawn) is less than Investment Grade; or

(ii) at any time the Company has obtained a Rating of the Notes from two NRSROs, the then lower of the most recent Ratings from the NRSROs that are in full force and effect (not having been withdrawn) is less than Investment Grade; or

(iii) at any time the Company has obtained a Rating of the Notes from three or more NRSROs, the then second lowest of the most recent Ratings from the NRSROs that is in full force and effect (not having been withdrawn) is less than Investment Grade; or

(iv) at any time the Company shall have failed to receive and deliver to the holders of the Notes a Rating of the Notes from at least one NRSRO as required pursuant to Section 9.8(b).

(f) Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Notes shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

SECTION 2. SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES.

Section 2.1. Purchase of Note. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in the Purchaser Schedule at the purchase price of 99.25% of the principal amount thereof; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and each Purchaser agree the Notes shall for all purposes be treated as outstanding in the stated principal balance thereof, subject to principal repayments made by the Company. The Purchasers’ obligations hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.

 

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OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION    NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

Section 2.2. Guarantee. The payment by the Company of all amounts due with respect to the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement will be absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed by the Initial Subsidiary Guarantor and any other Subsidiary that delivers a guaranty pursuant to Section 9.7, pursuant to a Subsidiary Guaranty substantially in the form of Schedule 2.2 (the Subsidiary Guaranty).

SECTION 3. CLOSING.

The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, at 9:00 A.M. Chicago time, at not more than two closings (each individually a “Closing” and, collectively, the “Closing”). The first Closing shall be held on December 21, 2017 (the “First Closing Date”); provided, however, that the First Closing Date may be moved to such other Business Day as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers. The second Closing shall be held on a Business Day, not later than the 10th Business Day following the delivery by the Company of evidence of the Rating of the Notes in accordance with Section 9.8(a) (the “Second Closing Date”) as the Company shall designate by notice to each Purchaser not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Second Closing Date; provided, however, that the Second Closing Date may be moved to such other Business Day as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchasers (each of the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date being a “Closing Date”). At each Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of such Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to account number XXXXXXX at State Street Bank and Trust Co. NA, Boston, Massachusetts, ABA number XXXXXXXXX, account name: Owl Rock Capital Corp, ORCK. If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure by the Company to tender such Notes or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 not having been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction.

SECTION 4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.

Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at a Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at such Closing, of the following conditions:

Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and of the Initial Subsidiary Guarantor in the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be correct when made and at such Closing.

 

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Section 4.2. Performance; No Default. The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at such Closing. Before and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 4.3. Compliance Certificates.

(a) Officer’s Certificate. Each Obligor shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of such Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.9 and 4.14 have been fulfilled.

(b) Secretary’s Certificate. Each Obligor shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated the date of such Closing, certifying as to (i) the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Note Documents to which it is a party and (ii) such Obligor’s organizational documents as then in effect.

Section 4.4. Opinions of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date of such Closing (a) from Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, counsel for the Obligors, covering the matters set forth in Schedule 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) and (b) from Chapman and Cutler LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may reasonably request.

Section 4.5. Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc. On the date of such Closing such Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.

Section 4.6. Sale of Other Notes. Contemporaneously with such Closing the Company shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other Purchaser shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by it at such Closing as specified in the Purchaser Schedule.

Section 4.7. Payment of Special Counsel Fees. Without limiting Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before such Closing the fees, charges and disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to such Closing.

 

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Section 4.8. Private Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the SVO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.

Section 4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure. The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.

Section 4.10. Funding Instructions. At least three Business Days prior to the date of such Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company confirming the information specified in Section 3 including (i) the name and address of the transferee bank, (ii) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (iii) the account name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.

Section 4.11. Subsidiary Guaranty. The Initial Subsidiary Guarantor shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the Subsidiary Guaranty and such Purchaser shall have received a copy thereof.

Section 4.12. Rating. In the case of the second Closing, the Notes shall be rated “BBB-” or better by Kroll, which rating shall specifically describe the Notes, including their interest rate, maturity and Private Placement Number.

Section 4.13. Second Closing. In the case of the second Closing, the transactions contemplated herein with respect to the first Closing shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, except to the extent of any failure of such transactions so to have been consummated that was caused by any failure of any Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder.

Section 4.14. Asset Coverage Test. After giving effect to each issuance of the Notes, the Asset Coverage Ratio shall not be less than the Investment Company Act Asset Coverage.

Section 4.15. Consent of Holders of Other Indebtedness. On or prior to the date of the first Closing, any consents or approvals required to be obtained from any holder or holders of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any amendments of agreements pursuant to which any Indebtedness may have been issued which shall be necessary to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (and shall be in full force and effect on the date of each Closing) and shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel.

 

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Section 4.16. Proceedings and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably request.

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser, as of the date of each Closing (or, if any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, then as of such earlier date), that:

Section 5.1. Organization; Power and Authority. (a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.

(b) The Initial Subsidiary Guarantor is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept applies) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign company, as the case may be, and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Initial Subsidiary Guarantor has the power and authority, as the case may be, to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver the Subsidiary Guaranty and to perform the provisions thereof.

Section 5.2. Authorization, Etc. Each of the Note Documents has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or partnership action on the part of each Obligor party thereto, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note Document will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor to the extent it is a party thereto enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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Section 5.3. Disclosure. (a) The Company, through its agents, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and GreensLedge Capital Markets LLC, has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a Lender Presentation, dated December, 2017 (the Presentation), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Presentation does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact. The Company’s most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. This Agreement, the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company (other than financial projections, pro forma financial information, and other forward-looking information referenced in Section 5.3(b)) prior to December 15, 2017 in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3 (this Agreement and such documents, certificates or other writings and such financial statements delivered to each Purchaser (other than financial projections, pro forma financial information, and other forward-looking information referenced in Section 5.3(b)) being referred to, collectively, as the Disclosure Documents), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2016, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.

(b) All financial projections, pro forma financial information and other forward-looking information which has been delivered to each Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are based upon good faith assumptions and, in the case of financial projections and pro forma financial information, good faith estimates, in each case, believed to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized that (i) such financial information as it relates to future events is subject to significant uncertainty and contingencies (many of which are beyond the control of the Company) and are therefore not to be viewed as fact, and (ii) actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may materially differ from the results set forth therein.

Section 5.4. Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates. (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of (i) the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary and whether such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) the Company’s directors and senior officers.

(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien that is prohibited by this Agreement.

 

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(c) Each Subsidiary is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and, where applicable, is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.

(d) No Subsidiary is subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than the agreements listed on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

Section 5.5. Financial Statements; Material Liabilities. The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5. All of such financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates of such financial statements and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods covered thereby and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).

Section 5.6. Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of the Note Documents to which such Obligor is a party will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of such Obligor or any Subsidiary under, any (A) indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease or any other agreement or instrument to which such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or by which such Obligor, or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected or (B) the corporate charter, regulations or by-laws, shareholders agreement of such Obligor or any Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Obligor or any Subsidiary, in each case, except where any of the foregoing (other than clause (i)(B) above), individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.7. Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Obligor of the Note Documents to which it is a party, other than any filing required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder on Form 8-K, Form 10-Q, or Form 10-K.

 

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Section 5.8. Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders. (a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (i) in default under any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (ii) in violation of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, any arbitrator of any kind or any Governmental Authority or (iii) in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (including Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT Act or any of the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16), which default or violation could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.9. Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (i) where the failure to file or pay, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the amount, applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no basis for any other tax or assessment that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of U.S. federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate.

Section 5.10. Title to Property; Leases. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after such date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.

Section 5.11. Licenses, Permits, Etc. (a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others, except for any such conflicts that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) To the best knowledge of the Company, no product or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) To the best knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Section 5.12. Compliance with Employee Benefit Plans. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or is obligated to maintain or contribute to, or has, at any time within the past six years, maintained, contributed to or been obligated to maintain or contribute to, any employee benefit plan which is subject to Title I or Title IV of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is, or has ever been at any time within the past six years, a “party in interest” (as defined in section 3(14) of ERISA) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Plan.

Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Company. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar Securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy the Notes or any similar Securities from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than 9 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any Securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

Section 5.14. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any Securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more than 10% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 10% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms margin stock and purpose of buying or carrying shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

Section 5.15. Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens. (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 21, 2017 (including descriptions of the obligors and obligees, principal amounts outstanding, any collateral therefor and any Guaranty thereof), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in

 

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effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, as of December 21, 2017, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness or to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness.

(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including its charter or any other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company, except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15.

Section 5.16. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. (a) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity (i) is a Blocked Person or Canada Blocked Person, (ii) has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a State Sanctions List or (iii) is a target of sanctions that have been imposed by the United Nations or the European Union.

 

(b) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity (i) has violated, been found in violation of, or been charged or convicted under, any applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, any Canadian Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws or (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, any Canadian Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws.

(c) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder:

(i) constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or Canada Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Company or any Controlled Entity, directly or indirectly, (A) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person or Canada Blocked Person, (B) for any purpose that would cause any Purchaser to be in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or any Canadian Economic Sanctions Laws or (C) otherwise in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or any Canadian Economic Sanctions Laws;

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(iii) will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of making any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in each case which would be in violation of, or cause any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

(d) The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Canadian Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws.

Section 5.17. Status under Certain Statutes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, or the Federal Power Act.

Section 5.18. Environmental Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim and no proceeding has been instituted asserting any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties or other assets now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 5.19. Investment Company Act.

(a) Status as Business Development Company. The Company has elected to be regulated as a “business development company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act and qualifies as a RIC.

(b) Compliance with Investment Company Act. The business and other activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the issuance of the Notes hereunder, the application of the proceeds and repayment thereof by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not result in a violation or breach in any material respect of the provisions of the Investment Company Act or any rules, regulations or orders issued by the SEC thereunder, in each case that are applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(c) Investment Policies. The Company is in compliance in all respects with the Investment Policies, except to the extent that the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS.

Section 6.1. Purchase for Investment. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s or their control. Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the Company is not required to register the Notes.

Section 6.2. Source of Funds. Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a Source) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:

(a) the Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the NAIC (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or

 

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(b) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or

(c) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or

(d) the Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”)) managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in the Company that would cause the QPAM and the Company to be “related” within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or

(e) the Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Part IV(h) of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”)) managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV(a) of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Part IV(d)(3) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 10% or more interest in the Company and (i) the identity of such INHAM and (ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or

(f) the Source is a governmental plan; or

 

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(g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (g); or

(h) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.

As used in this Section 6.2, the terms “employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,” and “separate account” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.

SECTION 7. INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY

Section 7.1. Financial and Business Information. The Company shall deliver to each holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor:

(a) Quarterly Statements — within 45 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of,

(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and

(ii) consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;

(b) Annual Statements — within 90 days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of

(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and

 

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(ii) consolidated statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,

setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances;

(c) SEC and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each financial statement, proxy statement or similar document sent by the Company or any Subsidiary to its public Securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material;

(d) Notice of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within 5 days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

(e) Employee Benefits Matters — promptly, and in any event within 5 days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:

(i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof;

(ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan;

 

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(iii) any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(iv) receipt of notice of the imposition of a Material financial penalty (which for this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other liability, whether by way of indemnity or otherwise) with respect to one or more Non-U.S. Plans;

(f) Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the Company or any Subsidiary from any Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(g) Resignation or Replacement of Auditors — within 10 days following the date on which the Company’s auditors resign or the Company elects to change auditors, as the case may be, notification thereof, together with such further information as the Required Holders may request;

(h) Other Material Developments — with reasonable promptness, any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; and

(i) Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of a Note.

Section 7.2. Officers Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of a Note pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer:

(a) Covenant Compliance — setting forth the information from such financial statements that is required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.8 during the quarterly or annual period covered by the financial statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such provision that involves mathematical calculations, the information from such financial statements that is required to perform such calculations) and detailed calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Section, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in existence. In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary has made an election

 

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to measure any financial liability using fair value (which election is being disregarded for purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement pursuant to Section 22.2) as to the period covered by any such financial statement, such Senior Financial Officer’s certificate as to such period shall include a reconciliation from GAAP with respect to such election;

(b) Event of Default — certifying that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including any such event or condition resulting from the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto; and

(c) Subsidiary Guarantors – setting forth a list of all Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Guarantors and certifying that each Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.7 is a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, as of the date of such certificate of Senior Financial Officer.

Section 7.3. Visitation. The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor:

(a) No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon at least 10 Business Days’ prior notice to the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) its independent public accountants, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing; provided, that the visitation rights set forth in this Section 7.3(a) may only be exercised twice per calendar year by a holder of the Notes; and

(b) Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be requested.

 

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Section 7.4. Electronic Delivery. Financial statements, opinions of independent certified public accountants, other information and Officer’s Certificates that are required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Sections 7.1(a), (b) or (c) and Section 7.2 shall be deemed to have been delivered if the Company satisfies any of the following requirements with respect thereto:

(a) such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or (b) and related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 and any other information required under Section 7.1(c) are delivered to each holder of a Note by e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in such holder’s Purchaser Schedule or as communicated from time to time in a separate writing delivered to the Company;

(b) the Company shall have timely filed such Form 10–Q or Form 10–K, satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b), as the case may be, with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such form available on its home page on the internet, which is located at http://owlrock.com/overview-orcc as of the date of this Agreement and shall have delivered the related Officer’s Certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 to each holder of a Note by email;

(c) such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) and related Officer’s Certificate(s) satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 and any other information required under Section 7.1(c) are timely posted by or on behalf of the Company on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access; or

(d) the Company shall have timely filed any of the items referred to in Section 7.1(c) with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such items available on its home page on the internet or on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access;

provided however, that in no case shall access to such financial statements, other information and Officer’s Certificates be conditioned upon any waiver or other agreement or consent (other than confidentiality provisions consistent with Section 20 of this Agreement); provided further, that in the case of any of clauses (b), (c) or (d), the Company shall have given each holder of a Note prior written notice, which may be by e-mail, included in the Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.2 or in accordance with Section 18, of such posting or filing in connection with each delivery, provided further, that upon request of any holder to receive paper copies of such forms, financial statements, other information and Officer’s Certificates or to receive them by e-mail, the Company will promptly e-mail them or deliver such paper copies, as the case may be, to such holder.

SECTION 8. PAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES.

Section 8.1. Maturity. As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of each Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date thereof.

 

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Section 8.2. Optional Prepayments with Prepayment Settlement Amount. The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, and the Prepayment Settlement Amount determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 10 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment unless the Company and the Required Holders agree to another time period pursuant to Section 17. Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the Prepayment Settlement Amount due in connection with such prepayment setting forth the details of such computation.

Section 8.3. Allocation of Partial Prepayments. In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.2, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.

Section 8.4. Maturity; Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.

Section 8.5. Purchase of Notes. The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata to the holders of all Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 10 Business Days. If the holders of more than 25% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding accept such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of days necessary to give each such remaining holder at least 5 Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.

 

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Section 8.6. Make-Whole Amount; Prepayment Settlement Amount.

“Prepayment Settlement Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the “Prepayment Settlement Amount”, as follows:

 

Prepaid or Accelerated during the period    Prepayment Settlement Amount
on or before December 21, 2019    the Make-Whole Amount

after December 21, 2019

but on or before

December 21, 2020

   an amount equal to 2.5% of the principal amount of the Notes or portion thereof to be prepaid or accelerated

after December 21, 2020

but on or before

December 21, 2021

   an amount equal to 1.0% of the principal amount of the Notes or portion thereof to be prepaid or accelerated

After December 21, 2021, the Prepayment Settlement Amount shall be zero.

The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Called Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

“Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.

 

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“Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the sum of (a) 0.50% plus (b) the yield to maturity implied by the “Ask Yield(s)” reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities (“Reported”) having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there are no such U.S. Treasury securities Reported having a maturity equal to such Remaining Average Life, then such implied yield to maturity will be determined by (i) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (ii) interpolating linearly between the “Ask Yields” Reported for the applicable most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities with the maturities (1) closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

If such yields are not Reported or the yields Reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), then “Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the sum of (x) 0.50% plus (y) the yield to maturity implied by the U.S. Treasury constant maturity yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there is no such U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal to such Remaining Average Life, such implied yield to maturity will be determined by interpolating linearly between (1) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.

“Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years, computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and calculated to two decimal places, that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.

“Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, (a) with respect to the Called Principal of any Note to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2, the sum of (i) all payments of such Called Principal (assuming such Called Principal would be due on December 21, 2019) and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal until December 21, 2019 if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a

 

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date on which interest payments are due to be made under the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2 and (ii) an amount equal to 2.5% of the principal amount of the Notes or portion thereof to be prepaid or accelerated as if due and payable December 21, 2019.

(b) with respect to the Called Principal of any Note required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 12.1, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 12.1.

“Settlement Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.

Section 8.7. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, (x) except as set forth in clause (y), any payment of interest on any Note that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; and (y) any payment of principal of, Make-Whole Amount on, or the Prepayment Settlement Amount on any Note (including principal due on the Maturity Date of such Note) that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and shall include the additional days elapsed in the computation of interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.

Section 8.8. Change in Control.

(a) Notice of Change in Control. The Company will, within fifteen Business Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change in Control, give written notice of such Change in Control to each holder of Notes. Such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes as described in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.8 and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (g) of this Section 8.8.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) Offer to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by subparagraph (a) of this Section 8.8 shall be an offer to prepay, in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.8, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only, “holder” in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such offer (the “Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date”). Such date shall be not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the date of such offer (if the Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the first Business Day after the 45th day after the date of such offer).

 

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(d) Acceptance/Rejection. A holder of Notes may accept the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.8 by causing a notice of such acceptance to be delivered to the Company not later than 15 Business Days after receipt by such holder of the most recent offer of prepayment. A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.8 shall be deemed to constitute rejection of such offer by such holder.

(e) Prepayment. Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.8 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest on such Notes accrued to, but excluding, the date of prepayment, but without Make-Whole Amount, Prepayment Settlement Amount or other premium.

(f) [Reserved].

(g) Officer’s Certificate. Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.8 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by a Senior Financial Officer of the Company and dated the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.8; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid; (iv) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to, but excluding, the Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date; (v) that the conditions of this Section 8.8 have been fulfilled; and (vi) in reasonable detail, the nature and date of the Change in Control.

Section 8.9. Rating Delivery Prepayment. If within 60 days after the date of the first Closing (the Delivery Due Date), the Company shall have not delivered to each holder of a Note and each Purchaser in the manner provided in Section 18 evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the holders and the Purchasers that the Notes have been rated “BBB-” or better by either Kroll or another NRSRO, then the Company shall, within 10 Business Days after the Delivery Due Date and upon notice as provided below, prepay all of the outstanding Notes at 99.50% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest on such Notes accrued to, but excluding, the date of prepayment, but without payment of the Make-Whole Amount or other premium. The Company will give each holder of Notes written notice of each prepayment under this Section 8.9 not less than 5 days and not more than 10 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment unless the Company and the Required Holders agree to another time period pursuant to Section 17. Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the amount due in connection with such prepayment.

 

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SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

Section 9.1. Compliance with Laws. Without limiting Section 10.4, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject (including ERISA, Environmental Laws, the USA PATRIOT Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16) and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.2. Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.

Section 9.3. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section 9.3 shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.4. Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 9.5. Corporate Existence, Etc. Subject to Section 10.2, the Company will at all times preserve and keep its corporate existence in full force and effect. Subject to Section 10.2, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.6. Books and Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have devised a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that their respective books, records, and accounts accurately reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets and the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, continue to maintain such system.

Section 9.7. Subsidiary Guarantors. (a) The Company will cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than Financing Subsidiaries and Foreign Subsidiaries) that (i) guarantees any Indebtedness under any Material Credit Facility for which the Company is a borrower or (ii) otherwise becomes liable at any time, whether as a borrower or an additional or co - borrower or otherwise, for or in respect of any Indebtedness under any Material Credit Facility for which the Company is a guarantor to concurrently therewith:

(i) enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty or a joinder thereto; and

(ii) deliver the following to each holder of a Note:

(A) an executed counterpart of such Subsidiary Guaranty or a joinder thereto;

(B) a certificate signed by an authorized responsible officer of such Subsidiary containing representations and warranties on behalf of such Subsidiary to the same effect, mutatis mutandis, as those contained in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6 and 5.7 of this Agreement (but with respect to such Subsidiary and such Subsidiary Guaranty rather than the Company);

(C) all documents as may be reasonably requested by the Required Holders to evidence the due organization, continuing existence and, where applicable, good standing of such Subsidiary and the due authorization by all requisite action on the part of such Subsidiary of the execution and delivery of such Subsidiary Guaranty and the performance by such Subsidiary of its obligations thereunder; and

 

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(D) an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders covering such matters relating to such Subsidiary and such Subsidiary Guaranty as the Required Holders may reasonably request.

(b) At the election of the Company and by written notice to each holder of Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantor that has provided a Subsidiary Guaranty under subparagraph (a) of this Section 9.7 may be discharged from all of its obligations and liabilities under its Subsidiary Guaranty and shall be automatically released from its obligations thereunder without the need for the execution or delivery of any other document by the holders, provided that (i) if such Subsidiary Guarantor is a guarantor or is otherwise liable for or in respect of any Material Credit Facility, then such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released and discharged (or will be released and discharged concurrently with the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty) under such Material Credit Facility, (ii) at the time of, and after giving effect to, such release and discharge, no Default or Event of Default shall be existing, (iii) no amount is then due and payable under such Subsidiary Guaranty, (iv) if in connection with such Subsidiary Guarantor being released and discharged under any Material Credit Facility, any fee or other form of consideration is given to any holder of Indebtedness under such Material Credit Facility for such release, the holders of the Notes shall receive equivalent consideration substantially concurrently therewith and (v) each holder shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying as to the matters set forth in clauses (i) through (iv).

Section 9.8. Rating Confirmation. (a) Within 60 days after the date of the first Closing, the Company shall deliver to each holder of a Note and each Purchaser in the manner provided in Section 18 evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the holders and the Purchasers that the Notes have been rated “BBB-” or better by either Kroll or another NRSRO.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the Company covenants and agrees that, at its sole cost and expense, it shall cause to be maintained at all times a Rating of the Notes from at least one NRSRO that indicates that it will monitor the rating on an ongoing basis. No later than December 21 of each year (beginning December 21, 2018) the Company further covenants and agrees it shall provide a notice to each of the holders of the Notes sent in the manner provided in Section 18 with respect to all then current Ratings.

(c) The Company, the holders and the Purchasers agree that in the event the Company shall fail to deliver a Rating in accordance with clause (a) above, the Company shall (i) purchase the Outstanding Notes in accordance with Section 8.9 and (ii) pay each Purchaser which has not yet purchased Notes in accordance with this Agreement a fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes to be so purchased by such Purchaser.

(d) The Company and the holders further agree that the failure to deliver a Rating in accordance with clause (a) above shall not constitute an Event of Default unless the Company shall also (i) fail to prepay the Notes in accordance with Section 8.9 or (ii) fail to pay the fee in accordance with clause (c) above.

 

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Section 9.9. Status of RIC and BDC. The Company shall at all times, subject to applicable grace periods set forth in the Code, maintain its status as a RIC, and as a “business development company” under the Investment Company Act.

Section 9.10. Investment Policies. The Company shall at all times be in compliance with its Investment Policies, except to the extent that the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding:

Section 10.1. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into directly or indirectly any transaction or group of related transactions (including the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except (i) in the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, (ii) transactions otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (iii) transactions permitted under the SunTrust Facility or the Replacement Facility, (iv) transactions with Affiliates that are set forth in Schedule 10.1, or (v) or a transaction that has been (A) approved by a majority of the independent directors of the board of directors of the Company and (B) consented to by the Required Holders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

Section 10.2. Fundamental Changes. The Company will not, nor will it permit any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution). The Company will not, nor will it permit any of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section:

(a) any Subsidiary Guarantor may be merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that if any such transaction shall be between a Subsidiary Guarantor and a wholly owned Subsidiary Guarantor, the wholly owned Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation;

(b) any Subsidiary Guarantor may convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that if any such transaction shall be between a Subsidiary Guarantor and a wholly owned Subsidiary Guarantor, the wholly owned Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation;

 

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(c) the Company may merge or consolidate with any other Person so long as (i) the Company is the continuing or surviving entity in such transaction and (ii) at the time thereof and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing and (iii) the Company shall have provided the holders of the Notes evidence that the then current Rating of the Notes shall, after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, have been reaffirmed;

(d) the Obligors may convey, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets to a Financing Subsidiary so long as after giving effect to such sale, transfer or other disposition (and any concurrent acquisitions of Portfolio Investments or payment of outstanding Indebtedness), (i) no Default or Event of Default hereunder or as defined under the SunTrust Facility or the Replacement Facility shall have occurred or be continuing, (ii) the Company delivers to the holders of the Notes a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer to such effect and (iii) the Company shall have provided the holders of the Notes evidence that the then current Rating of the Notes shall, after giving effect to such conveyance, sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, have been reaffirmed; and

(e) the Company may merge or consolidate with any other Person, or convey, sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, so long as:

(i) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company shall be a solvent corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), and, if the Company is not such corporation or limited liability company, (A) such corporation or limited liability company shall have executed and delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement and the Notes applicable to the Company, as appropriate, and (B) such corporation or limited liability company shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof; and

(ii) each Subsidiary Guarantor under any Subsidiary Guaranty that is outstanding at the time such transaction or each transaction in such a series of transactions occurs reaffirms its obligations under such Subsidiary Guaranty in writing at such time pursuant to documentation that is reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders;

(iii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

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(iv) the Company shall have provided the holders of the Notes evidence that the then current Rating of the Notes shall, after giving effect to such merger, consolidation, conveyance, sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, have been reaffirmed.

Section 10.3. Line of Business. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this Agreement as described in the the Company’s most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, other than in accordance with its Investment Policies.

Section 10.4. Economic Sanctions, Etc. The Company will not, and will not permit any Controlled Entity to (a) become (including by virtue of being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person or Canada Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or Canada Blocked Person or (b) directly or indirectly have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Notes) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (i) would cause any holder or any affiliate of such holder to be in violation of, or subject to sanctions under, any law or regulation applicable to such holder, or (ii) is prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or any Canadian Economic Sanctions Laws.

Section 10.5. Liens. The Company will not directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including, without limitation, any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not, for purposes of this Section 10.5, include assets owned by a Financing Subsidiary), whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits, except (a) Liens which secure obligations under the SunTrust Facility or the Replacement Facility, (b) Liens permitted under the SunTrust Facility or the Replacement Facility or (c) other Liens which rank at least pari passu with all such Liens securing obligations under the SunTrust Facility or the Replacement Facility; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such other Liens under this clause (c), or any Indebtedness secured thereby, shall not include, or be subject to, any “first in/last out” or other priority or preference in right of payment.

Section 10.6. [Intentionally omitted]

Section 10.7. Restricted Payments. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, declare or make, or agree to declare, pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except that the Company may declare and pay a Restricted Payment if, in every such case, immediately after such transaction, (i) the Investment Company Act Asset Coverage would be achieved after deducting the amount of such Restricted Payment and (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; provided, however, that notwithstanding the existence of a Default, the Company may pay dividends in an amount equal to its investment company taxable income, net tax-exempt interest income and capital gain net income that are required to be distributed to its shareholders in order to maintain its status as a RIC and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes imposed on RICs.

 

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Section 10.8. Financial Covenants.

(a) Minimum Shareholders’ Equity. The Company will not permit Shareholders’ Equity at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company to be less than the greater of (i) 40% of the value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) 75% of Shareholders’ Equity, determined as of February 1, 2017, plus 50% of the net proceeds of the sale of Equity Interests by the Company and its Subsidiaries after February 1, 2017 (other than proceeds of sales of Equity Interests by and among the Company and its Subsidiaries).

(b) Asset Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the Asset Coverage Ratio as of the last Business Day of any fiscal quarter to be less than the Investment Company Act Asset Coverage.

Section 10.9. Most Favored Lender Status. (a) If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (i) is as of the date of this Agreement a party to a credit facility, loan agreement or other like financial instrument under which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor may incur Unsecured Debt (other than under Hedging Agreements) in excess of $25,000,000 (an Existing Credit Facility), or (ii) after the date of this Agreement enters into any amendment or other modification of any Existing Credit Facility (an Amended Credit Facility) or (iii) enters into any new credit facility, whether with commercial banks or other Institutional Investors pursuant to a credit agreement, note purchase agreement or other like agreement after the date of this Agreement under which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor may incur Unsecured Debt (other than under Hedging Agreements) in excess of $25,000,000 (in any such case, a New Credit Facility), that in any such case has on the date of this Agreement, or after the date of this Agreement results in, one or more additional or more restrictive MFL Provisions (whether constituting a financial covenant or an event of default) imposed on the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, than those contained in this Agreement being contained in any such Existing Credit Facility, Amended Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as the case may be (such additional or more restrictive MFL Provision or event of default, as the case may be, together with all definitions relating thereto, in the case of an Existing Credit Facility, including as amended by an Amended Credit Facility, the Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) and in the case of a New Credit Facility, the New Facility Additional Provision(s)), then the terms of this Agreement, without any further action on the part of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of the holders of the Notes, will unconditionally be deemed on the effective date of such Amended Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as the case may be, or the date hereof in the case of an Existing Credit Facility to be automatically amended to include the Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or such New Facility Additional Provision(s), as the case may be, and imposed on the same party hereunder that is subject to such provision under the Existing Credit Facility, the Amended Credit Facility, or the New Credit Facility, as applicable, and any event of default in respect of any such additional or more restrictive MFL Provision(s) so included herein shall be deemed to be an Event of Default under Section 11(c) (after giving effect to any grace or cure provisions under such Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or such New Facility Additional Provision(s) or event of default), subject to all applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies exercisable by the holders of the Notes hereunder.

 

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(b) If after the date of execution of any Amended Credit Facility or a New Credit Facility, as the case may be, any one or more of the Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or the New Facility Additional Provision(s) is excluded, terminated, loosened, tightened, amended or otherwise modified under the corresponding Amended Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as applicable, then and in such event any such Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s) theretofore included in this Agreement pursuant to the requirements of this Section 10.9 shall then and thereupon automatically and without any further action by any Person be so excluded, terminated, loosened, tightened or otherwise amended or modified under this Section 10.9 to the same extent as the exclusion, termination, loosening, tightening of other amendment or modification thereof under the Amended Credit Facility or New Credit Facility; provided that if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing by reason of the Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or the New Facility Additional Provision(s) at the time any such Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s) is or are to be so excluded, terminated, loosened, tightened, amended or modified under this Section 10.9, the prior written consent thereto of the Required Holders shall be required as a condition to the exclusion, termination, loosening, tightening or other amendment or modification of any such Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s), as the case may be; and provided, further, that in any and all events, the financial covenant(s) and related definitions or any event of default constituting any financial covenant and Events of Default contained in this Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement shall not in any event be deemed or construed to be excluded, terminated, loosened, relaxed, amended or otherwise modified by operation of the terms of this Section 10.9.

(c) The Company shall from time to time, upon request by the Required Holders, promptly execute and deliver at its expense (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Notes, taken as a whole) an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders evidencing that, pursuant to this Section 10.9, this Agreement then and thereafter includes, excludes, amends or otherwise modifies any Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s), as the case may be; provided that the execution and delivery of such amendment shall not be a precondition to the effectiveness of such amendment.

(d) The Company agrees that it will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary or Affiliate to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration or remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any creditor of the Company, any co-obligor or any Subsidiary as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any such creditor of any amendment, waiver or other modification to any Existing Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as the case may be, the effect of which amendment, waiver or other modification is to exclude, terminate, loosen, tighten or otherwise amend or modify any Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s), unless such consideration or remuneration is concurrently paid, on the same terms, ratably to the holders of all of the Notes then outstanding.

 

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SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:

(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, or the Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or

(b) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or

(c) the Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 7.1(d) or Section 10; or

(d) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and (c) and other than Section 9.8(a)) or in any Subsidiary Guaranty and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii) the Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or

(e) (i) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or by any officer of the Company in this Agreement or any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made, or (ii) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor or by any officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor in any Subsidiary Guaranty or any writing furnished in connection with such Subsidiary Guaranty proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or

(f) (i) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least the Cross Acceleration Threshold (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least the Cross Acceleration Threshold (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared, due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other

 

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than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such Indebtedness into equity interests) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least the Cross Acceleration Threshold (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment); in each case other than a default, event, or condition that relates to a Change in Control and with respect to which Section 8.8 applies; provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to (1) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; or (2) convertible debt that becomes due as a result of a conversion or redemption event, other than as a result of an “event of default” (as defined in the documents governing such convertible debt); or

(g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) 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, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) 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, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or

(h) a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, 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 constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or

(i) [Reserved]; or

(j) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money aggregating in excess of the Judgment Default Threshold (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) are rendered against one or more of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or

 

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(k) if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) there is any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under one or more Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, (iv) the aggregate present value of accrued benefit liabilities under all funded Non-U.S. Plans exceeds the aggregate current value of the assets of such Non-U.S. Plans allocable to such liabilities, (v) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (vi) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, (vii) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder, (viii) the Company or any Subsidiary fails to administer or maintain a Non-U.S. Plan in compliance with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations or court orders or any Non-U.S. Plan is involuntarily terminated or wound up, or (ix) the Company or any Subsidiary becomes subject to the imposition of a financial penalty (which for this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other liability, whether by way of indemnity or otherwise) with respect to one or more Non-U.S. Plans; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (ix) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Section 11(k), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan” shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA; or

(l) any Subsidiary Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect in any material respect, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Subsidiary Guaranty, or the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under any Subsidiary Guaranty are not or cease to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with the terms of such Subsidiary Guaranty; or

(m) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall cause or permit the occurrence of any condition or event that would result in any recourse to any Obligor under any Permitted SBIC Guarantee.

SECTION 12. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.

Section 12.1. Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in Section 11(g) or (h) (other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of Section 11(g) or described in clause (vi) of Section 11(g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of Section 11(g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable.

 

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(b) If any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.

(c) If any Event of Default described in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable.

Upon any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate) and (y) (i) if such Notes become due and payable under this Section 12.1 on or before December 21, 2019, the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law) or (ii) if such Notes become due and payable under this Section 12.1 after December 21, 2019, the Prepayment Settlement Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount or Prepayment Settlement Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.

Section 12.2. Other Remedies. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note or Subsidiary Guaranty, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.

Section 12.3. Rescission. At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or (c), the Required Holders, by written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and the Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and the Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Note upon any holder thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.

SECTION 13. REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES.

Section 13.1. Registration of Notes. The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. If any holder of one or more Notes is a nominee, then (a) the name and address of the beneficial owner of such Note or Notes shall also be registered in such register as an owner and holder thereof and (b) at any such beneficial owner’s option, either such beneficial owner or its nominee may execute any amendment, waiver or consent pursuant to this Agreement. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes.

Section 13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes. Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), within 10 Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Schedule 1. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any

 

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stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2.

Section 13.3. Replacement of Notes. Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and

(a) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000 or a Qualified Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or

(b) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,

within 10 Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.

SECTION 14. PAYMENTS ON NOTES.

Section 14.1. Place of Payment. Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of SunTrust Bank in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in such jurisdiction.

Section 14.2. Payment by Wire Transfer. So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any, interest and all other amounts becoming due hereunder by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below such Purchaser’s name in the Purchaser Schedule, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall

 

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surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee, such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchasers have made in this Section 14.2.

Section 14.3. Tax Information. By acceptance of any Note, the holder of such Note agrees that such holder will with reasonable promptness duly complete and deliver to the Company, or to such other Person as may be reasonably requested by the Company, from time to time (a) any forms, documents, or certifications as may be reasonably required for the Company to satisfy any information reporting or withholding tax obligations with respect to any payments under this Agreement, (b) in the case of any such holder that is a United States Person, such holder’s United States tax identification number or other forms reasonably requested by the Company necessary to establish such holder’s status as a United States Person under FATCA and as may otherwise be necessary for the Company to comply with its obligations under FATCA and (c) in the case of any such holder that is not a United States Person, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation as may be necessary for the Company to comply with its obligations under FATCA and to determine that such holder has complied with such holder’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount (if any) to deduct and withhold from any such payment made to such holder. Nothing in this Section 14.3 shall require any holder to provide information that is confidential or proprietary to such holder unless the Company is required to obtain such information under FATCA and, in such event, the Company shall treat any such information it receives as confidential.

SECTION 15. EXPENSES, ETC.

Section 15.1. Transaction Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses, including financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes and any Subsidiary

 

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Guaranty and (c) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information with the SVO provided, that such costs and expenses under this clause (c) shall not exceed $3,500. If required by the NAIC, the Company shall obtain and maintain at its own cost and expense a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

The Company will pay, and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, (i) all claims in respect of any fees, costs or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder in connection with its purchase of the Notes), (ii) any and all wire transfer fees that any bank or other financial institution deducts from any payment under such Note to such holder or otherwise charges to a holder of a Note with respect to a payment under such Note and (iii) any judgment, liability, claim, order, decree, fine, penalty, cost, fee, expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) or obligation resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the use of the proceeds of the Notes by the Company.

Section 15.2. Certain Taxes. The Company agrees to pay all stamp, documentary or similar taxes or fees which may be payable in respect of the execution and delivery or the enforcement of this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty or the execution and delivery (but not the transfer) or the enforcement of any of the Notes in the United States or any other jurisdiction where the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor has assets or of any amendment of, or waiver or consent under or with respect to, this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty or of any of the Notes, and to pay any value added tax due and payable in respect of reimbursement of costs and expenses by the Company pursuant to this Section 15, and will save each holder of a Note to the extent permitted by applicable law harmless against any loss or liability resulting from nonpayment or delay in payment of any such tax or fee required to be paid by the Company hereunder.

Section 15.3. Survival. The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 16. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of such Purchaser or any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and any Subsidiary Guaranties embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

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SECTION 17. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.

Section 17.1. Requirements. This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, except that:

(a) no amendment or waiver of any of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing;

(b) no amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of each Purchaser and the holder of each Note at the time outstanding, (i) subject to Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of (x) interest on the Notes or (y) the Make-Whole Amount or the Prepayment Settlement Amount, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8 (except as set forth in the second sentence of Section 8.2), 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20; and

(c) no amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the Company and the Super-Majority Holders, amend or waive any of Section 10.8(a).

Section 17.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

(a) Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of a Note with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty to each holder of a Note promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

(b) Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder of a Note as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by such holder of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof or of any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Note unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of a Note even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

 

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(c) Consent in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent given pursuant to this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty by a holder of a Note that has transferred or has agreed to transfer its Note to (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate or (iii) any other Person in connection with, or in anticipation of, such other Person acquiring, making a tender offer for or merging with the Company and/or any of its Affiliates, in each case in connection with such consent, shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers granted or to be effected or granted that would not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all other holders of Notes that were acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder.

Section 17.3. Binding Effect, Etc. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and any holder of a Note and no delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note or Subsidiary Guaranty shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note.

Section 17.4. Notes Held by Company, Etc. Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

SECTION 18. NOTICES.

Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 7.4, all notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent, or (d) by e-mail, provided, that upon request of any holder to receive paper copies of such notices or communications, the Company will promptly deliver such paper copies to such holder:

(i) if to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,

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(iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer, or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.

Notices under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received.

SECTION 19. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.

This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any Purchaser at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.

SECTION 20. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

For the purposes of this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser, provided that such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its auditors, financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by this Section 20), (v) any Person from

 

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which it offers to purchase any Security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchaser’s Notes, this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying this Section 20.

In the event that as a condition to receiving access to information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, any Purchaser or holder of a Note is required to agree to a confidentiality undertaking (whether through IntraLinks, another secure website, a secure virtual workspace or otherwise) which is different from this Section 20, this Section 20 shall not be amended thereby and, as between such Purchaser or such holder and the Company, this Section 20 shall supersede any such other confidentiality undertaking.

SECTION 21. SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER.

Each Purchaser shall have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates or another Purchaser or any one of such other Purchaser’s Affiliates (other than any entity that has elected to be regulated as a “business development company” under the Investment Company Act) (a “Substitute Purchaser”) as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Substitute Purchaser, shall contain such Substitute Purchaser’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Substitute Purchaser of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser in lieu of such original Purchaser. In the event that such Substitute Purchaser is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Substitute Purchaser thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Substitute Purchaser, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Substitute Purchaser as a “Purchaser” in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser, but shall refer to such original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 22. MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 22.1. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not, except that, subject to Section 10.2, the Company may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under the Notes without the prior written consent of each holder. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 22.2. Accounting Terms. (a) All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement (including Section 9, Section 10 and the definition of “Indebtedness”), any election by the Company to measure any financial liability using fair value (as permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 825-10-25Fair Value Option or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.

(b) If the Company notifies the holder of the Notes that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if a holder of the Notes notifies the Company that the Required Holders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

(c) All leases that would be treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP on the date hereof shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations hereunder regardless of any change to GAAP following the date hereof that would otherwise require such leases to be treated as Capital Lease Obligations.

Section 22.3. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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Section 22.4. Construction, Etc. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

Defined terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein) and, for purposes of the Notes, shall also include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13, (b) subject to Section 22.1, any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Schedules to, this Agreement, and (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Section 22.5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.

Section 22.6. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

Section 22.7. Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court, in each case, sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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(b) The Company agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that a final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.7(a) brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it subject to rights of appeal, as the case may be, and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of New York (or any other courts to the jurisdiction of which it or any of its assets is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment.

(c) The Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.7(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered, certified, priority or express mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt or delivery confirmation requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Company agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

(d) Nothing in this Section 22.7 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

(e) THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH.

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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company.

 

Very truly yours,
OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION
By    
  Alan Kirshenbaum, Chief Financial Officer

 


OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION    NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

DELAWARE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By    
  Name:
  Title:
DELAWARE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By    
  Name:
  Title:
DL REINSURANCE COMPANY
By    
  Name:
  Title:
SEABRIGHT INSURANCE COMPANY
By    
  Name:
  Title:
DELAWARE LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY (BERMUDA) LTD.
By    
  Name:
  Title:

 


OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION    NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

GUGGENHEIM LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
By    
 

Name:

  Title:

 


OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION    NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

GREAT AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By    
  Name:
  Title:
GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
By    
  Name:
  Title:

 


OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION    NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

5 STAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director
AMERICAN HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director
HAWAII EMPLOYERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director
PINNACOL ASSURANCE COMPANY
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director

 


OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION    NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

USABLE LIFE
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director
MISSOURI EMPLOYERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director
NATIONAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director
PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:   Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager
By    
Name:   John Petchler
Title:   Director

 


DEFINED TERMS

As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:

“Adjusted Interest Rate” is defined in Section 1.2(d).

“Affiliate” means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Affiliate” shall not include any Person that constitutes a Portfolio Investment.

“Agreement” means this Note Purchase Agreement, including all Schedules attached to this Agreement.

“Amended Credit Facility” is defined in Section 10.9.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding bribery or any other corrupt activity, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and any similar provisions of the Criminal Code (Canada).

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes, including the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act) and the USA PATRIOT Act or any similar provisions of the Criminal Code (Canada).

“Asset Coverage Ratio” means the ratio, determined on a consolidated basis for Company and its Subsidiaries, without duplication, (a) the value of total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities to (b) to the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries (including this Agreement and any Capital Call Facility), in each case as determined pursuant to the Investment Company Act and any orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued to or with respect to Company thereunder, including any exemptive relief granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the indebtedness of any SBIC Subsidiary.

“Below Investment Grade Event” is defined in Section 1.2(e).

“Blocked Person” means (a) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by OFAC, (b) a Person, entity, organization, country or regime that is blocked or a target of sanctions that have been imposed under U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (c) a Person that is an agent, department or instrumentality of, or is otherwise beneficially owned by, controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any Person, entity, organization, country or regime described in clause (a) or (b).

SCHEDULE A

(to Note Purchase Agreement)


Business Day” means (a) for the purposes of Section 8.6 only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, and (b) for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or Atlanta, Georgia, are required or authorized to be closed.

“Canada Blocked Person” means (i) a “terrorist group” as defined for the purposes of Part II.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada), as amended or (ii) a Person identified in or pursuant to (x) Part II.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada), as amended or (y) regulations or orders promulgated pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada), as amended, the United Nations Act (Canada), as amended, or the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Canada), as amended, in any case pursuant to this clause (ii) as a Person in respect of whose property or benefit a holder of Notes would be prohibited from entering into or facilitating a related financial transaction.

Canadian Economic Sanctions Laws means those laws, including enabling legislation, orders-in-council or other regulations administered and enforced by Canada or a political subdivision of Canada pursuant to which economic sanctions have been imposed on any Person, entity, organization, country or regime, including Part II.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada), as amended, the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada), as amended, the United Nations Act (Canada), as amended, the Export and Import Permits Act (Canada), as amended, and the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Canada), as amended, and including all regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing, or any other similar sanctions program or action.

“Capital Call Facility” means any debt facility of the Company secured solely by the capital commitments of the equity holders thereof and assets related thereto, including the facility established by the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2016, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders named therein (or any extension, renewal or replacement thereof).

“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash” means any immediately available funds in Dollars or in any currency other than Dollars (measured in terms of the Dollar Equivalent thereof) which is a freely convertible currency.

 

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“Change in Control” means (i) at any time prior to the Company’s common stock being listed on a national securities exchange (A) a “Key Person Event” or “Cause Event” (each as defined in the Company’s existing PPM; relevant definitions attached to this Agreement as Appendix A) shall occur, without regard to whether or not the “Commitment Period” (as defined in the PPM) is then in effect, or (B) any “Key Person” (as defined in the PPM; definition attached to this Agreement as Appendix A) is replaced in accordance with the PPM without the consent of the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes; provided that, for purposes of this clause, the PPM shall mean the PPM as in effect as of the date hereof or as otherwise amended or modified from time to time with the consent of the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes or (ii) the External Manager (or an Affiliate thereof) ceases to be the external manager of the Company.

“Closing” is defined in Section 3.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.

“Company” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Confidential Information” is defined in Section 20.

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Controlled Entity” means (a) any of the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the Company’s respective Controlled Affiliates and (b) if the Company has a parent company, such parent company and its Controlled Affiliates.

“Controlled Foreign Corporation” means any Subsidiary which is (i) a “controlled foreign corporation” (within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code), (ii) a Subsidiary substantially all the assets of which consist (directly or indirectly through one or more flow-through entities) of Equity Interests and/or indebtedness of one or more Subsidiaries described in clause (i) of this definition, or (iii) an entity treated as disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes and substantially all of the assets of which consist (directly or indirectly through one or more flow-through entities) of the Equity Interests and/or indebtedness of one or more Subsidiaries described in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition.

Cross Acceleration Threshold” means the higher of (a) $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) and (b) any cross default or cross acceleration threshold set out in the cross-default or cross acceleration provision of the SunTrust Facility or the Replacement Facility that corresponds to the cross-default provisions set forth in Section 11(f) hereof.

“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.

 

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“Default Rate” means that rate of interest per annum that is the greater of (a) 2% per annum above the rate of interest on the Notes then in effect or (b) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by SunTrust Bank in New York, New York as its “base” or “prime” rate.

“Disclosure Documents” is defined in Section 5.3.

“Dollar Equivalent” means, on any date of determination, with respect to an amount denominated in any Foreign Currency, the amount of Dollars that would be required to purchase such amount of such Foreign Currency on the date two Business Days prior to such date, based upon the spot selling rate at which the SunTrust Bank offers to sell such Foreign Currency for Dollars in the London foreign exchange market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) for delivery two Business Days later

“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

“EDGAR” means the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System or any successor SEC electronic filing system for such purposes.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to Hazardous Materials.

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests or equivalents (however designated, including any instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended from time to time.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company under section 414 of the Code.

“Event of Default” is defined in Section 11.

“Existing Credit Facility” is defined in Section 10.9.

“Existing Facility Additional Provisions” is defined in Section 10.9.

“External Manager” means Owl Rock Capital Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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“FATCA” means (a) 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), together with any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, (b) any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the United States of America and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of the foregoing clause (a), and (c) any agreements entered into pursuant to section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

“Financing Subsidiary” means an SPE Subsidiary or an SBIC Subsidiary.

“Foreign Currency” means at any time any currency other than Dollars.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Controlled Foreign Corporation.

“Form 10-K” is defined in Section 7.1(b).

“Form 10-Q” is defined in Section 7.1(a).

“GAAP” means (a) generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America and (b) for purposes of Section 9.6, with respect to any Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary.

“Governmental Authority” means

(a) the government of

(i) the United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or

(ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or

(b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

“Governmental Official” means any governmental official or employee, employee of any government-owned or government-controlled entity, political party, any official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization or anyone else acting in an official capacity.

“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,

 

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(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof,

(b) to purchase or lease property securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof,

(c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or

(d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation;

provided that the term Guarantee shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) customary indemnification agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, provided that such indemnification obligations are unsecured, such Person has determined that any liability thereunder is remote and such indemnification obligations are not the functional equivalent of the guaranty of a payment obligation of the primary obligor.

“Hazardous Materials” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law, including asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.

“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange protection agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

“holder” means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 13.1, provided, however, that if such Person is a nominee, then for the purposes of Sections 7, 12, 17.2 and 18 and any related definitions in this Schedule A, “holder” shall mean the beneficial owner of such Note whose name and address appears in such register.

“INHAM Exemption” is defined in Section 6.2(e).

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication,

 

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(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind,

(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments,

(c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person,

(d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business),

(e) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed (with the value of such debt being the lower of the outstanding amount of such debt and the fair market value of the property subject to such Lien),

(f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others,

(g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,

(h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and

(i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances.

The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not include (x) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset or Investment to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset or Investment or (y) a commitment arising in the ordinary course of business to make a future Portfolio Investment.

Initial Subsidiary Guarantor means OR Lending LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Institutional Investor” means (a) any Purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding (together with one or more of its affiliates) more than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form, and (d) any Related Fund of any holder of any Note.

 

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“Investment” means, for any Person: (a) Equity Interests, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of any other Person or any agreement to acquire any Equity Interests, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of any other Person (and any rights or proceeds in respect of (x) any “short sale” of securities or (y) any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by such Person); (b) deposits, advances, loans or other extensions of credit made to any other Person (including purchases of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person); or (c) Hedging Agreements.

“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and all exemptive relief, if any, obtained by the Company thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Investment Company Act Asset Coverage” means the minimum asset coverage required to be held by the Company to comply with the Investment Company Act.

“Investment Grade” means a rating of at least “BBB-” or higher by Kroll or its equivalent by any other NRSRO.

“Investment Policies” means, with respect to the Company, the investment objectives, policies, restrictions and limitations as the same may be changed, altered, expanded, amended, modified, terminated or restated from time to time.

Judgment Default Threshold” means the higher of (a) $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) and (b) any judgment default threshold set out in the judgment default provision of the SunTrust Facility or the Replacement Facility that corresponds to the cross-default provisions set forth in Section 11(j) hereof.

Kroll” means Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. and its successors.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities, except in favor of the issuer thereof (and in the case of Investments that are securities, excluding customary drag-along, tag-along, right of first refusal and other similar rights in favor of the equity holders of the same issuer).

“Make-Whole Amount” is defined in Section 8.6.

“Material” means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets, properties, or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

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“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities and financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Financing Subsidiaries) taken as a whole (excluding in any case a decline in the net asset value of the Company or a change in general market conditions or values of the Portfolio Investments) or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty or the rights and remedies of the holders of the Notes.

“Material Credit Facility” means, as to the Company and its Subsidiaries,

(a) the SunTrust Facility, including any renewals, extensions, amendments, supplements, restatements, replacements or refinancing thereof; and

(b) any other agreement(s) creating or evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money entered into on or after the date of Closing by the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Financing Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary), or in respect of which the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Financing Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary) is an obligor or otherwise provides a guarantee or other credit support (“Credit Facility”), in a principal amount outstanding or available for borrowing equal to or greater than $100,000,000 (or the equivalent of such amount in the relevant currency of payment, determined as of the date of the closing of such facility based on the exchange rate of such other currency); and if no Credit Facility or Credit Facilities equal or exceed such amounts, then the largest Credit Facility shall be deemed to be a Material Credit Facility.

“Maturity Date” is defined in the first paragraph of each Note.

“MFL Provision” means any covenant (whether constituting a covenant or an event of default) that requires the Company or any Subsidiary to (i) maintain any level of financial performance (including without limitation, any specified level of net worth, total assets, cash flows or net income, however expressed), (ii) maintain any relationship of any component of its capital structure to any other component thereof (including, without limitation, the relationship of indebtedness, senior indebtedness or subordinated indebtedness to total capitalization or to net worth, however expressed), (iii) maintain any measure of its ability to service its indebtedness (including, without limitation, exceeding any specified ratio of revenues, cash flow or income to interest expense, rental expense, capital expenditures and/or scheduled payments of indebtedness, however expressed) or (iv) not to exceed any maximum level of indebtedness, however expressed.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

“NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

“New Credit Facility” is defined in Section 10.9.

“New Facility Additional Provisions” is defined in Section 10.9.

 

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“Non-U.S. Plan” means any plan, fund or other similar program that (a) is established or maintained outside the United States of America by the Company or any Subsidiary primarily for the benefit of employees of the Company or one or more Subsidiaries residing outside the United States of America, which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and (b) is not subject to ERISA or the Code.

Note Documents” means (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) each Subsidiary Guaranty, and (d) each other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by an Obligor in connection with, pursuant to or relating to this Agreement, in each case, as amended. 

“Notes” is defined in Section 1.

“NRSRO” means a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization so designated by the SEC whose status has been confirmed by the SVO.

“Obligors” means, collectively, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

“OFAC Sanctions Program” means any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC Sanctions Programs may be found at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

“Permitted SBIC Guarantee” means a guarantee by the Company of Indebtedness of an SBIC Subsidiary on the SBA’s then applicable form; provided that the recourse to the Company thereunder is expressly limited only to periods after the occurrence of an event or condition that is an impermissible change in the control of such SBIC Subsidiary (it being understood that, as provided in clause (m) of Section 11, it shall be an Event of Default hereunder if any such event or condition giving rise to such recourse occurs).

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business entity or Governmental Authority.

“Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.

 

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“Portfolio Investment” means any Investment held by the Obligors in their asset portfolio.

“PPM” means the private placement memorandum, dated as of October 5, 2016, relating to the common stock offering of the Company.

“Prepayment Settlement Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

“Presentation” is defined in Section 5.3.

“property” or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible or intangible, choate or inchoate.

“PTE” is defined in Section 6.2(a).

“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” means each of the purchasers that has executed and delivered this Agreement to the Company and such Purchaser’s successors and assigns (so long as any such assignment complies with Section 13.2), provided, however, that any Purchaser of a Note that ceases to be the registered holder or a beneficial owner (through a nominee) of such Note as the result of a transfer thereof pursuant to Section 13.2 shall cease to be included within the meaning of “Purchaser” of such Note for the purposes of this Agreement upon such transfer.

“Purchaser Schedule” means the Purchaser Schedule to this Agreement listing the Purchasers of the Notes and including their notice and payment information.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer” means any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act.

“QPAM Exemption” is defined in Section 6.2(d).

“Rating” means a rating of the Notes, which rating shall specifically describe the Notes, including their interest rate, maturity and Private Placement Number, issued by a NRSRO.

“Related Fund” means, with respect to any holder of any Note, any fund or entity that (a) invests in Securities or bank loans, and (b) is advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor as such holder or by an affiliate of such holder or such investment advisor.

“Replacement Facility” means at any time on or after the SunTrust Facility is expired or terminated, the senior secured credit facility or similar secured loan agreement to which the Company is a party as borrower and pursuant to which substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than investments in Subsidiaries, are pledged and which includes terms that are substantially comparable to market terms for substantially similar debt of other similarly situated borrowers as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company or, if such transaction is not one in which there are market terms for substantially similar debt of other similarly situated borrowers, on terms that are negotiated in good faith on an arm’s length basis and which, for purposes of a “Replacement Facility” as referenced in Section 10.5, terms with respect to the incurrence of Liens shall not be materially different than those that had been set forth in the SunTrust Facility.

 

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“Required Holders” means at any time (i) after the first Closing and prior to the second Closing, the Purchasers of Notes to be sold at the second Closing and the holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold at the first Closing at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates), and (ii) on or after the second Closing, the holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

“Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such shares of capital stock of the Company or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such shares of capital stock of the Company (it being understood that none of: (w) the conversion features under convertible notes; (x) the triggering and/or settlement thereof; or (y) any cash payment made by the Company in respect of partial shares relating thereto, shall constitute a Restricted Payment hereunder).

“RIC” means a person qualifying for treatment as a “regulated investment company” under the Code.

“SBA” means the United States Small Business Administration.

“SBIC Equity Commitment” means a commitment by the Company to make one or more capital contributions to an SBIC Subsidiary.

“SBIC Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary (including such Subsidiary’s general partner or managing entity to the extent that the only material asset of such general partner or managing entity is its equity interest in the SBIC Subsidiary) of the Company licensed as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended (or that has applied for such a license and is actively pursuing the granting thereof by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted) and which is designated by the Company (as provided below) as an SBIC Subsidiary, so long as (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Subsidiary: (i) is Guaranteed by any Obligor (other than a Permitted SBIC Guarantee), (ii) is recourse to or obligates any Obligor in any way (other than in respect of any SBIC Equity Commitment or Permitted SBIC Guarantee), or (iii) subjects any property of any Obligor, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than Equity Interests in any SBIC Subsidiary pledged to secure such Indebtedness, and (b) no Obligor has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Company shall be effected pursuant to a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the holders of the Notes, which certificate shall include a statement to the effect that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

 

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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America.

“Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date” is defined in Section 8.8.

“Securities” or “Security” shall have the meaning specified in section 2(1) of the Securities Act.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

“Senior Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company.

“Shareholders’ Equity” means, at any date, the amount determined on a consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP, of shareholders equity for the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” (within the meaning specified in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Company, excluding any Subsidiary of the Company which is (a) a nonrecourse or limited recourse subsidiary, (b) a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle, (c) that is not consolidated with the Company for purposes of GAAP, or (d) any Financing Subsidiary; provided that each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be a “Significant Subsidiary.

“Source” is defined in Section 6.2.

“SPE Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company to which any Obligor sells, conveys or otherwise transfers (whether directly or indirectly) Portfolio Investments, and which either (a) is treated as an “SPE Subsidiary” or similar designation under the SunTrust Facility or any Replacement Facility or (b) satisfies all of the following requirements:

(i) such Subsidiary engages in no material activities other than in connection with the purchase or financing of such assets and other investments:

(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Subsidiary (i) is Guaranteed by any Obligor (other than Guarantees in respect of Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates any Obligor in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property of any Obligor, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or any Guarantee thereof,

 

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(b) no Obligor has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with such Subsidiary other than on terms no less favorable to such Obligor than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of any Obligor, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables, and

(c) no Obligor has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Subsidiary’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Each Subsidiary of an SPE Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an SPE Subsidiary and shall comply with the foregoing requirements of this definition.

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means, collectively, (a) customary arms-length servicing obligations (together with any related performance guarantees), (b) obligations (together with any related performance guarantees) to refund the purchase price or grant purchase price credits for dilutive events or misrepresentations (in each case unrelated to the collectibility of the assets sold or the creditworthiness of the associated account debtors) and (c) representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities (together with any related performance guarantees) of a type that are reasonably customary in commercial loan and other asset-backed securitizations.

“State Sanctions List” means a list that is adopted by any state Governmental Authority within the United States of America pertaining to Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is a target of economic sanctions imposed under U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws.

“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the term “Subsidiary” shall not include any Person that constitutes an Investment held by the Company or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and that is not, under GAAP consolidated on the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.

Subsidiary Guaranty” is defined in Section 2.2.

 

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Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor and any Subsidiary that has executed and delivered a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to Section 9.7. It is understood and agreed that no Financing Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

“Substitute Purchaser” is defined in Section 21.

“SunTrust” means SunTrust Bank.

“SunTrust Facility” means that certain senior secured revolving credit facility dated as of February 1, 2017, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, by and among the Company, as borrower, SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent and lender, and the lenders from time to time party thereto.

“Super-Majority Holders” means at any time (i) after the first Closing and prior to the second Closing, the Purchasers of Notes to be sold at the second Closing and the holders of at least 70% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates), and (ii) on or after the second Closing, the holders of at least 70% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates).

“SVO” means the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC.

“United States Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“Unsecured Debt” means Indebtedness of the Company with a final maturity greater than one year from the date of determination outstanding at any time that is not secured in any manner by any Lien on assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“USA PATRIOT Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

“U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws” means those laws, executive orders, enabling legislation or regulations administered and enforced by the United States pursuant to which economic sanctions have been imposed on any Person, entity, organization, country or regime, including the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Iran Sanctions Act, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act and any other OFAC Sanctions Program.

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary all of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company’s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time.

 

 

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APPENDIX A

RELEVANT DEFINITIONS FROM THE COMPANYS EXISTING PPM

A “Key Person Event” will occur if, during the Commitment Period (as defined below), two of the four of Douglas I. Ostrover, Marc S. Lipschultz, Craig W. Packer and Alan J. Kirshenbaum (the “Key Persons” and each, a “Key Person”), (i) provide notice of resignation, resign, are terminated or are provided with notice of termination from the position of (1) in the case of Douglas I. Ostrover, Marc S. Lipschultz and Craig W. Packer, co-chief investment officer of the External Manager and (2) in the case of Alan J. Kirshenbaum, chief financial officer of the Adviser, (ii) die or are disabled or (iii) cease to be actively involved (1) in the case of Douglas I. Ostrover, Marc S. Lipschultz and Craig W. Packer, as a member of the Investment Committee or (2) in the case of Alan J. Kirshenbaum, as an officer of the Adviser, for any consecutive period exceeding 60 days. For purposes of this provision, the Adviser is permitted at any time to replace one of the Key Persons with a senior professional selected by the Adviser, provided that such replacement is approved by 75% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

A “Cause Event” will occur if, during the Commitment Period, an event constituting Cause occurs. “Cause” means (A) any disqualification of a Key Person under Section 9(a) of the 1940 Act; (B) the conviction of (or plea of no contest by) any Key Person of a felony involving fraud, false statements or omissions, wrongful taking of property, bribery, perjury, forgery, counterfeiting, extortion, or conspiracy to commit such offenses; (C) the final judicial determination by a court of competent jurisdiction of fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Adviser or any Key Person in the performance of its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement; or (D) the conviction of (or a plea of no contest by) any Key Person or the Adviser of a violation of the substantive provisions of any U.S. federal or state securities law (other than any inadvertent or technical violation of any such law which has no material adverse impact on the Company or any other violation which has no material adverse impact on the Company).


[FORM OF NOTE]

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION

4.75% SENIOR NOTE DUE JUNE 21, 2023

 

No. [            ]    [Date]
$[                    ]    PPN 69120# AA4

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, hereby promises to pay to [                    ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                                ] DOLLARS (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on June 21, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”), with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of 4.75% per annum, as may be adjusted in accordance with Section 1.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement (as hereinafter defined), from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 21st day of June and December in each year, commencing with the June or December next succeeding the date hereof, and on the Maturity Date, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, (x) on any overdue payment of interest and (y) during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount or Prepayment Settlement Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate (as defined in the hereinafter defined Note Purchase Agreement), payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount or Prepayment Settlement Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at SunTrust Bank in New York, New York or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated December 21, 2017 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

SCHEDULE 1

(to Note Purchase Agreement)


This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount or Prepayment Settlement Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

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This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION
By    
  Alan Kirshenbaum, Chief Financial Officer

 

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY

[SEE ATTACHED]

SCHEDULE 2.2

(to Note Purchase Agreement)


 

 

GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 21, 2017

of

OR Lending LLC


GUARANTY AGREEMENT

THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 21, 2017 (this “Guaranty Agreement”), is made by the undersigned (the “Guarantor” and, together with any other entities from time to time parties hereto pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof, the “Guarantors”) in favor of the Purchasers (as defined below) and the other holders from time to time of the Notes (as defined below). The Purchasers and such other holders are herein collectively called the “holders” and individually a “holder.”

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

I. Owl Rock Capital Corporation, a Maryland company (the “Company”), is entering] into a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of December 21, 2017 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Note Agreement”) with the Persons listed on the signature pages thereto (the “Purchasers”) simultaneously with the delivery of this Guaranty Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings specified in the Note Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

II. The Company has authorized the issuance, pursuant to the Note Agreement, of 4.75% Senior Notes due June 21, 2023 in the aggregate principal amount of up to $150,000,000. Pursuant to the Note Agreement, the Company has issued and sold $138,500,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Senior Notes due June 21, 2023 (the “Initial Notes”). The Initial Notes and any other Notes that may from time to time be issued pursuant to the Note Agreement (including any notes issued in substitution for any of the Notes) are herein collectively called the “Notes” and individually a “Note”.

III. It is a condition to the Agreement of the Purchasers to purchase the Notes that this Guaranty Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the Guarantor and shall be in full force and effect.

IV. The Guarantor will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Note Agreement. The Managing Member of the Guarantor has determined that the incurrence of such obligations is in the best interests of the Guarantor.

NOW THEREFORE, in order to induce, and in consideration of, the execution and delivery of the Note Agreement and the purchase of the Notes by each of the Purchasers, each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with, and represents and warrants to each of the holders as follows:


SECTION 1. GUARANTY.

Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably, unconditionally and jointly and severally with any other Guarantors guarantees to each holder, the due and punctual payment in full of (a) the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and the Prepayment Settlement Amount, if any, and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), and any other amounts due under, the Notes when and as the same shall become due and payable (whether at stated maturity or by required or optional prepayment or by acceleration or otherwise) and (b) any other sums which may become due under the terms and provisions of the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein) all such obligations described in clauses (a) and (b) above are herein called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The guaranty in the preceding sentence is an absolute, present and continuing guaranty of payment and not of collectibility and is in no way conditional or contingent upon any attempt to collect from the Company or any other guarantor of the Notes (including, without limitation, any other Guarantor hereunder) or upon any other action, occurrence or circumstance whatsoever. In the event that the Company shall fail so to pay any of such Guaranteed Obligations, each Guarantor agrees to pay the same when due to the holders entitled thereto, without demand, presentment, protest or notice of any kind, in lawful money of the United States of America, pursuant to the requirements for payment specified in the Notes and the Note Agreement. Each default in payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall give rise to a separate cause of action hereunder and separate suits may be brought hereunder as each cause of action arises. Each Guarantor agrees that the Notes issued in connection with the Note Agreement may (but need not) make reference to this Guaranty Agreement.

Each Guarantor agrees to pay and to indemnify and save each holder harmless from and against any damage, loss, cost or expense (including attorneys’ fees) which such holder may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (x) any breach by such Guarantor, by any other Guarantor or by the Company of any warranty, covenant, term or condition in, or the occurrence of any default under, this Guaranty Agreement, the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein, together with all expenses resulting from the compromise or defense of any claims or liabilities arising as a result of any such breach or default, (y) any legal action commenced to challenge the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty Agreement, the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein and (z) enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) the provisions of this Guaranty Agreement.

Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that such Guarantor’s liability hereunder is joint and several with the other Guarantors and any other Person(s) who may guarantee the obligations and Indebtedness under and in respect of the Notes and the Note Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions or any other provision of this Guaranty Agreement, the Purchasers (on behalf of themselves and their successors and assigns) and each Guarantor hereby agree that if at any time the Guaranteed Obligations exceed the Maximum Guaranteed Amount determined as of such time with regard to such Guarantor, then this Guaranty Agreement shall be automatically amended to reduce the Guaranteed Obligations to the Maximum Guaranteed Amount. Such amendment shall not require the written consent of any Guarantor or any holder and shall be deemed to have been automatically consented to by each

 

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Guarantor and each holder. Each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time exceed the Maximum Guaranteed Amount without affecting or impairing the obligation of such Guarantor. “Maximum Guaranteed Amount” means as of the date of determination with respect to a Guarantor, the lesser of (a) the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations outstanding on such date and (b) the maximum amount that would not render such Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty Agreement subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (or any successor provision) or any comparable provision of applicable state law.

SECTION 2. OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE.

The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be primary, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein, shall not be subject to any counterclaim, setoff, deduction or defense based upon any claim such Guarantor may have against the Company or any holder or otherwise, and shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected by, any circumstance or condition whatsoever (whether or not such Guarantor shall have any knowledge or notice thereof), including, without limitation: (a) any amendment to, modification of, supplement to or restatement of the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein (it being agreed that the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall apply to the Notes, the Note Agreement or any such other instrument as so amended, modified, supplemented or restated) or any assignment or transfer of any thereof or of any interest therein, or any furnishing, acceptance or release of any security for the Notes or the addition, substitution or release of any other Guarantor or any other entity or other Person primarily or secondarily liable in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; (b) any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect of the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein; (c) any bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, reorganization, readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to the Company or its property; (d) any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Guarantor or of the Company into or with any other Person or any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of any Guarantor or of the Company to any Person; (e) any failure on the part of the Company for any reason to comply with or perform any of the terms of any other agreement with any Guarantor; (f) any failure on the part of any holder to obtain, maintain, register or otherwise perfect any security; or (g) any other event or circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor (whether or not similar to the foregoing), and in any event however material or prejudicial it may be to any Guarantor or to any subrogation, contribution or reimbursement rights any Guarantor may otherwise have. Each Guarantor covenants that its obligations hereunder will not be discharged except by indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other obligations hereunder.

 

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SECTION 3. WAIVER.

Each Guarantor unconditionally waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) notice of acceptance hereof, of any action taken or omitted in reliance hereon and of any default by the Company in the payment of any amounts due under the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein, and of any of the matters referred to in Section 2 hereof, (b) all notices which may be required by statute, rule of law or otherwise to preserve any of the rights of any holder against such Guarantor, including, without limitation, presentment to or demand for payment from the Company or any Guarantor with respect to any Note, notice to the Company or to any Guarantor of default or protest for nonpayment or dishonor and the filing of claims with a court in the event of the bankruptcy of the Company, (c) any right to require any holder to enforce, assert or exercise any right, power or remedy including, without limitation, any right, power or remedy conferred in the Note Agreement or the Notes, (d) any requirement for diligence on the part of any holder and (e) any other act or omission or thing or delay in doing any other act or thing which might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor or in any manner lessen the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

SECTION 4. OBLIGATIONS UNIMPAIRED.

Each Guarantor authorizes the holders, without notice or demand to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor and without affecting its obligations hereunder, from time to time: (a) to renew, compromise, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment of, all or any part of the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein; (b) to change any of the representations, covenants, events of default or any other terms or conditions of or pertaining to the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein, including, without limitation, decreases or increases in amounts of principal, rates of interest, the Make-Whole Amount, the Prepayment Settlement Amount or any other obligation; (c) to take and hold security for the payment of the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other instrument referred to therein, for the performance of this Guaranty Agreement or otherwise for the Indebtedness guaranteed hereby and to exchange, enforce, waive, subordinate and release any such security; (d) to apply any such security and to direct the order or manner of sale thereof as the holders in their sole discretion may determine; (e) to obtain additional or substitute endorsers or guarantors or release any other Guarantor or any other Person or entity primarily or secondarily liable in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; (f) to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person; and (g) to apply any sums, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other obligations owed hereunder. The holders shall have no obligation to proceed against any additional or substitute endorsers or guarantors or to pursue or exhaust any security provided by the Company, such Guarantor or any other Guarantor or any other Person or to pursue any other remedy available to the holders.

If an event permitting the acceleration of the maturity of the principal amount of any Notes shall exist and such acceleration shall at such time be prevented or the right of any holder to receive any payment on account of the Guaranteed Obligations shall at such time be delayed or otherwise affected by reason of the pendency against the Company, any Guarantor or any other guarantors of a case or proceeding under a bankruptcy or insolvency law, such Guarantor agrees that, for purposes of this Guaranty Agreement and its obligations hereunder, the maturity of such principal amount shall be deemed to have been accelerated with the same effect as if the holder thereof had accelerated the same in accordance with the terms of the Note Agreement, and such Guarantor shall forthwith pay such accelerated Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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SECTION 5. SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION.

(a) Each Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may have acquired by way of subrogation under this Guaranty Agreement, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, or accept any payment on account of such subrogation rights, or any rights of reimbursement, contribution or indemnity or any rights or recourse to any security for the Notes or this Guaranty Agreement unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash.

(b) Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all Indebtedness and other obligations of the Company or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations owing to such Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including, without limitation, all rights and claims described in clause (a) of this Section 5, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Guaranteed Obligations. If the Required Holders so request, any such Indebtedness or other obligations shall be enforced and performance received by such Guarantor as trustee for the holders and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the holders promptly, in the form received (together with any necessary endorsements) to be applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, as may be directed by the Required Holders, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of any Guarantor under this Guaranty Agreement.

(c) If any amount or other payment is made to or accepted by any Guarantor in violation of any of the preceding clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, the holders and shall be paid over to the holders promptly, in the form received (together with any necessary endorsements) to be applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, as may be directed by the Required Holders, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty Agreement.

(d) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Note Agreement and that its agreements set forth in this Guaranty Agreement (including this Section 5) are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(e) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that, to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid an amount hereunder to any holder that is greater than the net value of the benefits received, directly or indirectly, by such paying Guarantor as a result of the issuance and sale of the Notes (such net value, its “Proportionate Share”), such paying Guarantor shall, subject to Section 5(a) and 5(b), be entitled to contribution from any Guarantor that has not paid its Proportionate Share of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any amount payable as a contribution under this Section 5(e) shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment is made by such Guarantor seeking contribution and each Guarantor acknowledges that the right to contribution hereunder shall constitute an asset of such Guarantor to which such contribution is owed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5(e) shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the holders of the Notes hereunder or under the Notes, the Note Agreement or any other document, instrument or agreement executed in connection therewith, and each Guarantor shall remain jointly and severally liable for the full payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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SECTION 6. REINSTATEMENT OF GUARANTY.

This Guaranty Agreement shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if and to the extent at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any of the sums due to any holder on account of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by a holder upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any other guarantors, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to the Company or any other guarantors or any part of its or their property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

SECTION 7. RANK OF GUARANTY.

Each Guarantor will ensure that its payment obligations under this Guaranty Agreement will at all times rank at least pari passu, without preference or priority, with all other unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor now or hereafter existing.

SECTION 8. RESERVED.

SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH GUARANTOR.

Each Guarantor represents and warrants to each holder as follows:

Section 9.1. Organization; Power and Authority. Such Guarantor is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware , and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Guarantor has the limited liability company power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Guaranty Agreement and to perform the provisions hereof.

Section 9.2. Authorization, Etc.    This Guaranty Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of such Guarantor, and this Guaranty Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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Section 9.3. Reserved.

Section 9.4. Compliance with Laws, Other instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty Agreement will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, organizational documents, or any other agreement or instrument to which such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or by which such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries. “Governmental Authority” means (x) the government of (i) the United States of America or any State or other political subdivision thereof, or (ii) any other jurisdiction in which such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, or (y) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.

Section 9.5. Governmental Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty Agreement.

Section 9.6. Information regarding the Company. Such Guarantor now has and will continue to have independent means of obtaining information concerning the affairs, financial condition and business of the Company. No holder shall have any duty or responsibility to provide such Guarantor with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Company which may come into possession of the holders. Such Guarantor has executed and delivered this Guaranty Agreement without reliance upon any representation by the holders including, without limitation, with respect to (a) the due execution, validity, effectiveness or enforceability of any instrument, document or agreement evidencing or relating to any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any loan or other financial accommodation made or granted to the Company, (b) the validity, genuineness, enforceability, existence, value or sufficiency of any property securing any of the Guaranteed Obligations or the creation, perfection or priority of any lien or security interest in such property or (c) the existence, number, financial condition or creditworthiness of other guarantors or sureties, if any, with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

Section 9.7. Solvency. Upon the execution and delivery hereof, such Guarantor will be solvent, will be able to pay its debts as they mature, and will have capital sufficient to carry on its business.

 

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SECTION 10. RESERVED.

SECTION 11. TERM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT.

This Guaranty Agreement and all guarantees, covenants and agreements of the Guarantors contained herein shall continue in full force and effect and shall not be discharged until such time as all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other obligations hereunder shall be indefeasibly paid in full in cash and shall be subject to reinstatement pursuant to Section 6.

SECTION 12. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty Agreement and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any other holder. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of a Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of such Guarantor under this Guaranty Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Guaranty Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between each holder and the Guarantors and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 13. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.

Section 13.1. Requirements. Except as otherwise provided in the fourth paragraph of Section 1 of this Guaranty Agreement, this Guaranty Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of each Guarantor and the Required Holders, except that no amendment or waiver (a) of any of the first three paragraphs of Section 1 or any of the provisions of Section 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 or 13 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), or (b) which results in the limitation of the liability of any Guarantor hereunder will be effective as to any holder unless consented to by such holder in writing (except to the extent provided in the fourth paragraph of Section 1 of this Guaranty Agreement).

Section 13.2. Solicitation of Holders of Notes.

(a) Solicitation. Each Guarantor will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof. Each Guarantor will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13.2 to each holder promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite holders of Notes.

 

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(b) Payment. The Guarantors will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any holder as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.

(c) Consent in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent made pursuant to this Section 13 by a holder that has transferred or has agreed to transfer its Notes to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate (including any Guarantor) of the Company and has provided or has agreed to provide such written consent as a condition to such transfer shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers granted or to be effected or granted that would not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all other holders of Notes that were acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder.

Section 13.3. Binding Effect. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 13 applies equally to all holders and is binding upon them and upon each future holder and upon each Guarantor without regard to whether any Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant or agreement not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between a Guarantor and the holder nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder. As used herein, the term “this Guaranty Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this Guaranty Agreement as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Section 13.4. Notes Held by Company, Etc. Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Guaranty Agreement, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by any Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding.

SECTION 14. NOTICES.

All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:

(a) if to any Guarantor, to c/o Owl Rock Capital Corporation, 245 Park Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10167, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or such other address as such Guarantor shall have specified to the holders in writing, or

 

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(b) if to any holder, to such holder at the addresses specified for such communications set forth in Schedule A to the Note Agreement, or such other address as such holder shall have specified to the Guarantors in writing.

SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS.

Section 15.1. Successors and Assigns; Joinder. All covenants and other agreements contained in this Guaranty Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns whether so expressed or not. It is agreed and understood that any Person may become a Guarantor hereunder by executing a Guarantor Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and delivering the same to the Holders. Any such Person shall thereafter be a “Guarantor” for all purposes under this Guaranty Agreement.

Section 15.2. Severability. Any provision of this Guaranty Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law), not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 15.3. Construction. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Whether any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.

The section and subsection headings in this Guaranty Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall neither be deemed to be a part of this Guaranty Agreement nor modify, define, expand or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof. All references herein to numbered sections, unless otherwise indicated, are to sections of this Guaranty Agreement. Words and definitions in the singular shall be read and construed as though in the plural and vice versa, and words in the masculine, neuter or feminine gender shall be read and construed as though in either of the other genders where the context so requires.

Section 15.4. Further Assurances. Each Guarantor agrees to execute and deliver all such instruments and take all such action as the Required Holders may from time to time reasonably request in order to effectuate fully the purposes of this Guaranty Agreement.

Section 15.5. Governing Law. This Guaranty Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

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Section 15.6. Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Each Guarantor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(b) Each Guarantor consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 15.6(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to it at its address specified in Section 14 or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to Section 14. Each Guarantor agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.

(c) Nothing in this Section 15.6 shall affect the right of any holder to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders may have to bring proceedings against any Guarantor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.

(d) THE GUARANTORS AND THE HOLDERS HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY AGREEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written.

 

OR Lending LLC

By:    
 

Name: Alan Kirshenbaum

 

Title: President

Notice Address for such Guarantor:

c/o Owl Rock Capital Corporation

245 Park Avenue, 41st Floor

New York, New York 10167

Attention: Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT A

GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENT

THIS GUARANTOR SUPPLEMENT (the “Guarantor Supplement”), dated as of [                    , 20        ] is made by [                    ], a [                    ](the “Additional Guarantor”), in favor of the holders from time to time of the Notes issued pursuant to the Note Agreement described below:

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

I. Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of December 21, 2017 (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Note Agreement”), by and among Owl Rock Capital Corporation, a Maryland company (the “Company”), and the Persons listed on the signature pages thereto (the “Purchasers”), the Company has issued and sold $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes due June 21, 2023 (the “Initial Notes”). The Initial Notes and any other Notes that may from time to time be issued pursuant to the Note Agreement (including any notes issued in substitution for any of the Notes) are herein collectively called the “Notes” and individually a “Note”.

II. The Company is required pursuant to the Note Agreement to cause the Additional Guarantor to deliver this Guarantor Supplement in order to cause the Additional Guarantor to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement dated as of December 21, 2017 executed by OR Lending LLC (together with each entity that from time to time becomes a party thereto by executing a Guarantor Supplement pursuant to Section 15.1 thereof, collectively, the “Guarantors”) in favor of each holder from time to time of any of the Notes (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty Agreement”).

III. The Additional Guarantor has received and will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of the Note Agreement and the Notes issued thereunder.

IV. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the definitions set forth in the Note Agreement.

Now Therefore, in consideration of the funds advanced to the Company by the Purchasers under the Note Agreement and to enable the Company to comply with the terms of the Note Agreement, the Additional Guarantor hereby covenants, represents and warrants to the holders as follows:


The Additional Guarantor hereby becomes a Guarantor (as defined in the Guaranty Agreement) for all purposes of the Guaranty Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Additional Guarantor hereby (a) jointly and severally with the other Guarantors under the Guaranty Agreement, guarantees to the holders from time to time of the Notes the prompt payment in full when due (whether at sated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and the full and prompt performance and observance of all Guaranteed Obligations ( as defined in Section 1 of the Guaranty Agreement) in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided in the Guaranty Agreement, (b) accepts and agrees to perform and observe all of the covenants set forth therein, (c) waives the rights set forth in Section 3 of the Guaranty Agreement, (d) makes the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9 of the Guaranty Agreement and (e) waives the rights, submits to jurisdiction, and waives service of process as described in Section 15.6 of the Guaranty Agreement.

Notice of acceptance of this Guarantor Supplement and of the Guaranty Agreement, as supplemented hereby, is hereby waived by the Additional Guarantor.

The address for notices and other communications to be delivered to the Additional Guarantor pursuant to Section 14 of the Guaranty Agreement is set forth below.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Additional Guarantor has caused this Guarantor Supplement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF GUARANTOR]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
Notice Address for such Guarantor

 

 

 

 

A-2


 

PURCHASER SCHEDULE

(to Note Purchase Agreement)

EX-10.2 3 d462030dex102.htm EX-10.2 EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

 

 

 

Up to U.S. $400,000,000

LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

Dated as of December 21, 2017

among

ORCC FINANCING LLC,

as the Borrower

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as the Transferor and as the Servicer

MORGAN STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC.,

as the Administrative Agent

EACH OF THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

as the Lenders

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,

as the Collateral Agent and Account Bank

and

CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC,

as the Collateral Custodian

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
   ARTICLE I   
   DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.01

   Certain Defined Terms      2  

Section 1.02

   Other Terms      47  

Section 1.03

   Computation of Time Periods      48  

Section 1.04

   Interpretation      48  
   ARTICLE II   
   THE FACILITY   

Section 2.01

   Advances      49  

Section 2.02

   Procedure for Advances      50  

Section 2.03

   Determination of Yield      50  

Section 2.04

   Remittance Procedures      50  

Section 2.05

   Instructions to the Collateral Agent and the Account Bank      54  

Section 2.06

   Borrowing Base Deficiency Payments; Equity Cure      55  

Section 2.07

   Sale of Loan Assets; Affiliate Transactions      56  

Section 2.08

   Payments and Computations, Etc.      58  

Section 2.09

   Unused Fee      59  

Section 2.10

   Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy      59  

Section 2.11

   Taxes      61  

Section 2.12

   Grant of a Security Interest; Collateral Assignment of Agreements      65  

Section 2.13

   Evidence of Debt      66  

Section 2.14

   Release of Loan Assets      66  

Section 2.15

   Treatment of Amounts Received by the Borrower      66  

Section 2.16

   Prepayment; Termination; Reduction; Increase of the Facility Amount; Early Amortization Period      66  

Section 2.17

   Collections and Allocations      68  

Section 2.18

   Reinvestment of Principal Collections      69  

Section 2.19

   Mitigation Obligations      70  
   ARTICLE III   
   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT   

Section 3.01

   Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness      70  

Section 3.02

   Conditions Precedent to All Advances      71  

Section 3.03

   Advances Do Not Constitute a Waiver      74  

Section 3.04

   Conditions to Acquisition of Loan Assets      74  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

          Page  
   ARTICLE IV   
   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

Section 4.01

   Representations and Warranties of the Borrower      75  

Section 4.02

   Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral      83  

Section 4.03

   Representations and Warranties of the Servicer      84  

Section 4.04

   Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Agent      87  

Section 4.05

   Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Custodian      88  

Section 4.06

   Representation of Lenders      89  
   ARTICLE V   
   GENERAL COVENANTS   

Section 5.01

   Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower      89  

Section 5.02

   Negative Covenants of the Borrower      94  

Section 5.03

   Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer      97  

Section 5.04

   Negative Covenants of the Servicer      100  

Section 5.05

   Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Agent      101  

Section 5.06

   Negative Covenants of the Collateral Agent      102  

Section 5.07

   Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian      102  

Section 5.08

   Negative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian      102  
   ARTICLE VI   
   ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS   

Section 6.01

   Appointment and Designation of the Servicer      102  

Section 6.02

   Duties of the Servicer      104  

Section 6.03

   Authorization of the Servicer      106  

Section 6.04

   Collection of Payments; Accounts      107  

Section 6.05

   Realization Upon Loan Assets      109  

Section 6.06

   Servicer Compensation      110  

Section 6.07

   Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer      110  

Section 6.08

   Reports to the Administrative Agent; Account Statements; Servicer Information      110  

Section 6.09

   Annual Statement as to Compliance      111  

Section 6.10

   Annual Independent Audit Reports      111  

Section 6.11

   Procedural Review of Loan Assets; Access to Servicer and Servicer’s Records      112  

Section 6.12

   The Servicer Not to Resign      113  

Section 6.13

   Required Sale Assets      113  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

          Page  

Section 6.14

   Obligations and Compliance with Collateral      113  

Section 6.15

   Preservation of Security Interest      113  

Section 6.16

   Special Purpose Entity Requirements      113  
   ARTICLE VII   
   EVENTS OF DEFAULT   

Section 7.01

   Events of Default      114  

Section 7.02

   Additional Remedies of the Administrative Agent      117  
   ARTICLE VIII   
   INDEMNIFICATION   

Section 8.01

   Indemnities by the Borrower      120  

Section 8.02

   Indemnities by Servicer      121  

Section 8.03

   Waiver of Certain Claims      122  

Section 8.04

   Legal Proceedings      122  
   ARTICLE IX   
   THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT   

Section 9.01

   The Administrative Agent      122  
   ARTICLE X   
   COLLATERAL AGENT   

Section 10.01

   Designation of Collateral Agent      126  

Section 10.02

   Duties of Collateral Agent      127  

Section 10.03

   Merger or Consolidation      130  

Section 10.04

   Collateral Agent Compensation      130  

Section 10.05

   Collateral Agent Removal      130  

Section 10.06

   Limitation on Liability      130  

Section 10.07

   Collateral Agent Resignation      134  
   ARTICLE XI   
   COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN   

Section 11.01

   Designation of Collateral Custodian      134  

Section 11.02

   Duties of Collateral Custodian      134  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

          Page  

Section 11.03

   Merger or Consolidation      137  

Section 11.04

   Collateral Custodian Compensation      137  

Section 11.05

   Collateral Custodian Removal      138  

Section 11.06

   Limitation on Liability      138  

Section 11.07

   Collateral Custodian Resignation      140  

Section 11.08

   Release of Documents      140  

Section 11.09

   Return of Required Loan Documents      141  

Section 11.10

   Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Collateral      141  

Section 11.11

   Agent of the Collateral Agent      142  

Section 11.12

   Indemnification of the Collateral Custodian      142  
   ARTICLE XII   
   MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 12.01

   Amendments and Waivers      142  

Section 12.02

   Notices, Etc.      143  

Section 12.03

   No Waiver; Remedies      145  

Section 12.04

   Binding Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders      145  

Section 12.05

   Term of This Agreement      147  

Section 12.06

   GOVERNING LAW; JURY WAIVER      147  

Section 12.07

   Costs, Expenses and Taxes      148  

Section 12.08

   Further Assurances      149  

Section 12.09

   Recourse Against Certain Parties      149  

Section 12.10

   Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration      150  

Section 12.11

   Characterization of Conveyances Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement      150  

Section 12.12

   Confidentiality      151  

Section 12.13

   Waiver of Set Off      152  

Section 12.14

   Headings and Exhibits      152  

Section 12.15

   Ratable Payments      152  

Section 12.16

   Failure of Borrower or Servicer to Perform Certain Obligations      153  

Section 12.17

   Power of Attorney      153  

Section 12.18

   Delivery of Termination Statements, Releases, etc.      153  

Section 12.19

   Non-Petition      153  

 

 

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LIST OF SCHEDULES, EXHIBITS AND ANNEXES

 

SCHEDULES     

SCHEDULE I

  -    Conditions Precedent Documents

SCHEDULE II

     Obligor Financial Statements, Valuation Reports, Other Reports

SCHEDULE III

  -    Eligibility Criteria

SCHEDULE IV

  -    Agreed-Upon Procedures for Independent Public Accountants

SCHEDULE V

  -    Loan Asset Schedule

SCHEDULE VI

     Diversity Score

SCHEDULE VII

     Industry Classification
ANNEXES     

ANNEX A

  -    Commitments
EXHIBITS     

EXHIBIT A

  -    Form of Approval Notice

EXHIBIT B

  -    Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

EXHIBIT C

  -    Form of Disbursement Request

EXHIBIT D

  -    Form of Notice of Borrowing

EXHIBIT E

  -    Form of Notice of Reduction (Reduction of Advances Outstanding)

EXHIBIT F

  -    Form of Notice of Termination/Permanent Reduction

EXHIBIT G

  -    Form of Certificate of Closing Attorneys

EXHIBIT H

  -    Form of Servicing Report

EXHIBIT I

  -    Form of Servicer’s Certificate (Servicing Report)

EXHIBIT J

  -    Form of Release of Required Loan Documents

EXHIBIT K

  -    Form of Collateral Agent Report

EXHIBIT L

     Form of Collateral Custodian Certificate

EXHIBIT M

  -    Form of Assignment and Acceptance

EXHIBIT N

  -    Form of Power of Attorney for Servicer

EXHIBIT O

  -    Form of Power of Attorney for Borrower

EXHIBIT P

  -    Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates

 

 

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This LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT is made as of December 21, 2017, among:

(1)    ORCC FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Borrower (as defined below);

(2)    OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as the Servicer (as defined below) and the Transferor (as defined below);

(3)    EACH OF THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, as a Lender (as defined below);

(4)    MORGAN STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC., as the Administrative Agent (as defined below);

(5)    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as the Collateral Agent (as defined below) and the Account Bank (as defined below); and

(6)    CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC, as the Collateral Custodian (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders make available to the Borrower a revolving loan facility in the maximum principal amount of up to the Facility Amount (as defined below), the proceeds of which shall be used by the Borrower to fund the purchase of certain Eligible Loan Assets (as defined below);

WHEREAS, the Borrower is willing to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below), a lien on and security interest in the Collateral (as defined below) to secure the payment in full of the Obligations (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to extend financing to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the Borrower also desires to retain the Servicer to perform certain servicing functions related to the Collateral on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the Servicer desires to perform certain servicing functions related to the Collateral on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01    Certain Defined Terms.

(a)    Certain capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above or in this Section 1.01.

(b)    As used in this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto (each of which is hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof), 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):

1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Acceleration Default” means, in relation to any Eligible Loan Asset, a default that under the terms of the Eligible Loan Asset either results in an automatic acceleration of the maturity of such Eligible Loan Asset or may result in the acceleration of the maturity of such Eligible Loan Asset upon any requisite vote of lenders.

Account Bank” means State Street Bank and Trust Company, in its capacity as the “Account Bank” pursuant to the Collection Account Agreement.

Action” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.04.

Additional Amount” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.11(a).

Adjusted Borrowing Value” means, on any date of determination, for any Eligible Loan Asset, an amount equal to the lower of (a) the Outstanding Balance of such Eligible Loan Asset at such time and (b) the Assigned Value of such Eligible Loan Asset at such time, multiplied by the Outstanding Balance of such Eligible Loan Asset at such time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adjusted Borrowing Value of any Loan Asset that is no longer an Eligible Loan Asset at such time shall be zero.

Administrative Agent” means Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders, together with its successors and assigns, including any successor appointed pursuant to Article IX.

Administrative Expense Cap” means, for any Payment Date, a per annum amount equal to $200,000.

Administrative Expenses” means the following fees and expenses due or accrued with respect to any Payment Date, payable on a pro rata basis to: (a)(i) the Collateral Agent, for payment of accrued Collateral Agent Fees and Collateral Agent Expenses and (ii) the Collateral Custodian, for payment of accrued Collateral Custodian Fees and Collateral Custodian Expenses and (b) the Account Bank, for any fees or other amounts owing to it under the Transaction Documents.

 

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Advance” means each loan advanced by the Lenders to the Borrower on an Advance Date pursuant to Article II.

Advance Date” means, with respect to any Advance, the date on which funds are made available to the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.02.

Advance Rate” means, with respect to an Eligible Loan Asset, as determined on the applicable Cut-Off Date of such Eligible Loan Asset, the percentage determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, subject to a minimum advance rate as set forth in the Advance Rate Matrix based on the applicable loan type of such Eligible Loan, and communicated in writing (which may be via email) to the Borrower, the Transferor and the Servicer at the time such Eligible Loan Asset is approved by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that with respect to an Eligible Loan Asset, the Borrower in its sole discretion may agree to an Advance Rate that is lower than the minimum advance rate as set forth in the Advance Rate Matrix for such loan type. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Borrower agrees to an Advance Rate that is lower than the minimum advance rate as set forth in the Advance Rate Matrix for an Eligible Loan Asset, such lower Advance Rate shall not be included in determining whether the Borrower’s option of an Early Amortization Election has been triggered.

Advance Rate Matrix” means:

 

Loan Type

   Minimum Advance Rate  

First Lien Loans

     65

Bifurcated First Lien Loan

     50

Unitranche Loans

     55

FLLO Loans

     40

Second Lien Loans

     35

Advances Outstanding” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances outstanding on such date, after giving effect to all repayments of Advances and the making of new Advances on such date; provided that the principal amounts of Advances Outstanding shall not be reduced by any Available Collections or other amounts if at any time such Available Collections or other amounts are rescinded or must be returned for any reason.

Advisor” means Owl Rock Capital Advisors LLC.

Affected Party” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(a).

 

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Affiliate” means, when used with respect to a Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to vote more than 50% of the voting securities of such Person or to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value” means, as of any date of determination, (a) an amount equal to the sum of the Adjusted Borrowing Values of all Eligible Loan Assets included as part of the Collateral on such date, after giving effect to all Eligible Loan Assets added to and removed from the Collateral on such date minus (b) during the Revolving Period, the Excess Concentration Amount.

Agreement” means this Loan and Servicing Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

Amortization Period” means the period commencing on the Commitment Termination Date and ending on the Collection Date.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(ff)(iii).

Applicable Law” means for any Person, all existing and future laws, rules, regulations, to the extent applicable to such Person or its property or assets, all statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders, licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person and applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.

Applicable Margin” means (a) during the first six (6) months following the Closing Date, 2.25% per annum, (b) after the first six (6) months following the Closing and before the end of the Revolving Period (without giving effect to an Early Amortization Election), 2.50% per annum, and (c) during the Amortization Period (without giving effect to an Amortization Election), (x) 2.75% per annum during the first year of the Amortization Period and (y) 3.00% per annum for the remainder of the Amortization Period; provided that, at any time during the existence of an Event of Default or after the Facility Maturity Date, the Applicable Margin shall be increased by an additional 2.00% per annum.

Approval Notice” means, with respect to any Eligible Loan Asset, the written notice, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, evidencing (i) the approval by the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, of the acquisition or origination, as applicable, of such Eligible Loan Asset by the Borrower, and (ii) the determination of the Advance Rate in respect of such Eligible Loan Asset by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Approved Foreign Jurisdiction” means any of Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Channel Islands, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and any other country that has a Moody’s foreign currency rating of at least “Aa3” and an S&P foreign issuer credit rating of at least “AA-.”

Approved Valuation Firm” means each of (a) Duff & Phelps LLC, (b) Lincoln International (formerly known as Lincoln Partners LLC), (c) Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin Capital, Inc., (d) Murray, Devine and Company, (e) Valuation Research Corporation and (f) any other nationally recognized accounting firm or valuation firm, in each case, approved by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time in writing; provided that, prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall designate Duff & Phelps LLC as the initial Approved Valuation Firm; provided, further, that, after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, and upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Borrower, Transferor and Servicer, remove Duff & Phelps LLC and designate a new Approved Valuation Firm from among the previously agreed upon Approved Valuation Firms; provided, further, that, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and no Value Adjustment Event has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may designate a new Approved Valuation Firm from among the previously agreed upon Approved Valuation Firms with the consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole direction.

Assigned Documents” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(b).

Assigned Value” means, with respect to each Eligible Loan Asset, as of any date of determination and expressed as a percentage of the Outstanding Balance of such Eligible Loan Asset, the lowest of (a) the Purchase Price of such Eligible Loan Asset, (b) if the Eligible Loan Asset is not Originated by the Borrower or the Transferor, the value assigned by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as of the Cut-Off Date (or in the case of a Reapproved Loan Asset, the date on which such asset becomes a Reapproved Loan Asset), (c) the value assigned by the Servicer or the Borrower on its books and records for purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (d) the Outstanding Balance of such Eligible Loan Asset, in each case, subject to the following terms:

(i)    If a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clause (b), clause (c), clause (d), clause (f) (solely with respect to a Material Modification described in clause (a), clause (c), clause (d) or clause (e) of the definition thereof) and clause (i) of the definition thereof with respect to such Loan Asset occurs (in the case of a Reapproved Loan Asset, after the date on which such asset becomes a Reapproved Loan Asset), the Assigned Value of such Eligible Loan Asset will, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, be zero;

(ii)    Upon the occurrence of any Value Adjustment Event in respect of any Eligible Loan Asset (in the case of a Reapproved Loan Asset, after the date on which such asset becomes a Reapproved Loan Asset), the current Assigned Value thereof (a) may be amended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion at any time (and from time to time) following such occurrence or (b) in the case of a Value Adjustment Event described in clause (j) of the definition of the Value Adjustment Event, the then current

 

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Assigned Value thereof shall be amended automatically without any further action by the Administrative Agent to reflect the value assigned by the Approved Valuation Firm providing the Regularly Scheduled Valuation of such Eligible Loan Asset;

(iii)    The Assigned Value of any Loan Asset that no longer satisfies the Eligibility Criteria (after giving effect to the first proviso set forth in the lead-in paragraph to Schedule III) shall be zero; and

(iv)    The Assigned value of any Loan Asset that causes the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to fail to comply with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any banking or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall be zero;

provided that,

(A)    if a Value Adjustment Event has occurred in relation to an Eligible Loan Asset prior to the beginning of the Amortization Period, so long as no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall if so requested by the Borrowers use commercially reasonable efforts to determine (a) a new Assigned Value and (b) substitute Value Adjustment Events of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of Value Adjustment Event (if any) for such Loan Asset which will thereafter be applicable solely to such Loan Asset, in each case as such items in clauses (a) through (b) may be determined in the Administrative Agent’s sole and absolute discretion, within thirty (30) days of such request by the Borrower, and upon making the determinations set forth in the foregoing sentence, the Administrative Agent shall give written notice of such determinations to the Borrower, and if the Borrower accepts such determinations by notice to the Administrative Agent, the relevant Eligible Loan Asset shall upon such notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent become a “Reapproved Loan Asset” for purposes hereof;

(B)    for any Eligible Loan Asset whose Assigned Value was decreased due to the occurrence of a Value Adjustment Event described in clause (j) of the definition thereof once the Regularly Scheduled Valuation has improved to a level that would not trigger a Value Adjustment Event, the Assigned Value of such Eligible Loan Asset shall be restored to its Assigned Value prior to the occurrence of such Value Adjustment Event; provided that such Assigned Value may not increase above 100% of the Assigned Value of such Loan Asset prior to such Value Adjustment Event; and

(C)    so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower shall have the right to initiate a dispute of the Assigned Value of certain Eligible Loan Asset for which such Assigned Value has been assigned by the Administrative Agent, subject to the following:

(x)    The Borrower may, with respect to (I) any Eligible Loan Asset whose Assigned Value was decreased due to the occurrence of a Value Adjustment Event described in clause (j) of the definition thereof and for which the Assigned Value determined immediately thereafter by the Administrative Agent differs by more than 7.5% (in terms of percentage point; e.g., an Assigned Value of 72% would differ from an Assigned Value of 81% by more than 7%) from the value determined by the Approved

 

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Valuation Firm and (II) up to two (2) other such Eligible Loan Assets in each calendar quarter, at the expense of the Borrower, obtain a new value (expressed as a percentage of the principal balance of such Eligible Loan Asset) assigned by an Approved Valuation Firm to such Eligible Loan Asset and submit such new valuation to the Administrative Agent; and

(y)    Subject to the occurrence of a Value Adjustment Event, the new valuation of any Eligible Loan Asset determined in accordance with clause (x) above, shall be the Assigned Value for the applicable Eligible Loan Asset from and after (but not earlier than) the Business Day following receipt of notice of such valuation by the Administrative Agent until the Administrative Agent has made a determination that the Assigned Value of such Eligible Loan Asset has changed, in which case the Administrative Agent may determine another Assigned Value (in accordance with this definition of Assigned Value); provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may reject such value assigned by the Approved Valuation Firm if it determines in its commercially reasonable discretion that such value assigned is unreliable, in which case the Administrative Agent may determine the Assigned Value in its sole discretion.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Servicer of any change effected by the Administrative Agent of the Assigned Value of any Loan Asset.

Assignment and Acceptance” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.04(a).

Availability” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Borrowing Base over (b) the Advances Outstanding on such day; provided that at all times on and after the earlier to occur of the Commitment Termination Date or the Facility Maturity Date, the Availability shall be zero.

Available Collections” means the sum of all Interest Collections and all Principal Collections received with respect to the Collateral.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11, United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., as amended from time to time.

Bankruptcy Event” means an event that shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if either:

(i)    a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or substantially all of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or

 

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(ii)    such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any Bankruptcy Laws now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or all or substantially all of its assets, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become due, or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board of directors or members shall vote to implement any of the foregoing.

Bankruptcy Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Bankruptcy Proceeding” means any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to any Bankruptcy Event.

BDC Asset Coverage Test” means a test that is satisfied as of any date of determination if the “asset coverage” ratio for the Transferor, as determined in accordance with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, is less than or equal to 2.00:1.00.

Benefit Plan Investor” means a “benefit plan investor” as defined in Department of Labor regulation 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, and includes an employee benefit plan that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of Title I of ERISA, a plan that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and an entity the underlying assets of which are deemed to include plan assets.

Bifurcated First Lien Loan “ means any First Lien Loan the Obligor of which also has a working capital facility that is secured by a first priority Lien on certain current assets of the Obligor (the “Current Asset Collateral”); provided, that (a) such Loan Asset is secured by a valid and perfected second priority Lien on the Current Asset Collateral, (b) such working capital facility is not secured by the Related Collateral that is not Current Asset Collateral unless such Lien is junior to the Lien securing the Loan Asset and (c) the ratio of the outstanding principal balance and unfunded commitments of such working capital facility to the EBITDA of the Obligor is less than or equal to 1.50:1.00; provided, further, that any First Lion Loan the Obligor of which also has a working capital facility that is secured by a first priority Lien on Current Asset Collateral that does not otherwise meet this definition of a Bifurcated First Lien Loan shall constitute a FLLO Loan for purposes of the Advance Rate but not for purposes of the Concentration Limitations.

Borrower” means ORCC Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.

Borrower Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Borrower, dated August 24, 2017, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.

 

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Borrower LLC Agreement” means the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of the Borrower, dated December 21, 2017, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the lowest of:

(i)    (a) the sum of the products of (x) the lower of (1) the Weighted Average Advance Rate for all Eligible Loan Assets as of such date and (2) the Maximum Portfolio Advance Rate as of such date, multiplied by (y) the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value as of such date, plus (b) the amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount as of such date;

(ii)    (a) the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value as of such date, minus (b) the Minimum Equity Amount, plus (c) the amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount as of such date; or

(iii)    the Facility Amount.

Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate prepared by the Servicer setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base as of the applicable date of determination, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

Borrowing Base Deficiency” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the positive difference, if any, of (a) the Advances Outstanding on such date over (b) the Borrowing Base.

Breakage Fee” means, for Advances Outstanding which are repaid (in whole or in part) on any date other than a Payment Date, the breakage costs, if any, related to such repayment, based upon the assumption that the applicable Lender funded its loan commitment in the applicable London interbank offered rate or the euro interbank offered rate market and using any reasonable attribution or averaging methods which the Lender deems appropriate and practical, it hereby being understood that the amount of any loss, costs or expense payable by the Borrower to any Lender as Breakage Fee shall be determined in the respective Lender’s reasonable discretion and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

Bridge Loan” means any loan that (a) is unsecured and incurred in connection with a merger, acquisition, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a person or similar transaction and (b) by its terms, is required to be repaid within one (1) year of the incurrence thereof with proceeds from additional borrowings or other refinancings.

Business Day” means a day of the year other than (a) Saturday or a Sunday or (b) any other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or with respect to any act required to be taken by the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian, in the city in which the offices of the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian are located (which cities are, initially, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chicago, Illinois, respectively) are authorized or required by Applicable Law, regulation or executive order to close or on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the relevant currency in the London interbank market.

 

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Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any entity, the obligations of such entity to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such entity under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Interest Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Loan Asset for any period, the meaning of “Interest Coverage Ratio” or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan Asset, and in the case that “Interest Coverage Ratio” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instruments, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the applicable test period, to (b) cash interest for the applicable test period, as calculated by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor as per the requirements of the related Underlying Instruments.

Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority or (d) any change in any generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory accounting principles and affecting the application of any law, rule, regulation or treaty referred to in clause (a) or (b) above; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all law, requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Change of Control” means an event that shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following occur:

(a)    the Transferor at any time for any reason ceases to own, directly, 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the Borrower (as the same may be adjusted for any combination, recapitalization or reclassification into a greater or smaller number of shares or units), free and clear of all Liens, rights, options, warrants or other similar agreements or understandings; and

(b)    the Investment Advisory Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Adviser resigns or is removed from its role thereunder and a successor Adviser that is either (i) an Affiliate of the existing Adviser having substantially the same personnel or (ii) acceptable to the Required Lenders in their sole discretion is not appointed within ten (10) days; or

 

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(c)    the dissolution, termination or liquidation, in whole or in part, transfer or other disposition, in each case, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower.

Closing Date” means December 21, 2017.

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

Collateral” means all accounts, cash and currency, chattel paper, tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, contract rights, general intangibles, instruments, certificates of deposit, certificated securities, uncertificated securities, financial assets, securities entitlements, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, software, supporting obligations (as such terms, where applicable, are defined in the UCC), or other property of the Borrower, including, all right, title and interest of the Borrower in the following (in each case excluding the Retained Interest, the Excluded Amounts and any Margin Stock):

(i)    the Loan Assets, and all monies due or to become due in payment under such Loan Assets on and after the related Cut-Off Date, including, but not limited to, all Available Collections;

(ii)    the Related Asset with respect to the Loan Assets referred to in clause (i) above;

(iii)    the Collection Account and all Permitted Investments purchased with funds on deposit in the Collection Account;

(iv)    the Assigned Documents;

(v)    the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and

(vi)    all income and Proceeds of the foregoing.

For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Collateral” shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to include any Loan Asset acquired directly by the Borrower from a third party in a transaction underwritten by the Transferor or any transaction in which the Borrower is the designee of the Transferor under the instruments of conveyance relating to the applicable Loan Asset.

Collateral Agent” means State Street Bank and Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as collateral agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, together with its successor and assigns in such capacity.

Collateral Agent Fee Letter” means the Fee Schedule, dated as of December 21, 2017, between the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank and the Borrower, as such letter may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Collateral Agent Expenses” means the expenses set forth in the Collateral Agent Fee Letter and any other accrued and unpaid expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses and the fees, costs and expenses of agents) and indemnity amounts payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent and the Account Bank under the Transaction Documents.

 

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Collateral Agent Fees” means the fees due to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agent Fee Letter.

Collateral Agent Termination Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.05.

Collateral Custodian” means Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, not in its individual or corporate capacity, but solely as collateral custodian pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.

Collateral Custodian Expenses” means the expenses set forth in the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter and any other accrued and unpaid expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) and indemnity amounts payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Custodian under the Transaction Documents.

Collateral Custodian Fee Letter” means the Fee Letter, dated as of December 21, 2017, between the Collateral Custodian and the Borrower, as such letter may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Collateral Custodian Fees” means the fees due to the Collateral Custodian pursuant to the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter.

Collateral Custodian Termination Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 11.05.

Collateral Database” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.02(b)(iv).

Collateral Quality Tests” means (a) the Weighted Average Spread Test, (b) the Weighted Average Life Test and (c) the Diversity Test.

Collection Account” means the segregated trust account designated “Collection Account,” in the name of the Borrower and subject to the lien and control of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and each subaccount and related deposit account that may be established from time to time and that is identified in the Collection Account Agreement, including the Interest Collection Subaccount and the Principal Collection Subaccount, all as may be more particularly described in the Collection Account Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the funds deposited in the Collection Account (including any interest and earnings thereon) from time to time shall constitute the property and assets of the Borrower, and the Borrower shall be solely liable for any Taxes payable with respect to the Collection Account.

Collection Account Agreement” means that certain Collection Account Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Account Bank and the Collateral Agent, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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Collection Date” means the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances Outstanding have been repaid in full and all Yield and Fees and all other Obligations have been paid in full, and the Borrower shall have no further right to request any additional Advances.

Commitment” means with respect to each Lender, (i) during the Revolving Period, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex A hereto (as such amount may be revised from time to time) or the amount set forth as such Lender’s “Commitment” on the Assignment and Acceptance relating to such Lender, as applicable, and (ii) during the Amortization Period, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Advances Outstanding, in each case, as such amount may be increased or reduced pursuant to Section 2.16.

Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) December 21, 2020, (b) the date of written notice from the Administrative Agent terminating the Lender’s commitments hereunder following an Event of Default, (c) the Business Day designated by the Borrower to the Lender pursuant to Section 2.16(b) to terminate this Agreement, (d) the date of a Payment Default Trigger and (e) the date of an Early Amortization Election.

Concentration Denominator” means the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Loan Assets included as part of the Collateral on such date, plus amounts on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount.

Concentration Limitations” means, for the purposes of determining the Excess Concentration Amount:

(a)    not more than 2.5% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are issued by a single Obligor and its Affiliates, except that:

(i)    Eligible Loan Assets issued by the two (2) largest Obligors and their Affiliates may constitute up to 7.5% of the Concentration Denominator (provided that if there is more than one such Eligible Loan Asset, at least one such Eligible Loan Asset is a First Lien Loan or a Bifurcated First Lien Loan);

(ii)    Eligible Loan Assets issued by the next largest Obligor and its respective Affiliates may constitute up to 6.0% of the Concentration Denominator;

(iii)    Eligible Loan Assets issued by the next five (5) largest Obligors and their respective Affiliates may each constitute up to 5.0% of the Concentration Denominator;

(iv)    Eligible Loan Assets issued by the next five (5) largest Obligors and their respective Affiliates may each constitute up to 4.0% of the Concentration Denominator; and

(v)    Eligible Loan Assets issued by the next five (5) largest Obligors and their respective Affiliates may each constitute up to 3.0% of the Concentration Denominator;

 

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(b)    not more than 12.0% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are issued by Obligors that belong to any single Industry Classification, except that:

(i)    Eligible Loan Assets issued by Obligors that belong to the largest Industry Classification may constitute up to 20.0% of the Concentration Denominator; and

(ii)    Eligible Loan Assets issued by Obligors that belong to the next largest Industry Classifications may constitute up to 15.0% of the Concentration Denominator;

(c)    not more than 50% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are Second Lien Loans or FLLO Loans;

(d)    not more than 5.0% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are fixed rate Loan Assets;

(e)    not more than 30.0% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are Cov-Lite Loan Assets that have an EBITDA of less than $50,000,000 as of the applicable Cut-Off Date;

(f)    not more than 40.0% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets with a Total Leverage Ratio of greater than 6.50:1.00 as of the applicable Cut-Off Date;

(g)    not more than 10.0% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are PIK Loan Assets;

(h)    not more than 5.0% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are issued by an Obligor that has an EBITDA of less than $15,000,000 as of the applicable Cut-Off Date;

(i)    not more than 15% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are Transferor Participation Interests;

(j)    not more than 10% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that are issued by Obligors that are organized under the laws of any Approved Foreign Jurisdiction; and

(k)    not more than 15% of the Concentration Denominator may consist of Eligible Loan Assets that have a remaining term to maturity as of the applicable Cut-Off Date greater than seven (7) years.

Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Constituent Documents” means in respect of any Person, the certificate or articles of formation or organization, the limited liability company agreement, operating agreement,

 

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partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other applicable agreement of formation or organization (or equivalent or comparable constituent documents) and other organizational documents and by-laws and any certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and other agreement, similar instrument filed or made in connection with its formation or organization, in each case, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the “Constituent Documents” of the Borrower include the Borrower Certificate of Formation and the Borrower LLC Agreement.

Cov-Lite Loan Asset” means a Loan Asset that is not subject to any Maintenance Covenants; provided that a Loan Asset shall not constitute a Cov-Lite Loan Asset if the Underlying Instruments contain a cross-default provision to, or such Loan Asset is pari passu with another loan of the Obligor forming part of the same loan facility that requires the Obligor to comply with one or more Maintenance Covenants.

Credit Risk Loan” means a Loan Asset that is not a Defaulted Loan but which has, in the Borrower’s or the Servicer’s reasonable judgment (exercised in accordance with the Servicing Standard), a significant risk of declining in credit quality and, with lapse of time, becoming a Defaulted Loan.

Current Asset Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Bifurcated First Lien Loan.

Cut-Off Date” means, with respect to each Loan Asset, the date such Loan Asset is committed to be acquired by the Borrower.

Defaulted Loan” means any Loan Asset as to which any one of the following events has occurred:

(a)    (i) an Obligor payment default occurs under such Loan Asset that continues and has not been cured after giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto or (ii) a default has occurred under the Underlying Instruments and any applicable grace period has expired and the holders of such Loan Asset have accelerated the repayment of the Loan Asset (but only until such acceleration has been rescinded) in the manner provided in the Underlying Instruments, but in no event more than five (5) Business Days, after the applicable due date under the related Underlying Instruments;

(b)    a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related Obligor;

(c)    any payment default occurs under any other senior or pari passu obligation for borrowed money of the related Obligor that continues and has not been cured after giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto, but in no event more than five (5) Business Days, after the applicable due date under the related agreement (including in respect of the acceleration of the debt under the applicable agreement);

(d)    such Loan Asset has (x) a public rating by S&P of “CC” or below or “SD” or (y) a Moody’s probability of default rating (as published by Moody’s) of “D” or “LD” or, in each case, had such ratings before they were withdrawn by S&P or Moody’s, as applicable;

 

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(e)    a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or the Borrower has actual knowledge that such Loan Asset is pari passu or junior in right of payment as to the payment of principal and/or interest to another debt obligation of the same Obligor which has (i) a public rating by S&P of “CC” or below or “SD” or (ii) a Moody’s probability of default rating (as published by Moody’s) of “D” or “LD,” and in each case such other debt obligation remains outstanding (provided that both the Loan Asset and such other debt obligation are full recourse obligations of the applicable Obligor);

(f)    a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or the Borrower has received written notice or has actual knowledge that an Acceleration Default has occurred under the Underlying Instruments, any applicable grace period has expired (but only until such default is cured or waived) in the manner provided in the Underlying Instruments; provided that if a Loan Asset constitutes a Defaulted Loan on the basis of this clause (f), the Borrower may submit a written request to the Administrative Agent to have such Loan Asset treated as a Reapproved Loan Asset, which request the Administrative Agent may accept or reject in its sole and absolute discretion;

(g)    the Servicer determines that all or a material portion of such Loan Asset is uncollectible or otherwise places it on non-accrual status in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Servicer and the Servicing Standard; or

(h)    a Value Adjustment Event of the type described in clause (f) (solely with respect to a Material Modification described in clause (a), clause (c), clause (d) or clause (e) of the definition thereof).

Delayed Draw Loan Asset” means a Loan Asset that (a) is fully committed on the initial funding date of such Loan Asset, (b) is required to be fully funded in one or more installments or advances on draw dates (whether or not scheduled), (c) does not permit (as of the date of determination) the re-borrowing of any amounts previously repaid by the Obligor and (d) has not been (or is no longer required to be) fully funded. A Loan Asset that is a funded portion of an obligation for which a future advance or funding obligation is retained by the assignor will not be a Delayed Draw Loan Asset if such Loan Asset is, in accordance with the related Underlying Instruments, delinked from all obligations (and the Borrower as the owner of such Loan Asset is not obligated thereunder) to make future advances or fundings.

Determination Date” means, with respect to each Payment Date, the 8th Business Day preceding such Payment Date.

DIP Loan” means any Loan Asset (a) with respect to which the related Obligor is a debtor-in-possession as defined under the Bankruptcy Code, (b) which has the priority allowed pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and (c) the terms of which have been approved by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Disbursement Request” means a disbursement request from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C in connection with a disbursement request from the Principal Collection Subaccount in accordance with Section 2.18, as applicable.

 

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Discretionary Sale” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07(a).

Disqualified Institution” means any financial institution, fund or Person that, in each case directly or through one or more Affiliates, is primarily engaged in the business of originating or investing in middle market loans.

Diversity Score” means, as of any day, a single number that indicates collateral concentration in terms of both issuer and industry concentration, calculated as set forth in Schedule VI hereto, as such Schedule VI may be updated at the option of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion to reflect any revisions to criteria published by Moody’s.

Diversity Test” means a test that will be satisfied on any date of determination during the Revolving Period if the Diversity Score is greater than or equal to 15.0.

Dollars” means, and the conventional “$” signifies, the lawful currency of the United States of America.

Early Amortization Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16(d).

EBITDA” means, with respect to any period and any Loan Asset, the meaning of “EBITDA,” “Adjusted EBITDA” or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instruments for such Loan Asset (together will all add-backs and exclusions as designated in such Underlying Instruments), and in any case that “EBITDA,” “Adjusted EBITDA” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instruments, an amount, for the principal Obligor on such Loan Asset and any of its parents or Subsidiaries that are obligated pursuant to the Underlying Instruments for such Loan Asset (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) equal to net income from continuing operations for such period plus (a) cash interest expense, (b) income taxes, (c) depreciation and amortization for such period (to the extent deducted in determining earnings from continuing operations for such period), (d) amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill, financing fees and other capitalized costs), to the extent not otherwise included in clause (c) above, other non-cash charges and organization costs, (e) extraordinary losses in accordance with GAAP, and (f) any other item the Borrower and the Administrative Agent mutually deem to be appropriate.

Effective Spread” means, with respect to any floating rate Eligible Loan Asset as of any date of determination, the current per annum rate at which it pays interest minus LIBOR applicable during the Remittance Period in which such date of determination occurs.

Eligibility Criteria” means the criteria set forth in Schedule III hereto.

Eligible Loan Asset” means, as of any date of determination, a Loan Asset (i) in respect of which each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.02 are true and correct as of such date and (ii) that satisfies the Eligibility Criteria as of such date.

Equity Cure Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c).

Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, its equity ownership interests, its common stock and any other capital stock or other equity ownership units of such Person

 

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authorized from time to time, and any other shares, options, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of or in such Person, whether voting or nonvoting and all securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable, in whole or in part, into any one or more of the foregoing.

Equity Security” means (a) any equity security or any other security that is not eligible for purchase by the Borrower as an Eligible Loan Asset, (b) any security purchased as part of a “unit” with an Eligible Loan Asset and that itself is not eligible for purchase by the Borrower as an Eligible Loan Asset, and (c) any obligation that, at the time of commitment to acquire such obligation, was eligible for purchase by the Borrower as an Eligible Loan Asset but that, as of any subsequent date of determination, no longer is eligible for purchase by the Borrower as an Eligible Loan Asset, for so long as such obligation fails to satisfy such requirements.

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

ERISA Affiliate” means (a) any corporation that is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as the relevant Person, (b) a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with that Person, or (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as, or that otherwise is aggregated under Code Section 414(o) with, that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above.

ERISA Event” means (a) with respect to a Pension Plan, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a termination under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, with respect to a Pension Plan; (d) the failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan, or receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of written notification from a Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (f) the filing by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, the treatment of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or Section 4041A of ERISA, or the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, other than for the payment of plan contributions or PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or

 

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any of its ERISA Affiliates; (h) the filing by the PBGC of a notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any of the assets of the Borrower or the Servicer; or (i) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) which could result in liability to the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates.

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.01.

Excepted Persons” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.12(a).

Excess Concentration Amount” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to all Loan Assets included in the Collateral, the amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balance of such Loan Assets exceeds any applicable Concentration Limitations, to be calculated without duplication, after giving effect to any sales, purchases or substitutions of Loan Assets as of such date; provided that with respect to any Loan Asset or portion thereof, if more than one Concentration Limitation would be exceeded, the Concentration Limitation that would result in the highest Excess Concentration Amount (without duplication) shall be used to determine the Excess Concentration Amount.

Excluded Amounts” means (a) any amount received in the Collection Account with respect to any Loan Asset included as part of the Collateral, which amount is attributable to the payment of any Tax, fee or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority on such Loan Asset or on any Related Collateral and (b) any amount received in the Collection Account representing (i) a reimbursement of insurance premiums, (ii) any escrows relating to Taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with Loan Assets which are held in an escrow account for the benefit of the Obligor and the secured party pursuant to escrow arrangements under the Underlying Instruments, (iii) amounts received in the Collection Account with respect to any Loan Asset retransferred or substituted for upon the occurrence of a Warranty Breach Event or that is otherwise replaced by a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset, or that is otherwise sold or transferred by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.07, to the extent such amount is attributable to a time after the effective date of such replacement or sale, (iv) any interest accruing on a Loan Asset prior to the related Cut-Off Date that was not purchased by the Borrower and is for the account of the Person from whom the Borrower purchased such Loan Asset, and (v) amounts deposited into the Collection Account manifestly in error.

Excluded Taxes” means (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by the Recipient’s net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes imposed on the Recipient, and branch profits Taxes imposed on the Recipient, in each case, (i) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of any Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender becomes a party hereto or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.11, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.11(g), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

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FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor versions of Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code that are substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), as of the date of this Agreement, and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

Facility Amount” means the aggregate Commitments as then in effect, which on the Closing Date shall be $400,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.17(b); provided that, at all times (a) when an Event of Default exists and is continuing, (b) during the Amortization Period (including, as a result of an Early Amortization Election) and (c) after an Early Amortization Election, the Facility Amount shall mean the aggregate Advances Outstanding at such time.

Facility Maturity Date” means the earliest of (a) the Business Day designated by the Borrower to the Lender pursuant to Section 2.16(b) to terminate this Agreement, (b) the Stated Maturity or (c) the date on which the Facility Maturity Date is declared (or is deemed to have occurred automatically) pursuant to Section 7.01.

Fees” means (a) the Unused Fee and (b) the fees payable to the Administrative Agent and each Lender pursuant to the terms of any Lender Fee Letter.

Financial Asset” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.

Financial Covenant Test”: means a test that will be satisfied on any date of determination if:

(a)    the Shareholders’ Equity at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Transferor is less than the greater of (i) 40% of the value of the assets of the Transferor and its subsidiaries and (ii) 75% of the Transferor’s Shareholders’ Equity at the Closing Date plus 50% of the net proceeds of the sale of Equity Interests by the Transferor and its subsidiaries after the Closing Date (other than proceeds of sales of Equity Interests by and among the Transferor and its subsidiaries); and

(b)    the BDC Asset Coverage Test is satisfied.

First Lien Loan” means any Loan Asset (a) that is secured by a valid and perfected first priority Lien on substantially all of the Obligor’s assets constituting Related Collateral (other than, in the case of a Bifurcated First Lien Loan, any Current Asset Collateral), subject to any expressly permitted Liens under the Underlying Instrument for such Loan Asset or such comparable definition if “permitted liens” is not defined therein, (b) that provides that the payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan Asset is either senior to, or pari passu with, and is not (and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in right of payment to all other Indebtedness

 

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of such Obligor, (c) for which Liens on the Related Collateral (other than, in the case of a Bifurcated First Lien Loan, any Current Asset Collateral) securing any other outstanding Indebtedness of the Obligor (excluding expressly permitted Liens described in clause (a) above but including Liens securing Second Lien Loans) are expressly subject to and contractually or structurally subordinate to the priority Liens securing such First Lien Loan, (d) that the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that the value of the Related Collateral (other than, in the case of a Bifurcated First Lien Loan, any Current Asset Collateral) on or about the time of origination equals or exceeds the Outstanding Balance of the Loan Asset plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other Indebtedness of equal seniority secured by the same Related Collateral, (e) for which the Senior Leverage Ratio as of the Cut-Off Date is less than 4.50:1.00, and (f) that is not a Second Lien Loan, Unitranche Loan or FLLO Loan.

FLLO Loan” means any Loan Asset that satisfies all of the requirements set forth in the definition of “First Lien Loan” except that, at any time prior to and/or after an event of default under the Underlying Instrument, such Loan Asset will be paid after one or more tranches of First Lien Loans issued by the Obligor have been paid in full in accordance with a specified waterfall or other priority of payments as specified in the Underlying Instrument, an agreement among lenders or other applicable agreement; provided that the ratio of the outstanding principal balance of the “first out” position to the EBITDA of the Obligor is less than or equal to 1.50:1.00; provided, further, that any Loan Asset that otherwise satisfies the requirements of this definition other than the immediately preceding proviso shall constitute a Second Lien Loan for purposes of the Advance Rate but not for purposes of the Concentration Limitations.

Foreign Plan” means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to or by, or entered into with, the Borrower with respect to employees outside the United States.

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

Governmental Authority” means, with respect to any Person, any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person.

Governmental Plan” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(x).

Grant” or “Granted” means to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, create and grant a security interest in and right of setoff against, deposit, set over and confirm. A Grant of the Collateral, or of any other instrument, shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including, the immediate continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral, and all other monies payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

 

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Hague Convention” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.04(e).

Increased Costs” means any amounts required to be paid by the Borrower to an Affected Party pursuant to Section 2.10.

Indebtedness” means:

(a)    with respect to any Obligor under any Loan Asset, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such entity for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (ii) all obligations of such entity evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such entity under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such entity, (iv) all obligations of such entity in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (v) all indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such entity, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (vi) all guarantees by such entity of indebtedness of others, (vii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such entity, (viii) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such entity as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (ix) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such entity in respect of bankers’ acceptances; and

(b)    for all other purposes, with respect to any Person at any date, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (iv) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (v) all indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (vi) all guarantees by such Person of indebtedness of others, (vii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (viii) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (ix) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances.

Indemnified Amounts” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01.

Indemnified Party” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01.

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 Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.04.

 

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Independent Manager” means a natural person who, (a) for the five (5)-year period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Manager, has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Manager is not: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager, partner or officer of the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager of the Borrower or other Affiliates that are structured to be “bankruptcy remote”); (ii) a customer or supplier of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager of the Borrower or other Affiliates that are structured to be “bankruptcy remote”); or (iii) any member of the immediate family of a person described in (i) or (ii), and (b) has (i) prior experience as an Independent Manager for a corporation or limited liability company whose charter documents required the unanimous consent of all Independent Managers thereof before such corporation or limited liability company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy and (ii) at least five (5) years of employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of secured or securitized structured finance instruments, agreements or securities.

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

Industry Classification” means any of the industry categories set forth in Schedule VII hereto, including any modifications that may be made thereto or additional categories that may be subsequently established by reference to the Global Industry Classification Standard codes; provided that the Administrative Agent has provided its prior written consent to any such modification or additional category.

Initial Advance” means the first Advance made pursuant to Article II.

Instrument” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.

Insurance Policy” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, an insurance policy covering liability and physical damage to, or loss of, the Related Collateral.

Interest Collection Subaccount” means a sub-account of the Collection Account designated “Interest Collection Subaccount,” into which Interest Collections shall be segregated.

Interest Collections” means, with respect to any date of determination, without duplication, the sum of:

(a)    all payments of interest and delayed compensation (representing compensation for delayed settlement) received in cash by the Borrower during the related Remittance Period on the Loan Assets, including the accrued interest received in connection with a sale thereof during the related Remittance Period;

(b)    all principal and interest payments received by the Borrower during the related Remittance Period on Permitted Investments purchased with Interest Collections; and

 

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(c)    all upfront fees, anniversary fees, redemption fees, collateral monitoring fees, success fees, termination fees, amendment and waiver fees, late payment fees, ticking fees and all other fees received by the Borrower during the related Remittance Period, except for those in connection with the reduction of the Outstanding Balance of the related Loan Asset, as determined by the Servicer with notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent;

provided that any amounts received in respect of any Defaulted Loan will constitute Principal Collections (and not Interest Collections) until the aggregate of all collections in respect of such Defaulted Loan since it became a Defaulted Loan equals the Outstanding Balance of such Loan Asset at the time it became a Defaulted Loan.

Investment Advisory Agreement” means the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Transferor and the Advisor dated as of March 1, 2016, as it may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Investment Criteria” means with respect to each Loan Asset acquired by the Borrower, compliance with each of the requirements set forth below:

(a)    no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default is continuing;

(b)    such Loan Asset is an Eligible Loan Asset;

(c)    there is no Borrowing Base Deficiency; and

(e)    the Collateral Quality Tests are satisfied, or, if not satisfied, would be maintained or improved after giving effect to such acquisition.

Lender” means (a) Morgan Stanley and (b) any Lender, and/or any other Person to whom a Lender assigns any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms of Section 12.04.

Lender Fee Letter” means each fee letter agreement that shall be entered into by and among the Borrower, the Servicer, the applicable Lender and/or the Administrative Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

LIBOR” means, for any day during a Remittance Period, with respect to any Advance (or portion thereof), the rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Reuters Screen (or any applicable successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time on the LIBOR Determination Date for such Remittance Period that displays an average ICE Benchmark Administration Interest Settlement Rate (such page currently being LIBOR01) for deposits in Dollars with a term equivalent to three months; provided that if such rate is not available at any such time for any reason, then “LIBOR” with respect to any Advance shall be, at the Administrative Agent’s option (a) the rate suggested as a replacement for LIBOR by the Loan Syndication and Trading Association or the Alternative Reference Rates Committee convened by the Federal Reserve, or similar association or committee or any successor thereto or (b) the rate at which Dollar; provided further that in the event that the rate as so determined above shall be

 

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less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. LIBOR shall always be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

LIBOR Determination Date” means, with respect to each Remittance Period, the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Remittance Period.

Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale, lease or other title retention agreement, sale subject to a repurchase obligation and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Loan Asset” means any commercial loan acquired by the Borrower, but excluding, as applicable, the Retained Interest and Excluded Amounts.

Loan Asset Checklist” means an electronic copy of a checklist delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Collateral Custodian, for each Loan Asset, of all applicable Required Loan Documents to be included within the respective Loan File.

Loan Asset Schedule” means the Loan Asset Schedule identifying the Loan Assets delivered by the Borrower or Servicer to the Collateral Custodian and the Administrative Agent. Each such schedule shall set forth the applicable information specified on Schedule V, which shall also be provided to the Collateral Custodian in electronic format acceptable to the Collateral Custodian.

Loan Assignment” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Loan File” means, with respect to each Loan Asset, a file containing (a) each of the documents and items as set forth on the Loan Asset Checklist with respect to such Loan Asset and (b) duly executed originals (to the extent required by the Servicing Standard) and copies of any other Records relating to such Loan Assets and Related Asset pertaining thereto.

Maintenance Covenant” means, as of any date of determination, a covenant by the Obligor of a Loan Asset to comply with one or more financial covenants during each reporting period applicable to such Loan Asset, whether or not any action by, or event relating to, the Obligor occurs after such date of determination; provided that a covenant that otherwise satisfies the definition hereof and only applies when amounts are outstanding under the related Loan Asset shall be a Maintenance Covenant.

Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board, including any debt security which is by its terms convertible into “margin stock.”

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition, operations, performance financial prospects or properties of the Transferor, the Servicer or the Borrower, (b) the validity, enforceability or collectability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the

 

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validity, enforceability or collectability of the Loan Assets generally or any material portion of the Loan Assets, (c) the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Account Bank, the Administrative Agent, any Lender and the Secured Parties with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (d) the ability of each of the Borrower, the Transferor and the Servicer to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or (e) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Collateral Agent’s lien on a material portion of the Collateral; provided, however, that “Material Adverse Effect” does not include (i) the occurrence of a Valuation Adjustment Event, Material Modification or change in Assigned Value in relation to any one or more Eligible Loan Assets or (ii) the effects of generally applicable changes in financial, economic, credit or market conditions.

Material Modification” means any amendment or waiver of, or modification or supplement with respect to, an Underlying Instrument governing an Eligible Loan Asset executed or effected on or after the Cut-Off Date for such Eligible Loan Asset (or, in the case of clause (d) below, a change to any other Indebtedness of the Obligor, as applicable) which:

(a)    reduces or forgives any or all of the principal amount due under such Eligible Loan Asset;

(b)    extends or delays the stated maturity date for such Eligible Loan Asset, other than a Maturity Amendment that complies with the terms and conditions of Section 6.04(a)(iii);

(c)    waives one or more interest payments, permits any interest due in cash to be deferred or capitalized and added to the principal amount of such Eligible Loan Asset (other than any deferral or capitalization already allowed by the terms of the Underlying Instruments of any Eligible Loan Asset that is a PIK Loan Asset as of the Cut-Off Date) or reduces the amount of interest due;

(d)    (i) in the case of a First Lien Loan or Unitranche Loan, contractually or structurally subordinates such Eligible Loan Asset by operation of a priority of payments, turnover provisions, the transfer of assets in order to limit recourse to the related Obligor or the granting of Liens (other than “permitted liens” or any comparable definitions or provisions in the Underlying Instruments related to “permitted liens” for such Eligible Loan Asset) on any of the Related Collateral securing such Loan Asset, (ii) in the case of a Second Lien Loan or FLLO Loan, (x) contractually or structurally subordinates such Eligible Loan Asset to any obligation (other than any loan which existed on the Cut-Off Date for such Eligible Loan Asset which is senior to such Eligible Loan Asset) by operation of a priority of payments, turnover provisions, the transfer of assets in order to limit recourse to the related Obligor or the granting of Liens (other than “permitted liens” or any comparable definitions or provisions in the Underlying Instruments related “permitted liens” for such Eligible Loan Assets) on any of the Related Collateral securing such Loan Asset or (y) increases the commitment amount of any loan senior or pari passu with such Loan Asset or (iii) in the case of any Eligible Loan Asset, the Obligor thereof incurs any additional Indebtedness which was not in place as of the Cut-Off Date which is senior to or pari passu with such Eligible Loan Asset (except as permitted (including an expressly permitted “basket” or “headroom” permission subject to lender consent) under the applicable Underlying Instruments existing on the Cut-Off Date for such Eligible Loan Asset);

 

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(e)    substitutes, alters or releases the Related Collateral securing such Eligible Loan Asset and any such substitution, alteration or release, as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, materially and adversely affects the value of such Eligible Loan Asset provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to any release in conjunction with a relatively contemporaneous disposition by the Obligor accompanied by a mandatory reinvestment of net proceeds or mandatory repayment of the loan facility (including the Eligible Loan Asset) with the net proceeds of such Related Collateral; or

(f)    amends, waives, forbears, supplements or otherwise modifies (i) the meaning of “Senior Leverage Ratio,” “Cash Interest Coverage Ratio,” “Total Leverage Ratio,” “EBITDA,” “Permitted Liens” or any respective comparable definitions in the Underlying Instruments for such Eligible Loan Asset (to the extent such financial covenants or definitions are included in the Underlying Instruments) or (ii) any term or provision of such Underlying Instruments referenced in or utilized in the calculation of the “Senior Leverage Ratio,” “Cash Interest Coverage Ratio,” “Total Leverage Ratio,” “EBITDA,” “Permitted Liens” or any respective comparable definitions for such Eligible Loan Asset, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) above, in a manner that, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, is materially adverse to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the value of such Eligible Loan Asset.

Maturity Amendment” means, any amendment to the Underlying Instruments of any Loan Asset which delays or extends the maturity date or any principal payment date for such Loan Asset.

Maximum Portfolio Advance Rate” means, as of any date of determination (a) after the Revolving Period, 100% and (b) during the Revolving Period, the advance rate corresponding to the Diversity Score of the Eligible Loan Assets included in the Collateral as of such date, as set forth below:

 

Diversity Score (x)

  

Maximum Portfolio Advance Rate

x £ 5.0    25%
5.0 < x £ 7.5    35%
7.5 < x £ 10.0    40%
10.0 < x £ 15.0    50%
x > 15.0    Advance Rate determined by the Administrative Agent in respect of each Eligible Loan Asset as set forth in the definition of Advance Rate

; provided that, solely for purposes of determining the Maximum Portfolio Advance Rate, the cash proceeds of any Eligible Loan Assets sold, prepaid or otherwise disposed of shall be deemed to be in the same Industry Classification as such Eligible Loan Asset and an obligation of the Obligor on such Eligible Loan Asset for purposes of determining the Diversity Score until such time as such cash proceeds are reinvested to purchase additional Loan Assets or paid pursuant to the terms of Section 2.04.

 

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Measurement Date” means each of the following dates: (a) the Closing Date; (b) each Reporting Date; (c) each Determination Date; (d) the last day of each Remittance Period; (e) the date as of which an Advance or reduction of the Advances Outstanding is requested; (f) the date as of which a release of Principal Collections is requested pursuant to Section 2.18; (g) the date of any Discretionary Sale described in Section 2.07(a); (h) the date as of which the Servicer obtains actual knowledge of any Value Adjustment Event; (i) the date as of which a Borrowing Base Deficiency occurs; (j) the last day of the Revolving Period; and (k) any other date reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

Minimum Equity Amount” means $75,000,000.

Minimum Utilization” means on any day during the Revolving Period, 75% of the Facility Amount, and (b) at all other times, 0%.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or its successors in interest).

Morgan Stanley” means Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., and its successors and assigns.

Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the applicable Person or any ERISA Affiliate of that Person contributed or had any obligation to contribute, or with respect to which such Person or ERISA Affiliate has any liability (whether actual or contingent).

Noteless Loan” means a Loan Asset with respect to which the Underlying Instruments (a) do not require the Obligor to execute and deliver a promissory note to evidence the Indebtedness created under such Loan Asset or (b) require any holder of the Indebtedness created under such Loan Asset to affirmatively request a promissory note from the related Obligor (and none has been requested with respect to such Loan Asset held by the Borrower).

Notice of Borrowing” means an irrevocable written notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

Notice of Exclusive Control” has the meaning given to such term in the Collection Account Agreement.

Notice of Reduction” means a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

Obligations” means all present and future indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations (howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or due or to become due) of the Borrower to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Account Bank, the Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian arising under this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document and shall include, all liability for Yield and principal of the Advances Outstanding, Breakage Fees, indemnifications and other amounts due or to become due by the Borrower to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Secured Parties and the Account Bank under this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document, including, any Lender Fee Letter, any Prepayment Premium and costs and expenses payable by the Borrower to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Account Bank, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian, including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, including interest, fees and other obligations that accrue after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding (in each case whether or not allowed as a claim in such insolvency proceeding).

 

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Obligor” means, with respect to a Loan Asset, the Person who is obligated to repay such Loan Asset (including, if applicable, a guarantor thereof), and whose assets are primarily relied upon by the Borrower at the time such Loan Asset was originated or purchased by the Borrower as the source of repayment of such Loan Asset.

Obligor Information” means, with respect to any Obligor the following information, if received from such Obligor, in possession of the Servicer or Borrower or reasonably included in the type of information typically obtained by the Transferor in accordance with its standard origination practices, (a) the legal name and tax identification number of such Obligor, (b) the jurisdiction in which such Obligor is domiciled, (c) the audited financial statements for such Obligor for the three prior fiscal years (or such shorter period of time that the Obligor has been in existence), (d) the Servicer’s internal credit memo with respect to the Obligor and the related Loan Asset, including explanation of any EBITDA adjustments and detailed projections of free cash flow through maturity, (e) any lender presentations and confidential information memorandum received by the Servicer, (f) the annual report for the most recent fiscal year of such Obligor, (g) a company forecast for such Obligor including plans related to capital expenditures, (h) the financials for the most recent fiscal quarter, (i) the business model, company strategy and names of known peers of such Obligor, (j) the shareholding pattern and details of the management team of such Obligor, (k) details of any banking facilities and the debt maturity schedule of such Obligor and (l) Underlying Instruments.

OFAC” means the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the president, the secretary, an assistant secretary, the chief financial officer or any vice president, as an authorized officer, of any Person.

Opinion of Counsel” means a customary written opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel are acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

ORCC Credit Agreement” means that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dates as of February 1, 2017, among Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Originate” includes direct primary origination as well as purchase in connection with the distribution by syndication of a Loan Asset, participation in a “club” deal or similar arrangement. The term “Originated” has a correlative meaning.

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 from 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 Transaction Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Transaction Document).

 

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Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Transaction Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.

Outstanding Balance” means, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal balance of a Loan Asset as of such date, exclusive of any PIK Interest or accrued interest on such Loan Asset as of such date; provided that, for purposes of calculating the “Outstanding Balance” of any PIK Loan Asset, principal payments received on such Loan Asset shall first be applied to reducing or eliminating any outstanding PIK Interest or accrued interest.

Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.04(c).

Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, P.L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001).

Payment Date” means the 15th calendar day of each January, April, July and October, unless such day is not a Business Day, in which case the following Business Day, commencing in April, 2018; provided that the final Payment Date shall occur on the Collection Date.

Payment Default Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Loan Assets as of such date (excluding for the avoidance of doubt any Loan Assets no longer forming part of the Collateral) for which an Obligor payment default has occurred (giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period but in no event to exceed five (5) Business Days), divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Loan Assets as of such date plus amounts on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount as of such date.

Payment Default Trigger” means an event that shall occur if the Payment Default Ratio exceeds 20% at any time during the Revolving Period.

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

Pension Plan” means an “employee pension benefit plan” as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or has any liability (whether actual or contingent).

Permitted Investments” means, as of any date of determination:

(a)    direct interest bearing obligations of, and interest bearing obligations guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;

 

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(b)    demand or time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, demand notes of, or bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (including any federal or state branch or agency of a foreign depository institution or trust company) and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities (including, if applicable, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent or any agent thereof acting in its commercial capacity); provided that the short-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company at the time of such investment are rated at least “A-1” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s;

(c)    commercial paper that (i) is payable in Dollars and (ii) is rated at least “A-1” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s; and

(d)    units of money market funds rated in the highest credit rating category by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, including S&P and Moody’s.

No Permitted Investment shall have an “f,” “r,” “p,” “pi,” “q,” “sf” or “t” subscript affixed to its S&P rating. Any such investment may be made or acquired from or through the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent or any of their respective affiliates, or any entity for whom the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Account Bank, the Collateral Custodian or any of their respective affiliates provides services and receives compensation (so long as such investment otherwise meets the applicable requirements of the foregoing definition of Permitted Investment at the time of acquisition); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) above, Permitted Investments may only include obligations or securities that constitute cash equivalents for purposes of the rights and assets in paragraph (c)(8)(i)(B) of the exclusions from the definition of “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule. The Collateral Agent, Account Bank and Collateral Custodian shall have no obligation to determine or oversee compliance with the foregoing.

Permitted Liens” means any of the following as to which no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced (a) Liens imposed by any Governmental Authority for Taxes, assessments or charges if such Taxes, assessments or charges 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) Liens granted pursuant to or by the Transaction Documents, including the Collection Account Agreement, (d) with respect to any Loan Asset, Liens on the underlying collateral for such Loan Asset and (e)(i) with respect to “agented” Loan Assets, customary security interests , liens and other encumbrances in favor of the lead agent, the collateral agent or the paying agent on behalf of all holders of indebtedness of such obligor under the related facility, and (ii) any lien on a Loan Asset granted by the Borrower to a Person that acquired a Loan Asset from the Borrower pursuant to a participation to secure the payment obligations related to such Loan Asset, provided that the granting of such participation interest is expressly permitted hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents.

 

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Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a statutory or business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, sole proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity.

PIK Interest” means interest accrued on a Loan Asset that is added to the principal amount of such Loan Asset instead of being paid as cash interest as it accrues.

PIK Loan Asset” means a Loan Asset which provides for a portion of the interest that accrues thereon to be added to the principal amount of such Loan Asset for some period of time prior to such Loan Asset requiring the current cash payment of such previously capitalized interest, which cash payment shall be treated as an Interest Collection at the time it is received.

Prepayment Premium” means, in the event that this Agreement is terminated or the Facility Amount is permanently reduced, in each case, pursuant to Section 2.16(b), (a) prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to 2.0%, or (b) on or after the one (1) year anniversary of the Closing Date, but prior to the two (2) year anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to 1.0%, in each case, of either (x) the Facility Amount, in the case of such termination, or (y) the amount of such reduction, in the case of such permanent reduction of the Facility Amount and, in each case, such amounts shall be payable pro rata to each Lender at the time of such termination or such reduction, as applicable; provided that the Prepayment Premium shall be calculated without giving effect to the provisos in the definition of “Facility Amount”; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, no Prepayment Premium shall be applicable in connection with a prepayment made (i) in connection with a Payment Default Trigger or an Early Amortization Election or (ii) to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency if in connection with such prepayment the Borrower permanently reduces the Facility Amount pursuant to Section 2.16(b)(ii).

Politically Exposed Person” means a natural person currently or formerly entrusted with a senior public role or function (e.g., a senior official in the executive, legislative, military, administrative, or judicial branches of government), an immediate family member of a prominent public figure, a known close associate of a prominent public figure, or any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a prominent public figure. Immediate family members include family within one-degree of separation of the prominent public figure (e.g., spouse, parent, sibling, child, step-child, or in-law). Known close associates include those widely- and publicly-known close business colleagues and personal advisors to the prominent public figure, in particular financial advisors or persons acting in a fiduciary capacity.

Principal Collection Subaccount” means a sub-account of the Collection Account designated “Principal Collection Subaccount,” into which Principal Collections shall be segregated.

Principal Collections” means with respect to any date of determination, all amounts received by the Borrower during the related Remittance Period that do not constitute Interest Collections and any other amounts that have been designated as Principal Collections pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing the Commitment of such Lender (or, following the termination thereof, the outstanding principal amount of all Advances of such Lender), by the aggregate Commitments of all the Lenders (or, following the termination thereof, the aggregate Advances Outstanding).

Proceeds” means, with respect to any property included in the Collateral, all proceeds (as such term is defined in the UCC) of such property, including all property that is receivable or received when such property is collected, sold, liquidated, foreclosed, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and including all rights to payment with respect to such Collateral including any insurance relating thereto.

Purchase and Sale Agreement” means that certain Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the Transferor, as the seller, and the Borrower, as the purchaser, as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, an amount (expressed as a percentage of par) equal to the greater of (a) zero and (b) the actual price paid by the Borrower for such Loan Asset (including by funding such Loan Asset in origination); provided that if the actual price paid (or funded) by the Borrower for such Loan Asset exceeds 100% of par, the Purchase Price shall be deemed to be 100%.

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

Records” means all documents relating to the Loan Assets, including books, records and other information executed in connection with the origination or acquisition of the Loan Assets or maintained with respect to the Loan Assets and the related Obligors that the Borrower, the Transferor or the Servicer have generated, in which the Borrower has acquired an interest pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement or in which the Borrower or the Transferor have otherwise obtained an interest.

Recoveries” means, with respect to any Defaulted Loan, the proceeds from the sale of the Related Collateral, the proceeds of any related Insurance Policy, any other recoveries with respect to such Loan Asset (without duplication) or the Related Collateral, and amounts representing late fees and penalties, net of any amounts received that are required under such Loan Asset, as applicable, to be refunded to the related Obligor.

Register” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13.

Registered” means a debt obligation that is in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 881(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and that is issued after July 18, 1984; provided that a certificate of interest in a grantor trust shall not be treated as Registered unless each of the obligations or securities held by the trust was issued after that date.

Regularly Scheduled Valuation” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.01(ff).

 

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Related Asset” means, with respect to each Loan Asset, all right, title and interest of the Borrower in and to:

(a)    all rights with respect to the Loan Assets to which the Transferor and/or the Borrower, as applicable, is entitled as lender under the applicable Underlying Instruments;

(b)    any Related Collateral securing a Loan Asset and all Recoveries related thereto, all payments paid in respect thereof and all monies due or to become due and paid in respect thereof after the applicable Cut-Off Date and all liquidation proceeds;

(c)    all Required Loan Documents, the Loan Files related to any Loan Asset, any Records, and the documents, agreements, and instruments included in the Loan Files or Records;

(d)    all Insurance Policies with respect to any Loan Asset;

(e)    all Liens, guaranties, indemnities, warranties, letters of credit, and other agreements or arrangements purporting to secure or support payment of any Loan Asset, together with all UCC financing statements, mortgages or similar filings signed or authorized by an Obligor relating thereto;

(f)    all records (including computer records) with respect to the foregoing; and

(g)    all Proceeds and other benefits of each of the foregoing.

Related Collateral” means, with respect to a Loan Asset, any property or other assets designated and pledged or mortgaged as collateral to secure repayment of such Loan Asset, as applicable, including, any amounts on deposit in any deposit accounts, cash reserve, collection, custody or lockbox accounts securing the Loan Asset, mortgaged property and/or a pledge of the stock, membership or other ownership interests in the related Obligor and all Proceeds from any sale or other disposition of such property or other assets.

Release Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).

Remittance Period” means, (a) as to the initial Payment Date, the period beginning on, and including, the Closing Date and ending on, and including, the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date and (b) as to any subsequent Payment Date, the period beginning, and including, on the first day after the most recently ended Remittance Period and ending on, and including, the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date, or, with respect to the final Remittance Period, the Collection Date.

Replacement Affiliated Servicer” means a Replacement Servicer that satisfies each of the following: (i) such Replacement Servicer is an Affiliate of the existing Servicer with substantially the same personnel, (ii) immediately after giving effect to the appointment of such Replacement Servicer no Servicer Removal Event or Servicer Default is or would be in existence and (iii) as of the date of the appointment of such Replacement Servicer, a Bankruptcy Event could not reasonably be expected to occur with respect to such Replacement Servicer, including in connection with any Bankruptcy Event of the existing Servicer.

 

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Replacement Servicer” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.01(c).

Reporting Date” means the date that is eight (8) Business Days prior to the 15th of each calendar month, commencing in February, 2018.

Required Lenders” means (a) Morgan Stanley (as a Lender hereunder) and its successors and assigns and (b) the other Lenders, if any, representing, together with Morgan Stanley, an aggregate of at least 51% of the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders then in effect.

Required Loan Documents” means, for each Loan Asset, the following documents or instruments, all as specified on the related Loan Asset Checklist:

(a)    (i) the original executed promissory note or, in the case of a lost note, a copy of the executed underlying promissory note accompanied by an original executed affidavit and indemnity endorsed by the Borrower in blank (and an unbroken chain of endorsements from each prior holder of such promissory note to the Borrower), or (ii) if such promissory note is not issued in the name of the Borrower or is a Noteless Loan, (A) an executed copy of each assignment and assumption agreement, transfer document or instrument relating to such Loan Asset evidencing the assignment of such Loan Asset from any prior third party owner thereof to the Borrower and from the Borrower in blank;

(b)    copies of the executed (i) guaranty, (ii) Underlying Instrument, (iii) if applicable, acquisition agreement (or similar agreement) and (iv) security agreement or other agreement that secures the obligations represented by such Loan Asset, in each case as set forth on the Loan Asset Checklist; and

(c)    with respect to any Loan Asset originated by the Transferor and with respect to which the Transferor acts as administrative agent (or in a comparable capacity), either (i) copies of the UCC-1 financing statements, if any, and any related continuation statements, each showing the Obligor, as debtor, and the Transferor, as secured party, and each with evidence of filing thereon, or (ii) copies of any such financing statements certified by the Servicer to be true and complete copies thereof in instances where the original financing statements have been sent to the appropriate public filing office for filing, in each case, as set forth in the Loan Asset Checklist.

Required Sale Assets” means all assets owned by the Borrower that would disqualify the Borrower from using the “loan securitization exclusion” under the Volcker Rule (as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any duly authorized officer of such Person with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other duly authorized officer of such Person to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Junior Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any class of membership interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend paid solely in interests of that class of membership interests or in

 

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any junior class of membership interests of the Borrower; (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any class of membership interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, (c) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire membership interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, and (d) any payment of management fees by the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) payments and reimbursements due to the Servicer in accordance with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document do not constitute Restricted Junior Payments, and (y) distributions by the Borrower to holders of its membership interests of Loan Assets or of cash or other proceeds relating thereto which have been substituted by the Borrower in accordance with this Agreement shall not constitute Restricted Junior Payments.

Retained Interest” means, with respect to any Loan Asset that is transferred to the Borrower, (a) all of the obligations, if any, of the agent(s) under the documentation evidencing such Loan Asset and (b) the applicable portion of the interests, rights and obligations under the documentation evidencing such Loan Asset that relate to such portion(s) of the indebtedness and interest in other obligations that are owned by another lender.

Review Criteria” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 11.02(b)(i).

Revolving Loan” means a loan that is a line of credit or contains an unfunded commitment arising from an extension of credit to an Obligor, pursuant to the terms of which amounts borrowed may be repaid and subsequently reborrowed.

Revolving Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the day preceding the earlier to occur of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) the Facility Maturity Date.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (or its successors in interest).

Sanctioned Person” means at any time, (a) a Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC, OFAC’s consolidated Non-SDN list, or other Sanctions-related list maintained the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) a Person or a person with whom dealings are prohibited or restricted under any Sanctions, (c) any Person located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions generally prohibiting dealings with such country or territory (as of the date hereof, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria), or (d) any Person owned fifty (50) percent or more by or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) through (c) above, to the extent such relationship of ownership or control renders such Person a Person with whom dealings are prohibited or restricted under any Sanctions.

Sanctions” means economic and trade sanctions administered or enforced by any of the following authorities: OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (United Kingdom) or the United Nations Security Council.

 

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Scheduled Payment” means each scheduled payment of principal and/or interest required to be made by an Obligor on the related Loan Asset, as adjusted pursuant to the terms of the related Underlying Instruments.

Second Lien Loan” means any Loan Asset (a) that is secured by a valid and perfected Lien on substantially all of the Obligor’s assets constituting Related Collateral for such Loan Asset, subject only to the prior Lien provided to secure the obligations under a “first lien” loan pursuant to typical commercial terms, and any other expressly permitted Liens under the Underlying Instrument for such Loan Asset, including any “permitted liens” as defined in such Underlying Instrument, or such comparable definition if “permitted liens” is not defined therein, (b) that provides that the payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan Asset is “senior debt” and, except for the express lien priority provisions under the documentation of the “first lien” lenders, is either senior to, or pari passu with, all other Indebtedness of such Obligor, and (c) that the Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that the value of the Related Collateral on or about the time of origination equals or exceeds the Outstanding Balance of the Loan Asset plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other Indebtedness of equal or greater seniority secured by the same Related Collateral (including, without limitation, the outstanding principal balance of the “first lien” loan).

Secured Obligations” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a).

Secured Party” means each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Affected Party, each Indemnified Party, the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Agent and the Account Bank.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Senior Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Loan Asset or any portion of any Loan Asset, as applicable, for any period, the meaning of “Senior Leverage Ratio” or any comparable definition relating to first lien senior secured (or such applicable lien or applicable level within the capital structure) indebtedness in the Underlying Instruments for each such Loan Asset, and in any case that “Senior Leverage Ratio” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instruments, the ratio of (a) first lien senior secured (or such applicable lien or applicable level within the capital structure) Indebtedness (including FLLO Loans) less Unrestricted Cash, in each case, as of the applicable test date, to (b) EBITDA, for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date, or if the Obligor of such Loan Asset was organized or formed within the previous year, another applicable test period as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, as calculated by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor as per the requirements of the related Underlying Instruments.

Senior Servicing Fee” means the senior fee payable to the Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof on each Payment Date in arrears in respect of each Remittance Period, which fee shall be equal to the product of (a) 0.15% per annum, (b) the arithmetic mean of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Loans on the first day and on the last day of the

 

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related Remittance Period and (c) the actual number of days in such Remittance Period divided by 360; provided that, (i) in the sole discretion of the Servicer, the Servicer may, from time to time, waive all or any portion of the Senior Servicing Fee payable on any Payment Date and (ii) the Senior Servicing Fee may not be increased without the consent of the Transferor.

Servicer” means, as of any date of determination, the Person then authorized, pursuant to Section 6.01 to service, administer, and collect on the Loan Assets and exercise rights and remedies in respect of the same.

Servicer Certificate” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.08(c).

Servicer Default” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

(a)    any failure by the Borrower to make any payment, transfer or deposit into the Collection Account (including with respect to bifurcation and remittance of Interest Collections and Principal Collections), as required by any Transaction Documents, which continues unremedied for a period of two (2) Business Days; provided that, if such failure results solely from an administrative error or omission by the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank, such default continues for a period of five (5) or more Business Days after the Servicer receives written notice of, or a Responsible Officer of the Servicer has knowledge of such administrative error or omission;

(b)    any failure by the Servicer to deliver any required Servicing Report on or before the date such report is required to be made or given under the terms of this Agreement, unless as a result of good faith error or mistake cured within five (5) Business Days after the earlier to occur of: (1) the Servicer receives written notice of such failure from the Administrative Agent, or (2) a Responsible Officer of the Servicer has knowledge of such failure;

(c)    any assignment of the rights or obligations as “Servicer” hereunder to any Person (other than an Affiliate of the existing Servicer having substantially the same personnel) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent may be withheld by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion;

(d)    any representation, warranty or certification made by the Servicer (in each case, solely in its capacity as Servicer) in any Transaction Document or in any certificate delivered pursuant to any Transaction Document shall prove to have been materially incorrect when made, unless in the case of a good faith error or mistake, any effects of such material incorrectness are remedied within a period of five (5) Business Days after the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which written notice of such material incorrectness is given by the Administrative Agent to the Servicer or (y) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Servicer acquires knowledge thereof;

(e)    a Servicer Removal Event described in clause (d) of the definition thereof occurs, the Administrative Agent has delivered a Servicer Removal Notice under Section 6.01(b) and a new Servicer has not been appointed in accordance with Section 6.01(c) within fifteen (15) days; or

 

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(f)    except as otherwise provided in this definition of “Servicer Default,” any failure on the part of the Servicer (in each case, solely in its capacity as Servicer) duly to (i) observe or perform any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which the Servicer is a party (including any delegation of the Servicer’s duties that is not permitted by Section 6.01 of this Agreement) or (ii) comply with the Servicing Standard regarding the servicing of the Collateral, and, in each case, the same continues unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days (if such failure can be remedied) after the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which written notice of such failure is given or (y) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Servicer acquires knowledge thereof.

Servicer ERISA Event” means (a) with respect to a Servicer Pension Plan, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived; (b) a withdrawal by the Servicer or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Servicer Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as a termination under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, with respect to a Servicer Pension Plan; (d) the failure by the Servicer or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) the incurrence by the Servicer or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to a complete or partial withdrawal by the Servicer or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan, or receipt by the Servicer or any of its ERISA Affiliates of written notification from a Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (f) the filing by the administrator of any Servicer Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate a Servicer Pension Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, the treatment of a Servicer Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or Section 4041A of ERISA, or the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Servicer Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Servicer Pension Plan; (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Servicer Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, other than for the payment of plan contributions or PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Servicer or any of its ERISA Affiliates; (h) the filing by the PBGC of a notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any of the assets of the Servicer; or (i) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) which could result in liability to the Servicer or any of its ERISA Affiliates.

Servicer Pension Plan” means an “employee pension benefit plan” as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Service or any ERISA Affiliate of the Servicer or to which the Servicer or any ERISA Affiliate of the Servicer contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or has any liability (whether actual or contingent).

 

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Servicer Removal Event” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

(a)    any Servicer Default;

(b)    any Event of Default;

(c)    the failure of the Servicer to satisfy the Financial Covenant Test;

(d)    (x) dissolution, termination or liquidation, in whole or in part, transfer or other disposition, in each case, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Servicer, (y) merger of the Servicer into another Person where the Servicer is not the surviving entity or (z) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Servicer;

(e)    the failure of the Servicer to make any payment when due (after giving effect to any related grace period set forth in the related agreements) under an agreement for Indebtedness to which it is a party in an amount in excess of $25,000,000;

(f)    (i) the rendering of one or more judgments, decrees or orders by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction for the payment of money in excess individually or in the aggregate of $25,000,000 against the Servicer, and the Servicer shall not have either (A) discharged or provided for the discharge of any such judgment, decree or order in accordance with its terms or (B) perfected a timely appeal of such judgment, decree or order and caused the execution of same to be stayed during the pendency of the appeal; (ii) any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Servicer to enforce any such judgment; or (iii) the Servicer shall have made payments of amounts in excess of $25,000,000 in the settlement of any litigation, claim or dispute (excluding payments actually made from insurance proceeds); or

(g)    the occurrence of a Servicer ERISA Event that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Servicer Removal Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.01(b).

Servicing Fee” means the Senior Servicing Fee and the Subordinated Servicer Fee.

Servicing Report” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.08(b).

Servicing Standard” means, with respect to any Loan Assets included in the Collateral, to service and administer such Loan Assets in accordance with Applicable Law, the terms of this Agreement, the Underlying Instruments, all customary and usual servicing practices for loans like the Loan Assets and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, (a)(i) if the Servicer is the originator or an Affiliate thereof, the higher of: (A) the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Servicer exercises with respect to comparable assets that it manages for itself and its Affiliates having similar investment objectives and restrictions, and (B) the standards, policies and procedures that are customarily followed by institutional asset managers of national standing relating to assets of the nature and character of the Loan Assets, and (ii) if the Servicer is not the originator or an Affiliate thereof, the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Servicer services and administers loans for its own account or for the account of others; (b) with a view to maximize the value of the Loan Assets; and (c) without regard to: (i) the Servicer’s obligations to incur servicing and administrative expenses with respect to a Loan Asset, (ii) the

 

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Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction, (iii) the ownership by the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof of any Loan Assets, or (iv) the ownership, servicing or management for others by the Servicer of any other loans or property by the Servicer.

Shareholders’ Equity” means, at any date, the amount determined on a consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP, of shareholders equity for the Transferor and its subsidiaries at such date.

Similar Law” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.01(x).

Solvent” means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, having a state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met: (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts and other liabilities as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and does not propose to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property assets would constitute unreasonably small capital.

Standby Investment” means an interest bearing demand deposit account.

State” means one of the fifty states of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Stated Maturity” means December 21, 2022.

Structured Finance Obligation” means any obligation of a special purpose vehicle secured directly by, referenced to, or representing ownership of, a pool of receivables or other assets, including collateralized debt obligations and single asset repackages.

Subsidiary” means with respect to a Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

Subordinated Servicing Fee” means the subordinated fee payable to the Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof on each Payment Date in arrears in respect of each Remittance Period, which fee shall be equal to the product of (a) 0.25% per annum, (b) the arithmetic mean of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Loans on the first day and on the last day of the related Remittance Period and (c) the actual number of days in such Remittance Period

 

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divided by 360; provided that, (i) in the sole discretion of the Servicer, the Servicer may, from time to time, waive all or any portion of the Subordinated Servicing Fee payable on any Payment Date and (ii) the Subordinated Servicing Fee may not be increased without the consent of the Transferor.

Substitute Eligible Loan Asset” means each Eligible Loan Asset Granted by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(ii).

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

Tax Expense Cap” means, for any Payment Date, a per annum amount equal to $50,000.

Taxes” means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), charges, assessments or fees of any nature (including interest, penalties, and additions thereto) that are imposed by any Governmental Authority.

Termination/Reduction Notice” means each notice required to be delivered by the Borrower in respect of any termination of this Agreement or any permanent reduction of the Facility Amount, in the form of Exhibit F.

Total Borrower Capitalization” means, on any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value plus (b) the aggregate amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount.

Total Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Loan Asset for any period, the meaning of “Total Leverage Ratio” or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instruments for each Loan Asset, and in any case that “Total Leverage Ratio” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instruments, the ratio of (a) Indebtedness less Unrestricted Cash, in each case, as of the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date, or if the Obligor of such Loan Asset was organized or formed within the previous year, another applicable test period as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to (b) EBITDA, for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on or prior to such date, or if the Obligor of such Loan Asset was organized or formed within the previous year, another applicable test period as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, as calculated by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor as per the requirements of the related Underlying Instruments.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, any Assignment and Acceptance, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Collection Account Agreement, the Collateral Agent Fee Letter, the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter, the Lender Fee Letter and each document, instrument or agreement related to any of the foregoing.

 

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Transferor” means Owl Rock Capital Corporation, in its capacity as the Transferor hereunder and as the seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.

Transferor Participation Interest” means a participation interest in a loan that satisfies each of the following criteria: (a) such participation would constitute a Loan Asset were it acquired directly, (b) the seller of such participation is a lender on the underlying loan, (c) the aggregate participation in the loan granted by such participation seller to all participants (including the Borrower) does not exceed the principal amount or commitment with respect to which such participation seller is a lender under such loan, (d) such participation does not grant, in the aggregate, to the participant in such participation a greater interest than the selling participation seller holds in the loan or commitment that is the subject of the participation, (e) the entire purchase price for such participation is paid in full (without the benefit of financing from the participation seller) at the time of the participant’s acquisition, (f) the participation provides the participant with all of the economic benefit and risk of the whole or part of the loan or commitment that is the subject of the loan participation, (g) such participation is documented under a Loan Syndications and Trading Association or similar market agreement standard for loan participation transactions among institutional market participants, (h) such participation is not a sub-participation interest in any loan, (i) the participation seller is the Transferor or an Affiliate, and (j) such participation shall require an elevation to a full assignment within sixty (60) calendar days.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.11(g)(i)c.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York, except as otherwise specified in this Agreement.

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

United States” means the United States of America.

United States Tax Person” means a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Unitranche Loan” means any Loan Asset (1)(a) that is secured by a valid and perfected first priority Lien on substantially all of the Obligor’s assets constituting Related Collateral for such Loan Asset, subject to expressly permitted Liens, including any “permitted liens” as defined in the Underlying Instrument for such Loan Asset or such comparable definition if “permitted liens” is not defined therein, (b) that provides that the payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan Asset is either senior to, or pari passu with, all other Indebtedness of such Obligor, and (c) for which no other Indebtedness of the Obligor secured by a Lien on the Related Collateral exists or is outstanding or (2) that would constitute a First Lien Loan but for clause (e) of the definition thereof.

 

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Unmatured Event of Default” means any breach of or failure to comply with a representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement under the Transaction Documents that, if it continues uncured, will, with lapse of time, notice or lapse of time and notice, constitute an Event of Default.

Unrestricted Cash” means, (a) with respect to any Loan Asset, the meaning of “Unrestricted Cash” or any comparable definition in the Underlying Instruments for the applicable Loan Asset and (b) in any case that “Unrestricted Cash” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying Instruments or otherwise as applicable in this Agreement, cash and cash equivalents of the applicable Person available for use for general corporate purposes and not held in any reserve account or legally or contractually restricted for any particular purposes or uses.

Unused Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.09.

Unused Fee Rate” means a rate equal to 0.75% per annum.

Valuation Standard” means a standard that will be satisfied if an Approved Valuation Firm uses one or a combination of methodologies that are generally acceptable in the market as commercially reasonable practices to derive a fair assessment of the current market value of an Eligible Loan Asset; provided that such assessment shall take into consideration, but not be limited to, the following:

(a)    the financial performance and outlook of the Obligor of such Eligible Loan Asset;

(b)    a fundamental analysis to value the Obligor of such Eligible Loan Asset which may be based on discounted cash flow and a multiples-based approach based on comparable companies in the relevant sector or another generally accepted methodology for valuing companies in the relevant sector;

(c)    the current market environment (e.g., quoted trading levels on the Eligible Loan Asset (if available), the relative trading levels and yields for debt instruments of comparable companies and any relevant middle market indices); and

(d)    any other facts or circumstances deemed relevant by the Approved Valuation Firm, including such facts and circumstances that constitute the basis for a Value Adjustment Event with respect to such Eligible Loan Asset, if applicable.

Value Adjustment Event” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events after the related Cut-Off Date:

(a)    (i) the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio with respect to such Loan Asset on any date reported under the Underlying Instrument is less than 1.10:1.00 or is less than 20% of the Cash Interest Coverage Ratio with respect to such Loan Asset as calculated on the applicable Cut-Off Date, (ii) either (A) the Total Leverage Ratio with respect to such Loan Asset on any date reported under the Underlying Instrument (assuming an outstanding balance under any working capital facility, if applicable, equal to the average of the outstanding balance thereunder during the preceding twelve (12) month period), minus the Total Leverage Ratio calculated on the

 

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Cut- Off Date equal or exceeds 1.00:1.00 or (B) the Total Leverage Ratio with respect to such Loan Asset on any date reported under the Underlying Instrument (assuming an outstanding balance under any working capital facility, if applicable, equal to the average of the outstanding balance thereunder during the preceding twelve (12) month period) increases by more than 20% from the same Total Leverage Ratio as calculated on the applicable Cut-Off Date, or (iii) the EBITDA with respect to such Loan Asset on any date reported under the Underlying Instrument decreases by more than 20% of the EBITDA calculated on the Cut-Off Date; provided that with respect to any working capital facility of an Obligor of a Loan Asset that has fewer than twelve (12) months of outstanding balances as of the Cut-Off Date with respect to the related Loan Asset, any such missing outstanding balances shall be assumed balances agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Servicer;

(b)    an Obligor payment default occurs under such Loan Asset that continues and has not been cured after giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto, but in no event more than five (5) Business Days, after the applicable due date under the related Underlying Instruments;

(c)    any payment default occurs under any other senior or pari passu obligation for borrowed money of the related Obligor;

(d)    a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related Obligor (after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period thereunder);

(e)    the related Obligor fails to deliver to the Borrower or the Servicer any financial reporting information (i) as required by the Underlying Instruments of such Loan Asset (after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period thereunder) ; provided that the Borrower may waive such failure to deliver any such financial reporting information required to be delivered under such Underlying Instrument for a period of not more than five (5) calendar days after the applicable grace or cure period, and (ii) with a frequency of at least quarterly, but which shall in no case exceed sixty (60) days after the end of each quarter and one hundred and fifty (150) days after the end of each fiscal year;

(f)    the occurrence of a Material Modification with respect to such Loan Asset;

(g)    a breach of a financial covenant (including the financial covenants described in clause (a) of this definition) by the related Obligor in respect of such Loan Asset occurs (after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period thereunder but in no event more than seven (7) days);

(h)    the relevant Obligor, as determined by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard, commences formal restructuring or workout negotiations with its creditors, agrees to or completes a debt-for-equity swap or formally engages a restructuring advisor;

(i)    the Servicer determines that all or a material portion of such Loan Asset is uncollectible or otherwise places it on non-accrual status in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Servicer and the Servicing Standard; or

 

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(j)    the value assigned to such Eligible Loan Asset by an Approved Valuation Firm in a Regularly Scheduled Valuation is equal to or less than 90% of the Outstanding Balance thereof.

Volcker Rule” means Section 13 of the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.

Warranty Breach Loan Asset” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Weighted Average Advance Rate” means, as of any date of determination with respect to all Eligible Loan Assets included in the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value, the number obtained by (a) summing the products obtained by multiplying (i) the Advance Rate of each Eligible Loan Asset by (ii) such Eligible Loan Asset’s contribution to the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value and dividing (b) such sum by the Aggregate Adjusted Borrowing Value.

Weighted Average Life” means, as of any date of determination, the number obtained by (a) for each Eligible Loan Asset (other than a Defaulted Loan), multiplying the amount of each scheduled distribution of principal to be paid after such determination date by the number of years (rounded to the nearest hundredth) from such determination date until such scheduled distribution of principal is due; (b) summing all of the products calculated pursuant to clause (a) above; and (c) dividing the sum calculated pursuant to clause (b) above by the sum of all scheduled distributions of principal due on all the Eligible Loan Assets (other than Defaulted Loans) as of such determination date.

Weighted Average Life Test” means a test that will be satisfied on any date of determination if the Weighted Average Life of all Eligible Loan Assets as of such date is less than or equal to 7.5 years minus the number of years (rounded to the nearest quarter year) that have elapsed since the Closing Date.

Weighted Average Spread” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) obtained by (a) multiplying the Outstanding Balance of each floating rate Eligible Loan Asset (other than a Defaulted Loan) included in the Collateral as of such date by its Effective Spread, (b) summing the amounts determined pursuant to clause (a) above, and (c) dividing the sum determined pursuant to clause (b) above by the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all floating rate Eligible Loan Assets (other than a Defaulted Loan) included in the Collateral as of such date.

Weighted Average Spread Test” means a test that will be satisfied on any date of determination if the Weighted Average Spread is greater than or equal to 5.0%.

“Yield” means the sum of the following, payable on each Payment Date:

(a)    with respect to any previously ended Remittance Period, the sum for each day in such Remittance Period of amounts determined in accordance with the following formula (but only to the extent that such amounts were not previously paid to the Lenders):

YR x L

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where:   YR    =   the Yield Rate applicable to such Advance on such day during such Remittance Period;
    L    =   the outstanding principal amount of such Advance on
such day; and
    D    =   360;

plus

(b)    with respect to any previously ended Remittance Period, the sum for each day in such Remittance Period of amounts determined in accordance with the following formula (but only to the extent that such amounts were not previously paid to the Lenders):

YR x L

D

 

where:   YR    =   the Yield Rate applicable on such day;
    L    =   the greater of (a) the Minimum Utilization minus the
Advances Outstanding on such day, and (b) 0; and
    D    =   360;

provided that (i) no provision of this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of Yield in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law and (ii) Yield shall not be considered paid by any distribution if at any time such distribution is later required to be rescinded by the Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any reason including, such distribution becoming void or otherwise avoidable under any statutory provision or common law or equitable action, including, any provision of the Bankruptcy Code.

Yield Rate” means, for any Advance, as of any date of determination during any Remittance Period applicable to such Advance, an interest rate per annum equal to LIBOR on such date plus the Applicable Margin.

Zero-Coupon Obligation” means any loan that, at the time of purchase, does not by its terms provide for the payment of cash interest.

Section 1.02    Other Terms.

(a)    All capitalized terms used which are not specifically defined shall have the meanings provided in Article 9 of the UCC in effect on the date hereof to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

(b)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date

 

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hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

Section 1.03    Computation of Time Periods. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.”

Section 1.04    Interpretation.

In each Transaction Document, unless a contrary intention appears:

(a)    The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.

(b)    Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.

(c)    The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

(d)    The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”

(e)    The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities.

(f)    Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements or replacements set forth herein), (ii) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (iii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (iv) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (v) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules to, this Agreement and (vi) the words “asset”

 

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and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(g)    Unless expressly stated otherwise, any decision to be made at the discretion of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender) shall be in its sole discretion.

(h)    All calculations required to be made hereunder with respect to the Loan Assets and the Borrowing Base shall be made on a trade date basis.

(i)    Reference to any time means New York, New York time (unless expressly specified otherwise).

(j)    Any reference to “close of business” means 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time.

(k)    Any use of the term “knowledge” or “actual knowledge” in this Agreement shall mean actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry.

ARTICLE II

THE FACILITY

Section 2.01    Advances.

(a)    Advances. On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, from time to time from the Closing Date until the end of the Revolving Period, the Borrower may request that the Lenders make Advances, in an aggregate amount up to the Availability as of such date, to the Borrower for the purpose of purchasing Eligible Loan Assets; provided that, no Lender shall be obligated to make any Advance on or after the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the earlier to occur of the Commitment Termination Date or the Facility Maturity Date. Under no circumstances shall any Lender be required to make any Advance if after giving effect to such Advance and the addition to the Collateral of the Eligible Loan Assets being acquired by the Borrower using the proceeds of such Advance, (i) an Event of Default exists or would result therefrom or an Unmatured Event of Default exists would result therefrom or (ii) a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists or would result therefrom. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Lender shall be obligated to provide the Borrower with aggregate funds in connection with an Advance that would exceed such Lender’s unused Commitment then in effect.

(b)    Promissory Note. Upon the request of any Lender, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note of the Borrower (in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) evidencing the Advances of such Lender with appropriate insertions as to the date and principal amount.

 

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Section 2.02    Procedure for Advances.

(a)    During the Revolving Period, the Lenders will make Advances on any Business Day at the request of the Borrower, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02 and subject to the provisions of Article III hereof.

(b)    For each Advance, the Borrower shall deliver an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Custodian, no later than 10:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days before the Business Day on which the Advance is to be made; provided that, if such Notice of Borrowing is delivered later than 10:00 a.m. on such Business Day, such Notice of Borrowing shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day. Each Notice of Borrowing shall include a duly completed Borrowing Base Certificate (updated to the date such Advance is requested and giving pro forma effect to the Advance requested and the use of the proceeds thereof) and an updated Loan Asset Schedule, and shall include:

(i)    the proposed aggregate amount of such Advance, which amount must be at least equal to $1,000,000;

(ii)    the proposed date of such Advance; and

(iii)    a representation that all conditions precedent for an Advance described in Article III hereof have been satisfied.

On the date set forth in the applicable Notice of Borrowing for each Advance, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, each Lender shall make available to the Borrower, in same day funds, an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Advance, for deposit by the Collateral Agent into the Principal Collection Subaccount.

(c)    Each Advance shall bear interest at the applicable Yield Rate.

(d)    Subject to Section 2.16 and the other terms, conditions, provisions and limitations set forth herein (including, the payment of the Prepayment Premium, as applicable), the Borrower may borrow, repay or prepay and reborrow Advances without any penalty, fee or premium on and after the Closing Date and prior to the end of the Revolving Period.

(e)    The obligation of each Lender to remit its Pro Rata Share of any Advance shall be several from that of each other Lender and the failure of any Lender to so make such amount available to the Borrower shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder.

Section 2.03    Determination of Yield. The Administrative Agent shall determine the Yield in respect of all Advances (including unpaid Yield, if any, due and payable on a prior Payment Date) to be paid by the Borrower on each Payment Date for the related Remittance Period and shall advise the Servicer thereof on or prior to the third (3rd) Business Day prior to such Payment Date.

Section 2.04    Remittance Procedures. The Servicer shall instruct the Collateral Agent by delivery of the Servicing Report and, if the Servicer fails to do so, the Administrative Agent may instruct the Collateral Agent, to apply funds on deposit in the Collection Account as described in this Section 2.04; provided that, at any time after delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control, the Administrative Agent shall instruct the Collateral Agent to apply funds on deposit in the Collection Account as described in this Section 2.04.

 

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(a)    Interest Payments prior to an Event of Default. In the absence of a continuing Event of Default and prior to the Facility Maturity Date, on each Payment Date, the Collateral Agent shall (as directed pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 2.04) transfer Interest Collections in the Collection Account to the following Persons in the following amounts, calculated as of the most recent Determination Date, and priority:

(i)    to the payment of Taxes, registration and filing fees then due and owing by the Borrower that are attributable solely to the operations of the Borrower; provided that the aggregate amounts payable under this clause (i) shall not exceed the Tax Expense Cap;

(ii)    to the payment of accrued and unpaid Administrative Expenses; provided that the aggregate amounts payable under this clause (ii) shall not exceed the Administrative Expense Cap;

(iii)    to the Servicer, in payment in full of all accrued and unpaid Senior Servicing Fees;

(iv)    pro rata, in accordance with the amounts due under this clause (iv), to each Lender, all Yield, the Unused Fee and any Breakage Fees that are accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the related Remittance Period;

(v)    pro rata, to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid fees, expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses), Increased Costs and indemnity amounts payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Transaction Documents;

(vi)    to pay the Advances Outstanding to the extent necessary to eliminate any outstanding Borrowing Base Deficiency, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to all payments through this clause (vi);

(vii)    to pay the Advances Outstanding, together with any applicable Prepayment Premium not paid pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii), in connection with any complete refinancing or termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.16(b), until paid in full;

(viii)    to the payment of any Administrative Expenses, to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (ii) above due to the limitation contained therein;

(ix)    to the Servicer, in payment in full of all accrued and unpaid Subordinated Servicing Fees;

(x)    to pay to the Servicer, all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its duties under the Transaction Documents;

 

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(xi)    [reserved]; and

(xii)    any remaining amounts, (A) if an Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the Collection Account as Interest Collections and (B) if an Unmatured Event of Default is not continuing, to the Borrower for payment as directed by the Borrower, including (1) as a distribution to the Transferor as the holder of the Equity Interest in the Borrower or (2) for deposit in the Collection Account as Interest Collections or Principal Collections.

(b)    Principal Payments prior to an Event of Default. In the absence of a continuing Event of Default and prior to the Facility Maturity Date, on each Payment Date the Collateral Agent shall (as directed pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 2.04) transfer Principal Collections in the Collection Account to the following Persons in the following amounts, calculated as of the most recent Determination Date, and priority:

(i)    to pay amounts due under Section 2.04(a)(i) through 2.04(a)(v), to the extent not paid thereunder;

(ii)    (A) during the Revolving Period, to pay amounts due under Section 2.04(a)(vi) but only to the extent not paid in full thereunder and to the extent necessary to eliminate any outstanding Borrowing Base Deficiency, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to all payments through this clause (ii); or (B) during the Amortization Period, to repay the Advances Outstanding, and any accrued and unpaid Prepayment Premium, until paid in full;

(iii)    to the payment of any Administrative Expenses, to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (i);

(iv)    to pay amounts due under Section 2.04(a)(ix) to the extent not paid thereunder;

(v)    to pay amounts due under Section 2.04(a)(x) to the extent not paid thereunder;

(vi)    to pay amounts due under Section 2.04(a)(xi) to the extent not paid thereunder;

(vii)    during the Revolving Period, at the sole discretion of the Servicer, to reinvest in Eligible Loan Assets pursuant to Section 2.18 (and for the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer may designate an amount for reinvestment under this clause (vii) that is lower than the funds available, such that the balance shall be distributed under clause (viii) below); and

(viii)    any remaining amounts, (A) if an Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to Collection Account as Principal Collections and (B) if an Unmatured Event of Default is not continuing to the Borrower for payment as directed by the Borrower, including (1) as distribution to the Transferor as the holder of the Equity Interest in the Borrower (provided that, on a pro forma basis, (a)

 

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such distribution does not result in a Borrowing Base Deficiency, (b) the Collateral Quality Test are satisfied and (c) the Borrower would be in compliance with the Concentration Limitations) or (2) for deposit in the Collection Account as Interest Collections or Principal Collections.

(c)    Payment on and after the occurrence of an Event of Default. If an Event of Default exists or after the Facility Maturity Date, on each Business Day thereafter the Collateral Agent shall (as directed pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 2.04) transfer all funds in the Collection Account to the following Persons in the following amounts, calculated as of the prior Business Day, and priority:

(i)    to the payment of Taxes, registration and filing fees then due and owing by the Borrower that are attributable solely to the operations of the Borrower; provided that the aggregate amounts payable under this clause (a)(i) shall not exceed the Tax Expense Cap;

(ii)    to the payment of accrued and unpaid Administrative Expenses;

(iii)    to the Servicer, in payment in full of all accrued and unpaid Senior Servicing Fees;

(iv)    pro rata, in accordance with the amounts due under this clause (iv), to each Lender, all Yield, the Unused Fee and any Breakage Fees that are accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the related Remittance Period;

(v)    pro rata, to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid fees, expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses), Increased Costs and indemnity amounts payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Transaction Documents;

(vi)    to pay first the Advances Outstanding, and then any applicable Prepayment Premium, until paid in full;

(vii)    to the payment of any Administrative Expenses, to the extent not paid pursuant to clause (ii) above due to the limitation contained therein;

(viii)    to the Servicer, in payment in full of all accrued and unpaid Subordinated Servicing Fees;

(ix)    to the Servicer, all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its duties under the Transaction Documents;

(x)    [reserved]; and

(xi)    to the Borrower, any remaining amounts, for payment as directed by the Borrower, including (A) as a distribution to the Transferor as the holder of the Equity Interest in the Borrower or (B) for deposit in the Collection Account as Interest Collections or Principal Collections.

 

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(d)    Insufficiency of Funds. The parties hereby agree that if the funds on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient to pay any amounts due and payable on a Payment Date or otherwise, the Borrower shall nevertheless remain responsible for, and shall pay when due, all amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The parties further agree that the rights of the holders of any Equity Interest in the Borrower to distributions by the Borrower and in and to the Collateral, including any payment from Proceeds of Collateral, are fully subordinated and junior to the Obligations of the Borrower to the Secured Parties. In the event the Borrower is subject to a Bankruptcy Event, any claim that the holders of any Equity Interest in the Borrower may have with respect to the such distributions shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and notwithstanding any objection to, or rescission of, such filing, be fully subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations of the Borrower to the Secured Parties. The foregoing sentence and the provisions of Section 2.04 shall constitute a “subordination agreement” within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Borrower and the Transferor hereby agree that the Transferor may only receive distributions from the Borrower from amounts available to the Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.04(a)(xii), 2.04(b)(viii) and 2.04(c)(xi).

(e)    Repayment of Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower shall repay the Advances Outstanding, all accrued and unpaid Yield, any Breakage Fees, Increased Costs, all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and Lenders, all Administrative Expenses and all other Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) in full on the Facility Maturity Date.

Section 2.05    Instructions to the Collateral Agent and the Account Bank. All instructions and directions given to the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank by the Servicer, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.04 shall be in writing (including instructions and directions transmitted to the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank by or email), and such written instructions and directions shall be delivered with a written certification that such instructions and directions are in compliance with the provisions of Section 2.04. The Servicer and the Borrower shall immediately transmit to the Administrative Agent by email a copy of all instructions and directions given to the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank by such party pursuant to Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to the Servicer and the Borrower by email a copy of all instructions and directions given to the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.04. If the Administrative Agent disagrees with the computation of any amounts to be paid or deposited by the Borrower or the Servicer under Section 2.04 or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, or upon their respective instructions or direction of the Servicer or the Borrower, it shall so notify the Borrower, the Servicer and the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, in writing and in reasonable detail to identify the specific disagreement. If such disagreement cannot be resolved within two (2) Business Days, the determination of the Administrative Agent as to such amounts shall be conclusive and binding on the parties hereto absent manifest error. In the event the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank receives instructions from the Servicer or the Borrower which conflict with any instructions received from the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank, as applicable, shall rely on and follow the instructions given by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 2.06    Borrowing Base Deficiency Payments; Equity Cure.

(a)    In addition to any other obligation of the Borrower to cure any Borrowing Base Deficiency pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection Date, any Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, then the Borrower shall eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency in its entirety within two (2) Business Days by effecting one or more (or any combination thereof) of the following actions in order to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency as of such date of determination: (i) deposit cash in Dollars into the Principal Collection Subaccount, (ii) repay Advances Outstanding (together with any Breakage Fees in respect of the amount so prepaid), (iii) subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, Grant additional Eligible Loan Assets, and/or (iv) delivery of an Equity Cure Notice pursuant to Section 2.06(c) (and after delivery of such Equity Cure Notice, the Borrower shall eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency in accordance with such Section 2.06(c)).

(b)    No later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day prior to the proposed repayment of Advances Outstanding or Grant of additional Eligible Loan Assets pursuant to Section 2.06(a), the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall deliver (i) to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Custodian) notice of such repayment or Grant and a duly completed Borrowing Base Certificate, updated to the date such repayment or Grant is being made and giving pro forma effect to such repayment or Grant, and (ii) to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian), if applicable, a description of any Eligible Loan Asset and each Obligor of such Eligible Loan Asset to be Granted and an updated Loan Asset Schedule. Any notice pertaining to any repayment or any Grant pursuant to this Section 2.06 shall be irrevocable.

(c)    Borrower may cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency pursuant to Section 2.06(a)(iv) by delivering a notice to the Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days after such Borrowing Base Deficiency (such notice, an “Equity Cure Notice”) and subject to the following requirements:

(i)    Such Equity Cure Notice sets forth evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that (A) the Transferor has rights pursuant to its Constituent Documents to call capital from its limited partners in an aggregate amount sufficient to cure such Borrowing Base Deficiency, (B) the Transferor has made a capital call on its limited partners in an aggregate amount sufficient to cure such Borrowing Base Deficiency and (C) the Transferor intends to contribute such funds to the Borrower;

(ii)    The amount necessary to cure such Borrowing Base Deficiency is contributed from the Transferor to the Borrower in immediately available funds, and such amount shall be applied by the Borrower to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency, in each case, within ten (10) Business Days, or with the consent of the Administrative Agent up to fifteen (15) Business Days, of the date such Equity Cure Notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent;

 

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(iii)    The Administrative Agent has consented to such Equity Cure Notice, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, within one (1) Business Day of receipt thereof.

; provided, however, that if the Administrative Agent has refused to consent to such Equity Cure Notice, the Borrower shall eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency in its entirety not later than one (1) Business Day after the earlier of the receipt of notice of such refusal (which such notice may be via electronic mail) or the expiration of the two (2) Business Day period contemplated by Section 2.06(a) above by effecting one or more of the actions contemplated by clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.06(a).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an Equity Cure Notice must be delivered by the Borrower hereunder not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day on which such notice is permitted to be delivered hereunder.

Section 2.07    Sale of Loan Assets; Affiliate Transactions.

(a)    Discretionary Sales. The Borrower shall be permitted to sell any Loan Asset and any Margin Stock or other Collateral that is not a Permitted Investment to any Person, including Affiliates of the Transferor, from time to time prior to the Facility Maturity Date (such sale, a “Discretionary Sale”); provided that (i) the proceeds of such sale shall be deposited into the Collection Account, (ii) any sale to an Affiliate of the Transferor meets the requirements set forth in Section 2.07(d) below, (iii) after giving effect to any such sale, no Borrowing Base Deficiency shall exist, (iv) no event has occurred, or would result from such sale, which constitutes an Event of Default and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such sale, which constitutes an Unmatured Event of Default, and (v) after giving effect to any such sale, the Collateral Quality Tests are satisfied or, if not satisfied, are maintained or improved.

(b)    Repurchase or Substitution of Warranty Breach Loan Assets. If on any day a Loan Asset is (or becomes) a Warranty Breach Loan Asset and is required to be repurchased (or a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset is to be substituted for such Warranty Breach Loan Asset , in each case in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Borrower shall either:

(i)    make a deposit to the Collection Account (for allocation pursuant to Section 2.04) in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the amount received from the Transferor pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement; provided that (A) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to determine whether the amount so deposited is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and (B) the deposit of such funds into the Collection Account may result from the sale of such Warranty Breach Loan Asset pursuant to Section 2.07(a); or

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Upon confirmation of the deposit of the amounts set forth in Section 2.07(b)(i) into the Collection Account or the delivery by the Borrower of a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset for each Warranty Breach Loan Asset pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(ii) (the date of such confirmation or delivery, the “Release Date”), such Warranty Breach Loan Asset and Related Asset shall be removed from the Collateral and, as applicable, the Substitute Eligible Loan Asset and Related Asset shall be included in the Collateral. On the Release Date of each Warranty Breach Loan Asset, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall automatically and without further action be deemed to release to the Borrower, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest and any Lien of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in, to and under the Warranty Breach Loan Asset and any Related Asset and all future monies due or to become due with respect thereto.

(c)    Conditions to Sales, Substitutions and Repurchases. Any sales, substitutions or repurchases effected pursuant to Sections 2.07(a), or 2.07(b) shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (as certified in writing to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent by the Borrower):

(i)    the Borrower shall deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate and an updated Loan Asset Schedule to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian) in connection with such sale, substitution or repurchase;

(ii)    the Borrower shall deliver a list of all Loan Assets to be sold, substituted, repurchased;

(iii)    the Borrower shall (A) with respect to sales and repurchases, give one (1) Business Day’s notice of such sale, or repurchase to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and (B) with respect to substitutions, have received an Approval Notice (for each Loan Asset added to the Collateral on the related Cut-Off Date);

(iv)    the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any amount to be deposited into the Collection Account in connection with any sale, substitution or repurchase;

(v)    the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 hereof shall continue to be correct in all respects, except to the extent relating to an earlier date; and

(vi)    any repayment of Advances Outstanding in connection with any sale, substitution or repurchase of Loan Assets hereunder shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 2.16.

(d)    Affiliate Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Transaction Document, the Transferor (or an Affiliate thereof) shall not reacquire from the Borrower and the Borrower shall not transfer to the Transferor or to Affiliates of the Transferor, and none of the Transferor nor any Affiliates thereof will have a right or ability to purchase, the Loan Assets of the Borrower other than in a transaction on arm’s length terms and at a price for each such Loan Asset at least equal to the greater of the Assigned Value or fair

 

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market value of such Loan Asset; provided that (i) the Borrower has provided notice to the Administrative Agent setting forth the price at which such Loan Asset is proposed to be sold and (ii) unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent, (A) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Loan Assets (excluding any Loan Asset that was at the time of the commitment to sell resulting in an Excess Concentration Amount and any Loan Asset that has been subject to a Valuation Adjustment Event) sold to the Transferor or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to Section 2.07(a) shall not in aggregate exceed 20% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Loan Assets (including Principal Proceeds held in the Collection Account) measured as of the date of such sale and (B) unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent, after giving effect to such sale, either (x) no Borrowing Base Deficiency shall exist or (y) if a Borrowing Base Deficiency already exists such Borrowing Base Deficiency will not be higher as a result of such sale.

(e)    Distribution of Certain Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Borrower shall be permitted to distribute to the Transferor any Equity Security and any Loan Asset that has an Adjusted Borrowing Value of zero if, after giving effect to such transfer, no Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency has occurred and is continuing.

Section 2.08    Payments and Computations, Etc.

(a)    All amounts to be paid or deposited by the Borrower or the Servicer hereunder shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 1:00 p.m. on the day when due in Dollars in immediately available funds to the Collection Account or such other account as is designated by the Administrative Agent. Any Obligation hereunder shall not be reduced by any distribution of any portion of Available Collections if at any time such distribution is rescinded or required to be returned by any Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any reason. Each Advance shall accrue interest at the applicable Yield Rate for each day during each applicable Remittance Period. All computations of interest and all computations with respect to the Yield and the Yield Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days and the actual number of days elapsed. Each Advance shall accrue interest at the Yield Rate for each day beginning on, and including, the Advance Date with respect to such Advance and ending on, but excluding, the date such Advance is repaid in full.

(b)    Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of Yield or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may be. To the extent that Available Collections are insufficient on any Payment Date to satisfy the full amount of any Increased Costs pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(v) and Section 2.04(b)(i), such unpaid amounts shall remain due and owing and shall be payable on the next succeeding Payment Date until repaid in full.

(c)    If any Advance requested by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02 is not for any reason whatsoever, except as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or failure to fund such Advance on the part of, the Lenders, made or effectuated, as the case may be, on the date specified therefor, the Borrower shall indemnify such Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender related thereto, including, any loss (including cost of

 

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funds and out-of-pocket expenses), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund Advances or maintain the Advances. Any such Lender shall provide to the Borrower documentation setting forth the amounts of any loss, cost or expense referred to in the previous sentence, such documentation to be conclusive absent manifest error.

Section 2.09    Unused Fee. The Borrower shall pay, in accordance with Section 2.04, pro rata to each Lender, an unused fee (the “Unused Fee”) payable in arrears for each Remittance Period, equal to the sum of the products for each day during such Remittance Period of (a) one (1) divided by three hundred and sixty (360), (b) the Unused Fee Rate and (c)(x) the Facility Amount (provided that during an Event of Default, clause (a) of the proviso in the definition of Facility Amount shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating the Unused Fee), minus (y) the greater of (i) the Advances Outstanding on such date and (ii) the Minimum Utilization.

Section 2.10    Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.

(a)    If any Change in Law shall:

(i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, assessment, fee, insurance charge, 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 the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate, participant, successor or assign thereof (each of which shall be an “Affected Party”); provided that a participant shall be subject to the proviso to Section 12.04(b);

(ii)    impose on any Affected Party or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Advances or participation therein or the obligation or right of any Lender to make Advances hereunder;

(iii)    change the amount of capital maintained or required or requested or directed to be maintained by any Affected Party;

(iv)    subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

(v)    change the rate for, or the manner in which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or a successor thereto) assesses deposit insurance premiums or similar charges;

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Documents or to increase the cost to such Affected Party or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Affected Party, whether of principal, interest or otherwise or to require any payment calculated by reference to the amount of interest or loans received or held by such Affected Party and such Affected Party is generally charging such amounts to similarly situated borrowers, then the Borrower will pay to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Affected Party for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b)    If any Affected Party 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 Affected Party’s capital or on the capital of Affected Party’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Advances made by such Affected Party to a level below that which such Affected Party or Affected Party’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law and such Affected Party is generally charging such amounts to similarly situated borrowers, then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Affected Party or Affected Party’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c)    A certificate of an Affected Party providing an explanation of the applicable Change in Law, certifying that such Affected Party is generally charging such amounts to similarly situated borrowers and setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Affected Party or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.10 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In determining any amount provided for in this Section 2.10, the Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. The Borrower shall pay such Affected Party the amount shown as due on any such certificate on the Payment Date following receipt thereof.

(d)    Failure or delay on the part of any Affected Party to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall not constitute a waiver of any Affected Party’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate any Affected Party pursuant to this Section 2.10 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Affected Party notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Affected Party’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 one hundred and eighty (180)-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

(e)    In the event that any Affected Party shall incur any loss or expense (including any loss or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Affected Party to make any purchase or loan or maintain any purchase or loan) as a result of any Advance not being made in accordance with a request therefor under Section 2.02, then, on the Payment Date following written notice from such Affected Party to the Borrower, the Borrower shall pay to such Affected Party, the amount of such loss or expense. Such written notice (which shall include calculations in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower.

 

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Section 2.11     Taxes.

(a)    Any and all payments made by the Borrower or made by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower under this Agreement will be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Taxes are required by Applicable Law to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Recipient, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the amount payable by the Borrower to such Person will be increased as necessary (the amount of such increase, the “Additional Amount”) such that every net payment made under this Agreement after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Indemnified Taxes (including, any Indemnified Taxes on such increase) is not less than the amount that would have been paid had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b)    The Borrower or Servicer shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent or a Lender timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(c)    The Borrower, the Servicer and the Transferor shall pay (i) with respect to the Borrower, on the Payment Date pertaining to the Remittance Period in which such cost is incurred and (ii) with respect to the Servicer and the Transferor, on demand, in each case, any and all stamp, sales, excise and other Taxes and fees payable or determined to be payable to any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or any other document providing liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar support to the Lenders in connection with this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Advances hereunder.

(d)    The Borrower will indemnify, from funds available to it pursuant to Section 2.04 each Recipient for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.11) payable or paid by such Person or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any liability (including penalties, interest and 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. All payments in respect of this indemnification shall be made within ten (10) days from the date a written demand therefor is delivered to the Borrower. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower 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.

(e)    Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), and (ii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Transaction Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or

 

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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 Transaction 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 Section 2.11(e).

(f)    Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment by the Borrower or by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower of any Taxes, the Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, will furnish to the Administrative Agent at the applicable address set forth on this Agreement, appropriate evidence of payment thereof.

(g)    Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Transaction Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower 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 Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.11(g)(i), (ii) and (iii)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(i)    If any Lender is not a United States Tax Person, such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, to the extent legally entitled to do so, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date such Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

a.    in the case of a 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 Transaction Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, 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 Transaction Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, 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;

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c.    in the case of a Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1 to the effect that such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or

d.    to the extent a Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit P-2 or Exhibit P-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit P-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(ii)    If a Lender is a United States Tax Person, such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, on or prior to the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two (or such other number as may from time to time by prescribed by Applicable Law) duly completed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.

(iii)    If a payment made to a Lender under any Transaction 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 Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower 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 (iii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(iv)    If any Lender is not a United States Tax Person, such Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this

 

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Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

(v)    Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.11(g) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(h)    Unless required by Applicable Law, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender, as the case may be. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes as to which it has been indemnified or paid Additional Amounts pursuant to this Section 2.11, it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid under this Section 2.11 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all 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). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 2.11(h) (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 to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.11(h), in no event will the indemnified party by required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.11(h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position that the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or Additional Amounts giving rise to such refund 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.

(i)    Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Transaction Document.

(j)    If at any time the Borrower shall be liable for the payment of any Additional Amounts in accordance with this Section 2.11, then the Borrower shall have the option to terminate this Agreement (in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(b)); provided that such option to terminate shall in no event relieve the Borrower of paying any amounts owing pursuant to this Section 2.11 in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Section 2.12    Grant of a Security Interest; Collateral Assignment of Agreements.

(a)    To secure the prompt and complete payment in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, of the Obligations and the performance by the Borrower of all of the covenants and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to this Agreement and each other Transaction Document, whether now or hereafter existing, due or to become due, direct or indirect, or absolute or contingent (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”), the Borrower hereby (i) collaterally assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties and (ii) Grants a security interest to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under (but none of the obligations under) all of the Collateral, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired by the Borrower, and wherever the same may be located. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral shall not include any Excluded Amounts, and the Borrower does not hereby assign, pledge or Grant a security interest in any such amounts. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (x) the Borrower shall remain liable under the Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (y) the exercise by the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of any of its rights in the Collateral shall not release the Borrower from any of its duties or obligations under the Collateral, and (z) none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender nor any Secured Party shall have any obligations or liability under the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender nor any Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Borrower thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.

The foregoing Grant shall, for the purpose of determining the property subject to the Lien of this Agreement, be deemed to include any securities and any investments Granted to the Collateral Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower, whether or not such securities or investments satisfy the criteria set forth in the definitions of “Eligible Loan Asset” or “Permitted Investments,” as the case may be.

(b)    As Security for the Secured Obligations, the Borrower hereby collaterally assigns to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all of the Borrower’s right and title to and interest in, to and under (but not any obligations under) the Purchase and Sale Agreement (and any UCC financing statements filed under or in connection therewith), the Underlying Instruments related to each Loan Asset, all other agreements, documents and instruments evidencing, securing or guarantying any Loan Asset and all other agreements, documents and instruments related to any of the foregoing but excluding any Excluded Amounts or Retained Interest (the “Assigned Documents”). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Borrower hereby collaterally assigns to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any rights of the Borrower to indemnification under the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Borrower confirms that until the Collection Date the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Administrative Agent) on behalf of the Secured Parties shall have the right to enforce on behalf of the Borrower the Borrower’s rights and remedies under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and any UCC financing statements filed under or in connection therewith for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and that the Borrower shall not enforce such rights on its own behalf without the consent of the Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto agree that such collateral assignment to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall terminate upon the Collection Date.

 

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Section 2.13    Evidence of Debt. The Administrative Agent shall maintain, solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, at its address referred to in Section 12.02 a copy of each assignment and acceptance agreement and participation agreement delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses and interests of the Lenders (including principal amounts and stated interest on the Advances) (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time during business hours and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No Advance hereunder shall be assigned or sold, in whole or in part without registering such assignment or sale on the Register.

Section 2.14    Release of Loan Assets. The Borrower may obtain the release of (a) any Loan Asset (and the Related Asset) sold or substituted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.07, (b) any Loan Asset (and the Related Asset) with respect to which all amounts have been paid in full by the related Obligor and deposited in the Collection Account and (c) the entire Collateral following the Collection Date. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall, at the sole expense of the Servicer and the Borrower and at the direction of the Administrative Agent, execute such documents and instruments of release as may be prepared by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower, give notice of such release to the Collateral Custodian (in the form of Exhibit J) (unless the Collateral Custodian and Collateral Agent are the same Person) and take other such actions as shall reasonably be requested by the Borrower to effect such release of the Lien created pursuant to this Agreement. Upon receiving such notification by the Collateral Agent as described in the immediately preceding sentence, if applicable, the Collateral Custodian shall deliver the Required Loan Documents to the Borrower.

Section 2.15    Treatment of Amounts Received by the Borrower. Amounts received by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.07 on account of Loan Assets shall be treated as payments of Principal Collections or Interest Collections, as applicable, on Loan Assets hereunder.

Section 2.16    Prepayment; Termination; Reduction; Increase of the Facility Amount; Early Amortization Period.

(a)    Except as expressly permitted or required herein, including, any repayment necessary to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency, Advances Outstanding may only be prepaid in whole or in part at the option of the Borrower at any time by delivering a Notice of Reduction (which notice shall include a Borrowing Base Certificate) to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent at least one (1) Business Day, or in the case of any prepayment in whole, at least three (3) Business Days, prior to such prepayment. Upon any prepayment, the Borrower shall also pay in full all accrued and unpaid Yield, any Breakage Fees, Increased Costs and all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and Lenders related to such prepayment; provided that no reduction in Advances Outstanding shall be given effect unless (i) sufficient funds have been remitted to pay all such amounts in full, as determined by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion and (ii) no event has occurred or would result from such prepayment which would constitute an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default. The Administrative Agent shall apply amounts received from the Borrower pursuant to

 

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this Section 2.16(a) to the payment of any Breakage Fees and to the pro rata reduction of the Advances Outstanding. Any notice relating to any repayment pursuant to this Section 2.16(a) shall be irrevocable.

(b)    The Borrower may, at its option and upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice of such termination or permanent reduction in the form of Exhibit F to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, either (i) terminate this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents upon payment in full of all Advances Outstanding, all accrued and unpaid Yield and Fees, any Breakage Fees, Increased Costs, all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and Lenders, all accrued and unpaid Administrative Expenses, payment of the Prepayment Premium pro rata to each Lender and payment of all other Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations), or (ii) permanently reduce in part the Facility Amount upon payment in full, all accrued and unpaid Yield and Unused Fees (pro rata with respect to the portion of the Facility Amount so reduced), any Breakage Fees, Increased Costs, all accrued and unpaid costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and Lenders, all accrued and unpaid Administrative Expenses, and the Prepayment Premium pro rata to each Lender and payment of all other Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations). Any Termination/Reduction Notice relating to any reduction or termination pursuant to this Section 2.16(b) shall be irrevocable. The Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced by an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share (prior to giving effect to any reduction of Commitments hereunder) of the aggregate amount of any reduction under this Section 2.16(b).

(c)    The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Prepayment Premium constitutes additional consideration for the Lenders to enter into this Agreement.

(d)    The Borrower may elect to terminate the Revolving Period and begin the Amortization Period (such election, the “Early Amortization Election”) in the event that either

(i)    the Administrative Agent (i) rejects in its sole discretion Loan Assets that otherwise satisfy the Eligibility Criteria (without giving effect to the first proviso set forth in the lead-in paragraph to Schedule III), it being understood that a failure to respond to a request for an Approval Notice within seven (7) Business Days after the Administrative Agent’s receipt of all information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to evaluate the credit shall be a rejection for purposes of this clause (d) or (ii) approves an Advance Rate for an Eligible Loan Asset that is less than the Minimum Advance Rate as set forth in the Advance Rate Matrix for such loan type (unless the Borrower in its sole discretion agrees to such lower Advance Rate), in either case, more than five (5) Obligors in any trailing twelve (12) month period; provided, that, in the case of clause (i) above, (1) each such Loan Asset has been originated in line with the Servicer’s existing Servicing Standard and (2) each such Loan Asset was owned by the Transferor or a binding commitment for such Loan Asset had been entered into by the Transferor, in each case, at the time the related approval requested was submitted to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower has provided satisfactory evidence to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion of such ownership or binding commitment. For the avoidance of doubt, after an Early Amortization Election, the Borrower may no longer request or obtain any Advances and the Facility Amount shall be reduced in the manner described in the definition thereof; or

 

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(ii)    the lowest “asset coverage ratio” permitted for business development companies in accordance with Section 18 of the 1940 Act is decreased by a change in Applicable Law, the Borrower requests the Administrative Agent to consent to an amendment to the definition of “BDC Asset Coverage Test” to conform the permitted level to such new lowest “asset coverage ratio,” and the Administrative Agent fails to consent to such amendment.

Section 2.17    Collections and Allocations.

(a)    The Collateral Agent shall promptly identify all Available Collections received in the Collection Account as being on account of Interest Collections or Principal Collections (as designated by the Servicer) and shall segregate all Interest Collections and Principal Collections and transfer the same to the Interest Collection Subaccount and the Principal Collection Subaccount, respectively. The Servicer shall comply with its obligations specified in Section 5.03(k). If, notwithstanding such compliance, the Servicer receives any collections directly, the Servicer shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, any such collections received directly by it (if any) to the Collection Account by the close of business within two (2) Business Days after such Collections are received; provided that the Servicer shall identify to the Collateral Agent any collections received directly by the Servicer as being on account of Interest Collections or Principal Collections. The Collateral Agent shall further provide to the Servicer a statement as to the amount of Interest Collections and Principal Collections on deposit in the Interest Collection Subaccount and the Principal Collection Subaccount no later than three (3) Business Days after each Determination Date for inclusion in the Servicing Report delivered pursuant to Section 6.08(b). It is understood and agreed that the Servicer shall remain liable for the proper allocation of the aforementioned Collections into the appropriate accounts.

(b)    On the Cut-Off Date with respect to any Loan Asset, the Servicer will deposit or will cause the Borrower to deposit into the Collection Account all Available Collections received in respect of Eligible Loan Assets being transferred to and included as part of the Collateral on such date.

(c)    With the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (a copy of which will be provided by the Servicer to the Collateral Agent), the Servicer may withdraw from the Collection Account any deposits thereto constituting Excluded Amounts if the Servicer has, prior to such withdrawal and consent, delivered to the Administrative Agent a report setting forth the calculation of such Excluded Amounts in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in their sole discretion.

(d)    Prior to the delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control, the Servicer shall, pursuant to written instruction (which may be in the form of standing instructions), direct the Collateral Agent to invest, or cause the investment of, funds on deposit in the Collection Account in Permitted Investments, from the date of this Agreement until the Collection Date. Absent any such written instruction, such funds shall be invested in the Standby Investment. A Permitted Investment acquired with funds deposited in the Collection Account shall mature not later than

 

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the Business Day immediately preceding any Payment Date, and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted Investments shall be registered in the name of the Account Bank or its nominee for the benefit of the Collateral Agent. All income and gain realized from any such investment, as well as any interest earned on deposits in the Collection Account shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Article II hereof. The Borrower shall deposit in the Collection Account (with respect to investments made hereunder of funds held therein), an amount equal to the amount of any actual loss incurred, in respect of any such investment, immediately upon realization of such loss. None of the Account Bank, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall be liable for the amount of any loss incurred, in respect of any investment, or lack of investment, of funds held in the Collection Account. The parties hereto acknowledge that the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, a Lender or any of their respective Affiliates may receive compensation with respect to the Permitted Investments.

(e)    Until the Collection Date, neither the Borrower nor the Servicer shall have any rights of direction or withdrawal, with respect to amounts held in the Collection Account, except to the extent explicitly set forth in Section 2.04, Section 2.17(c) or Section 2.18.

Section 2.18    Reinvestment of Principal Collections.

On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth as certified in writing to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, on any day prior to the end of the Revolving Period, the Servicer may, to the extent of any Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount:

(a)    withdraw such funds for the purpose of reinvesting in additional Eligible Loan Assets to be Granted hereunder; provided that the following conditions are satisfied:

(i)    all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.02 and Section 3.04 have been satisfied;

(ii)    no Event of Default has occurred, or would result from such withdrawal and reinvestment, and no Unmatured Event of Default, Servicer Removal Event or Borrowing Base Deficiency exists or would result from such withdrawal and reinvestment;

(iii)    the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 hereof shall continue to be correct in all respects, except to the extent relating to an earlier date; and

(iv)    delivery of a Disbursement Request and a Borrowing Base Certificate, each executed by the Borrower and a Responsible Officer of the Servicer; or

(b)    withdraw such funds for the purpose of making payments in respect of the Advances Outstanding at such time in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 2.16.

 

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Upon the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in this Section 2.18 (as certified by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent), the Collateral Agent shall release funds from the Principal Collection Subaccount as directed by the Servicer in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) the amount requested by the Servicer for reinvestment or repayment and (y) the amount on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount on such day.

Section 2.19    Mitigation Obligations. Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.10, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or Additional Amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 2.11, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 2.11 2.11, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 3.01    Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness.

(a)    This Agreement shall be effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent that:

(i)    all acts and conditions (including, the obtaining of any necessary consents and regulatory approvals and the making of any required filings, recordings or registrations) required to be done and performed and to have happened prior to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all related Transaction Documents and to constitute the same legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, shall have been done and performed and shall have happened in due and strict compliance with all Applicable Law;

(ii)    in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, there has not been (x) any change in Applicable Law which adversely affects any Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s ability to enter into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (y) any Material Adverse Effect or material disruption in the financial, banking or commercial loan or capital markets generally;

(iii)    any and all information submitted to each Lender and the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, the Transferor or the Servicer or any of their Affiliates is true, accurate, complete and not misleading;

 

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(iv)    each Lender shall have received all documentation and other information requested by such Lender in its sole discretion and/or required by regulatory authorities with respect to the Borrower, the Transferor and the Servicer under applicable “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including, the Patriot Act, all in form and substance satisfactory to each Lender;

(v)    the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the date of such effectiveness the items listed in Schedule I hereto, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender;

(vi)    in the judgment of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, there shall have been no material adverse change in the Borrower’s (or the Servicer’s) underwriting, servicing, collection, operating and reporting procedures and systems since the completion of due diligence by the Administrative Agent and each Lender;

(vii)    the results of the Administrative Agent’s financial, legal, tax and accounting due diligence relating to the Transferor, the Borrower, the Servicer, the Eligible Loan Assets and the transactions contemplated hereunder are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(viii)    the Borrower shall have paid in full all fees then required to be paid, including all fees required hereunder and under the applicable Lender Fee Letter, the Collateral Agent Fee Letter and the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter and shall have reimbursed the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian, the Account Bank and the Collateral Agent for all fees, costs and expenses of closing the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, including the attorney fees and any other legal and document preparation costs incurred by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent; and

(ix)    the Financial Covenant Test shall be satisfied.

(b)    By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Borrower and the Servicer hereby certifies that each of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement set forth in this Section 3.01 (other than such conditions precedent subject to the judgment or satisfaction of the Administrative Agent or any Lender) have been satisfied.

Section 3.02    Conditions Precedent to All Advances. Each Advance to the Borrower from the Lenders shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:

(a)    On the Advance Date of such Advance, the following statements shall be true and correct, and the Borrower by accepting any amount of such Advance shall be deemed to have certified that:

(i)    the Servicer (on behalf of the Borrower) shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Agent), no later than 10:00 a.m. on the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the related Advance Date (or, in the case of the first Advance, at such later time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion): (A)

 

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a Notice of Borrowing, (B) a Borrowing Base Certificate, (C) a Loan Asset Schedule, (D) an Approval Notice for any such Loan Asset added to the Collateral on the related Advance Date and (E) such additional information, approvals, documents, certificates and reports as may be requested by the Administrative Agent and an executed copy of each assignment and assumption agreement, transfer document or instrument (including any Loan Assignment) relating to each Loan Asset to be Granted evidencing the assignment of such Loan Asset from any prior third party owner thereof directly to the Borrower (other than in the case of any Loan Asset acquired by the Borrower at origination); provided that in the case of a Loan Asset initially purchased in the form of a participation pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Servicer (on behalf of the Borrower) shall deliver the assignment and assumption agreement and promissory note, as applicable, upon the elevation of such participation;

(ii)    the Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Custodian (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prior to funding on the related Advance Date, an emailed copy of the duly executed original promissory notes of the Loan Assets (or, in the case of any Noteless Loan, a fully executed assignment agreement) and if any Loan Assets are closed in escrow, a certificate (in the form of Exhibit G) from the closing attorneys of such Loan Assets certifying the possession of the Required Loan Documents; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall cause the Loan Asset Checklist and the Required Loan Documents to be in the possession of the Collateral Custodian not later than the related Cut-Off Date as to any Loan Assets; provided that in the case of a Loan Asset initially purchased in the form of a participation pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Servicer (on behalf of the Borrower) shall deliver the assignment and assumption agreement and promissory note, as applicable, upon the elevation of such participation;

(iii)    the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 are true and correct in all respects, and there exists no breach of any covenant contained in Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03 and 5.04 before and after giving effect to the Advance to take place on such Advance Date and to the application of proceeds therefrom, on and as of such day as though made on and as of such date (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date);

(iv)    no Event of Default has occurred, or would result from such Advance, and no Unmatured Event of Default or Borrowing Base Deficiency exists or would result from such Advance;

(v)    no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Advance, which constitutes a Servicer Removal Event or any event which, if it continues uncured, will, with notice or lapse of time, constitute a Servicer Removal Event;

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(vii)    no Liens exist in respect of Taxes (other than Permitted Liens) which are prior to the lien of the Collateral Agent on the Eligible Loan Assets to be Granted on such Advance Date;

(viii)    all terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement required to be satisfied in connection with the assignment of each Eligible Loan Asset being Granted hereunder on such Advance Date (and the Related Asset related thereto), including, the perfection of the Borrower’s interests therein, shall have been satisfied in full, and all filings (including, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and all actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral, including such Eligible Loan Assets and the Related Asset and the proceeds thereof shall have been made, taken or performed; and

(ix)    the Loan Asset to be acquired with the proceeds of such Advance is an Eligible Loan Asset as of the date of funding.

(b)    The Borrower shall have provided a request for an Approval Notice for each Loan Asset intended to be included in the Collateral in connection with the applicable Advance Date (and such information in respect of each such Loan Asset that is requested by the Administrative Agent) no later than 10:00 a.m. on the date that is no fewer than two (2) Business Days prior to the applicable Advance Date (or, in the case of the first Advance, at such later time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion). The Administrative Agent shall have provided an Approval Notice to the Borrower for each of the Eligible Loan Assets identified in the applicable Loan Asset Schedule for inclusion in the Collateral on the applicable Advance Date.

(c)    No Applicable Law shall prohibit, and no order, judgment or decree of any federal, state or local court or governmental body, agency or instrumentality shall prohibit or enjoin, the making of such Advances by any Lender or the proposed Grant of Eligible Loan Assets in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(d)    The proposed Advance Date shall take place during the Revolving Period.

(e)    The Borrower shall have paid in full all fees then required to be paid, including all fees required hereunder and under the applicable Lender Fee Letter, the Collateral Agent Fee Letter and the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter; and

(f)    the Financial Covenant Test shall be satisfied after giving effect to such Advance.

The failure to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Advance shall give rise to a right of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to rescind the related Advance and direct the Borrower to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders an amount equal to the Advances made during any such time that any of the foregoing conditions precedent were not satisfied.

 

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Section 3.03    Advances Do Not Constitute a Waiver. No Advance made hereunder shall constitute a waiver of any condition to any Lender’s obligation to make such an advance unless such waiver is in writing and executed by such Lender.

Section 3.04    Conditions to Acquisition of Loan Assets. Each Grant of an additional Eligible Loan Asset pursuant to Section 2.06, a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset pursuant to Section 2.07(b), an additional Eligible Loan Asset pursuant to Section 2.18 or any other Grant of a Loan Asset hereunder shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (as certified to the Collateral Agent by the Borrower):

(a)    the Servicer (on behalf of the Borrower) shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian and the Collateral Agent) no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date that is one (1) Business Day prior to the related Cut-Off Date: (i) a Borrowing Base Certificate, (ii) a Loan Asset Schedule, (iii) and Approval Notice (for each Loan Asset added to the Collateral on the related Cut-Off Date) and (iv) such additional information, approvals, documents, certificates and reports as may be requested by the Administrative Agent and an executed copy of each assignment and assumption agreement, transfer document or instrument (including any Loan Assignment) relating to each Loan Asset to be pledged evidencing the assignment of such Loan Asset from any prior third party owner thereof directly to the Borrower (other than in the case of any Loan Asset acquired by the Borrower at origination);

(b)    the Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Custodian (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), no later than 2:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the related Cut-Off Date, an emailed copy of the duly executed original promissory notes of the Loan Assets (and, in the case of any Noteless Loan, a fully executed assignment agreement) and if any Loan Assets are closed in escrow, a certificate (in the form of Exhibit G) from the closing attorneys of such Loan Assets certifying the possession of the Required Loan Documents; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall cause the Loan Asset Checklist and the Required Loan Documents to be in the possession of the Collateral Custodian not later than the related Cut-Off Date as to any Loan Assets;

(c)    with respect to Loan Assets purchased with Advances and available Principal Collections, the Investment Criteria are satisfied on the date on which the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) commits to purchase such Eligible Loan Asset (and after giving effect to such commitment);

(d)    no Liens exist in respect of Taxes (other than Permitted Liens) which are prior to the lien of the Collateral Agent on the Eligible Loan Assets to be Granted on such Cut-Off Date;

(e)    all terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement required to be satisfied in connection with the assignment of each Eligible Loan Asset being Granted hereunder on such Cut-Off Date (and the Related Asset), including, the perfection of the Borrower’s interests therein, shall have been satisfied in full, and all filings (including, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and all actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,

 

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a first priority perfected security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in such Eligible Loan Assets and the Related Asset and the proceeds thereof shall have been made, taken or performed;

(f)    the Administrative Agent shall have provided an Approval Notice to the Borrower for each of the Eligible Loan Assets identified in the applicable Loan Asset Schedule for inclusion in the Collateral on the applicable Cut-Off Date;

(g)    no Event of Default has occurred, or would result from such Grant, and no Unmatured Event of Default exists, or would result from such Grant (other than, with respect to any Grant of an Eligible Loan Asset necessary to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency in accordance with Section 2.06, an Unmatured Event of Default arising solely pursuant to such Borrowing Base Deficiency); and

(h)    the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 are true and correct in all material respects, and there exists no breach of any covenant contained in Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03 and 5.04 before and after giving effect to the Grant to take place on such Cut-Off Date, on and as of such day as though made on and as of such date (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date).

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.01    Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants, as of each Measurement Date and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made (unless a specific date is specified below):

(a)    Organization, Good Standing and Due Qualification. The Borrower is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the power and all licenses necessary to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and is duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the transaction of such business or its ownership of the Loan Assets and the Collateral requires such qualification.

(b)    Power and Authority; Due Authorization; Execution and Delivery. The Borrower has the power, authority and legal right to make, deliver and perform this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, subject only to Permitted Liens.

(c)    Binding Obligation. This Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability hereof and thereof may be limited by Bankruptcy Laws and by general principles of equity (whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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(d)    All Consents Required. No consent of any other party and no consent, license, approval or authorization of, or registration or declaration with, any Governmental Authority, bureau or agency is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which it is a party or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any such Transaction Document or the Loan Assets or the transfer of an ownership interest or security interest in such Loan Assets, other than such as have been met or obtained and are in full force and effect except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e)    No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all other agreements and instruments executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered pursuant hereto or thereto in connection with the Grant of the Collateral will not (i) create any Lien on the Collateral other than Permitted Liens or (ii) violate any Applicable Law or the Constituent Documents of the Borrower or (iii) violate any contract or other agreement to which the Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower or any property or assets of the Borrower may be bound.

(f)    No Proceedings. There is no litigation or administrative proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Borrower or any properties of the Borrower, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, (iii) with a claim amount, separately or in the aggregate with all other proceedings, in excess of $15,775 or (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g)    Selection Procedures. In selecting the Loan Assets to be Granted pursuant to this Agreement, no selection procedures were employed which are intended to be adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

(h)    Bulk Sales. The grant of the security interest in the Collateral by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement, is in the ordinary course of business for the Borrower and is not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

(i)    Grant of Collateral. The Borrower has good and marketable title to all of the Collateral. The Borrower has taken all actions necessary to perfect its interest in the Collateral transferred by the Transferor. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, no item of Collateral has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Borrower to any Person, other than as contemplated by Article II and the Grant of such Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(j)    Indebtedness. The Borrower has no Indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than (i) Indebtedness incurred under the terms of the Transaction Documents and (ii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to certain ordinary business expenses arising pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

(k)    Sole Purpose. The Borrower has been formed solely for the purpose of engaging in transactions of the types contemplated by this Agreement, and has not engaged in any business activity other than the negotiation, execution and to the extent applicable, performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(l)    No Injunctions. No injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any nature adversely affects the Borrower’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party.

(m)    Taxes. The Borrower has timely filed or caused to be filed all material Tax returns, information statements and reports required to have been filed and has timely paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes required to be paid by it, except for any such Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.

(n)    Location. The Borrower’s location (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) is Delaware. The chief executive office of the Borrower (and the location of the Borrower’s records regarding the Collateral (other than those delivered to the Collateral Custodian)) is located at the address set forth in Section 12.02 (or at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto).

(o)    Tradenames. The Borrower has not changed its name since its formation and does not have tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business as” names under which it has done or is doing business.

(p)    Solvency. The Borrower is not the subject of any Bankruptcy Proceedings or Bankruptcy Event. The Borrower is Solvent, and the transactions under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party do not and will not render the Borrower not Solvent. The Borrower is paying its debts as they become due (subject to any applicable grace period); and the Borrower, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and taking into account the Borrowing Base requirements set forth herein, will have adequate capital to conduct its business.

(q)    No Subsidiaries. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries.

(r)    Value Given. The Borrower has given fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value (which may be in the form of an increase in the value of the Equity Interest of the Borrower held by the Transferor) to the Transferor in exchange for the purchase of the Loan Assets (or any number of them) from the Transferor pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement. No such transfer has been made for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Borrower to the Transferor and no such transfer is or may be voidable or subject to avoidance under any section of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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(s)    Reports Accurate. All Servicer’s Certificates, Servicing Reports, Notices of Borrowing, Borrowing Base Certificates and other written or electronic information, exhibits, financial statements, documents, books, records or reports furnished by the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders or the Collateral Custodian in connection with the Transaction Documents are, as of their date, accurate, true and correct and no such document or certificate contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

(t)    Margin Regulation. No portion of the proceeds of any Advance shall be used in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that causes such Advance or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(u)    No Adverse Agreements. There are no agreements in effect adversely affecting the rights of the Borrower to make, or cause to be made, the grant of the security interest in the Collateral contemplated by the Grant.

(v)    Event of Default/Unmatured Event of Default. No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default (other than any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default which has previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent as such).

(w)    Servicing Standard. Each of the Loan Assets was underwritten or acquired and is being serviced in conformance with the Servicing Standard and the standard underwriting, credit, collection, operating and reporting procedures and systems of the Servicer or the Transferor.

(x)    ERISA.

(i)    Except as would not reasonably be expected to subject the Borrower to any material tax, penalty or other liability, the present value of all benefits vested under each Pension Plan does not exceed the value of the assets of the Pension Plan allocable to such vested benefits (based on the value of such assets as of the last annual valuation date) determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding such Pension Plan pursuant to Sections 412 and 430 of the Code. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, that, in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii)    Except as would not reasonably be expected to subject the Borrower to any material tax, penalty or other liability, the present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Plan, determined as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal year on the basis of reasonable actuarial assumptions, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Foreign Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities.

 

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(iii)     The Borrower (a) is not a Benefit Plan Investor and (b) is not a “governmental plan” within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA (“Governmental Plan”).

(y)    Allocation of Charges. There is not any agreement or understanding between the Servicer and the Borrower (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 ; provided that it is understood and acknowledged that the Borrower will be disregarded as an entity separate from the Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(z)    Broker/Dealer. The Borrower is not a broker/dealer or subject to the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, as amended.

(aa)    Instructions to Obligors. The Collection Account is the only account to which Obligors, agent banks or administrative agents on the Loan Assets have been instructed by the Borrower, or the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf, to send Principal Collections and Interest Collections on the Collateral. The Borrower has not granted any Person a Lien on the Collection Account other than the Liens granted in the Transaction Documents.

(bb)    Investment Company Act. The Borrower is not required to register as an “investment company” under the provisions of the 1940 Act.

(cc)    Compliance with Law. The Borrower (i) has complied in all material respects with all Applicable Law to which it is subject and (ii) is not in violation of any order of any Governmental Authority or other board or tribunal. The Borrower has not received any notice that it is not in compliance in any respect with any of the requirements of the foregoing. The Borrower has maintained all records required to be maintained by any applicable Governmental Authority.

(dd)    Collections. The Borrower acknowledges that all Available Collections received by it or its Affiliates with respect to the Collateral Granted hereunder are held and shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties until deposited into the Collection Account as required herein.

(ee)    Set-Off, etc. No Loan Asset in the Collateral has been compromised, adjusted, extended, satisfied, subordinated, rescinded, set-off or modified by the Borrower, the Transferor or the Obligor thereof, and to the knowledge of the Borrower no Loan Asset in the Collateral is 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 the Collateral or otherwise, by the Borrower, the Transferor or the Obligor with respect thereto, except, in each case, for amendments, extensions and modifications, if any, to such Collateral occurring prior to the acquisition of such Loan Asset by the Borrower or permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(a) of this Agreement and in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

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(ff)    Sanctions; Anti-Corruption.

(i)    None of the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any Obligor is a Sanctioned Person.

(ii)    None of the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates (i) is a Politically Exposed Person, immediate family member of a Politically Exposed Person or close associate of a Politically Exposed Person; or (ii) a foreign shell bank. For purposes of the forgoing, “foreign shell bank” means a bank that does not maintain a physical presence in any country and is not subject to inspection by a banking authority.

(iii)    No part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or permitted to be used by any other Person (in each case, directly or indirectly including by an Obligor), (i) for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of applicable anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (ii) to fund or facilitate any money laundering or terrorist financing activities or business, or in any other manner that would cause or result in violation of applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules or regulations, including the Patriot Act, as amended (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”); or (iii) to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any other manner, in each case such as would result in a violation by any Person of Sanctions.

(iv)    No Collateral or any portion thereof is or will consist of funds, assets or other property or interests in property that is blocked or frozen pursuant to any Sanctions.

(v)    The Borrower acknowledges by executing this Agreement that Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf) have notified the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, each Lender is required to obtain, verify and record such information as may be necessary to identify the Borrower or any Person owning twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the direct or indirect Equity Interests of the Borrower (including the name and address of such Person) in accordance with the Patriot Act.

(gg)    Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. Each representation or warranty by the Borrower contained herein, in any Transaction Document or in any certificate or other document furnished by the Borrower pursuant hereto or in connection herewith is true and correct in all material respects or, if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects.

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the Secured Parties, which security interest is prior to all other Liens (except for Permitted Liens), and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Borrower;

(ii)    the Collateral is comprised of “instruments,” “security entitlements,” “general intangibles,” “accounts,” “certificated securities,” “uncertificated securities,” “securities accounts,” “deposit accounts,” “supporting obligations”, “insurance” or “proceeds” (each as defined in the UCC) and/or such other category of collateral under the UCC as to which the Borrower has complied with its obligations under this Section 4.01(hh);

(iii)    with respect to Collateral that constitute “security entitlements” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC):

a.    all of such security entitlements have been credited to the Collection Account and the securities intermediary for the Collection Account has agreed to treat all assets (other than cash or money) credited to the Collection Account as “financial assets” within the meaning of the UCC;

b.    the Borrower has taken all steps necessary to cause the securities intermediary to identify in its records the Borrower, subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as the Person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary in the Collection Account; and

c.    the Collection Account is not in the name of any Person other than the Borrower, subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The securities intermediary of the Collection Account which is a “securities account” under the UCC has agreed to comply with the entitlement orders and instructions of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the Transaction Documents, including causing cash to be invested in Permitted Investments; provided that, upon the delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control by the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent), the securities intermediary has agreed to only follow the entitlement orders and instructions of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, including with respect to the investment of cash in Permitted Investments;

(iv)    the Collection Account constitutes “securities account” or “deposit account” as defined in the UCC;

(v)    with respect to the Collection Account which constitutes a “deposit account” as defined in the UCC, the Borrower, the Account Bank and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, have entered into an account control agreement which permits the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties to direct disposition of the funds in such deposit account without further consent of the Borrower;

 

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(vi)    the Borrower owns and has good and marketable title to (or, with respect to assets securing any Loan Assets, a valid security interest in) the Collateral free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens and except as expressly permitted otherwise in this Agreement) of any Person and there are no Financing Statements covering any of the Collateral other than any Financing Statements in favor of the Collateral Agent or in respect of Permitted Liens;

(vii)    the Borrower has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of any Loan Asset to the extent necessary for the granting of a security interest in the Loan Assets hereunder to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, to be effective;

(viii)    the Borrower has caused 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 the Collateral and that portion of the Loan Assets in which a security interest may be perfected by filing granted to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, under this Agreement;

(ix)    other than as expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement and the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrower has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. The Borrower has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Borrower that include a description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statement (A) relating to the security interests granted to the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, or (B) that has been terminated and/or fully and validly assigned to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the Closing Date. The Borrower is not aware of the filing of any judgment or Tax lien filings against the Borrower;

(x)    all original executed copies of each underlying promissory note that constitute or evidence each Loan Asset has been, or subject to the delivery requirements contained herein, will be delivered to the Collateral Custodian;

(xi)    other than in the case of Noteless Loans, the Borrower has received, or subject to the delivery requirements contained herein will receive, a written acknowledgment from the Collateral Custodian that the Collateral Custodian, as the agent of the Collateral Agent, is holding the underlying promissory notes that constitute or evidence the Loan Assets solely on behalf of and for the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; provided that the acknowledgement of the Collateral Custodian set forth in Section 11.11 may serve as such acknowledgement;

 

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(xii)    none of the underlying promissory notes (if any) that constitute or evidence the Loan Assets has any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties;

(xiii)    with respect to any Collateral that constitutes a “certificated security,” such certificated security has been delivered to the Collateral Custodian, on behalf of the Secured Parties and, if in registered form, has been specially Indorsed to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or in blank by an effective Indorsement or has been registered in the name of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, upon original issue or registration of transfer by the Borrower of such certificated security; and

(xiv)    with respect to any Collateral that constitutes an “uncertificated security,” that the Borrower has caused or shall cause the issuer of such uncertificated security to register the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the registered owner of such uncertificated security.

(ii)    Substitutions and Sales of Loan Assets to Affiliates. In connection with each sale of a Loan Asset to the Transferor (or an Affiliate thereof) pursuant to Section 2.07(a), as applicable, the Borrower has determined, in its reasonable business judgment (and without consideration of any benefits to the Transferor (or such Affiliate thereof)), that such sale or substitution, as applicable, is in the Borrower’s business interest.

(jj)    Borrower LLC Agreement in Effect. The Borrower LLC Agreement remains in full force and effect and there exists no breach of, default under, or threatened breach of, the Borrower LLC Agreement by the Borrower or the Transferor.

Section 4.02    Representations and Warranties of the Borrower Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants, as of the Closing Date, as of each applicable Cut-Off Date (solely with respect to the relevant Loan Assets being pledged as of such Cut-Off Date), as of each Measurement Date and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made:

(a)    Valid Transfer and Security Interest. This Agreement constitutes a grant of a security interest in all of the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which creates a valid and first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral upon the delivery of Collateral that is required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent hereunder, the filing of financing statements listed in Schedule I hereto, and the execution of the Collection Account Agreement, subject only to Permitted Liens. No Person claiming through or under Borrower shall have any claim to or interest in the Collection Account.

(b)    Eligibility of Collateral. (i) The Loan Asset Schedule, and the information contained in each Notice of Borrowing, is an accurate and complete listing of all the Loan Assets contained in the Collateral as of the related Cut-Off Date and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such item of Collateral and the amounts owing thereunder is true

 

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and correct in all material respects as of the related Cut-Off Date, (ii) with respect to each Loan Asset designated on any Borrowing Base Certificate as an Eligible Loan Asset and each Loan Asset included as an Eligible Loan Asset in any calculation of the Borrowing Base or a Borrowing Base Deficiency (A) such Loan Asset satisfied the Eligibility Criteria and (B) the Investment Criteria were satisfied on the date on which the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) committed to purchase such Loan Asset (and after giving effect to such commitment), and (iii) with respect to each item of Collateral, all consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations of any Governmental Authority or any Person required to be obtained, effected or given by the Borrower in order for the Borrower to validly grant a security interest in each item of Collateral to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect.

(c)    No Fraud. Each Loan Asset was originated without any fraud or misrepresentation by the Transferor or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, on the part of the Obligor.

Section 4.03    Representations and Warranties of the Servicer. The Servicer hereby represents and warrants, as of each Measurement Date and as of each other date provided under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents on which such representations and warranties are required to be (or deemed to be) made:

(a)    Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with all requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as such business is presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

(b)    Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a corporation and is in good standing as a corporation, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property and or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, licenses or approvals, other than where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    Power and Authority; Due Authorization; Execution and Delivery. The Servicer (i) has all necessary power, authority and legal right to (a) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (b) carry out the terms of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Servicer.

(d)    Binding Obligation. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Bankruptcy Laws and general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).

 

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(e)    No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the Servicer’s Constituent Documents or any contractual obligation of the Servicer, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Servicer’s properties pursuant to the terms of any contractual obligation, other than this Agreement and Permitted Liens, or (iii) violate any Applicable Law.

(f)    No Proceedings. There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Servicer, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g)    All Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders, licenses or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority (if any) required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party have been obtained, other than where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h)    Reports Accurate. All Servicer’s Certificate, Servicing Report, Notices of Borrowing, Borrowing Base Certificates and other written or electronic information, exhibits, financial statements, documents, books, records or reports furnished by the Servicer to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders or the Collateral Custodian in connection with the Transaction Documents are, as of their date, accurate, true and correct and no such document or certificate contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

(i)    Servicing Standard. The Servicer has complied in all material respects with the Servicing Standard with regard to the servicing of the Loan Assets.

(j)    Collections. The Servicer acknowledges that all Available Collections received by it or its Affiliates with respect to the Collateral transferred or Granted hereunder are held and shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties until deposited into the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days from receipt as required herein.

(k)    Solvency. The Servicer is not the subject of any Bankruptcy Proceedings or Bankruptcy Event. The transactions under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party do not and will not render the Servicer not Solvent.

(l)    Taxes. The Servicer has filed or caused to be filed on a timely basis all material Tax returns that are required to be filed by it (subject to any extensions to file properly obtained by the same). The Servicer has paid or made adequate provisions for the payment of all material Taxes required to be paid by it (other than any amount of Tax the validity of which is

 

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currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Servicer), and no Tax lien (other than a Permitted Lien) has been filed and no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such Tax, assessment or other charge.

(m)    No Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default. No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default (other than any Event of Default or Unmatured Event Default that has previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent as such in writing).

(n)    Margin Regulation. No portion of the proceeds of any Advance shall be used in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that causes such Advance or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.

(o)    [Reserved].

(p)    Sanctions; Anti-Corruption.

(i)    None of the Servicer nor any of its Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of the Servicer, any Obligor is a Sanctioned Person.

(ii)    None of the Servicer nor any of its Affiliates (i) is a Politically Exposed Person, immediate family member of a Politically Exposed Person or close associate of a Politically Exposed Person; or (ii) a foreign shell bank. For purposes of the forgoing, “foreign shell bank” means a bank that does not maintain a physical presence in any country and is not subject to inspection by a banking authority.

(iii)    No part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates, or permitted to be used by any other Person (in each case, directly or indirectly including by an Obligor), (i) for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of applicable anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (ii) to fund or facilitate any money laundering or terrorist financing activities or business, or in any other manner that would cause or result in violation of applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or (iii) to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any other manner, in each case such as would result in a violation by any Person of Sanctions.

(iv)    No Collateral or any portion thereof is or will consist of funds, assets or other property or interests in property that is blocked or frozen pursuant to any Sanctions.

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verify and record such information as may be necessary to identify the Servicer or any Person owning twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the direct or indirect Equity Interests of the Servicer (including the name and address of such Person) in accordance with the Patriot Act.

(q)    No Injunctions. No injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any nature adversely affects the Servicer’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party.

(r)    Instructions to Obligors. The Collection Account is the only account to which Obligors, agent banks or administrative agents on the Loan Assets have been instructed by the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf to send Principal Collections and Interest Collections on the Collateral.

(s)    Allocation of Charges. There is not any agreement or understanding between the Servicer and the Borrower (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; provided that it is understood and acknowledged that the Borrower will be disregarded as an entity separate from the Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(t)    Servicer Removal Event. No event has occurred which constitutes a Servicer Removal Event (other than any Servicer Removal Event which has previously been disclosed to the Administrative Agent as such).

(u)    Broker/Dealer. The Servicer is not a broker/dealer or subject to the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, as amended.

(v)    Financing Subsidiary. The Borrower constitutes a “Financing Subsidiary” under the ORCC Credit Agreement and has been designated as an “SPE Subsidiary” in accordance with the terms of the ORCC Credit Agreement.

(w)    Compliance with Applicable Law. The Servicer has complied in all respects with all Applicable Law to which it may be subject, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.04    Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent in its individual capacity and as Collateral Agent represents and warrants as follows:

(a)    Organization; Power and Authority. It is a duly organized and validly existing trust company organized and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations as Collateral Agent under this Agreement.

(b)    Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for herein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part.

 

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(c)    No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with, result in any breach of its articles of incorporation or bylaws or any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which the Collateral Agent is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

(d)    No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby to be performed by it and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to it will not conflict with or violate, in any respect, any Applicable Law.

(e)    All Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions of any Person or Governmental Authority applicable to the Collateral Agent, required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by the Collateral Agent of the transactions contemplated hereby to be performed by it and the fulfillment by the Collateral Agent of the terms hereof applicable to it have been obtained.

(f)    Validity, Etc. The Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Collateral Agent, enforceable against the Collateral Agent in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable Bankruptcy Laws and general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).

Section 4.05    Representations and Warranties of the Collateral Custodian. The Collateral Custodian in its individual capacity and as Collateral Custodian represents and warrants as follows:

(a)    Organization; Power and Authority. It is a duly organized and validly existing limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations as Collateral Custodian under this Agreement.

(b)    Due Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for herein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part.

(c)    No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with, result in any breach of its certificate of formation or operating agreement or any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which the Collateral Custodian is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d)    No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby to be performed by it and the fulfillment of the terms hereof applicable to it will not conflict with or violate, in any respect, any Applicable Law.

 

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(e)    All Consents Required. All approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions of any Person or Governmental Authority applicable to the Collateral Custodian, required in connection with its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by the Collateral Custodian of the transactions contemplated hereby to be performed by it and the fulfillment by the Collateral Custodian of the terms hereof applicable to it have been obtained.

(f)    Validity, Etc. The Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Collateral Custodian, enforceable against the Collateral Custodian in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable Bankruptcy Laws and general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).

Section 4.06    Representation of Lenders. Each Lender represents that it is a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the 1940 Act.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL COVENANTS

Section 5.01    Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)    Organizational Procedures and Scope of Business. The Borrower will observe all organizational procedures required by its Constituent Documents and the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will limit the scope of its business to: (i) the acquisition of Eligible Loan Assets and the ownership and management of the Related Asset and the related assets in the Collateral; (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of Loan Assets as and when permitted under the Transaction Documents; (iii) entering into and performing under the Transaction Documents; (iv) consenting or withholding consent as to proposed amendments, waivers and other modifications of the Underlying Instruments to the extent not in conflict with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; (v) exercising any rights (including but not limited to voting rights and rights arising in connection with a Bankruptcy Event with respect to an Obligor or the consensual or non-judicial restructuring of the debt or equity of an Obligor) or remedies in connection with the Loan Assets and participating in the committees (official or otherwise) or other groups formed by creditors of an Obligor to the extent not in conflict with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; and (vi) engaging in any activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies under the laws of the State of Delaware that are related to the foregoing and necessary, convenient or advisable to accomplish the foregoing, in each case as provided in Section 7 of the Borrower LLC Agreement.

(b)    Special Purpose Entity Requirements. The Borrower will at all times comply with the special purpose entity provisions in Section 9(c) of the Borrower LLC Agreement.

 

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(c)    Preservation of Company Existence. The Borrower will preserve and maintain its limited liability company existence in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and will promptly obtain and thereafter maintain qualifications to do business as a foreign limited liability company in any other state in which it does business and in which it is required to so qualify under Applicable Law.

(d)    Compliance with Legal Opinions. The Borrower shall take all other actions necessary to maintain the accuracy of the factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, as special counsel to the Borrower, issued in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement and relating to the issues of substantive consolidation and true sale of the Loan Assets.

(e)    Deposit of Collections. The Borrower shall promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after receipt) deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account any and all Available Collections received by the Borrower, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates.

(f)    Disclosure of Purchase Price. The Borrower shall disclose to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the purchase price for each Loan Asset proposed to be acquired by the Borrower.

(g)    Obligor Defaults and Bankruptcy Events. The Borrower shall give, or shall cause the Servicer to give, notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders within two (2) Business Days of the occurrence of any default by an Obligor under any Loan Asset or any Bankruptcy Event with respect to any Obligor under any Loan Asset.

(h)    Required Loan Documents. The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Custodian an electronic copy of the Required Loan Documents and an electronic copy of the Loan Asset Checklist pertaining to each Loan Asset not later than the Cut-Off Date pertaining to such Loan Asset.

(i)    Taxes. The Borrower will file or cause to be filed its material Tax returns, if any, and pay any and all material Taxes imposed on it or its property as required by the Transaction Documents (except as contemplated in Section 4.01(m)).

(j)    Notice of Event of Default. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the occurrence of any Event of Default under this Agreement promptly upon, and in any event within two (2) Business Days of such event. In addition, no later than two (2) Business Days following the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Borrower will provide to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such event and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

(k)    Notice of Material Events. The Borrower shall promptly, but not later than three (3) Business Days after becoming aware thereof, notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any event or other circumstance that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)    Notice of Auditors’ Management Letters. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender after the receipt of any auditors’ management letters received by the Borrower.

(m)    Notice of Breaches of Representations and Warranties under this Agreement. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender if any representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02 was incorrect at the time it was given or deemed to have been given and at the same time deliver to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such facts and circumstances.

(n)    Notice of Breaches of Representations and Warranties under the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Borrower shall upon receipt of notice or discovery thereof, promptly send to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent a notice of any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

(o)    Notice of Proceedings. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days, after the Borrower receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of any settlement of, judgment (including a judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, affecting the Collateral, the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, or the Borrower.

(p)    Notice of ERISA Events. The Borrower shall promptly, but not later than three (3) Business Days after becoming aware thereof, notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in the event that (i) any ERISA Event or Servicer ERISA Event occurs that would reasonably be expected to result in an ERISA Event that, in the aggregate, could result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the Borrower or the Servicer sponsors, maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.

(q)    [Reserved].

(r)    Protection of Security Interest. With respect to the Collateral acquired by the Borrower, the Borrower will (i) acquire such Collateral pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement or such other similar agreement, as applicable, (ii) (at the expense of the Borrower) take all action necessary to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the Borrower’s ownership of such Collateral free and clear of any Lien other than the Lien created hereunder and Permitted Liens, including, (A) with respect to the Loan Assets and that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, filing and maintaining (at the expense of the Borrower), effective financing statements against the Transferor in all necessary or appropriate filing offices, (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof) and filing continuation statements, amendments or assignments with respect thereto in such filing offices, (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof) and (B) executing or causing to be executed such other instruments or notices as may be necessary or appropriate, (iii) (at the expense of the Borrower) take all action necessary to cause

 

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a valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, to exist in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Borrower’s interests in all of the Collateral being Granted hereunder including the filing of a UCC financing statement in the applicable jurisdiction adequately describing the Collateral (which may include an “all asset” filing), and naming the Borrower as debtor and the Collateral Agent as the secured party, and filing continuation statements, amendments or assignments with respect thereto in such filing offices, (including any amendments thereto or assignments thereof), (iv) permit the Administrative Agent or any Lender or their respective agents or representatives to visit the offices of the Borrower during normal office hours and upon reasonable advance notice examine and make copies of all documents, books, records and other information concerning the Collateral and discuss matters related thereto with any of the officers or employees of the Borrower having knowledge of such matters, and (v) take all additional action that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the respective first priority perfected security interests of the parties to this Agreement in the Collateral, or to enable the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights hereunder.

(s)    Liens. The Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the existence of any Lien on the Collateral (other than Permitted Liens) and the Borrower shall defend the right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in, to and under the Collateral against all claims of third parties.

(t)    Other Documents. At any time from time to time upon prior written request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, at the sole expense of the Borrower, the Borrower will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request for the purposes of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement including the first priority security interest in the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens) granted hereunder and of the rights and powers herein granted (including, among other things, authorizing the filing of such UCC financing statements as the Administrative Agent may request).

(u)    Compliance with Law. The Borrower shall at all times comply in all material respects with all Applicable Law, and Borrower shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence, and all licenses material to its business.

(v)    Proper Records. The Borrower shall at all times keep proper books of records and accounts in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of its transactions in accordance with GAAP and set aside on its books from its earning for each fiscal year all such proper reserves in accordance with GAAP.

(w)    Satisfaction of Obligations. The Borrower shall pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Borrower.

 

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(x)    Performance of Covenants. The Borrower shall observe, perform and satisfy all the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions required to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and shall pay when due all costs, fees and expenses required to be paid by it, under the Transaction Documents. The Borrower shall pay and discharge all Taxes, levies, liens and other charges on it or its assets and on the Collateral that, in each case, in any manner would create any lien or charge upon the Collateral, except for any such Taxes as are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.

(y)    Tax Treatment. The Borrower, the Transferor and the Lenders shall treat the Advances advanced hereunder as indebtedness of the Borrower for U.S. federal income tax purposes and to file any and all tax forms in a manner consistent therewith.

(z)    Maintenance of Records. The Borrower will maintain records with respect to the Collateral and the conduct and operation of its business with no less a degree of prudence than if the Collateral were held by the Borrower for its own account and will furnish the Administrative Agent and each Lender, upon the reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, information with respect to the Collateral and the conduct and operation of its business.

(aa)    Continuation Statements. The Borrower shall, not earlier than six months and not later than three months prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of filing of the financing statement referred to in Schedule I hereto or any other financing statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with any Advance hereunder, unless the Collection Date shall have occurred:

(i)    authorize and deliver and file or cause to be filed an appropriate continuation statement with respect to such financing statement; and

(ii)    deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders an opinion of the counsel for the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, confirming and updating the opinion delivered pursuant to Schedule I with respect to perfection and otherwise to the effect that the security interest hereunder continues to be an enforceable and perfected security interest, subject to no other Liens of record except as provided herein or otherwise permitted hereunder, which opinion may contain usual and customary assumptions, limitations and exceptions.

(bb)    Disregarded Entity. The Borrower will be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b)(ii), and neither the Borrower nor any other Person on its behalf shall make an election to be treated as other than an entity disregarded from its owner under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c).

(cc)    Notices; Material Information, etc. The Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days after filing, provide to the Administrative Agent written notification of the filing of any litigation against the Borrower or the Transferor which, if a judgment were to be obtained by the plaintiff, would result in the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(dd)    Other Reporting. The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent and each Lender, simultaneously with delivery to the Transferor, copies of all other financial statements, appraisal reports, notices, and other matters at any time or from time to time prepared by the Borrower and furnished to the Transferor, including, without limitation, any notice of default, notice of election or exercise of any rights or remedies under any the Borrower LLC Agreement, and any notice relating in any way to the misconduct of the Borrower or the Servicer. In respect of the foregoing, the Borrower shall disseminate such information to the Administrative Agent and each Lender either through mailings, email delivery or by posting such information on its website and giving the Administrative Agent and each Lender access thereto.

(ee)    Other Information. The Borrower shall deliver, promptly following the Administrative Agent’s request, in any event within five (5) days of such request, such other information, financial or otherwise, with respect to the Borrower and the Collateral, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time.

(ff)    Regularly Scheduled Valuation. The Borrower shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, cause an Approved Valuation Firm to derive in accordance with the Valuation Standard a fair assessment of the current market value of all of the Eligible Loan Assets in the Collateral each calendar quarter (each such periodic valuation, a “Regularly Scheduled Valuation”).

(gg)    Elevation of Transferor Participation Interests. The Borrower shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, cause the elevation of each Transferor Participation Interest to a full assignment within sixty (60) calendar days of the acquisition of such Transferor Participation Interest by the Borrower.

Section 5.02    Negative Covenants of the Borrower.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)    Special Purpose Entity Requirements. Except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the Borrower shall not (i) guarantee any obligation of any Person, including any Affiliate; (ii) engage, directly or indirectly, in any business, other than the actions required or permitted to be performed under the Transaction Documents; (iii) incur, create or assume any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness incurred under the Transaction Documents; (iv) make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own or acquire any stock or securities of, any Person, except that the Borrower may invest in those Loan Assets and other investments permitted under the Transaction Documents and may make any advance required or expressly permitted to be made pursuant to any provisions of the Transaction Documents and permit the same to remain outstanding in accordance with such provisions; (v) fail to pay its debts and liabilities from its assets when due; (vi) to the fullest extent permitted by law, engage in any dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, merger, sale or other transfer of any of its assets outside the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business other than such activities as are expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement; (vii) create, form or otherwise acquire any Subsidiaries; or (viii) release, sell, transfer, convey or assign any Loan Asset unless in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

 

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(b)    Requirements for Material Actions. The Borrower shall obtain the unanimous consent of all managers (including the consent of the Independent Manager(s)) whenever required under Section 9 of the Borrower LLC Agreement.

(c)    Protection of Title. The Borrower shall not take any action which would directly or indirectly impair or adversely affect the Borrower’s title to the Collateral.

(d)    Transfer Limitations. The Borrower shall not transfer, assign, convey, grant, bargain, sell, set over, deliver or otherwise dispose of, or pledge or hypothecate, directly or indirectly, any interest in the Collateral to any person other than the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or engage in financing transactions or similar transactions with respect to the Collateral with any person other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in each case, except as otherwise expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

(e)    Liens. The Borrower shall not create, incur or permit to exist any Lien in or on any of the Collateral subject to the security interest granted by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, other than Permitted Liens.

(f)    Organizational Documents. The Borrower shall not amend, modify or terminate any of the Constituent Documents of the Borrower without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

(g)    Merger, Acquisitions, Sales, etc. The Borrower shall not change its organizational structure, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or asset sale (other than pursuant to Section 2.07), or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

(h)    Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Advance other than (i) to finance the purchase by the Borrower, on a “true sale” basis, of Collateral, (ii) to pay fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement or (iii) to distribute such proceeds to the Transferor.

(i)    Limited Assets. The Borrower shall not hold or own any assets that are not part of the Collateral (other than Excluded Amounts).

(j)    Tax Treatment. The Borrower shall not elect to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and shall take all reasonable steps necessary to avoid being treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(k)    Extension or Amendment of Collateral. The Borrower will not, except as otherwise permitted in Section 6.04(a) of this Agreement and in accordance with the Servicing Standard, extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Loan Asset (including the Related Collateral).

(l)    Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Borrower will not amend, modify, waive or terminate any provision of the Purchase and Sale Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

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(m)    Restricted Junior Payments. The Borrower shall not make any Restricted Junior Payment, except that, so long as the Facility Maturity Date has not occurred and no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Junior Payments to the holders of its membership interests (a) from amounts available pursuant to Sections 2.04(a)(xii) and 2.04(c)(xi), (b) from amounts available pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(viii) (provided that, the Borrower may make such Restricted Junior Payment during the Revolving Period only to the extent that, after giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment, no Borrowing Base Deficiency shall exist and the Collateral Quality Tests are satisfied) or (c) pursuant to Section 2.07(e).

(n)    [Reserved].

(o)    Instructions to Obligors. The Borrower will not make any change, or permit the Servicer to make any change, in its instructions to Obligors, agent banks or administrative agents on the Loan Assets regarding payments to be made with respect to the Collateral to the Collection Account, unless the Administrative Agent has consented to such change.

(p)    Change of Jurisdiction, Location, Names or Location of Loan Files. The Borrower shall not change the jurisdiction of its formation, make any change to its corporate name or use any tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names, “doing business as” names or other names unless, prior to the effective date of any such change in the jurisdiction of its formation, name change or use, the Borrower receives prior written consent from the Administrative Agent of such change and delivers to the Administrative Agent such financing statements as the Administrative Agent may request to reflect such name change or use, together with such Opinions of Counsel and other documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent may request in connection therewith. The Borrower will not change the location of its chief executive office unless prior to the effective date of any such change of location, the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent of such change of location in writing. The Borrower will not move, or consent to the Collateral Custodian or the Servicer moving, the Loan Files from the location thereof on the Closing Date, unless the Administrative Agent shall consent to such move in writing and the Servicer shall provide the Administrative Agent with such Opinions of Counsel and other documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent may request in connection therewith.

(q)    Allocation of Charges. There will not be any agreement or understanding between the Servicer and the Borrower (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; provided that it is understood and acknowledged that the Borrower will be disregarded as an entity separate from the Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(r)    Anti-Terrorism; OFAC; Anti-Corruption. Each of the representations and warranties set out in sub clauses (i) through (v) (inclusive) of Section 4.01(ff) shall be deemed here restated and, mutatis mutandis, construed as covenants made and given under this Section 5.02.

 

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Section 5.03    Affirmative Covenants of the Servicer.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)    Compliance with Law. The Servicer will comply in all respects with all Applicable Law, including those with respect to servicing the Collateral or any part thereof except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b)    Preservation of Company Existence. The Servicer will preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    Keeping of Records and Books of Account.

(i)    The Servicer will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, an ability to recreate records evidencing Collateral in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information necessary or advisable for the collection of all Collateral and the identification of the Collateral.

(ii)    Subject to Section 6.11, the Servicer shall permit the Administrative Agent, each Lender or their respective agents or representatives, to visit the offices of the Servicer during normal office hours and upon reasonable advance notice and examine and make copies of all documents, books, records and other information concerning the Collateral and the Servicer’s servicing thereof and discuss matters related thereto with any of the officers or employees of the Servicer having knowledge of such matters.

(iii)    The Servicer will on or prior to the Closing Date, mark its internal records to reflect the ownership of the Collateral by the Borrower.

(d)    Events of Default. The Servicer will provide the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) with immediate written notice of the occurrence of each Event of Default and each Unmatured Event of Default of which the Servicer has knowledge or has received notice. In addition, no later than two (2) Business Days following the Servicer’s knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default, the Servicer will provide to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and each Lender a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer setting forth the details of such event and the action that the Servicer proposes to take with respect thereto.

(e)    Taxes. The Servicer will file its material Tax returns, if any, and pay any and all material Taxes imposed on it or its property as required under the Transaction Documents (except as contemplated by Section 4.03(l)).

 

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(f)    Other. The Servicer will promptly furnish to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and each Lender such other information, documents, records or reports respecting the Collateral or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or the Servicer as the Collateral Agent, any Lender or the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent or Secured Parties under or as contemplated by this Agreement.

(g)    Proceedings Related to the Borrower, the Transferor and the Servicer and the Transaction Documents. The Servicer shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender as soon as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the Servicer receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof of any settlement of, judgment (including a judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Transferor or the Servicer (or any of their Affiliates that are in the business of originating, acquiring or servicing assets similar to Loan Assets) or the Transaction Documents. For purposes of this Section 5.03(g), (i) any settlement, judgment, labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding affecting the Transaction Documents in excess of $1,000,000 shall be deemed to be expected to have such a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) any settlement, judgment, labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding affecting the Servicer or the Transferor in excess of $10,000,000 shall be deemed to be expected to have such a Material Adverse Effect.

(h)    Deposit of Collections. The Servicer shall promptly (but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after receipt) deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account any and all Available Collections received by the Borrower, the Servicer or any of their Affiliates.

(i)    Proceedings Related to the Collateral. The Servicer shall notify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender as soon as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the Servicer receives notice or has actual knowledge of any settlement of, judgment (including a judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the interests of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties in, to and under the Collateral. For purposes of this Section 5.03(i), any settlement, judgment, labor controversy, litigation, action, suit or proceeding affecting the Collateral or the Collateral Agent’s or the Secured Parties’ interest in the Collateral in excess of $10,000,000 or more shall be deemed to be expected to have such a Material Adverse Effect.

(j)    Compliance with Legal Opinions. The Servicer shall take all other actions necessary to maintain the accuracy of the factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, as special counsel to the Servicer, issued in connection with the Transaction Documents and relating to the issues of substantive consolidation and true sale of the Loan Assets.

 

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(k)    Instructions to Agents and Obligors. Subject to Section 6.04(d), the Servicer shall direct, or shall cause the Transferor to direct, any agent or administrative agent for any Loan Asset to remit all payments and collections with respect to such Loan Asset, and, if applicable, to direct the Obligor with respect to such Loan Asset to remit all such payments and collections with respect to such Loan Asset directly to the Collection Account. The Servicer shall take steps consistent with the Servicing Standard to ensure, and shall cause the Transferor to take commercially reasonable steps to ensure, that only funds constituting payments and collections relating to Loan Assets shall be deposited into the Collection Account.

(l)    Capacity as Servicer. The Servicer will ensure that, at all times when it is dealing with or in connection with the Loan Assets in its capacity as Servicer, it holds itself out as Servicer, and not in any other capacity.

(m)    Notice of Breaches of Representations and Warranties under the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Servicer confirms and agrees that the Servicer will, upon receipt of notice or discovery thereof, promptly send to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent a notice of (i) any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or (ii) any event or occurrence that, upon notice, or upon the passage of time or both, would constitute such a breach, in each case, promptly upon learning thereof.

(n)    Audits. Periodically after the Closing Date, at the discretion of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, the Servicer shall allow the Administrative Agent and each Lender (during normal office hours and upon advance notice) to review the Servicer’s collection and administration of the Collateral in order to assess compliance by the Servicer with the Servicing Standard, as well as with the Transaction Documents, and to conduct an audit of the Collateral and Required Loan Documents in conjunction with such a review.

(o)    Notice of Breaches of Representations and Warranties under this Agreement. The Servicer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders if any representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.03 was incorrect at the time it was given or deemed to have been given and at the same time deliver to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such facts and circumstances. In particular, but without limiting the foregoing, the Servicer shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the manner set forth in the preceding sentence before any Cut-Off Date of any facts or circumstances within the knowledge of the Servicer which would render any of the said representations and warranties untrue at the date when such representations and warranties were made or deemed to have been made.

(p)    Insurance Policies. The Servicer has caused, and will cause, to be performed any and all acts required to be performed to preserve the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in any Insurance Policies applicable to Loan Assets (to the extent the Servicer or an Affiliate of the Servicer is the agent or servicer under the applicable Underlying Instruments) including, in each case, any necessary notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or interests therein, and establishments of co-insured, joint loss payee and mortgagee rights in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties; provided that, unless the Borrower is the sole lender under such Underlying Instruments, the Servicer shall only take such actions that are customarily taken by or on behalf of a lender in a syndicated loan facility to preserve the rights of such lender.

 

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(q)    Disregarded Entity. The Servicer shall cause the Borrower to be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b)(ii) and shall cause that neither the Borrower nor any other Person on its behalf shall make an election to be treated as other than an entity disregarded from its owner under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(c).

(r)    Anti-Terrorism; OFAC; Anti-Corruption. Each of the representations and warranties set out in sub clauses (i) through (v) (inclusive) of Section 4.03(p) shall be deemed here restated and, mutatis mutandis, construed as covenants made and given under this Section 5.03.

(s)    Value Adjustment Event. The Servicer will provide the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) with immediate written notice of the occurrence of any Value Adjustment Event with respect to any Eligible Loan Asset of which the Servicer has knowledge or has received notice.

Section 5.04    Negative Covenants of the Servicer.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)    Mergers, Acquisition, Sales, etc. The Servicer will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless the Servicer is the surviving entity and unless:

(i)    the Servicer has delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and any supplemental agreement executed in connection therewith comply with this Section 5.04 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, that such supplemental agreement is legal, valid and binding with respect to the Servicer and such other matters as the Administrative Agent may request;

(ii)    the Servicer shall have delivered notice of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer to the Administrative Agent and each Lender;

(iii)    after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event or event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute either an Event of Default or a Servicer Removal Event shall exist; and

(iv)    the Administrative Agent shall have consented in writing to such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer.

 

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(b)    Change of Name or Location of Loan Files. The Servicer shall not (x) change its name, move the location of its principal place of business and chief executive office, change the offices where it keeps records concerning the Collateral from the address set forth under its name on the signature pages hereto, or change the jurisdiction of its formation, or (y) move, or consent to the Collateral Custodian moving, the Required Loan Documents and Loan Files from the location thereof on the initial Advance Date, unless the Administrative Agent shall consent of such change or move in writing and the Servicer shall provide the Administrative Agent with such Opinions of Counsel and other documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent may request in connection therewith and has taken all actions required under the UCC of each relevant jurisdiction in order to continue the first priority perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral.

(c)    Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Servicer will not make any change in its instructions to Obligors, agent banks or administrative agents on the Loan Assets regarding payments to be made with respect to the Collateral to the Collection Account, unless the Administrative Agent has consented to such change.

(d)    Extension or Amendment of Loan Assets. The Servicer will not, except as otherwise permitted in Section 6.04(a), extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Loan Asset (including the Related Collateral).

(e)    Allocation of Charges. There will not be any agreement or understanding between the Servicer and the Borrower (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; provided that it is understood and acknowledged that the Borrower will be disregarded as an entity separate from the Transferor for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(f)    Taxable Mortgage Pool Matters. The Servicer will manage the portfolio and advise the Borrower with respect to the purchases from any third party seller so as to not at any time cause the Borrower to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for U.S. federal income tax purposes or cause more than 50% of the of the Loan Assets owned by the Borrower to consist of real estate mortgages as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701(i)-1 of the Code.

Section 5.05    Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Agent.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)    Compliance with Law. The Collateral Agent will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Law.

(b)    Preservation of Existence. The Collateral Agent will preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 5.06    Negative Covenants of the Collateral Agent.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date, the Collateral Agent will not make any changes to the Collateral Agent Fees without the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent.

Section 5.07    Affirmative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)    Compliance with Law. The Collateral Custodian will comply in all material respects with all Applicable Law.

(b)    Preservation of Existence. The Collateral Custodian will preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its formation and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)    Location of Required Loan Documents. Subject to Article XII of this Agreement, the Required Loan Documents shall remain at all times in the possession of the Collateral Custodian at its address located at 225 W. Washington St., 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 and after December 26, 2017 at its address located at 225 W. Washington St., 9th Floor, Chicago, IL, unless notice of a different address is given in accordance with the terms hereof or unless the Administrative Agent agrees to allow certain Required Loan Documents to be released to the Servicer on a temporary basis in accordance with the terms hereof, except as such Required Loan Documents may be released pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Section 5.08    Negative Covenants of the Collateral Custodian.

From the Closing Date until the Collection Date:

(a)    Required Loan Documents. The Collateral Custodian will not dispose of any documents constituting the Required Loan Documents in any manner that is inconsistent with the performance of its obligations as the Collateral Custodian pursuant to this Agreement and will not dispose of any Collateral except as contemplated by this Agreement.

(b)    No Changes in Collateral Custodian Fees. The Collateral Custodian will not make any changes to the Collateral Custodian Fees without the prior written approval of the Borrower.

ARTICLE VI

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS

Section 6.01    Appointment and Designation of the Servicer.

(a)    Initial Servicer. The Borrower hereby appoints Owl Rock Capital Corporation, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as Servicer, with the authority to service, administer and exercise rights and remedies, on behalf of the Borrower, in

 

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respect of the Collateral. Until the Administrative Agent gives Owl Rock Capital Corporation a Servicer Removal Notice, Owl Rock Capital Corporation hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. The Servicer and the Borrower hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties are third party beneficiaries of the obligations undertaken by the Servicer hereunder.

(b)    Servicer Removal Notice. The Borrower, the Servicer, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby agree that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Servicer Removal Event, the Administrative Agent, by written notice to the Servicer (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) (a “Servicer Removal Notice”), may terminate all of the rights, obligations, power and authority of the Servicer under this Agreement. On and after the receipt by the Servicer of a Servicer Removal Notice pursuant to this Section 6.01(b), the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under this Agreement until the date specified in the Servicer Removal Notice or otherwise specified by the Administrative Agent in writing or, if no such date is specified in such Servicer Removal Notice or otherwise specified by the Administrative Agent, until a date mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Administrative Agent and shall be entitled to receive, to the extent of funds available therefor pursuant to Section 2.04, the Senior Servicing Fee and the Subordinated Servicing Fee therefor accrued until such date. After such date, the Servicer agrees that it will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in a manner that the Administrative Agent believes will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to a successor Servicer, and the successor Servicer shall assume each and all of the Servicer’s obligations to service and administer the Collateral, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and the Servicer shall use its best efforts to assist the successor Servicer in assuming such obligations.

(c)    Appointment of Replacement Servicer. At any time following the delivery of a Servicer Removal Notice, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, appoint a replacement servicer (the “Replacement Servicer”), except that in the case of a Servicer Removal Event under clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Borrower may appoint a Replacement Servicer (including an Affiliate of the existing Servicer) acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (or, in the case of a proposed Replacement Affiliated Servicer, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), which appointment shall take effect upon the Replacement Servicer accepting such appointment by a written assumption in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. Upon the appointment of a Replacement Servicer, the initial Servicer shall have no liability with respect to any action performed by the Replacement Servicer on or after the date that the Replacement Servicer becomes the successor to the Servicer.

(d)    Liabilities and Obligations of Replacement Servicer. Upon its appointment, the Replacement Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer with respect to servicing functions under this Agreement and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, and all references in this Agreement to the Servicer shall be deemed to refer to the Replacement Servicer; provided that the Replacement Servicer shall have (i) no liability with respect to any action performed by the terminated Servicer prior to the date that the Replacement Servicer becomes the successor to the Servicer or any claim of a third party based on any alleged

 

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action or inaction of the terminated Servicer, (ii) no obligation to perform any advancing obligations, if any, of the Servicer unless it elects to in its sole discretion, (iii) no obligation to pay any Taxes required to be paid by the Servicer (provided that the Replacement Servicer shall pay any income Taxes for which it is liable), (iv) no obligation to pay any of the fees and expenses of any other party to the transactions contemplated hereby, and (v) no liability or obligation with respect to any Servicer indemnification obligations of any prior Servicer, including the original Servicer. The indemnification obligations of the Replacement Servicer upon becoming a Replacement Servicer, are expressly limited to those arising on account of its failure to act in good faith and with reasonable care under the circumstances. In addition, the Replacement Servicer shall have no liability relating to the representations and warranties of the Servicer contained in Section 4.03.

(e)    Authority and Power. All authority and power granted to the Servicer under this Agreement shall automatically cease and terminate upon termination of this Agreement and shall pass to and be vested in the Borrower and the Borrower is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments, and to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such transfer of servicing rights. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Borrower in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer to conduct servicing of the Collateral.

(f)    Subcontracts. The Servicer may, so long as the relevant Person is an Affiliate of the Servicer or otherwise is approved with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, subcontract with any other Person for servicing, administering or collecting the Collateral; provided that (i) the Servicer shall select any such Person with reasonable care and shall be solely responsible for the fees and expenses payable to any such Person, (ii) the Servicer shall not be relieved of, and shall remain liable for, the performance of the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof without regard to any subcontracting arrangement, (iii) the consent of the Administrative Agent will not be required for the subcontracting of non-material administrative duties and (iv) any such subcontract shall be terminable upon the occurrence of a Servicer Removal Event.

(g)    Waiver. The Borrower acknowledges that, after delivery of a Servicer Removal Notice, the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates may act as the Collateral Agent and/or the Servicer, and the Borrower waives any and all claims against the Administrative Agent, each Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, the Collateral Agent and the Servicer (other than claims relating to such party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) relating in any way to the custodial or collateral administration functions having been performed by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in accordance with the terms and provisions (including the standard of care) set forth in the Transaction Documents.

Section 6.02    Duties of the Servicer.

(a)    Duties. The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or advisable to service, administer and collect on the Collateral from time to time, all in accordance with Applicable Law and the Servicing Standard. Prior to the delivery of a Servicer Removal Notice, but subject to the terms of this Agreement (including, Section 6.04),

 

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the Servicer has the sole and exclusive authority to make any and all decisions with respect to the Collateral and take or refrain from taking any and all actions with respect to the Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, the duties of the Servicer shall include the following:

(i)    supervising the Collateral, including communicating with Obligors, executing amendments, providing consents and waivers, enforcing and collecting on the Collateral and otherwise managing the Collateral on behalf of the Borrower;

(ii)    maintaining all necessary servicing records with respect to the Collateral and providing such reports to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Custodian) in respect of the servicing of the Collateral (including information relating to its performance under this Agreement) as may be required hereunder or as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may request;

(iii)    maintaining and implementing administrative and operating procedures (including, an ability to recreate servicing records evidencing the Collateral in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof) and keeping and maintaining all documents, books, records and other information necessary or advisable for the collection of the Collateral;

(iv)    promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian, from time to time, such information and servicing records (including information relating to its performance under this Agreement) as the Administrative Agent, each Lender, Collateral Custodian or the Collateral Agent may from time to time request;

(v)    identifying each Loan Asset in its internal servicing records to reflect the ownership of such Loan Asset by the Borrower;

(vi)    maintaining the perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral;

(vii)    maintaining the Loan File with respect to Loan Assets included as part of the Collateral; provided that, if the Servicer is in possession of any Required Loan Documents, the Servicer will hold such Required Loan Documents in a fireproof safe or fireproof file cabinet, except while such Required Loan Documents are in the process of being delivered to or received from the Collateral Custodian;

(viii)    directing the Collateral Agent to make payments pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Report in accordance with Section 2.04;

(ix)    directing the sale or substitution of Collateral in accordance with Section 2.07; provided that the authority of the Servicer to direct any substitution or purchase of Collateral shall terminate following removal of the initial Servicer after a Servicer Removal Event.

 

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(x)    providing advice to the Borrower with respect to the purchase and sale of and payment for the Loan Assets;

(xi)    instructing the Obligors and the administrative agents on the Loan Assets to make payments directly into the Collection Account established and maintained with the Collateral Agent;

(xii)    delivering the Loan Files and an electronic copy of the Loan Asset Schedule to the Collateral Custodian;

(xiii)    preparing and delivering to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent on each Measurement Date a Borrowing Base Certificate setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base as of such Measurement Date; and

(xiv)    complying with such other duties and responsibilities as may be required of the Servicer by this Agreement.

It is acknowledged and agreed that in circumstances in which a Person other than the Borrower, the Transferor or the Servicer acts as lead agent with respect to any Loan Asset, the Servicer shall perform its servicing duties hereunder only to the extent a lender under the related loan syndication Underlying Instruments has the right to do so.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender and the Secured Parties of their rights hereunder shall not release the Servicer (unless replaced by a Replacement Servicer), the Transferor or the Borrower from any of their duties or responsibilities with respect to the Collateral. The Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Collateral, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Servicer hereunder, unless one of them becomes a Replacement Servicer hereunder.

(c)    Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to the Transferor or the Borrower shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the Administrative Agent, be applied as a collection of a payment by such Obligor (starting with the oldest such outstanding payment due, provided such obligation is not on non-accrual) to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other obligation of such Obligor.

Section 6.03    Authorization of the Servicer.

(a)    Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby authorizes the Servicer (including any successor thereto) to take any and all steps consistent with the Servicing Standard in its name and on its behalf necessary or desirable in the determination of the Servicer and not inconsistent with the sale of the Collateral by the Transferor to the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and, thereafter, the Grant by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties hereunder, to collect all amounts due under

 

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any and all Collateral, including, endorsing any of their names on checks and other instruments representing Interest Collections and Principal Collections, executing and delivering any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Collateral and, after the delinquency of any Collateral and to the extent permitted under and in compliance with Applicable Law, to commence proceedings with respect to enforcing payment thereof, to the same extent as the Transferor could have done if it had continued to own such Collateral. The Transferor, the Borrower and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent) shall furnish the Servicer (and any successors thereto) with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and shall cooperate with the Servicer to the fullest extent in order to ensure the collectability of the Collateral. In no event shall the Servicer be entitled to make the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian or any Lender a party to any litigation without such party’s express prior written consent, or to make the Borrower a party to any litigation (other than any routine foreclosure or similar collection procedure) without the Administrative Agent’s consent.

(b)    After the declaration of the Facility Maturity Date, at the direction of the Administrative Agent, the Servicer shall take such action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to enforce collection of the Collateral; provided that the Administrative Agent may, at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, notify any Obligor with respect to any Collateral of the assignment of such Collateral to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and direct that payments of all amounts due or to become due be made directly to the Administrative Agent or any servicer, collection agent or account designated by the Administrative Agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent may enforce collection of any such Collateral, and adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof.

Section 6.04    Collection of Payments; Accounts.

(a)    Collection Efforts, Modification of Collateral.

(i)    The Servicer will collect, or cause to be collected, all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Loan Assets included in the Collateral as and when the same become due, all in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

(ii)    In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) may enter into any amendment or waiver of or supplement to any Underlying Instrument (other than with respect to Maturity Amendments as described below), all in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided that the prior written consent of the Required Lenders shall be required if (a) an Event of Default or a Borrowing Base Deficiency has occurred and is continuing or would result from such amendment, waiver or supplement, or (b) such amendment, waiver or supplement either (x) would cause such Loan Asset to no longer satisfy the Eligibility Criteria or (y) would allow the Obligor of any Loan Asset to incur any additional debt which was not in place as of the Cut-Off Date which is pari passu or senior with such Loan Asset, other than such additional debt that would be consistent with the Servicing Standard and would not cause such Loan Asset to no longer satisfy the Eligibility Criteria.

 

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(iii)    The Borrower (or the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf) may vote in favor of a Maturity Amendment with respect to a Loan Asset only if (a) during the Revolving Period, (x) the Weighted Average Life Test will be satisfied (on a pro forma basis) and (y) such Maturity Amendment would not cause the stated maturity of such Loan Asset to be later than two (2) years past the stated maturity of such Loan Asset; and (b) during the Amortization Period, the Required Lenders have provided prior written consent.

(b)    Acceleration. If consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Servicer shall accelerate or vote to accelerate, as applicable, the maturity of all or any Scheduled Payments and other amounts due under any Loan Asset promptly after such Loan Asset becomes defaulted.

(c)    Taxes and other Amounts. The Servicer will use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect all payments with respect to amounts due for Taxes, assessments and insurance premiums relating to each Loan Asset to the extent required to be paid to the Borrower for such application under the applicable Underlying Instruments and remit such amounts to the appropriate Governmental Authority or insurer as required by the Underlying Instruments.

(d)    Payments to Collection Account. On or before the applicable Cut-Off Date, the Servicer shall have instructed all Obligors to make all payments in respect of the Collateral directly to the Collection Account; provided that the Servicer is not required to so instruct any Obligor which is solely a guarantor or other surety (or an Obligor that is not designated as the “lead borrower” or another such similar term) unless and until the Servicer calls on the related guaranty or secondary obligation.

(e)    Collection Accounts. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that (i) the Collection Account is intended to be a “securities account” or “deposit account” within the meaning of the UCC and (ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein and in the Collection Account Agreement, prior to the delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control, the Borrower, the Servicer and the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent) shall be entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each Financial Asset held in the Collection Account which is a securities account and have the right to direct the disposition of funds in the Collection Account which is a deposit account; provided that, after the delivery of a Notice of Exclusive Control, such rights shall be exclusively held by the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent). Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees to cause the securities intermediary that holds any property for the Borrower in the Collection Account that is a securities account to agree with the parties hereto that (A) such property (other than cash or money) (subject to Section 6.04(f) below with respect to any property other than investment property, as defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC) is to be treated as a Financial Asset, and for the avoidance of doubt, all cash or money shall be held in a subaccount or related account of the Collection Account that is a deposit account, and (B) regardless of any provision in any other agreement, for purposes of the UCC and, to the extent a securities account, for purposes of the Hague Convention on the law applicable to certain rights in respect of securities

 

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held with an intermediary (the “Hague Convention”), with respect to the Collection Account, New York shall be deemed to be the Account Bank’s jurisdiction (within the meaning of Section 9-304 of the UCC) and the securities intermediary’s jurisdiction (within the meaning of Section 8-110 of the UCC) and New York shall govern the issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Convention. All securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to the Collection Account in the form of securities or instruments shall be registered in the name of the Account Bank or if in the name of the Borrower or the Collateral Agent, Indorsed to the Account Bank, Indorsed in blank, or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Account Bank, and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to the Collection Account be registered in the name of the Borrower, payable to the order of the Borrower or specially Indorsed to the Borrower, except to the extent the foregoing have been specially Indorsed to the Account Bank or Indorsed in blank. All uninvested cash or money held in the Collection Account shall be held in a subaccount or related account of the Collection Account that is a deposit account.

(f)    Underlying Instruments. Notwithstanding any term hereof (or any term of the UCC that might otherwise be construed to be applicable to a “securities intermediary” as defined in the UCC) to the contrary, none of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian nor any securities intermediary shall be under any duty or obligation in connection with the acquisition by the Borrower, or the Grant by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, of any Loan Asset in the nature of a loan or a participation in a loan (A) to examine or evaluate the sufficiency of the documents or instruments delivered to it by or on behalf of the Borrower under the related Underlying Instruments, or otherwise to examine the Underlying Instruments, in order to determine or compel compliance with any applicable requirements of or restrictions on transfer (including any necessary consents), or (B) to maintain a sufficient quantity of such Loan Asset. The Collateral Custodian shall hold any Instrument delivered to it evidencing any Loan Asset Granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder as custodial agent for the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(g)    Adjustments. If (i) the Servicer makes a deposit into the Collection Account in respect of an Interest Collection or a Principal Collection of a Loan Asset and such Interest Collection or Principal Collection was received by the Servicer in the form of a check that is not honored for any reason or (ii) the Servicer makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any Interest Collection or Principal Collection and deposits an amount that is less than or more than the actual amount of such Interest Collection or Principal Collection, the Servicer shall appropriately adjust the amount subsequently deposited into the Collection Account to reflect such dishonored check or mistake. Any Scheduled Payment in respect of which a dishonored check is received shall be deemed not to have been paid.

Section 6.05    Realization Upon Loan Assets. The Servicer will use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to foreclose upon or repossess, as applicable, or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of any Related Collateral relating to a Defaulted Loan as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments. The Servicer will comply with the Servicing Standard and Applicable Law in realizing upon such Related Collateral, and employ practices and procedures consistent with the Servicing Standard to enforce all obligations of Obligors foreclosing upon, repossessing and causing the sale of such Related Collateral at public or private sale in circumstances other than those described in the

 

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preceding sentence. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless the Administrative Agent has specifically given instruction to the contrary, the Servicer may cause the sale of any such Related Collateral to the Servicer or its Affiliates for a purchase price equal to the then fair value thereof, any such sale to be evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer delivered to the Administrative Agent setting forth the Loan Asset, the Related Collateral, the sale price of the Related Collateral and certifying that such sale price is the fair value of such Related Collateral. In any case in which any such Related Collateral has suffered damage, the Servicer will not expend funds in connection with any repair or toward the foreclosure or repossession of such Related Collateral unless it determines at the time of such expenditure consistent with the Servicing Standard that such repair and/or foreclosure or repossession will increase the Recoveries by an amount greater than the amount of such expenses. The Servicer will remit, or cause to be remitted, to the Collection Account the Recoveries received in connection with the sale or disposition of Related Collateral relating to a Defaulted Loan.

Section 6.06    Servicer Compensation. As compensation for its activities hereunder and reimbursement for its expenses, the Servicer shall be entitled to be paid the Servicing Fee and reimbursed its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses as provided in Section 2.04.

Section 6.07    Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer. The Servicer will be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement, including fees and disbursements of its independent accountants, Taxes imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with payments and reports pursuant to this Agreement, and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this Agreement for the account of the Borrower. The Servicer will be required to pay all fees and expenses owing to any bank or trust company in connection with the maintenance of the Collection Account. The Servicer may be reimbursed for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred hereunder (including out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower), subject to the availability of funds pursuant to Section 2.04.

Section 6.08    Reports to the Administrative Agent; Account Statements; Servicer Information.

(a)    Borrowing Base Certificate. On each Measurement Date, the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) will provide a Borrowing Base Certificate, updated as of such date, to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Collateral Agent). On each date that the Assigned Value of an Eligible Loan Asset is changed, the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) will deliver an adjusted Borrowing Base Certificate to the Administrative Agent and each Lender.

(b)    Servicing Report. On each Reporting Date, the Servicer will provide to the Borrower, each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, a monthly statement including (i) a Borrowing Base Certificate, (ii) a Loan Asset Schedule, (iii) a calculation of each Collateral Quality Test, (iv) a list of Loan Assets acquired, sold, substituted or released since the previous report and (v) if such Reporting Date precedes a Payment Date, amounts to be remitted pursuant to Section 2.04 to the applicable parties (which shall include any applicable wiring instructions of the parties receiving payment) (such monthly statement, a “Servicing Report”), with respect to related calendar month signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer and the Borrower and substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

 

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(c)    Servicer’s Certificate. Together with each Servicing Report, the Servicer shall submit to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I (a “Servicer Certificate”), signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer, which shall include a certification by such Responsible Officer that no Event of Default, Servicer Removal Event or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred.

(d)    Financial Statements. The Servicer will submit to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent, (i) within sixty (60) days after the end of each of its first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Servicer or the Transferor, as applicable, commencing March 31, 2018, consolidated unaudited financial statements of the Servicer and the Transferor for the most recent fiscal quarter, and (ii) within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, consolidated audited financial statements of the Servicer and the Transferor audited by a firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants, as of the end of such fiscal year.

(e)    Obligor Financial Statements; Valuation Reports; Other Reports. The Servicer will deliver to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Collateral Agent, with respect to each Obligor, the financial statements, reports, documents and information set forth in Schedule II hereto, it being understood that compliance with any applicable confidentiality restrictions will be required before such delivery and the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) will use its reasonable best efforts to enable the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Collateral Agent to deliver applicable confidentiality agreements or otherwise to comply with such restrictions.

(f)    Electronic Format. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, information required to be delivered or submitted to any Secured Party pursuant to this Article VI shall be delivered to such Secured Party in an electronic format acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Section 6.09    Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Servicer will provide to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent within ninety (90) days following the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer, commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2018, a fiscal report signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer certifying that (a) a review of the activities of the Servicer, and the Servicer’s performance pursuant to this Agreement, for the fiscal period ending on the last day of such fiscal year has been made under such Person’s supervision and (b) the Servicer has performed or has caused to be performed all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year and no Servicer Removal Event has occurred.

Section 6.10    Annual Independent Audit Reports. The Servicer will cause a nationally recognized auditing firm (who may also render other services to the Servicer) to furnish to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent within ninety (90) days following the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer, commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2018, a report covering such fiscal year to the effect that such auditors have applied certain

 

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agreed-upon procedures (a copy of which procedures are attached hereto as Schedule IV, it being understood that the Servicer and the Administrative Agent will provide an updated Schedule IV reflecting any further amendments to such Schedule IV prior to the issuance of the first such agreed-upon procedures report, a copy of which shall replace the then existing Schedule IV) to certain documents and records relating to the Collateral under any Transaction Document, compared the information contained in the Servicing Reports with respect to each Payment Date and a random sampling of one other Servicer Report from such fiscal year and, in each case, the Servicer’s Certificates delivered during the period covered by such report with such documents and records and that no matters came to the attention of such auditors that caused them to believe that such servicing was not conducted in compliance with this Article VI, except for such exceptions as such auditors shall believe to be immaterial and such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such statement.

Section 6.11    Procedural Review of Loan Assets; Access to Servicer and Servicer’s Records.

(a)    Each of the Borrower and the Servicer shall permit both (i) the Administrative Agent (who may be accompanied by any Lender (at its sole discretion)) and (ii) the representatives of the Administrative Agent, each 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 Loan Assets and (B) to visit its properties in connection with the collection, processing or servicing of the Loan Assets for the purpose of examining such records, and to discuss matters relating to the Loan Assets or such Person’s performance under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents with any officer or employee or auditor (if any) of such Person having knowledge of such matters. Each of the Borrower and the Servicer 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 Servicer’s business and operations. So long as no Unmatured Event of Default, Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event has occurred and is continuing, such visits and inspections shall occur only (x) upon two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice and (y) during normal business hours. During the existence of an Unmatured Event of Default, an Event of Default or a Servicer Removal Event, there shall be no limit on the timing of such inspections and no prior notice will be required before any inspection.

(b)    The Borrower and the Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the Administrative Agent access to the Loan Assets and all other documents regarding the Loan Assets included as part of the Collateral in its possession, in such cases where the Administrative Agent is required in connection with the enforcement of the rights or interests of the Lenders, or by applicable statutes or regulations, to review such documentation, such access being afforded without charge but only (i) upon two Business Days’ prior written notice (so long as no Unmatured Event of Default, Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event has occurred and is continuing) and (ii) during normal business hours. During the existence of an Unmatured Event of Default, an Event of Default or a Servicer Removal Event, there shall be no limit on the timing of such inspections and no prior notice will be required before any inspection. From and after the Closing Date and periodically thereafter at the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may review the Borrower’s and the Servicer’s collection and administration of the Loan Assets in order to assess compliance by the Servicer with the Servicer’s written policies and procedures, as well as this Agreement and may conduct an audit of the Loan Assets and Records in conjunction with such review.

 

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(c)    The Servicer shall bear the costs and expenses of all audits and inspections permitted by this Section 6.11, (at an annual cost not to exceed $250,000 unless an Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event has occurred and is continuing). Neither the Servicer nor the Borrower shall, unless an Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event, be required to pay a combined total amount of more than $250,000 in any twelve-month period.

Section 6.12    The Servicer Not to Resign. The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon the Servicer’s determination that (a) the performance of its duties hereunder is or becomes impermissible under Applicable Law and (b) there is no reasonable action that the Servicer could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder permissible under Applicable Law. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (a) above by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender. No such resignation shall become effective until a Replacement Servicer shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 6.02.

Section 6.13    Required Sale Assets. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall divest the Borrower of all Required Sale Assets within two (2) Business Days of the acquisition thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower’s divestment of the Required Sale Assets shall not be subject to the terms of Section 2.07 or included in determining the Borrower’ compliance with the requirements therein in connection with the sale of any other Loan Asset.

Section 6.14    Obligations and Compliance with Collateral. The Servicer will do nothing to impair the rights of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or of the Secured Parties in, to and under the Collateral. It is understood and agreed that in fulfilling its obligations as Servicer hereunder the Servicer does not assume any obligations of the Borrower in respect of any Advances or assume any responsibility for the performance by the Borrower of any of its obligations hereunder or under any other agreement executed in connection herewith that would be inconsistent with its undertaking as the Servicer or in its capacity as the Transferor under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Section 6.15    Preservation of Security Interest. The Servicer shall upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent (at the Borrower’s expense) file such financing and continuation statements and any other documents that may be required by any law or regulation of any Governmental Authority to preserve and protect fully the first priority perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in, to and under the Loan Assets and that portion of the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing.

Section 6.16    Special Purpose Entity Requirements. The Servicer will do nothing to impair or obstruct the Borrower’s compliance with the special purpose entity requirements set forth in Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b) and 5.02(a) and 5.02(b); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Servicer shall not be required to expend any of its own funds to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with subsection 5.02(a)(v) or subsection 5.01(b)(xvi).

 

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ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 7.01    Events of Default. If any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”) shall occur:

(a)    a default in the payment when due of (i) any principal of any Advance or (ii) any other amount payable by the Borrower, the Servicer or the Transferor, including any Yield, any Unused Fee or any other fee; provided, however, that an Event of Default shall not occur under this clause (a) if such failure to pay is caused by an error or omission of an administrative or operational nature and such payment is in fact made on or before the second following Business Day; or

(b)    any failure to pay, on the Facility Maturity Date, the outstanding principal of all Advances Outstanding, and all Yield and all Fees accrued and unpaid thereon together with all other Obligations, including, but not limited to, any Prepayment Premium; or

(c)    the failure on any Payment Date to disburse amounts in the Collection Account in accordance with Section 2.04; provided that the failure of the Collateral Agent or the Account Bank to disburse amounts in the Collection Account in accordance with the instructions of the Servicer shall not constitute an Event of Default if such failure to pay is caused by an error or omission of an administrative or operational nature and such payment is in fact made on or before the second following Business Day; or

(d)    (i) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of, or premium or interest on, any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) when the same becomes due and payable; (ii) any other default by the Borrower under any agreement, contract, document or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness or any other event shall occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if the effect of such default or event is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness; or (iii) any such Indebtedness is in fact declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid, redeemed, purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case, prior to the stated maturity thereof; or

(e)    except as otherwise provided in this definition of “Event of Default,” a default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or other agreement of the Borrower in the Transaction Documents in all material respects or, if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects (it being understood, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that the failure to satisfy any Collateral Quality Test is not, in and of itself, an Event of Default and the existence of a Borrowing Base Deficiency is not, in and of itself, an Event of Default except to the extent provided in clause (k) immediately below) and such default continues for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of written notice of such default from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower of such default; or

 

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(f)    the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Borrower; or

(g)    the occurrence of a Servicer Default; or

(h)    (i) the rendering of one or more judgments, decrees or orders by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction for the payment of money in excess individually or in the aggregate of $500,000 against the Borrower and the Borrower shall not have either (A) discharged or provided for the discharge of any such judgment, decree or order in accordance with its terms or (B) perfected a timely appeal of such judgment, decree or order and caused the execution of same to be stayed during the pendency of the appeal; (ii) any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower to enforce any such judgment; or (iii) (x) the Borrower shall have made payments of amounts in excess of $500,000 in the settlement of any litigation, claim or dispute (excluding payments actually made from insurance proceeds); or

(i)    the failure to satisfy Section 5.01(d) or Section 5.03(j);

(j)    (1) any Transaction Document, or any lien or security interest granted thereunder, shall (except in accordance with its terms), in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Borrower, the Transferor, or the Servicer,

(2)    the Borrower, the Transferor or the Servicer or any other party shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner the effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Transaction Document or any lien or security interest thereunder, or

(3)    any security interest in any Collateral securing any Obligation shall, in whole or in part, cease to be a first priority perfected security interest except as otherwise expressly permitted to be released in accordance with the applicable Transaction Document; or

(k)    a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists and has not been remedied in accordance with Section 2.06 within the time period set forth therein; provided that, during the period of time that such event remains unremedied, any payments required to be made by the Borrower on a Payment Date shall be made under Section 2.04(d); or

(l)    the Borrower or the pool of collateral is required to register as an “investment company” in accordance with the 1940 Act; or

(m)    the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code with regard to any assets of the Borrower; or

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(o)    any Change of Control shall occur; or

(p)    any representation, warranty or certification made by the Borrower in any Transaction Document or in any certificate delivered pursuant to any Transaction Document shall prove to have been incorrect in a material respect or, if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, when made; or

(q)    the Borrower ceases to have a valid ownership interest (or a perfected, first priority precautionary back-up security interest granted by the Transferor (which the Borrower shall have collaterally assigned to the Collateral Agent)) in all of the Collateral; or

(r)    the Transferor fails to transfer to the Borrower the applicable Loan Assets and the Related Asset on an Advance Date (unless the Borrower withholds payment for any Loan Asset or Related Asset which failed to be transferred); or

(s)    (i) failure of the Borrower to maintain at least one Independent Manager (unless the Independent Manager deceased, resigned, was removed for “cause” (as such term is defined in the Borrower LLC Agreement) or ceased to be eligible to serve as an Independent Manager under the Borrower LLC Agreement and the time provided for the appointment of a replacement Independent Manager in the Borrower LLC Agreement has not lapsed), (ii) the removal of any Independent Manager of the Borrower without “cause” (as such term is defined in the Borrower LLC Agreement) or without giving prior written notice to the Administrative Agent or (iii) an Independent Manager of the Borrower which is not provided by a service listed on a list approved by the Administrative Agent of nationally recognized services is appointed without the consent of the Administrative Agent; or

(t)    the Borrower, the Transferor or the Servicer makes or attempts to make any assignment of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document without first obtaining the specific written consent of each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, which consent may be withheld by any Lender or the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion;

then the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, may, by notice to the Borrower, declare the “Facility Maturity Date” to have occurred; provided that, in the case of any event described in Section 7.01(f) above, the “Facility Maturity Date” shall be deemed to have occurred automatically upon the occurrence of such event. Upon any such declaration or automatic occurrence, (i) the Revolving Period shall end and the Borrower shall cease purchasing Loan Assets from the Transferor under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or from any other third party and shall cease originating Loan Assets, (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may declare the Advances to be immediately due and payable in full (without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower) and any other Obligations to be immediately due and payable, (iii) the Administrative Agent may terminate the Servicer by providing a Servicer Removal Notice in accordance with Section 6.01(b), and (iv) all proceeds and distributions in respect of the Collateral shall be distributed by the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Administrative Agent) as described in Section 2.04(c) (provided that the Borrower shall in any event remain liable to pay such Advances Outstanding and all such amounts and Obligations immediately in accordance with Section 2.04(d)).

 

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In addition, upon any such declaration or upon any such automatic occurrence, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties and at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or otherwise, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction and other Applicable Law, which rights shall be cumulative. Without limiting any obligation of the Servicer hereunder, the Borrower confirms and agrees that the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties and at the direction of the Administrative Agent (or any designee thereof, including, the Servicer), following an Event of Default, shall, at its option, have the sole right to enforce the Borrower’s rights and remedies under each Assigned Document, but without any obligation on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any of their respective Affiliates to perform any of the obligations of the Borrower under any such Assigned Document. If any Event of Default shall have occurred, Applicable Margin shall be increased pursuant to the definition thereof, effective as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default, and shall apply on each day after the occurrence of such Event of Default.

Section 7.02    Additional Remedies of the Administrative Agent.

(a)    If, upon the occurrence of the Facility Maturity Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances Outstanding, all accrued and unpaid Fees and Yield and any other Obligations are not immediately paid in full, then the Collateral Agent (acting as directed by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent, in addition to all other rights specified hereunder, shall have the right, in its own name and as agent for the Lenders, to immediately sell (at the Borrower’s expense) in a commercially reasonable manner, in a recognized market (if one exists) at such price or prices as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem satisfactory, any or all of the Collateral and apply the proceeds thereof to the Obligations.

(b)    The parties recognize that it may not be possible to sell all of the Collateral on a particular Business Day, or in a transaction with the same purchaser, or in the same manner because the market for the assets constituting the Collateral may not be liquid. Accordingly, the Administrative Agent may elect, in its sole discretion, the time and manner of liquidating any of the Collateral, and nothing contained herein shall obligate the Administrative Agent to liquidate any of the Collateral on the date the Administrative Agent or all of the Lenders declares the Advances Outstanding hereunder to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01 or to liquidate all of the Collateral in the same manner or on the same Business Day.

(c)    If the Collateral Agent (acting as directed by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent proposes to sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at a public or private sale, at the request of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, the Borrower and the Servicer shall make available to (i) the Administrative Agent, on a timely basis, all information relating to the Collateral subject to sale, including, copies of any disclosure documents, contracts, financial statements of the applicable Obligors, covenant certificates and any other materials requested by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) each prospective bidder, on a timely basis, all reasonable information relating to the Collateral subject to sale, including, copies of any disclosure documents, contracts, financial statements of the applicable Obligors, covenant certificates and any other materials reasonably requested by each such bidder.

 

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(d)    Each of the Borrower and the Servicer agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully so agree, that neither it nor anyone claiming through or under it will set up, claim or seek to take advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or redemption law now or hereafter in force in any locality where any Collateral may be situated in order to prevent, hinder or delay the enforcement or foreclosure of this Agreement, or the absolute sale of any of the Collateral or any part thereof, or the final and absolute putting into possession thereof, immediately after such sale, of the purchasers thereof, and each of the Borrower and the Servicer, for itself and all who may at any time claim through or under it, hereby waives, to the full extent that it may be lawful so to do, the benefit of all such laws, and any and all right to have any of the properties or assets constituting the Collateral marshaled upon any such sale, and agrees that the Collateral Agent, or the Administrative Agent on its behalf, or any court having jurisdiction to foreclose the security interests granted in this Agreement may sell the Collateral as an entirety or in such parcels as the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent) or such court may determine. Pursuant to the UCC, each of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent hereby specifically agrees (x) that it shall not raise any objection to a Secured Party’s purchase of the Collateral (through bidding on the obligations or otherwise) and (y) that a foreclosure sale conducted in conformity with the principles set forth in various no action letters promulgated by the SEC staff (1) shall be considered to be a “public” sale for purposes of the UCC in the applicable jurisdiction and (2) shall be considered to be commercially reasonable notwithstanding that a Secured Party purchases the Collateral at such a sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower and the Transferor not less than two (2) Business Days prior notice of any sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 7.02, and if the Transferor or any of its Affiliates notifies the Administrative Agent not later than 5:00 p.m. on the Business Day following effectiveness of such notice of sale that it will purchase all or any portion of the Collateral for a cash purchase price not less than the amount required to pay all amounts payable pursuant to clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 2.04(c), then the Transferor or such Affiliate shall have the right to purchase all or any portion or any such portion of the Collateral by paying such cash purchase price into the Collection Account not later than 5:00 p.m. on the second (2nd) Business Day following effectiveness of such notice of sale and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall not sell any Collateral prior to such payment deadline.

(e)    Any amounts received from any sale or liquidation of the Collateral pursuant to this Section 7.02 in excess of the Obligations will be applied by the Collateral Agent (as directed by the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04(c), or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

(f)    The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have, in addition to all the rights and remedies provided herein and provided by applicable federal, state, foreign, and local laws (including, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC of any applicable state, to the extent that the UCC is applicable, and the right to offset any mutual debt and claim), all rights and remedies available to the Lenders at law, in equity or under any other agreement between any Lender and the Borrower.

 

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(g)    Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Event of Default.

(h)    Each of the Borrower and the Servicer hereby irrevocably appoints, during the continuance of an Event of Default and at all times following the Facility Maturity Date, each of the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent its true and lawful attorney (with full power of substitution) in its name, place and stead and at its expense, in connection with the enforcement of the rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement, including without limitation the following powers: (i) to give any necessary receipts or acquittance for amounts collected or received hereunder, (ii) to make all necessary transfers of the Collateral in connection with any such sale or other disposition made pursuant hereto, (iii) to execute and deliver for value all necessary or appropriate bills of sale, assignments and other instruments in connection with any such sale or other disposition, the Borrower and the Servicer hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney (or any substitute) shall lawfully do hereunder and pursuant hereto, and (iv) to sign any agreements, orders or other documents in connection with or pursuant to any Transaction Document. Nevertheless, if so requested by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall ratify and confirm any such sale or other disposition by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent all proper bills of sale, assignments, releases and other instruments as may be designated in any such request.

(i)    The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized and empowered, during the existence of an Event of Default and at all times following the Facility Maturity Date, on behalf of the Borrower or the Transferor, to endorse the name of the Borrower or the Transferor, as applicable, upon any check, draft, instrument, receipt, instruction, or other document or agreement or item, coming into the Administrative Agent’s possession, and to receive and apply the proceeds therefrom in accordance with the terms hereof. The Administrative Agent is hereby granted an irrevocable power of attorney, which is coupled with an interest, to execute all checks, drafts, receipts, instruments, instructions, or other documents, agreements, or items on behalf of the Borrower or the Transferor, as applicable, either before or after demand of payment on the Obligations but only during the existence of an Event of Default, as shall be deemed by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or advisable, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, to preserve the security interests and Liens in the Collateral or to secure the repayment of the Obligations (including by giving notice to the Obligors of the Collateral Agent’s interest in the Collateral and the obligation to make payments as directed by the Administrative Agent on the Collateral Agent’s behalf), and the Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, in connection with or arising from its exercise of such power of attorney. The application by the Administrative Agent of such funds shall, unless the Administrative Agent shall agree otherwise in writing, be the same as set forth in Section 2.04 hereof.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.01    Indemnities by the Borrower.

(a)    Except for Taxes (other than Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim) and without limiting any other rights which the Affected Parties, the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank, the Collateral Custodian or any of their respective Affiliates may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Affected Parties, the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank, the Collateral Custodian and each of their respective Affiliates, assigns, officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Party” for purposes of this Article VIII) against, and to hold each Indemnified Party harmless from, any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”), awarded against or actually incurred by such Indemnified Party arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or in respect of any of the Collateral or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, including the enforcement of this Agreement or any Transaction Document against the Borrower, regardless of whether any such Indemnified Party is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or shareholders); provided that Indemnified Amounts shall not be available to an Indemnified Party to the extent that such damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party.

(b)    Any amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of this Section 8.01 shall be paid by the Borrower to the Collateral Custodian if the Collateral Custodian is the Indemnified Party or the Administrative Agent on behalf of any other applicable Indemnified Party within two (2) Business Days following the Collateral Custodian or the Administrative Agent’s written demand therefor on behalf of the applicable Indemnified Party (and the Administrative Agent shall pay such amounts to the applicable Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such amounts). The Collateral Custodian or the Administrative Agent, on behalf of any other Indemnified Party making a request for indemnification under this Section 8.01, shall submit to the Borrower a certificate setting forth the basis for and the computations of the Indemnified Amounts with respect to which such indemnification is requested, which certificate shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.

(c)    If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 8.01 is unavailable to the Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, then the Borrower shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by such Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Borrower on the other hand but also the relative fault of such Indemnified Party as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

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(d)    If the Borrower has made any payments in respect of Indemnified Amounts to the Administrative Agent on behalf of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 8.01 and such Indemnified Party thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Indemnified Party will promptly repay such amounts collected to the Borrower, without interest.

(e)    The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 8.01 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, the Servicer, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian and the termination of this Agreement.

Section 8.02    Indemnities by Servicer.

(a)    Without limiting any other rights which any Indemnified Party may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts, awarded against or incurred by any Indemnified Party as a consequence of any acts or omissions of the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer and related to any Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any certificate or other written material delivered by the Servicer pursuant hereto or thereto; provided that Indemnified Amounts shall not be available to an Indemnified Party to the extent that such Indemnified Amounts are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party claiming indemnification hereunder.

(b)     Any Indemnified Amounts shall be paid by the Servicer to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Indemnified Party, within two (2) Business Days following receipt by the Servicer of the Administrative Agent’s written demand therefor (and the Administrative Agent shall pay such amounts to the applicable Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such amounts).

(c)    If the Servicer has made any indemnity payments to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 8.02 and such Indemnified Party thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Indemnified Party will promptly repay such amounts collected to the Servicer, without interest.

(d)    The obligations of the Servicer under this Section 8.02 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, the Borrower, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian and the termination of this Agreement.

(e)    Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.02 shall not be payable from the Collateral.

 

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Section 8.03    Waiver of Certain Claims. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, none of the Borrower or the Servicer shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnified Person, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive dames (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents.

Section 8.04    Legal Proceedings. In the event an Indemnified Party becomes involved in any action, claim, or legal, governmental or administrative proceeding (an “Action”) for which it seeks indemnification hereunder, the Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the other party or parties against whom it seeks indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the nature and particulars of the Action; provided that its failure to do so shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent such failure has a material adverse effect on the Indemnifying Party. Upon written notice to the Indemnified Party acknowledging in writing that the indemnification provided hereunder applies to the Indemnified Party in connection with the Action (subject to the exclusion in the first sentence of Section 8.01, the first sentence of Section 8.02, as applicable), the Indemnifying Party may assume the defense of the Action at its expense with counsel acceptable to the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain separate counsel in connection with the Action, and the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the legal fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party after the Indemnifying Party has done so; provided that if the Indemnified Party determines in good faith that there may be a conflict between the positions of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party in connection with the Action, or that the Indemnifying Party is not conducting the defense of the Action in a manner reasonably protective of the interests of the Indemnified Party, the legal fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party; provided further that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one Action or separate but substantially similar or related Actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees or expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (and any required local counsel) for such Indemnified Party, which firm (and local counsel, if any) shall be designated in writing to the Indemnifying Party by the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of the Action, it shall have full control over the conduct of such defense; provided that the Indemnifying Party and its counsel shall, as requested by the Indemnified Party or its counsel, consult with and keep them informed with respect to the conduct of such defense. The Indemnifying Party shall not settle an Action without the prior written approval of the Indemnified Party unless such settlement provides for the full and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability in connection with the Action. The Indemnified Party shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in connection with the defense of the Action.

ARTICLE IX

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 9.01    The Administrative Agent.

(a)    Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent as its agent hereunder and hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent to appoint additional agents to act on its behalf and for the benefit of each Lender. Each Lender further authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents as are

 

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delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth in this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

(b)    Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects with reasonable care.

(c)    Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them as Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, except, subject to Section 9.01(b), for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction). Each Secured Party hereby waives any and all claims against the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, except, subject to Section 9.01(b), for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction). Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (i) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower or the Transferor), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (ii) makes no warranty or representation and shall not be responsible for any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iii) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents on the part of the Borrower, the Transferor, or the Servicer or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower, the Transferor, or the Servicer; (iv) shall not be responsible for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (v) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents by acting upon any notice (including notice by telephone), consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by email) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties; (vi) shall not be responsible for or have any

 

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duty to ascertain or inquire into the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith; and (vii) shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person.

(d)    Actions by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder if the taking of such action, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, shall be in violation of any Applicable Law or contrary to any provision of this Agreement or shall expose the Administrative Agent to liability hereunder or otherwise. In the event the Administrative Agent requests the consent of a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions and the Administrative Agent does not receive a consent (either positive or negative) from such Person within ten (10) Business Days of such Person’s receipt of such request, then such Lender shall be deemed to have consented to the relevant action.

(e)    Notice of Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event, unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender, the Borrower or the Servicer referring to this Agreement, describing such Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Event of Default,” “Notice of Unmatured Event of Default” or “Notice of Servicer Removal Event,” as applicable. The Administrative Agent shall (subject to Section 9.01(c)) take such action with respect to such Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Removal Event as may be requested by the Required Lenders acting jointly or as the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.

(f)    Credit Decision with Respect to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender and each Secured Party acknowledges that none of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of the Borrower, the Servicer, the Transferor or any of their respective Affiliates or review or approval of any of the Collateral, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any of the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates to any Lender as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent has disclosed material information in its possession. Each Lender and each Secured Party acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, or any of the Administrative Agent’s Affiliates, and based upon such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own

 

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evaluation and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each Lender and each Secured Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, or any of the Administrative Agent’s Affiliates, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each Lender and each Secured Party hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower, the Servicer, the Transferor or their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates.

(g)    Indemnification of the Administrative Agent. Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not timely reimbursed by the Borrower or the Servicer), ratably in accordance with the Pro Rata Share of its related Lender, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent hereunder or thereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent, ratably in accordance with the Pro Rata Share of its related Lender, promptly upon demand for any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, to the extent that such expenses are incurred in the interests of or otherwise in respect of the Lenders hereunder and/or thereunder and to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower or the Servicer.

(h)    Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time, effective upon the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below, by giving at least five (5) days’ written notice thereof to each Lender, the Collateral Agent and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with cause by the Lenders acting jointly. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor Administrative Agent, subject to the approval of the Borrower (which approval shall not be (i) unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed or (ii) required at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default or after the Facility Maturity Date). Each Lender agrees that it shall not unreasonably withhold or delay its approval of the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent. If no such successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed, and shall have accepted such appointment, within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Secured Parties, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which successor Administrative Agent shall be either (x) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or (y) an Affiliate of such a bank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to

 

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and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement.

(i)    Payments by the Administrative Agent. Unless specifically allocated to a specific Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all amounts received by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders shall be paid by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares in the applicable Advances Outstanding, or if there are no Advances Outstanding in accordance with their related Lender’s most recent Commitments, on the Business Day received by the Administrative Agent, unless such amounts are received after 12:00 noon on such Business Day, in which case the Administrative Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to pay such amounts to each Lender on such Business Day, but, in any event, shall pay such amounts to such Lender not later than the following Business Day.

(j)    The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or prospective Lender is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution.

ARTICLE X

COLLATERAL AGENT

Section 10.01    Designation of Collateral Agent.

(a)    Initial Collateral Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby designate and appoint the Collateral Agent to act as its agent for the purposes of perfection of a security interest in the Collateral and hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and on behalf of each of the Secured Parties and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly granted to the Collateral Agent by this Agreement. The Collateral Agent hereby accepts such agency appointment to act as Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until its resignation or removal as Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.

(b)    Successor Collateral Agent. Upon the Collateral Agent’s receipt of a Collateral Agent Termination Notice from the Administrative Agent of the designation of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.05, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will terminate its activities as Collateral Agent hereunder.

 

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(c)    Secured Party. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby appoint State Street Bank and Trust Company, in its capacity as Collateral Agent hereunder, as their agent for the purposes of perfection of a security interest in the Collateral. State Street Bank and Trust Company, in its capacity as Collateral Agent hereunder, hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties set forth in Section 10.02(b).

Section 10.02    Duties of Collateral Agent.

(a)    Appointment. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent each hereby appoints State Street Bank and Trust Company to act as Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and obligations with respect thereto set forth herein.

(b)    Duties. On or before the initial Advance Date, and until its removal pursuant to Section 10.05, the Collateral Agent shall perform, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the following duties and obligations:

(i)    The Collateral Agent shall calculate amounts to be remitted pursuant to Section 2.04 to the applicable parties and notify the Servicer and the Administrative Agent in the event of any discrepancy between the Collateral Agent’s calculations and the Servicing Report (such dispute to be resolved in accordance with Section 2.05);

(ii)    The Collateral Agent shall make payments pursuant to the terms of the Servicing Report or as otherwise directed in accordance with Sections 2.04 or 2.05.

(iii)    The Collateral Agent shall provide to the Servicer a copy of all written notices and communications identified as being sent to it in connection with the Loan Assets and the other Collateral held hereunder which it receives from the related Obligor, participating bank and/or agent bank. In no instance shall the Collateral Agent be under any duty or obligation to take any action on behalf of the Servicer in respect of the exercise of any voting or consent rights, or similar actions, unless it receives specific written instructions from the Servicer, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, or the Administrative Agent, after the occurrence of Event of Default, in which event the Collateral Agent shall vote, consent or take such other action in accordance with such instructions.

(iv)    As promptly as possible after the Closing Date, and in any event no later than fifteen (15) days, the Collateral Agent shall create a database (the “Collateral Database”) with respect to the Loan Assets held by the Borrower on the Closing Date, which Collateral Database shall include all information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loan Assets and the Collateral, on an individual Loan Asset basis and on a portfolio basis. The Collateral Agent shall permit access to the information in the Collateral Database by the Servicer, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent no later than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date. The Collateral Agent shall update the Collateral Database

 

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promptly for Loan Assets and Permitted Investments acquired or sold or otherwise disposed of and for any amendments or changes to Loan Asset amounts or interest rates. The Collateral Agent shall provide the reporting specified in Exhibit K.

(v)    The Collateral Agent shall establish the Collection Account in the name of the Borrower subject to the lien and control of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

(vi)    The Collateral Agent shall track the receipt and daily allocation of cash to the Interest Collection Subaccount and Principal Collection Subaccount and any withdrawals therefrom and, on each Business Day, provide to the Servicer daily reports reflecting such actions to the Interest Collection Subaccount and Principal Collection Subaccount as of the close of business on the preceding Business Day.

(vii)    The Collateral Agent shall assist and reasonably cooperate with the independent certified public accountants in the preparation of those reports required under Section 6.10.

(viii)    The Collateral Agent shall provide the Servicer with such other information as may be reasonably requested in writing by the Servicer and as is within the possession of the Collateral Agent.

(c)    (i) The Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Secured Party further authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In furtherance, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Secured Party hereby appoints the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent) as its agent to execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or desirable in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interests granted by the Borrower hereunder, or to enable any of them to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights hereunder, including, the execution by the Collateral Agent as secured party/assignee of such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Loan Assets now existing or hereafter arising, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate for the purposes stated hereinabove. Nothing in this Section 10.02(c) shall be deemed to relieve the Borrower or the Servicer of their respective obligations to protect the interest of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Collateral, including to file financing and continuation statements in respect of the Collateral in accordance with Section 5.01(r). It is understood and agreed that any and all actions performed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this Section 10.02(c) shall be at the written direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, and the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or liability in connection with determining whether any such actions are necessary or desirable to perfect, protect or more fully secure the security interest granted by the Borrower hereunder or to enable any Person to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights hereunder.

 

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(ii)    The Administrative Agent may direct the Collateral Agent to take other actions which are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the Collateral Agent hereunder. With respect to such other actions which are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting) upon such direction of the Administrative Agent; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder at the request or direction of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or otherwise if the taking of such action, in the reasonable determination of the Collateral Agent, (x) shall be in violation of any Applicable Law or contrary to any provisions of this Agreement or (y) shall expose the Collateral Agent to liability hereunder or otherwise (unless it has received indemnity which it reasonably deems to be satisfactory with respect thereto). In the event the Collateral 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, then the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have declined to consent to the relevant action.

(iii)    Except as expressly provided herein, the Collateral Agent shall not be under any duty or obligation to take any affirmative action to exercise or enforce any power, right or remedy available to it under this Agreement unless and until (and to the extent) expressly so directed by the Administrative Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with the request or direction of any Secured Party, to the extent that this Agreement provides such Secured Party the right to so direct the Collateral Agent, or the Administrative Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any matter hereunder, including an Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Agent has knowledge of such matter or written notice thereof is received by the Collateral Agent.

(d)    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 two (2) 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. The Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with instructions received after such two (2) 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 and shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if it acts in accordance with such advice.

(e)    Concurrently herewith, the Administrative Agent directs the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent is authorized to enter into the Collection Account Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all of the Collateral Agent’s rights, protections and immunities provided herein shall apply to the Collateral Agent for any actions taken or omitted to be taken under the Collection Account Agreement in such capacity.

 

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(f)    Nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral Agent to determine independently the correct characterization or categorization of any item of Collateral, or to evaluate or verify the Servicer’s characterization of any item of Collateral, any such determination being based exclusively upon notification the Collateral Agent receives from the Servicer and nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral Agent to review or examine any underlying instrument or contract evidencing, governing or guaranteeing or securing any Loan Asset in order to verify, confirm, audit or otherwise determine any characteristic thereof.

Section 10.03    Merger or Consolidation. Any Person (a) into which the Collateral Agent may be merged or consolidated, (b) that may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Collateral Agent shall be a party, or (c) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Collateral Agent substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be the successor to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement without further act of any of the parties to this Agreement.

Section 10.04    Collateral Agent Compensation. As compensation for its Collateral Agent activities hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the Collateral Agent Fees and Collateral Agent Expenses from the Borrower as set forth in the Collateral Agent Fee Letter, payable to the extent of funds available therefor pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.04. The Collateral Agent’s entitlement to receive the Collateral Agent Fees shall cease on the earlier to occur of: (a) its removal as Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 10.05 or (b) the termination of this Agreement.

Section 10.05    Collateral Agent Removal. The Collateral Agent may be removed, with or without cause, by the Administrative Agent by notice given in writing to the Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Agent Termination Notice”); provided that, notwithstanding its receipt of a Collateral Agent Termination Notice, the Collateral Agent shall continue to act in such capacity until a successor Collateral Agent has been appointed and has agreed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder; provided that the Collateral Agent shall continue to receive compensation of its fees and expenses in accordance with Section 10.04 above while so serving as the Collateral Agent prior to a successor Collateral Agent being appointed.

Section 10.06    Limitation on Liability.

(a)    The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting upon any signature, certificate, instrument, statement, resolution, request, direction, consent, order, report, bond, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or other document or paper delivered to it and that in good faith it reasonably believes to be genuine and that has been signed by the proper party or parties. The Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on and shall be fully protected in acting upon the written instructions of any designated officer of the Administrative Agent.

(b)    The Collateral Agent may consult counsel satisfactory to it and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

 

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(c)    The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any mistakes of fact or law, or for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith except in the case of its willful misconduct or grossly negligent performance or omission of its duties.

(d)    The Collateral Agent makes no warranty or representation and shall have no responsibility (except as expressly set forth in this Agreement) as to the content, enforceability, completeness, validity, sufficiency, value, genuineness, ownership or transferability of the Collateral, and will not be required to and will not make any representations as to the validity or value (except as expressly set forth in this Agreement) of any of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder that might in its judgment involve any expense or liability unless it has been furnished with an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.

(e)    The Collateral Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except such duties and responsibilities as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Agreement against the Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any fiduciary relationship with any party hereto or any Secured Party in its capacity as such, and no implied covenants, functions, obligations or responsibilities shall be read into this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is hereby expressly agreed and stipulated by the other parties hereto that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion hereunder and shall have no investment or management responsibility.

(f)    The Collateral Agent shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds in the performance of its duties hereunder.

(g)    It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Collateral Agent is not guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the other parties hereto or any parties to the Collateral.

(h)    Subject in all cases to the last sentence of Section 2.05, in case any reasonable question arises as to its duties hereunder, the Collateral Agent may, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default or the Facility Maturity Date, request instructions from the Servicer and may, after the occurrence of an Event of Default or the Facility Maturity Date, request instructions from the Administrative Agent, and shall be entitled at all times to refrain from taking any action unless it has received instructions from the Servicer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable. The Collateral Agent shall in all events have no liability, risk or cost for any action taken pursuant to and in compliance with the instruction of the Administrative Agent. In no event shall the Collateral Agent be liable for punitive, special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Collateral Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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(i)    The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of the Collateral Custodian or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and shall not be required to monitor the performance of the Collateral Custodian or the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to perform any of the duties of the Collateral Custodian, the Administrative Agent or any party under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(j)    The Collateral Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders concerning and shall have no responsibility to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the existence, priority or perfection of the Liens and security interests granted hereunder or under any Transaction Document or in the value of any of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent makes no representation as to the value, sufficiency or condition of the Collateral or any part thereof, as to the title of the Borrower to the Collateral, as to the security afforded by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for insuring the Collateral, for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral, except as provided in the immediately following sentence when the Collateral Agent has possession of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders as to any Collateral in its possession or in the possession of someone under its control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent approved and maintained with reasonable due care or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, except the duty to accord such of the Collateral as may be in its possession substantially the same care as it accords its own assets and the duty to account for monies received by it. The Collateral Agent shall not be under an obligation independently to request or examine insurance coverage with respect to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any bank, depositary bank, custodian, independent counsel of the Borrower or any other party selected and maintained by the Collateral Agent with reasonable due care or selected by any other party hereto that may hold or possess Collateral or documents related to Collateral and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to monitor the performance of any such Persons holding Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the perfection of any Lien or for the filing, form, content or renewal of any UCC financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and such other documents or instruments, provided however that if instructed by the Required Lenders and at the expense of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent shall arrange for the filing and continuation, of financing statements or other filing or recording documents or instruments (collectively, the “Financing Statements”) for the perfection of security interests in the Collateral; provided, that, the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the preparation, form, content, sufficiency or adequacy of any such Financing Statements all of which shall be provided in writing to the Collateral Agent by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders including the jurisdictions and filing offices where the Collateral Agent is required to file such Financing Statements.

(k)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein, neither the Collateral Agent nor the Collateral Custodian shall have any obligations with respect to any collateral comprised of mortgages or other real property, including without limitation any of its express duties in Section 10.02(b). In connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies in respect of, or foreclosure or realization upon, any real estate-related collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any Transaction Document, the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to take title to or possession of real estate in its own name, or otherwise in a form or manner that may, in its

 

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reasonable judgment, expose it to liability. In the event that the Collateral Agent deems that it may be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral Agent reserves the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Collateral Agent subject to the terms and conditions of Section 10.07 or to arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Collateral Agent will not be liable to any Person for any environmental liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into the environment.

(l)    Without limiting the generality of any terms of this section, the Collateral Agent shall have no liability for any action or omissions of the Borrower, the Servicer or the Administrative Agent or any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part of the Servicer, the Administrative Agent or the Borrower to provide accurate and complete information on a timely basis to the Collateral Agent, or otherwise on the part of any such party to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Collateral Agent’s 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. The duties and obligations of the Collateral Agent 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.

(m)    The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any certificate, report or other document; provided, however, that, if the form thereof is prescribed by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall examine the same to determine whether it conforms on its face to the requirements hereof.

(n)    The Collateral Agent may exercise any of its rights or powers hereunder or perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or, by or through its agents or attorneys, and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed and maintained hereunder with reasonable due care. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, agents or employees will be liable to the Collateral Manager, the Borrower or any other Person, except by reason of acts or omissions by the Collateral Agent constituting willful misconduct, gross negligence of the Collateral Agent’s duties hereunder.

(o)    If the Collateral Agent is prevented from fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement as a result of governmental or regulatory actions, government regulations, fires, strikes, accidents, acts of God or other causes beyond the control of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate the effects of such circumstances and resume performance as soon as reasonably possible, and the Collateral Agent’s obligations shall be suspended for a reasonable time during which such conditions exist.

 

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(p)    The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the preparation or filing of any reports or returns relating to federal, state or local income taxes for any other Person with respect to this Agreement, other than in respect of the Collateral Agent’s compensation or for reimbursement of expenses.

Section 10.07    Collateral Agent Resignation. The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving not less than ninety (90) days’ written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and with the consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Administrative Agent shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent or collateral agents by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by the Administrative Agent, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent so resigning and one copy to the successor collateral agent or collateral agents, together with a copy to the Borrower, Servicer and Collateral Custodian. If no successor collateral agent shall have been appointed and an instrument of acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been delivered to the Collateral Agent within forty-five (45) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Collateral Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Agent may not resign prior to a successor Collateral Agent being appointed.

ARTICLE XI

COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN

Section 11.01    Designation of Collateral Custodian.

(a)    Initial Collateral Custodian. The role of Collateral Custodian with respect to the Required Loan Documents shall be conducted by the Person designated as Collateral Custodian hereunder from time to time in accordance with this Section 11.01. The Administrative Agent hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Custodian to act as its agent and hereby authorizes the Collateral Custodian to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly granted to the Collateral Custodian by this Agreement. The Collateral Custodian hereby accepts such agency appointment to act as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until its resignation or removal as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms hereof.

(b)    Successor Collateral Custodian. Upon the Collateral Custodian’s receipt of a Collateral Custodian Termination Notice from the Administrative Agent of the designation of a successor Collateral Custodian pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.05, the Collateral Custodian agrees that it will terminate its activities as Collateral Custodian hereunder.

Section 11.02    Duties of Collateral Custodian.

(a)    Appointment. The Administrative Agent hereby appoints Cortland Capital Market Services LLC to act as Collateral Custodian, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Collateral Custodian hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and obligations with respect thereto set forth herein.

 

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(b)    Duties. From the Closing Date until its resignation pursuant to Section 11.07 or its removal pursuant to Section 11.05, the Collateral Custodian shall perform, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the following duties and obligations:

(i)    The Collateral Custodian shall take and retain custody of the Required Loan Documents delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.02(a) and Section 3.04(b) hereof in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, all for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Within five (5) Business Days of its receipt of any Required Loan Documents (the “Review Period”), the related Loan Asset Schedule and an electronic copy of the Loan Asset Checklist, the Collateral Custodian shall review the Required Loan Documents to confirm that (A) such Required Loan Documents have been executed (either an original or a copy, as indicated on the Loan Asset Checklist) and have no mutilated pages, (B) if listed on the Loan Asset Checklist, filed stamped copies of the UCC and other filings (required by the Required Loan Documents) are included, (C) if listed on the Loan Asset Checklist, a copy of an Insurance Policy (or evidence thereof) with respect to any real or personal property constituting the Related Collateral is included, and (D) the related original balance (based on a comparison to the note or assignment agreement, as applicable, and to the extent such note or assignment agreement has been delivered to the Collateral Custodian), Loan Asset number and Obligor name, as applicable, with respect to such Loan Asset is referenced on the related Loan Asset Schedule (such items (A) through (D) collectively, the “Review Criteria”). In order to facilitate the foregoing review by the Collateral Custodian, in connection with each delivery of Required Loan Documents hereunder to the Collateral Custodian, the Servicer shall provide to the Collateral Custodian an electronic copy of the related Loan Asset Checklist which contains the Loan Asset information with respect to the Required Loan Documents being delivered, identification number and the name of the Obligor with respect to such Loan Asset. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Custodian’s obligation to review the Required Loan Documents received by it shall be limited to reviewing such Required Loan Documents based on the information provided on the electronic copy of the Loan Asset Checklist. In receiving any Required Loan Documents hereunder, and in maintaining any listing or providing any report or communication with respect to the Required Loan Documents held hereunder, the Collateral Custodian shall be required only to review such Required Loan Documents in accordance with the Review Criteria. Not later than one (1) Business Day after the Review Period, the Collateral Custodian shall execute and deliver to the Borrower, the Servicer and the Administrative Agent a certification more fully described below (a “Collateral Custodian Certification”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L, including an attached exception report (an “Exception Report”), listing any Required Loan Document listed on the Loan Asset Checklist not included in the related Loan File (which Exception Report shall include any document that does not satisfy the Review Criteria). The Servicer shall have five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof to correct any non-compliance with any Review Criteria. In addition, if requested in writing (in the form of Exhibit J) by the Servicer and approved by the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days of the Collateral Custodian’s delivery of such report, the Collateral Custodian shall return any Loan Asset which fails to satisfy a Review Criteria to the Borrower. Other than the foregoing, the Collateral Custodian shall not have any responsibility for reviewing any Required Loan Documents.

 

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(ii)    In taking and retaining custody of the Required Loan Documents, the Collateral Custodian shall be deemed to be acting as the agent of the Secured Parties; provided that the Collateral Custodian makes no representations as to the existence, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Required Loan Documents or the instruments therein; and provided further that the Collateral Custodian’s duties shall be limited to those expressly contemplated herein.

(iii)    All Required Loan Documents shall be kept in fire resistant vaults, rooms or cabinets at the address of the Collateral Custodian located at 225 W. Washington St., 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 and after December 26, 2017 at its address located at 225 W. Washington St., 9th Floor, Chicago, IL, or at such other office as shall be specified to the Administrative Agent and the Servicer by the Collateral Custodian in a written notice delivered at least thirty (30) days prior to such change. All Required Loan Documents shall be placed together with an appropriate identifying label and maintained in such a manner so as to permit retrieval and access. The Collateral Custodian shall segregate the Required Loan Documents on its inventory system and will not commingle the physical Required Loan Documents with any other files of the Collateral Custodian other than those, if any, relating to the Transferor and its Affiliates and subsidiaries.

(iv)    The Collateral Custodian shall also maintain records of the total number of Loan Files that do not have the Required Loan Documents provided on the Loan Asset Checklist and will forward such total to the Collateral Agent for inclusion in each Monthly Report.

(v)    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in the Transaction Documents, the Collateral Custodian shall not have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any party hereto or any Secured Party in its capacity as such, and no implied covenants, functions, obligations or responsibilities shall be read into this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Custodian. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is hereby expressly agreed and stipulated by the other parties hereto that the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to exercise any discretion hereunder and shall have no investment or management responsibility. The Collateral Custodian shall not be deemed to assume any obligations or liabilities of the Borrower or Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Transaction Document.

(c)    (i) The Collateral Custodian agrees to deliver any Required Loan Documents to the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (pursuant to a written request in the form of Exhibit J), as applicable, as requested by the Administrative Agent in order to take any action that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or desirable in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interests granted by the Borrower hereunder, or to enable any of them to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights hereunder, including any rights arising with respect to Article VII.

 

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(ii)    The Administrative Agent may direct the Collateral Custodian in writing to take any such incidental action hereunder. With respect to other actions which are incidental to the actions specifically delegated to the Collateral Custodian hereunder, the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to take any such incidental action hereunder, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting) upon the direction of the Administrative Agent; provided that the Collateral Custodian shall not be required to take any action hereunder at the request of the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or otherwise if the taking of such action, in the reasonable determination of the Collateral Custodian, (x) shall be in violation of any Applicable Law or contrary to any provisions of this Agreement or (y) shall expose the Collateral Custodian to liability hereunder or otherwise (unless it has received indemnity which it reasonably deems to be satisfactory with respect thereto). In the event the Collateral Custodian requests the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian does not receive a consent (either positive or negative) from the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days of its receipt of such request, then the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have declined to consent to the relevant action.

(iii)    The Collateral Custodian shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with the request or direction of any Secured Party, to the extent that this Agreement provides such Secured Party the right to so direct the Collateral Custodian, or the Administrative Agent.

(iv)    The Collateral Custodian shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Default, unless the Collateral Custodian has received written notice from a Lender, the Borrower or the Servicer referring to this Agreement, describing such Event of Default, Unmatured Event of Default or Servicer Default and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Event of Default,” “Notice of Unmatured Event of Default” or “Notice of Servicer Default,” as applicable. In the absence of receipt of such notice, the Collateral Custodian may conclusively assume that there is no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default.

Section 11.03    Merger or Consolidation. Any Person (a) into which the Collateral Custodian may be merged or consolidated, (b) that may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Collateral Custodian shall be a party, or (c) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Collateral Custodian substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Collateral Custodian hereunder, shall be the successor to the Collateral Custodian under this Agreement without further act of any of the parties to this Agreement.

Section 11.04    Collateral Custodian Compensation. As compensation for its Collateral Custodian activities hereunder, the Collateral Custodian shall be entitled to the Collateral Custodian Fees from the Borrower as set forth in the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter, payable pursuant to the extent of funds available therefor pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.04. The Collateral Custodian’s entitlement to receive the Collateral Custodian Fees shall cease on the earlier to occur of: (a) its removal as Collateral Custodian pursuant to Section 11.05, (b) its resignation as Collateral Custodian pursuant to Section 11.07 of this Agreement or (c) the termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 11.05    Collateral Custodian Removal. The Collateral Custodian may be removed, with or without cause, by the Administrative Agent by notice given in writing to the Collateral Custodian (the “Collateral Custodian Termination Notice”); provided that, notwithstanding its receipt of a Collateral Custodian Termination Notice, the Collateral Custodian shall continue to act in such capacity (and, for the avoidance of doubt, so long as it continues to act in such capacity, shall continue to receive the Collateral Custodian Fees and any other amounts to which it is entitled to receive in such capacity under the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter) until a successor Collateral Custodian has been appointed and has agreed to act as Collateral Custodian hereunder.

Section 11.06    Limitation on Liability.

(a)    The Collateral Custodian may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, instruction, statement, request, waiver, consent, report, letter or other document delivered to it and that in good faith it reasonably believes to be genuine and that has been signed by the proper party or parties. The Collateral Custodian shall not be bound to make any independent investigation into the facts or matters stated in any such notice, instruction, statement certificate, request, waiver, consent, opinion, report, receipt or other paper or document. The Collateral Custodian may rely conclusively on and shall be fully protected in acting upon the written instructions of the Administrative Agent and no party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Collateral Custodian as a result of the Collateral Custodian acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the instructions of the Administrative Agent.

(b)    The Collateral Custodian may consult counsel satisfactory to it and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(c)    Neither the Collateral Custodian nor any of its directors, officers, agents, or employees shall be liable for any error of judgment, or for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them as Collateral Custodian under or in connection with this Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction).

(d)    The Collateral Custodian makes no warranty or representation and shall have no responsibility as to the content, enforceability, completeness, validity, sufficiency, value, genuineness, ownership or transferability of the Collateral, and will not be required to and will not make any representations as to the validity or value of any of the Collateral. The Collateral Custodian shall be entitled to rely upon and shall not incur any liability for relying upon any notice request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Collateral Custodian shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder that might in its judgment involve any expense or liability unless it has been furnished with an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.

 

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(e)    The Collateral Custodian shall have no duties or responsibilities except such duties and responsibilities as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Agreement against the Collateral Custodian. The duties, obligations and responsibilities of the Collateral Custodian shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement. No implied duties, obligations or responsibilities shall be read into this Agreement against, or on the part of, the Collateral Custodian. Any permissive right of the Collateral Custodian to take any action hereunder shall not be construed as a duty.

(f)    The Collateral Custodian shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds in the performance of its duties hereunder.

(g)    It is expressly agreed and acknowledged that the Collateral Custodian is not guaranteeing performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the other parties hereto or any parties to the Collateral.

(h)    Subject in all cases to the last sentence of Section 11.02(c)(i), in case any reasonable question arises as to its duties hereunder, the Collateral Custodian may, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default or the Facility Maturity Date, request instructions from the Servicer and may, after the occurrence of an Event of Default or the Facility Maturity Date, request instructions from the Administrative Agent, and shall be entitled at all times to refrain from taking any action unless it has received instructions from the Servicer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable. The Collateral Custodian shall in all events have no liability, risk or cost for any action taken pursuant to and in compliance with the instruction of the Administrative Agent. In no event shall the Collateral Custodian be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Collateral Custodian has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(i)    The Collateral Custodian shall have no responsibilities or duties with respect to any Loan File while such Loan File is not in its possession.

(j)    The Collateral Custodian may act or exercise its duties or powers hereunder either directly or, by or through its agents, employees or attorneys in fact, and the Collateral Custodian shall not be liable or responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent, employee or attorney in fact that it selects with reasonable care.

(k)    If the Collateral Custodian is prevented from fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement as a result of governmental or regulatory actions, government regulations, fires, strikes, accidents, acts of God or other causes beyond the control of the Collateral Custodian, the Collateral Custodian shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate the effects of such circumstances and resume performance as soon as reasonably possible, and the Collateral Custodian’s obligations shall be suspended for a reasonable time during which such conditions exist.

 

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Section 11.07    Collateral Custodian Resignation. Collateral Custodian may resign and be discharged from its duties or obligations hereunder, not earlier than thirty (30) days after delivery to the Administrative Agent of written notice of such resignation specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect. If no successor collateral custodian has accepted appointment as the Collateral Custodian by the date thirty (30) days following a resigning Collateral Custodian’s notice of resignation, the resigning Collateral Custodian’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall perform the duties of the Collateral Custodian hereunder until such time, if any, as the Collateral Agent appoints a successor Collateral Custodian Upon the effective date of such resignation, or if the Administrative Agent gives Collateral Custodian written notice of an earlier termination hereof, Collateral Custodian shall (i) be reimbursed for any costs and expenses Collateral Custodian shall incur in connection with the termination of its duties under this Agreement and (ii) deliver all of the Required Loan Documents in the possession of Collateral Custodian to the Administrative Agent or to such Person as the Administrative Agent may designate to Collateral Custodian in writing upon the receipt of a request in the form of Exhibit J.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Custodian shall be entitled to receive, as and when such amounts are payable in accordance with this Agreement, any Collateral Custodian Fees accrued through the effective date of its resignation pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 11.07.

Section 11.08    Release of Documents.

(a)    Release for Servicer. From time to time and as appropriate for the enforcement or servicing of any of the Collateral, the Collateral Custodian is hereby authorized (unless and until such authorization is revoked by the Administrative Agent), upon written receipt from the Servicer of a request for release of documents and receipt in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit J, to release to the Servicer within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such request, the related Required Loan Documents or the documents set forth in such request and receipt to the Servicer. All documents so released to the Servicer shall be held by the Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer shall return to the Collateral Custodian the Required Loan Documents or other such documents (i) promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, or (ii) when the Servicer’s need therefor in connection with such foreclosure or servicing no longer exists, unless the Loan Asset shall be liquidated, in which case, the Servicer shall deliver an additional request for release of documents to the Collateral Custodian and receipt certifying such liquidation from the Servicer to the Collateral Agent, all in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit J.

(b)    Limitation on Release. The foregoing provision with respect to the release to the Servicer of the Required Loan Documents and documents by the Collateral Custodian upon request by the Servicer shall be operative only to the extent that the Administrative Agent has consented to such release. Promptly after delivery to the Collateral Custodian of any request for release of documents, the Servicer shall provide notice of the same to the Administrative Agent. Any additional Required Loan Documents or documents requested to be released by the Servicer may be released only upon written authorization of the Administrative Agent. The limitations of this paragraph shall not apply to the release of Required Loan Documents to the Servicer pursuant to the immediately succeeding subsection.

 

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(c)    Release for Payment. Upon receipt by the Collateral Custodian of the Servicer’s request for release of documents and receipt in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit J (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received) in connection with such payment or repurchase have been credited to the Collection Account, the Collateral Custodian shall promptly release the related Required Loan Documents to the Servicer.

(d)    Shipment of Loan Files. Written instructions as to the method of shipment and shipper(s) the Collateral Custodian is directed to utilize in connection with the transmission of Loan Files in the performance of the Collateral Custodian’s duties hereunder shall be delivered by the Borrower, the Servicer or the Required Lenders to the Collateral Custodian prior to any shipment of any Loan Files hereunder. The Servicer shall arrange for the provision of such services at the cost and expense of the Borrower (or, at the Collateral Custodian’s option, the Borrower shall reimburse the Collateral Custodian for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of the Collateral Custodian consistent with such instructions) and shall maintain such insurance against loss or damage to the Loan Files as the Servicer deems appropriate.

Section 11.09    Return of Required Loan Documents. The Borrower may, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), require that the Collateral Custodian return each Required Loan Document (a) delivered to the Collateral Custodian in error or (b) released from the Lien of the Collateral Agent hereunder pursuant to Section 2.14, in each case by submitting to the Collateral Custodian and the Administrative Agent a written request in the form of Exhibit J hereto (signed by both the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) specifying the Collateral to be so returned and reciting that the conditions to such release have been met (and specifying the Section or Sections of this Agreement being relied upon for such release). The Collateral Custodian shall upon its receipt of each such request for return executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, return the Required Loan Documents so requested to the Borrower.

Section 11.10    Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Collateral. The Collateral Custodian shall provide to the Administrative Agent and each Lender access to the Required Loan Documents and all other documentation regarding the Collateral including in such cases where the Administrative Agent and each Lender is required in connection with the enforcement of the rights or interests of the Secured Parties, or by applicable statutes or regulations, to review such documentation, such access being afforded at the expense of the Borrower and only (a) upon two (2) Business Days prior written request, (b) during normal business hours and (c) subject to the Servicer’s and the Collateral Custodian’s normal security and confidentiality procedures. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.10, from time to time on request of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Custodian shall permit certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the Administrative Agent to conduct, at the expense of the Servicer (on behalf of the Borrower), a review of the Required Loan Documents and all other documentation regarding the Collateral; provided that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, such review shall be conducted no more than two times in any calendar year.

 

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Section 11.11    Agent of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Custodian agrees that, with respect to any Required Loan Documents at any time or times in its possession or held in its name, the Collateral Custodian shall be the agent of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for purposes of perfecting (to the extent not otherwise perfected) the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and for the purpose of ensuring that such security interest is entitled to first priority status under the UCC.

Section 11.12    Indemnification of the Collateral Custodian. Servicer agrees to indemnify the Collateral Custodian, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Collateral Custodian in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Custodian hereunder or thereunder. Without limitation of the foregoing, Servicer agrees to reimburse the Collateral Custodian promptly upon demand for any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Collateral Custodian in connection with the administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, to the extent that such expenses are incurred in the interests of or otherwise in respect of the Lenders hereunder and/or thereunder.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01    Amendments and Waivers.

(a)    (i) No amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Borrower, the Servicer, the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf), the Administrative Agent and, solely if such amendment or modification would adversely affect the rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian, the written agreement of the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian, as applicable; and (ii) no termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure therefrom by the Borrower or the Servicer shall be effective without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

(b)    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.01(a), the written consent of all of the Lenders shall be required for any amendment, modification or waiver (i) reducing any Advances Outstanding or the Yield thereon, (ii) postponing any date for any payment of any Advance or the Yield thereon, (iii) modifying the provisions of this Section 12.01 or (iv) extending the Stated Maturity or clause (a) of the definition of “Commitment Termination Date.”

 

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Section 12.02    Notices, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications hereunder to any party shall be in writing and sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by overnight delivery service, with all charges paid, by electronic mail (“email”) or by hand delivery, to such party’s address set forth below:

 

BORROWER:   ORCC Financing LLC
  245 Park Avenue, 41st Floor
  New York, New York 10167
  Attention: Bryan Cole
  Email: bryan@owlrock.com
  Phone: 212.419.3035
SERVICER AND TRANSFEROR:   Owl Rock Capital Corporation
  245 Park Avenue, 41st Floor
  New York, New York 10167
  Attention: Bryan Cole
  Email: bryan@owlrock.com
  Phone: 212.419.3035
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:   Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc.
  1585 Broadway, 25th Floor
  New York, New York 10036
  Attention: FID Secured Lending Group
  Email (for borrowing requests): mmborrowingrequests@morganstanley.com
  Email (for all other purposes): mmloanapprovals@morganstanley.com
  with a copy to:
  Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
  1300 Thames Street Wharf
  Baltimore, MD 21231
  Attention: CLO Team
  Email (for borrowing requests): mmborrowingrequests@morganstanley.com
  Email (for all other purposes): mmloanapprovals@morganstanley.com
COLLATERAL AGENT:   State Street Bank and Trust Company,
  as Collateral Agent
  1 Iron Street
  Boston, MA 02210
  Attention: Structured Trust & Analytics
  Email: StateStreetSPV@statestreet.com
  Phone: (617) 662-9840

 

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ACCOUNT BANK:   State Street Bank and Trust Company,
  as Account Bank
  1 Iron Street
  Boston, MA 02210
  Attention: Structured Trust & Analytics
  Email: StateStreetSPV@statestreet.com
  Phone: (617) 662-9840
COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN:   Cortland Capital Market Services LLC
  225 W. Washington St., 9th Floor
  Chicago, IL 60606
  Attention: Doc Custody and Legal Department
  Email: DocCustody@cortlandglobal.com
  and
  legal@cortlandglobal.com
  Facsimile: 312.378-0751
  with a copy to:
  Holland & Knight LLP
  131 South Dearborn Street, 30th Floor
  Chicago, IL 60603
  Attention: Josh Spencer
  Email: joshua.spencer@hklaw.com
LENDER:   Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
  201 South Main Street
  Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-2215
  Email (for borrowing requests): mmborrowingrequests@morganstanley.com
  Email (for all other purposes): mmloanapprovals@morganstanley.com
  With copies to:
  Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
  1585 Broadway, 25th Floor
  New York, New York 10036
  Attention: FID Secured Lending Group
  Email (for borrowing requests): mmborrowingrequests@morganstanley.com
  Email (for all other purposes): mmloanapprovals@morganstanley.com

 

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Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.

1300 Thames Street, Thames Street Wharf

  Baltimore, Maryland 21231
  Email (for borrowing requests): mmborrowingrequests@morganstanley.com
  Email (for all other purposes): mmloanapprovals@morganstanley.com

or at such other address as such party may hereafter specify in a notice given in the manner required under this Section 12.02. All such notices and correspondence shall be deemed given (a) if sent by certified or registered mail, three (3) Business Days after being postmarked, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service or by hand delivery, when received at the above stated addresses or when delivery is refused and (c) if sent by email, when received.

Section 12.03    No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

Section 12.04    Binding Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders.

(a)    This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank, the Collateral Custodian and their respective successors and permitted assigns. With the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (unless such assignment is to an Affiliate of a Lender or is otherwise required by Applicable Law), each Lender and their respective successors and assigns may assign, grant a security interest or sell a participation interest in, (i) this Agreement and such Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder and interest herein in whole or in part (including by way of the sale of participation interests therein) and/or (ii) any Advance (or portion thereof) to any Person; provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred, the Borrower has provided its written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such assignment to any Person that is a Disqualified Institution, or is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (but, for the avoidance of doubt, no such consent of the Borrower shall be required for any grant of a security interest or sale of a participation interest to any Person, an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, an assignment to a Person that is not a Disqualified Institution or an assignment that is required by Applicable Law). Any such assignee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a fully-executed assignment and acceptance agreement in the form of Exhibit M hereto (a “Assignment and Acceptance”). No such assignee shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.11 hereof than such assignor would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights assigned unless such assignment shall have been made at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater payment did not exist. The parties to any such assignment, grant or sale of a participation interest shall execute and deliver to the related Lender for its acceptance and recording in its books and records, (i) an express undertaking to comply with Section 12.12 hereof as if the participant were a Lender and

 

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(ii) such other agreement or document as may be satisfactory to such parties and the applicable Lender. None of the Borrower, the Transferor or the Servicer may assign, or permit any Lien to exist upon, any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any Transaction Document or any interest herein or in any Transaction Document without the prior written consent of each Lender and the Administrative Agent.

(b)    In the event Lender sells a participation in this Agreement or any Advance, the Borrower agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.10 and Section 2.11 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.11(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.11(g) 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 clause (a) of this Section; provided that such participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.19 as if it were an assignee under clause (a) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10 or Section 2.11, 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.

(c)    Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (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 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. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 12.04, any Lender may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its rights (including, rights to payment of principal and interest) under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender to a Federal Reserve Bank, without notice to or consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder, or substitute any such pledgee or grantee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e)    Each Affected Party and each Indemnified Party shall be an express third party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

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(f)    Upon the effectiveness of any assignment by any Lender of all or any of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents pursuant to Section 12.04(a) and the delivery to the Administrative Agent of all assignment documentation and the Assignment and Acceptance, the Administrative Agent shall revise Annex A to reflect such assignment.

Section 12.05    Term of This Agreement. This Agreement, including, the Borrower’s representations and covenants set forth in Articles IV and V and the Servicer’s representations, covenants and duties set forth in Articles IV, V and VI, shall remain in full force and effect until the Collection Date; provided that the rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or the Servicer pursuant to Articles III and IV and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article VIII, IX and Article XII and the provisions of Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 12.07 and Section 12.09 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

Section 12.06    GOVERNING LAW; JURY WAIVER.

(a)    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

(b)    BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF EACH TRANSACTION DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES 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. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

(c)    THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT

 

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OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION 12.06. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d)    EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 12.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

(e)    JURY WAIVER. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY (i) WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO (1) THIS AGREEMENT; (2) ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT; OR (3) ANY CONDUCT, ACTS OR OMISSIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OF BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, A LENDER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, ATTORNEYS OR OTHER AFFILIATES, IN EACH CASE WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, AND (ii) AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENTS OF THE PARTIES TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY

Section 12.07    Costs, Expenses and Taxes.

(a)    In addition to the rights of indemnification granted to the Indemnified Parties under Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 hereof, the Borrower agrees to pay, on the Payment Date pertaining to the Remittance Period in which such cost is incurred (or any prior Remittance Period to the extent not previously paid) and in accordance with Section 2.04, all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders incurred in connection with (x) the preparation, execution, delivery, administration (including periodic auditing), syndication, renewal, amendment or modification of, any waiver or consent issued in connection with, this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, including, the fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, including the fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank and the Collateral Custodian with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank and the Collateral Custodian as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, and (y) the enforcement or potential enforcement of this Agreement or any Transaction Document by such Person and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith.

 

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(b)    The Borrower shall pay, on the Payment Date pertaining to a Remittance Period and in accordance with Section 2.04, all other costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian and the Account Bank during such Remittance Period, or any prior Remittance Period to the extent not previously paid, including, all costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with periodic audits of the Borrower’s, the Transferor’s or the Servicer’s books and records.

(c)    Nothing contained in this Section 12.07 shall relate to the payment of Taxes under the Transaction Documents.

Section 12.08    Further Assurances. The Borrower shall promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, financing statements, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to (i) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject any of the Borrower’s properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any of the security documents, (ii) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the security documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder and (iii) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Transaction Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is or is to be a party.

Section 12.09    Recourse Against Certain Parties.

(a)    Notwithstanding any contrary provision set forth herein, no claim may be made by the Borrower, the Transferor or the Servicer or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect to any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and the Borrower, the Transferor and the Servicer each hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected.

(b)    No obligation or liability to any Obligor under any of the Loan Assets is intended to be assumed by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any Secured Party under or as a result of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(c)    The provisions of this Section 12.09 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 12.10    Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by email in portable document format (.pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. In the event that any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This Agreement and any agreements or letters (including fee letters) executed in connection herewith contains the final and complete integration of all prior and contemporaneous expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior and contemporaneous oral or written understandings other than any fee letter delivered by the Servicer to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. Moreover, the parties to this Agreement waive reliance on any representation made by any other party, whether orally or in writing, prior to the execution of this Agreement.

Section 12.11    Characterization of Conveyances Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

(a)    It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Eligible Loan Assets by the Transferor to the Borrower as contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement be, and be treated for all purposes as, a sale or contribution by the Transferor of such Eligible Loan Assets. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Eligible Loan Assets by the Transferor to the Borrower to secure a debt or other obligation of the Transferor. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Eligible Loan Assets are held to continue to be property of the Transferor, then the parties hereto agree that: (i) the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement under Applicable Law; (ii) as set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the transfer of the Eligible Loan Assets provided for in the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be deemed to be a grant by the Transferor to the Borrower of a first priority security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in all of the Transferor’s right, title and interest in and to the Eligible Loan Assets and all amounts payable to the holders of the Eligible Loan Assets in accordance with the terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including, all amounts from time to time held or invested in the Collection Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property (other than Excluded Amounts); (iii) the possession by the Borrower (or the Collateral Custodian on its behalf) of Loan Assets and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be, subject to clause (iv) below, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the UCC; and (iv) acknowledgements from Persons holding such property shall be deemed acknowledgements from custodians, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Borrower for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under Applicable Law. The parties further agree that any assignment of the interest of the Borrower pursuant to any provision hereof shall also be deemed to be an

 

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assignment of any security interest created pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Borrower shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if the Purchase and Sale Agreement was deemed to create a security interest in the Eligible Loan Assets, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens) under Applicable Law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement.

(b)    It is the intention of each of the parties hereto that the Eligible Loan Assets conveyed by the Transferor to the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall constitute assets owned by the Borrower and shall not be part of the Transferor’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Transferor under any bankruptcy or similar law.

(c)    The Borrower agrees to treat, and shall cause the Transferor to treat, for all purposes, the transactions effected by the Purchase and Sale Agreement as sales (or contributions) of assets to the Borrower. The Borrower and the Servicer each hereby agree to cause the Transferor to reflect in the Transferor’s financial records and to include a note in the publicly filed annual and quarterly financial statements of the Transferor indicating that assets sold to the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement are owned by the Borrower that is consolidated in the Transferor’s financial statements, the creditors of the Borrower have received security interests in such assets and such assets are not intended to be available to the creditors of the Transferor (or any other affiliate of the Transferor).

Section 12.12    Confidentiality.

(a)    Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, the Account Bank, the Transferor and the Collateral Custodian shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and officers to maintain the confidentiality of the Agreement and all information with respect to the other parties, including all information regarding the Loan Assets and the Borrower and the Servicer hereto and their respective businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that each such party and its officers and employees may (i) disclose such information to its external accountants, investigators, auditors, attorneys or other agents, including any valuation firm engaged by such party in connection with any due diligence or comparable activities with respect to the transactions and Loan Assets contemplated herein and the agents of such Persons (“Excepted Persons”); provided that each Excepted Person shall, as a condition to any such disclosure, agree for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, the Account Bank, the Transferor and the Collateral Custodian that such information shall be used solely in connection with such Excepted Person’s evaluation of, or relationship with, the Borrower and its affiliates, (ii) disclose the existence of the Agreement, but not the financial terms thereof, (iii) disclose such information as is required by Applicable Law and (iv) disclose the Agreement and such information in any suit, action, proceeding or investigation (whether in law or in equity or pursuant to arbitration) involving any of the Transaction Documents for the purpose of defending itself, reducing its liability, or protecting or exercising any of its claims, rights, remedies, or interests under or in connection with any of the Transaction Documents. It is understood that the

 

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financial terms that may not be disclosed except in compliance with this Section 12.13(a) include, all fees and other pricing terms, and all Events of Default, Servicer Removal Events, and priority of payment provisions.

(b)    Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower and the Servicer each hereby consents to the disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i) to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Account Bank, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian by each other, or (ii) by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Account Bank, the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Custodian to any prospective or actual assignee or participant of any of them provided such Person agrees to hold such information confidential, and to any officers, directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys of any of the foregoing, provided each such Person is informed of the confidential nature of such information. In addition, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank and the Collateral Custodian may disclose any such nonpublic information as required pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law).

(c)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known (after such information becomes publicly known); (ii) disclosure of any and all information (A) if required to do so by any applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, (B) to any government agency or regulatory body having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any aspects of the Lenders’, the Administrative Agent’s, the Collateral Agent’s, the Account Bank’s or the Collateral Custodian’s business or that of their affiliates, (C) pursuant to any subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar demand or request of any court, regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Custodian or the Account Bank or an officer, director, employer, shareholder or affiliate of any of the foregoing is a party, (D) in any preliminary or final offering circular, registration statement or contract or other document approved in advance by the Borrower, the Servicer or the Transferor or (E) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or attorney of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Custodian having a need to know the same, provided that the disclosing party advises such recipient of the confidential nature of the information being disclosed; or (iii) any other disclosure authorized by the Borrower, Servicer or the Transferor.

Section 12.13    Waiver of Set Off. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right of setoff it may have or to which it may be entitled under this Agreement from time to time against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their respective assets.

Section 12.14    Headings and Exhibits. The headings herein are for purposes of references only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof. The schedules and exhibits attached hereto and referred to herein shall constitute a part of this Agreement and are incorporated into this Agreement for all purposes.

Section 12.15    Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of Advances owing to it (other than pursuant to Breakage Fees,

 

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Section 2.10 or Section 2.11) in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the Advances obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Advances owing to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided that, if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (a) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (b) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered.

Section 12.16    Failure of Borrower or Servicer to Perform Certain Obligations. If the Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under Section 5.01(r), Section 5.02(p) or Section 6.14, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Borrower upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor.

Section 12.17    Power of Attorney. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to act on behalf of the Borrower (a) to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of the Secured Parties in the Collateral and (b) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Collateral as a financing statement in such offices as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interests of the Secured Parties in the Collateral. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

Section 12.18    Delivery of Termination Statements, Releases, etc. Upon payment in full of all of the Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) and the termination of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Collateral Custodian) termination statements, reconveyances, releases and other documents the Borrower deems reasonably necessary or appropriate to evidence the termination of the Grant and other Liens securing the Obligations, all at the expense of the Borrower.

Section 12.19    Non-Petition.

(a)    Each of the parties hereto (other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) hereby agrees for the benefit of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Borrower any Bankruptcy Proceeding so long as there shall not have elapsed one (1) year, or if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect, and one (1) day since the Collection Date. The Borrower shall file a timely objection to, and promptly and timely move to dismiss and diligently prosecute such objection and/or motion to dismiss, any Bankruptcy Proceeding commenced by any Person in violation of this Section 12.19(a). The Borrower hereby expressly consents to, and

 

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agrees not to raise any objection in respect of, each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders having creditor derivative standing in any Bankruptcy Proceeding to enforce each and every covenant contained in this Section 12.19(a).

(b)    Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Transferor further agrees that (i) a breach of any of their respective covenants contained in Section 12.19(a) will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach, and (iii) each and every covenant contained in Section 12.19(a) shall be specifically enforceable against the Borrower, the Servicer and the Transferor, and each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Transferor hereby waives and agrees not to object, or assert any defenses to an action for specific performance, or injunction in respect of any breach of such covenants.

(c)    The Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent its true and lawful attorney (with full power of substitution) in its name, place and stead and at its expense, in connection with the enforcement of the covenants provided for in this Section 12.19, including without limitation the following powers: (i) to object to and seek to dismiss any Bankruptcy Proceeding relating to a Bankruptcy Event described in clause (i) of the definition thereof, and (ii) all powers and rights incidental thereto. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

(d)    The provisions of this Section 12.19 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

[Signature pages to follow.]

 

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

 

BORROWER:
ORCC FINANCING LLC
By:  

 

Name:   Alan Kirshenbaum
Title:   Authorized Signatory

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]


SERVICER:
OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:   Alan Kirshenbaum
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]


TRANSFEROR:
OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:  

 

Name:   Alan Kirshenbaum
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
MORGAN STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]


LENDER:
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]


COLLATERAL AGENT:

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]


ACCOUNT BANK:

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]


COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN:

CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Loan and Servicing Agreement]

EX-10.3 4 d462030dex103.htm EX-10.3 EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

between

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION

as Seller

and

ORCC FINANCING LLC

as Purchaser

Dated as of December 21, 2017


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 References

     4  

ARTICLE II CONVEYANCES OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS

     4  

SECTION 2.1 Conveyances

     4  

SECTION 2.2 Repurchase or Substitution of Warranty Breach Loan Assets

     6  

SECTION 2.3 Assignments

     7  

SECTION 2.4 Actions Pending Completion of Conveyance

     7  

SECTION 2.5 Indemnification

     8  

SECTION 2.6 Assignment of Indemnities

     9  

ARTICLE III CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT; REPORTING

     9  

SECTION 3.1 Purchase Price, Substitution Value and Repurchase Price

     9  

SECTION 3.2 Payment of Purchase Price

     9  

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     10  

SECTION 4.1 Seller’s Representations and Warranties

     10  

SECTION 4.2 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties by the Seller; Notice of Breach

     13  

ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE SELLER

     14  

SECTION 5.1 Covenants of the Seller

     14  

SECTION 5.2 Covenant of the Purchaser

     15  

ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     15  

SECTION 6.1 Conditions Precedent

     15  

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     16  

SECTION 7.1 Amendments, Etc

     16  

SECTION 7.2 Governing Law: Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

     16  

SECTION 7.3 Notices

     17  

SECTION 7.4 Severability of Provisions

     18  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

     Page  

SECTION 7.5 Further Assurances

     18  

SECTION 7.6 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

     18  

SECTION 7.7 Counterparts

     18  

SECTION 7.8 Non-Petition

     18  

SECTION 7.9 Transfer of Seller’s Interest

     18  

SECTION 7.10 Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries and Assignability

     19  

SECTION 7.11 Merger and Integration

     19  

SECTION 7.12 Headings

     19  

 

 

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This SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of December 21, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, this “Agreement”), between OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as seller (in such capacity, the “Seller”) and ORCC FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as purchaser (in such capacity, the “Purchaser”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, on and after the date hereof, the Seller may, from time to time on each Conveyance Date (as defined below), sell or contribute, transfer, and otherwise convey, to the Purchaser, without recourse except to the extent specifically provided herein, and the Purchaser may, from time to time on each Conveyance Date, purchase or accept a contribution of all right, title and interest of the Seller (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever located) in and to the Loan Assets (as defined below) mutually agreed by the Seller and the Purchaser; and

WHEREAS, it is the Seller’s and the Purchaser’s intention that the conveyance of the Transferred Assets under each assignment agreement and this Agreement is a “true sale” or a “true contribution” for all purposes, such that, upon payment of the purchase price therefor or the making of a contribution, the Transferred Assets will constitute property of the Purchaser from and after the applicable transfer date;

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 and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2017 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by and among the Purchaser, as borrower, the Seller, as transferor and servicer, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), State Street Bank and Trust Company, as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and account bank (in such capacity, the “Account Bank”), and Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as collateral custodian (in such capacity, the “Collateral Custodian”).

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

Convey” means to sell, transfer, assign, contribute, substitute or otherwise convey assets hereunder (each such Conveyance being herein called a “Conveyance”).

 

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Conveyance Date” means the date of a Conveyance, as specified in the applicable Purchase Notice or Repurchase/Substitution Notice.

Excluded Amounts” means (i) any amount that is attributable to the reimbursement of payment by or on behalf of the Seller of any Taxes, fee or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority on any Loan Asset, (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 escrows relating to Taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with Loan Assets 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, (iv) to the extent paid using amounts other than proceeds of the Loan Assets and proceeds of Loans, as applicable, any amount paid in respect of reimbursement for expenses owed in respect of any Loan Asset pursuant to the related underlying instrument or (v) any amount paid to the Purchaser in error.

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

Loan Asset” means each commercial loan identified on Schedule A hereto, and each loan identified on any Purchase Notice.

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

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

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

Repurchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Repurchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 (c).

Repurchase/Substitution Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).

Retained Interest” means, with respect to any Loan Asset, (a) all of the obligations, if any, of the agent(s) under the documentation evidencing such Loan Asset and (b) the applicable portion of the interests, rights and obligations under the documentation evidencing such Loan Asset that relate to such portion(s) of the indebtedness and interest in other obligations that are owned by another lender.

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

Substitute Eligible Loan Asset” has the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement.

Substitution” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Substitution Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).

 

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Transferred Asset” means each asset, including any Loan Asset and Substitute Eligible Loan Asset, Conveyed by the Seller to the Purchaser hereunder, including with respect to each such asset, each Related Asset; provided that the foregoing will exclude the Retained Interest and the Excluded Amounts.

Warranty Breach Loan Asset” means any Loan Asset, with respect to which (a) any of the Seller’s representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.1(e), (f), (g), (i), (j), (k) or (o) was not true and correct at the time made or (b) the Seller fails to satisfy its obligations under Section 5.1(j).

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.

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 Transaction Documents;

(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 Transaction 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 Transaction Documents, and reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note that is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor;

 

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(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” mean “including, without limitation”.

SECTION 1.5 References.

All Section references (including references to the Preamble), unless otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections (and the Preamble) in this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

CONVEYANCES OF TRANSFERRED ASSETS

SECTION 2.1 Conveyances.

(a) In the event the Purchaser agrees (in accordance with and subject to the requirements of the Loan Agreement) from time to time to acquire one or more Loan Assets and Related Assets from the Seller and the Seller agrees to Convey such Loan Assets and Related Assets to the Purchaser, the Purchaser shall deliver written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form set forth in Schedule B hereto (each, a “Purchase Notice”), designating the Conveyance Date and attaching a supplement to Schedule A identifying the Loan Assets proposed to be Conveyed and the Purchase Price with respect to such Conveyance. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Loan Agreement, 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 Conveyance Date, all of the Seller’s right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever located) in and to each Loan Asset then reported by the Seller on the Schedule A attached to the related Purchase Notice and the Related Assets, together with all proceeds of the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, Schedule A, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, shall automatically be deemed to update any previously delivered Schedule A without the need for action or consent on the part of any Person.

(b) 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 providing Purchaser with the full risks and benefits of ownership of the Transferred Assets. 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 expressed herein, 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

 

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deemed to be, and the Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser, a first priority security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) 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 to secure an obligation of the Seller to pay over and transfer to the Purchaser any and all distributions received by the Seller (other than Excluded Amounts) in relation to the Transferred Assets from time to time, whether in cash or in kind, so that the Purchaser will receive all distributions under, proceeds of and benefits of ownership of the Transferred Assets and to secure all other obligations of the Seller hereunder. If the Conveyances hereunder shall be characterized as loans and not as sales and/or contributions, 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 hereunder and under the underlying instruments, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC.

(c) 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 first priority 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 the 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 this Agreement, the Seller agrees to file (or cause to be filed) on or prior to the Closing 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 such financing statements or other evidence of such filings to the Purchaser as soon as reasonably practicable after its receipt thereof and to keep such financing statements effective at all times during the term of this Agreement.

(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 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 requested by the Purchaser and mark its records noting the Conveyance to the Purchaser of the Transferred Assets. The Seller hereby authorizes the Purchaser to file and, to the fullest extent permitted

 

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by applicable law the Purchaser shall be permitted to sign (if necessary) and file, initial financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto and assignments thereof without further acts of the Seller; 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 Loan Asset hereunder, the Purchaser has no rights to or claim of benefit from any Loan Asset (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 Repurchase or Substitution of Warranty Breach Loan Assets.

(a) No later than two (2) Business Days following the receipt by the Seller of written notice from the Purchaser of a Loan Asset becoming a Warranty Breach Loan Asset, the Seller shall either, in its sole discretion, (i) repurchase such Warranty Breach Loan Asset (each, a “Repurchase”) or (ii) substitute for such Warranty Breach Loan Asset a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset (each, a “Substitution”), in each case in accordance with and subject to the requirements of Section 2.07(b) and Section 3.04 of the Loan Agreement, including the receipt by the Purchaser of an Approval Notice in respect of any Substitute Eligible Loan Asset.

(b) In connection with the Repurchase or Substitution of a Warranty Breach Loan Asset, the Purchaser shall deliver written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form set forth in Schedule C hereto (each, a “Repurchase/Substitution Notice”), designating the Conveyance Date and attaching a supplement to Schedule A identifying the Warranty Breach Loan Assets and, as applicable, the Substitute Eligible Loan Assets to be Conveyed and the Repurchase Price or Substitution Value, as applicable, with respect to such Conveyance. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Loan Agreement, the Purchaser shall Convey to the Seller without recourse (except to the extent specifically provided herein), and the Seller shall accept such Conveyance, on the applicable Conveyance Date, all of the Purchaser’s right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever located) in and to each Warranty Breach Loan Asset then reported by the Purchaser on the Schedule A attached to the related Repurchase/Substitution Notice, together with all Related Assets and proceeds of the foregoing. In the case of a Substitution, Seller shall then Convey to the Purchaser without recourse (except to the extent specifically provided herein), and the Purchaser shall accept such Conveyance, on the applicable Conveyance Date, all of the Seller’s right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever located) in and to each Substitute Eligible Loan Asset then reported by the Purchaser on the Schedule A attached to the related Repurchase/Substitution Notice, together with all proceeds of the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, Schedule A, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, shall automatically be deemed to update any previously delivered Schedule A without the need for action or consent on the part of any Person.

 

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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 Actions Pending Completion of Conveyance.

(a) Pending the receipt of any required consents to, and the effectiveness of, the sale of each of the Loan Assets from the Seller to the Purchaser in accordance with the applicable underlying instrument, the Seller hereby sells to the Purchaser a 100% participation in such Loan Asset and its related right, title and interest (each, a “Participation”). The Participations will not include any rights that are not permitted to be participated pursuant to the terms of the underlying instruments. Such sale of the Participations shall be without recourse to the Seller (including with regard to collectability), except as otherwise expressly provided in the representations and warranties set forth in Article IV hereof, and shall constitute an absolute sale of each such Participation. Each of the Participations has the following characteristics: (i) the Participation represents an undivided participating interest in 100% of the underlying Loan Asset and its proceeds (including Collections); (ii) the Seller does not provide any guaranty of payments to the holder of the Participation or other form of recourse (except as otherwise expressly provided in the representations and warranties set forth in Article IV hereof) or credit support; and (iii) the Participation represents a pass through of all of the payments made on the Loan Asset (including the Collections) and will last for the same length of time as such Loan Asset except that each Participation will terminate automatically upon the settlement of the assignment of the underlying right, title and interest.

(b) Each party hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Conveyance Date cause the Buyer to become a lender under the underlying instrument with respect to the Seller’s interest in each Transferred Asset and take such action as shall be mutually agreeable in connection therewith and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the underlying instrument and consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Pending completion of the assignment of the Seller’s interest in each Transferred Asset in accordance with the applicable underlying instruments, the Seller shall comply with any written instructions provided to the Seller by or on behalf of the Purchaser with respect to voting rights to be exercised by holders of such Transferred Assets, other than with respect to any voting rights that are not permitted to be participated pursuant to the terms of the applicable underlying instrument (and such restrictions, requirements or prohibitions are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein).

 

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SECTION 2.5 Indemnification.

(a) The Seller hereby agrees to indemnify the Purchaser and its successors, transferees, and assigns (including each Secured Party) or any of such Person’s respective shareholders, officers, employees, agents or Affiliates (each of the foregoing Persons being individually called an “Indemnified Party”) against, and hold each Indemnified Party harmless from, any and all costs, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented out-of- pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any outside counsel for any Indemnitee) (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Indemnified Amounts”) incurred by any Indemnified Party or awarded against any Indemnified Party in favor of any Person (including the Seller) other than such Indemnified Party arising out of any material 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 in all material respects or, if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, on the date such representation or warranty was made; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such Indemnified Amounts (i) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party or its reckless disregard of its duties hereunder or any Transaction Document, (ii) result from a claim brought by the Seller against an Indemnified Party for breach in bad faith of such Indemnified Party’s obligations hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, if the Seller has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) include any punitive, indirect, consequential, special damages, lost profits or other similar damages or (iv) the uncollectability of any Loan Asset due to the Obligor’s failure to pay any amounts due under the applicable loan agreement in accordance with its terms.

(b) If the Seller has made any payment pursuant to this Section 2.5 and the recipient thereof later collects any payments from others (including insurance companies) in respect of such amounts or is found in a final and nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be entitled to such indemnification, then the recipient agrees that it shall promptly repay to the Seller such amounts collected.

(c) Any Indemnified Amounts shall be paid by the Seller to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Indemnified Party, within two (2) Business Days following receipt by the Seller of the Administrative Agent’s written demand therefor (and the Administrative Agent shall pay such amounts to the applicable Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such amounts).

(d) The obligations of the Seller under this Section 2.5 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, the Purchaser, the Account Bank or the Collateral Custodian and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 2.6 Assignment of Indemnities. The Seller acknowledges that, pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Purchaser shall assign its rights of indemnity granted hereunder to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Upon such assignment, (a) the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have all rights of the Purchaser hereunder and may in turn assign such rights, and (b) the obligations of the Seller under Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 shall inure to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. The Seller agrees that, upon such assignment, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may enforce directly, without joinder of the Purchaser, the indemnities set forth in Section 2.5 and Section 2.6.

ARTICLE III

CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT; REPORTING

SECTION 3.1 Purchase Price, Substitution Value and Repurchase Price.

(a) The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for each Loan Asset Conveyed on each Conveyance Date shall be a dollar amount equal to the fair market value in accordance with the Loan Agreement (as agreed upon between the Seller and the Purchaser at the time of such Conveyance) of such Loan Asset Conveyed as of such date.

(b) The substitution value (the “Substitution Value”) for each Substitute Eligible Loan Asset Conveyed from the Seller to the Purchaser on each Conveyance Date shall be a dollar amount equal to the fair market value in accordance with the Loan Agreement (as agreed upon between the Seller and the Purchaser at the time of such Conveyance) of such Substitute Eligible Loan Asset Conveyed as of such date.

(c) The purchase price for each Repurchase (the “Repurchase Price”) shall be a dollar amount equal to the greater of the fair market value and the Purchase Price of such Loan Asset paid by the Purchaser, less all Principal Collections received in respect of such Loan Asset from the original Conveyance Date to the Repurchase Conveyance Date plus any such Principal Collections that the Purchaser shall have been required to repay to the Obligor with respect to such Loan Asset.

SECTION 3.2 Payment of Purchase Price.

(a) The Purchase Price, along with any fees from origination of the applicable Loan Asset, for the Transferred Assets Conveyed from the Seller to the Purchaser shall be paid on the related Conveyance Date (a) by payment in cash in immediately available funds and/or (b) to the extent not paid in cash, as a capital contribution by the Seller to the Purchaser (a “Contribution”). The applicable Purchase Notice shall specify the portions of the Purchase Price to be paid in cash and as a contribution.

(b) The Repurchase Price for the Warranty Breach Assets Conveyed from the Purchaser to the Seller shall be paid on the related Conveyance Date (a) by payment in cash in immediately available funds and/or (b) to the extent not paid in cash, in the form of a Substitution by the Seller to the Purchase of a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset with a Substitution Value greater than or equal to the portion of the Repurchase Price not paid in cash. The

 

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applicable Repurchase/Substitution Notice shall specify the portions of the Repurchase Price to be paid in cash and as a Substitution. To the extent that the Substitution Value of a Substitute Eligible Loan Asset exceeds the Repurchase Price of the related Warranty Breach Asset, the Purchaser shall pay a cash purchase price to the Seller equal to the amount of such excess unless the Seller elects in its sole discretion to designate such excess as a Contribution.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 4.1 Sellers Representations and Warranties. The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the Closing Date and as of each Conveyance Date:

(a) Existence, Qualification and Power. The Seller (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of the Seller and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not (a) violate (1) any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to it, (2) any of its Constituent Documents, (3) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on it or its properties (except where the violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) or (4) the ORCC Credit Agreement, including Section 6.03(e) thereof; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any of its contractual obligation (except where the violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect); (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets (other than any Liens created under any of the Transaction Documents in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties); or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any contractual obligation.

(c) Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority, except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made by the Seller as of the Closing Date.

(d) No Adverse Proceeding; Title. There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Seller, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Seller

 

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is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Seller is not (a) in violation of any applicable laws that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Good and Marketable Title. The Seller owns and has good and marketable title to the Transferred Assets Conveyed to the Purchaser on the applicable Conveyance Date, which Transferred Assets were originated without any fraud or misrepresentation by the Seller or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, on the part of the applicable Obligor, and free and clear of any lien (other than the liens in favor of the Purchaser and the Secured Parties pursuant to the Transaction Documents and inchoate liens arising by operation of law, Permitted Liens or any lien that will be released prior to or contemporaneously with the applicable Conveyance) and there are no financing statements naming the Seller as debtor and covering the Transferred Assets other than any financing statements in favor of the Purchaser and the Secured Parties pursuant to the Transaction Documents, Permitted Liens or any lien that will be released prior to or contemporaneously with the applicable Conveyance.

(f) Backup Security Interest. 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 creates a valid and continuing lien on the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Assets in favor of the Purchaser and the Administrative 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 by filing a UCC financing statement under such article), and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller;

(ii) the Transferred Assets are comprised of instruments, security entitlements, general intangibles, accounts, certificated securities, uncertificated securities, securities accounts, deposit accounts, supporting obligations, insurance, investment property and proceeds (each as defined in the UCC) and such other categories of collateral under the UCC as to which the Seller has complied with its obligations as set forth herein;

(iii) the Seller has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of any Loan Asset to the sale and granting of a security interest in the Loan Assets 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 Maryland;

 

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(iv) none of the underlying promissory notes that constitute or evidence the Loan Assets 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;

(v) with respect to a Transferred Asset that constitutes a “certificated security,” such certificated security has been delivered to the Collateral Custodian, or will be delivered to the Collateral Custodian, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and, if in registered form, has been specially Indorsed to the Collateral Agent or in blank by an effective Indorsement or has been registered in the name of the Collateral Agent upon original issue or registration of transfer by the Seller of such certificated security, in each case, promptly upon receipt; provided that any file-stamped document, promissory note and certificates relating to any Loan Asset shall be delivered as soon as they are reasonably available; and in the case of an uncertificated security, by (A) causing the Collateral Agent to become the registered owner of such uncertificated security and (B) causing such registration to remain effective.

(g) Fair Consideration; No Avoidance for Loan Asset Payments. With respect to each Transferred Asset sold or contributed hereunder, the Seller sold or contributed such Transferred Asset 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 an antecedent debt owed by the Seller to the Purchaser and, accordingly, no such sale is or may be voidable or subject to avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(h) Adequate Capitalization; No Insolvency. As of such date it is, and after giving effect to any Conveyance it will be, solvent and it is not entering into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or consummating any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors.

(i) True Sale or True Contribution. Each Transferred Asset sold or contributed hereunder shall have been sold or contributed by the Seller to the Purchaser in a “true sale” or a “true contribution.”

(j) True and Complete Information. 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 the Seller to the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or delivered hereunder (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains as of their date any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, when taken as a whole in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect, in each case as of the date so furnished (or, in the case of certificates, notices, reports, financial

 

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statements or similar information or records, the stated date thereof); provided that solely with respect to written or electronic information furnished by the Seller which was provided to the Seller from a third party, such information need only be true and correct in all material respects to the knowledge of the Seller.

(k) Transferred Assets. The information contained in Schedule A is true, correct and complete in all material respects as of each such Conveyance Date.

(l) Price of Loan Assets. The Purchase Price or Substitution Value, as applicable, for each Loan Asset Conveyed hereunder represents the fair market value of such Loan Asset as of the time of Conveyance hereunder, as may have changed from the time the applicable Loan Asset was originally acquired by the Seller.

(m) Notice to Agents and Obligors. The Seller will direct any agent, administrative agent or obligor for any Loan Asset included in the Transferred Assets to remit all payments and collections with respect to such Loan Asset directly to the Interest Collection Subaccount or the Principal Collection Subaccount.

(n) Collections. The Seller acknowledges that all Proceeds received by it or its Affiliates with respect to the Transferred Assets (other than Excluded Amounts) (the “Collections”) Conveyed to the Purchaser are held and shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser and its assignees until deposited into the Interest Collection Subaccount or the Principal Collection Subaccount. The Seller shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days, remit to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s designee any payment or any other sums relating to, or otherwise payable on account of, the Transferred Assets (other than Excluded Amounts) that the Seller receives after the applicable Conveyance Date.

(o) Eligible Loan Asset. As of the applicable Cut-Off Date, each Loan Asset was an Eligible Loan Asset; provided that no such representation is made (i) with respect to Eligibility Criterion 18 or (ii) regarding the knowledge of any Person other than the Seller.

SECTION 4.2 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties by the Seller; Notice of Breach. On the Closing Date and on each Conveyance Date, the Seller, by accepting the proceeds of the related Conveyance, shall be deemed to have certified that all representations and warranties described in Section 4.1 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such day as though made on and as of such day (or if specifically referring to an earlier date, as of such earlier 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 Responsible 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.

 

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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 until the termination of this Agreement, unless the Purchaser otherwise consents in writing:

(a) Deposit of Collections. The Seller shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, all Proceeds (if any) it receives in respect of the Loan Assets (other than Excluded Amounts) to the Interest Collection Subaccount or the Principal Collection Subaccount by the close of business on the second Business Day following the date such Proceeds are received by the Seller.

(b) Books and Records. The Seller shall maintain proper books of record and account of the transactions contemplated hereby, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions contemplated hereunder.

(c) Accounting of Purchases. Other than for consolidated 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.

(d) 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 Transaction Documents or on or with respect to any of its rights in the Transferred Assets (other than the liens in favor of the Purchaser and the Secured Parties pursuant to the Transaction Documents, Permitted Liens and any lien that will be released prior to or contemporaneously with the applicable Conveyance). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5.1(d) shall not apply to any property retained by the Seller and not Conveyed or purported to be Conveyed hereunder.

(e) 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 Purchaser pursuant hereto (or by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Seller or Purchaser) or change its jurisdiction of organization, unless the Seller shall have given the Purchaser at least 30 days prior written notice thereof, and shall promptly file appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements and continuation statements and, in the case of a change in jurisdiction, new financing statements.

(f) Sale Characterization. The Seller shall not make statements or disclosures, or treat the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than for consolidated 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 Assets 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 if any consolidated financial statements of the Seller contain footnotes that the Transferred Assets have been sold or contributed to the Purchaser.

(g) Expenses. The Seller shall pay its operating expenses and liabilities from its own assets.

(h) 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 Proceeds of any Loan Asset into the Interest Collection Subaccount or the Principal Collection Subaccount.

(i) SPE Covenant. The Seller shall not take any action that would cause a violation of Section 5.01(b) of the Credit Agreement by the Purchaser.

(j) Delivery of Documents. With respect to each Loan Asset Conveyed to the Borrower hereunder, the Seller shall deliver to or at the direction of the Borrower all documents that the Borrower is required to deliver with respect to such Loan Asset pursuant to Section 3.02(a)(ii) and Section 3.04(b) of the Loan Agreement, as applicable, not later than the Borrower is obligated to deliver such documents pursuant to such sections.

SECTION 5.2 Covenant of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby covenants and agrees with the Seller that, from the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement, unless the Seller otherwise consents in writing, the Purchaser shall comply with Section 9(c) of the Purchaser’s amended and restated limited liability company agreement dated as of November 30, 2017.

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 Closing Date and any other Conveyance 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 (I) to the extent already qualified with respect to “material” matters or “Material Adverse Effect,” shall be true and correct on and as of such date and (II) to the extent not already qualified with respect to “material” matters or “Material Adverse Effect”, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct (in all material respects or as so qualified, as applicable) as of such earlier date;

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

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 by the Administrative Agent. Any reconveyance 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; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR, IF THAT COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, IN ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE (SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) BELOW) JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (B) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7.3; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT THE AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT

 

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TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND CONSENTS TO VENUE IN, ANY SUCH COURT.

(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PURCHASER/SELLER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 7.2 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

SECTION 7.3 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including electronic communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by overnight delivery service, with all charges paid, by electronic mail (“e-mail”) or by hand delivery, to the intended party at the address of such party set forth below:

(a) in the case of the Purchaser, as provided under the Loan Agreement;

(b) in the case of the Seller, as provided under the Loan Agreement.

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All such notices and correspondence shall be deemed given (a) if sent by certified or registered mail, three (3) Business Days after being postmarked, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service or by hand delivery, when received at the above stated addresses or when delivery is refused and (c) if sent by e-mail, when received.

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. 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, 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 Administrative Agent or any of the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies under this Agreement with respect to any Transferred Assets.

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 Non-Petition. The Seller covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day (or, if longer, any applicable preference period) after the payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent reimbursement and indemnification obligations which are unknown, unmatured and for which no claim has been made), no party hereto shall institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Purchaser any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceedings under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or similar law.

SECTION 7.9 Transfer of Sellers Interest. With respect to each transfer of a Transferred Asset on any Conveyance Date, (i) the Purchaser shall, as to each Transferred Asset, be a party to the relevant underlying instruments and have the rights and obligations of a lender thereunder, and (ii) the Seller shall, to the extent provided in this Agreement, and the applicable underlying instruments, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations, as to each

 

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Transferred Asset. The obligors or agents on the Transferred Asset were or will be notified of the transfer of the Transferred Asset to the Purchaser to the extent required under the applicable underlying instruments. The Collateral Custodian will have possession of the related underlying instrument (including the underlying promissory notes, if any).

SECTION 7.10 Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries and Assignability. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Administrative Agent are each intended by the parties hereto to be an express third-party beneficiary of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Purchaser or the Seller without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 7.11 Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated otherwise herein, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents set 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 and the other Transaction Documents.

SECTION 7.12 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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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.

 

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION,

        as Seller

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

ORCC FINANCING LLC,

        as Purchaser

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

[Signature Page to Sale and Contribution Agreement]


Schedule A

SCHEDULE OF LOAN ASSETS

[see attached]


Schedule B

FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

[Date]

 

To: Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc., as Administrative Agent
     1585 Broadway, 25th Floor
     New York, New York 10036
     Attention: FID Secured Lending Group
     Email: mmloanapprovals@morganstanley.com

 

Re: Purchase Notice for Conveyance Date of [        ] (the “Conveyance Date”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Purchase Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of the Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2017 (together with all amendments, if any, from time to time made thereto, the “Sale Agreement”), between ORCC Financing LLC, as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), and Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as seller (the “Seller”). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Sale Agreement.

In accordance with Section 2.1(a) of the Sale Agreement, effective as of the Conveyance Date, the Seller hereby Conveys to the Purchaser [as a sale for cash for a Purchase Price of $             ] [and] [as a Contribution in the amount of $             ] on the above-referenced Conveyance Date pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Sale Agreement the Loan Assets listed on Schedule A hereto, together with all proceeds of the foregoing.

Please wire the cash portion of the Purchase Price to the Seller pursuant to the wiring instructions included in Attachment 1 of this letter.

The Seller certifies that the conditions described in Section 6.1 of the Sale Agreement have been satisfied with respect to such Conveyance.

The Seller agrees that if prior to the Conveyance Date any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and correct in all material respects at such time as if then made, it will promptly so notify the Purchaser and the Administrative Agent. Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the Conveyance Date the Purchaser shall receive written notice to the contrary from the Seller, each matter certified to herein shall be deemed once again to be certified by the Seller as true and correct in all material respects at the Conveyance Date as if then made.


The Seller has caused this Purchase Notice to be executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made, by its duly authorized officer this [    ] day of [        ], 20[    ].

 

Very truly yours,

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Accepted and Agreed

ORCC FINANCING LLC

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title:


Attachment 1

Wire Instructions

Bank:

ABA:

Name:

Number:

For further credit to account:


Schedule C

FORM OF REPURCHASE/SUBSTITUTION NOTICE

[Date]

 

To: Morgan Stanley Asset Funding Inc., as Administrative Agent
     1585 Broadway, 25th Floor
     New York, New York 10036
     Attention: FID Secured Lending Group
     Email: mmloanapprovals@morganstanley.com

 

Re: Repurchase/Substitution Notice for Conveyance Date of [    ] (the “Conveyance Date”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Repurchase/Substitution Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of the Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2017 (together with all amendments, if any, from time to time made thereto, the “Sale Agreement”), between ORCC Financing LLC, as purchaser (the “Purchaser”), and Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as seller (the “Seller”). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Sale Agreement.

[On the above-referenced Conveyance Date, in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Sale Agreement (and pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof), the Purchaser hereby Conveys to the Seller as a Repurchase for cash, the Warranty Breach Loan Asset(s) listed on Schedule A hereto, together with all proceeds of the foregoing, for a Repurchase Price of $            .]

[On the above-referenced Conveyance Date, in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Sale Agreement (and pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof), the Purchaser hereby Conveys to the Purchaser as a Substitution, the Warranty Breach Loan Asset(s) listed on Schedule A hereto, together with all proceeds of the foregoing, for a Repurchase Price of $             to be paid according to the following:

 

  1. [the Substitute Eligible Loan Asset(s) listed on Schedule A hereto having a Substitution Value of $            ;] [and]

 

  2. [$             in immediately available funds] [and]

 

  3. [a Contribution of $            ].]

The Seller certifies that the conditions described in Section 6.1 of the Sale Agreement have been satisfied with respect to such Conveyance.


The Seller agrees that if prior to the Conveyance Date any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and correct in all material respects at such time as if then made, it will promptly so notify the Purchaser and the Administrative Agent. Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the Conveyance Date the Purchaser shall receive written notice to the contrary from the Seller, each matter certified to herein shall be deemed once again to be certified by the Seller as true and correct in all material respects at the Conveyance Date as if then made.


The Seller has caused this Repurchase/Substitution Notice to be executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made, by its duly authorized officer this [    ] day of [        ], 20[    ].

 

Very truly yours,

OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION

By:    
 

Name:

 

Title: