SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
SUNRUN HERA PORTFOLIO 2015-A, LLC,
as Borrower,
INVESTEC BANK PLC,
as Administrative Agent,
INVESTEC BANK PLC,
as Issuing Bank,
and
The Lenders From Time to Time Party Hereto
dated as of January 15, 2016,
amended and restated as of June 23, 2017, and
further amended and restated as of March 27, 2018
INVESTEC INC.
Sole Bookrunner
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Table of Contents
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| | Definitions | |
| | Rules of Construction | |
| | Time of Day | |
| | Class of Loan | |
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| | Revolving Loans | |
| | Letters of Credit | |
| | Computation of Interest and Fees | |
| | Evidence of Debt | |
| | Addition of Funds | |
| | Increase in the Aggregate Commitments | |
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| | Deposits to Collections Account | |
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| | Payments | |
| | Optional Prepayments | |
| | Mandatory Principal Payments | |
| | Application of Prepayments | |
| | Payments of Interest and Principal | |
| | Fees | |
| | Expenses, etc | |
| | Indemnification | |
| | Taxes | |
| | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | |
| | Change of Circumstances | |
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| | Organization, Powers, Capitalization, Good Standing, Business | |
| | Authorization of Borrowing, etc | |
| | Title to Membership Interests | |
| | Governmental Authorization; Compliance with Laws | |
| | Solvency | |
| | Use of Proceeds and Margin Security; Governmental Regulation | |
| | Defaults; No Material Adverse Effect | |
| | Financial Statements; Books and Records | |
| | Indebtedness | |
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| | Litigation; Adverse Facts | |
| | Taxes | |
| | Performance of Agreements | |
| | Employee Benefit Plans | |
| | Insurance | |
| | Investments | |
| | Environmental Compliance | |
| | Project Permits | |
| | Representations Under Other Loan Documents | |
| | Broker’s Fee | |
| | Taxes and Tax Status | |
| | Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption | |
| | Property Rights | |
| | Portfolio Documents | |
| | Security Interests | |
| | Intellectual Property | |
| | Full Disclosure | |
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| | Financial Statements and Other Reports | |
| | Notice of Events of Default | |
| | Maintenance of Books and Records | |
| | Litigation | |
| | Existence; Qualification | |
| | Taxes | |
| | Operation and Maintenance | |
| | Preservation of Rights; Maintenance of Projects; Warranty Claims; Security | |
| | Compliance with Laws; Environmental Laws | |
| | Energy Regulatory Laws | |
| | Interest Rate Hedging | |
| | Payment of Claims | |
| | Maintenance of Insurance | |
| | Inspection | |
| | Cooperation | |
| | Collateral Accounts; Collections | |
| | Performance of Agreements | |
| | Customer Agreements and PBI Documents | |
| | Management Agreement | |
| | Use of Proceeds | |
| | Project Expenditures | |
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| | Tax Equity Opco Matters | |
| | Recapture | |
| | Termination of Servicer | |
| | Availability Period Termination Date Base Case Model | |
| | Designation of Certain Eligible Projects as Non-Eligible Projects | |
| | Post-Closing Covenants | |
| | Tax Partnership Election | |
| | [Reserved] | |
| | [***] | |
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| | Indebtedness | |
| | No Liens | |
| | Restriction on Fundamental Changes | |
| | Bankruptcy, Receivers, Similar Matters | |
| | ERISA | |
| | Restricted Payments | |
| | Limitation on Investments | |
| | Sanctions and Anti-Corruption | |
| | No Other Business; Leases | |
| | Portfolio Documents | |
| | Taxes | |
| | Expenditures; Collateral Accounts; Structural Changes | |
| | REC Contracts | |
| | Speculative Transactions | |
| | Voting on Major Decisions | |
| | Transactions with Affiliates | |
| | Limitation on Restricted Payments | |
| | Battery Storage Systems | |
| | [***] LLC Agreement | |
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| | Separateness | |
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| | Conditions of Closing and Initial Loans | |
| | Conditions of Revolving Loans | |
| | Conditions of Letter of Credit Issuance | |
| | Conditions of Commitment Increase | |
| | Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement | |
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| | Events of Default | |
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| | Acceleration and Remedies | |
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| | Appointment and Authority | |
| | Rights as a Lender | |
| | Exculpatory Provisions | |
| | Reliance by Administrative Agent | |
| | Delegation of Duties | |
| | Resignation and Removal of Administrative Agent | |
| | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | |
| | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim | |
| | Appointment of Collateral Agent and Depository Bank | |
| | Joint Lead Arrangers | |
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| | Waivers; Amendments | |
| | Notices; Copies of Notices and Other Information | |
| | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | |
| | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | |
| | Successors and Assigns | |
| | Severability | |
| | Benefits of Agreement | |
| | Governing Law | |
| | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | |
| | Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | |
| | Confidentiality | |
| | USA PATRIOT ACT | |
| | Corporate Obligation | |
| | Non-Recourse | |
| | Administrative Agent’s Duties and Obligations Limited | |
| | Entire Agreement | |
| | Right of Setoff | |
| | Interest Rate Limitation | |
| | Survival of Representations and Warranties | |
| | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | |
| | Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | |
| | Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions | |
| | Amendment and Restatement of the Credit Agreement; No Novation | |
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EXHIBITS, ANNEXES AND SCHEDULES |
| Exhibit A-1 | Form of Borrowing Notice | |
| Exhibit A-2 | Form of Available Borrowing Base Certificate | |
| Exhibit A-3 | Form of Interest Election Request | |
| Exhibit B | Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
| Exhibit C-1 | Form of Letter of Credit | |
| Exhibit C-2 | Form of Notice of LC Activity | |
| Exhibit D-1 | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
| Exhibit D-2 | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
| Exhibit D-3 | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
| Exhibit D-4 | Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
| Exhibit E | [Reserved] | |
| Exhibit F | [Reserved] | |
| Exhibit G | Form of [***] | |
| Exhibit H-1 | Form of Revolving Loan Note | |
| Exhibit H-2 | Form of LC Loan Note | |
| Exhibit I | Form of Base Case Model | |
| Exhibit J | Form of Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate | |
| Exhibit K | Form of Financial Statement Certificate | |
| Exhibit L | Initial Budget | |
| Exhibit M | Form of Permitted Fund Disposition Certificate | |
| Exhibit N | Form of Tax Equity Fund Certificate | |
| Exhibit O | Form of Wholly Owned Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreement | |
| Exhibit P | Form of Wholly Owned Opco Certificate | |
| Exhibit Q | Form of Wholly Owned Opco Guaranty and Security Agreement | |
| Exhibit R | Form of Officer’s Certificate of the Sponsor | |
| Exhibit S | Form of Updated Insurance Provisions | |
| Exhibit T | Form of First Amendment to Amended and Restated Depository Agreement and Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty | |
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| | Tax Equity LLC Agreement Provisions Respecting Excess Capital Contributions | |
| | Fundamental Tax Equity Structure Characteristics | |
| | Conventional Tax Equity Structure Characteristics | |
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| Schedule IV | Administrative Agent’s Office | |
| Schedule 1.01(a) | Tax Equity Documents and Wholly Owned Opco Documents | |
| Schedule 1.01(b) | Approved Vendor List | |
| Schedule 1.01(c) | Documents Pursuant to Which Projects Owned by a Wholly Owned Opco Were Originally Purchased | |
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| Schedule 2.01 | Lenders’ Commitments | |
| Schedule 5.03(e) | Organizational Structure | |
| Schedule 5.03(f) | Loan Parties; Tax Equity Opcos; Ownership Percentages | |
| Schedule 5.04 | Governmental Authorization; Compliance with Laws | |
| Schedule 5.08 | Financial Statement Exceptions | |
| Schedule 5.10 | Litigation; Adverse Facts | |
| Schedule 5.11 | Taxes | |
| Schedule 5.14 | Insurance | |
| Schedule 5.19 | Brokers | |
| Schedule 5.23(f) | Portfolio Document Exceptions | |
| Schedule A | Project Information | |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 15, 2016 and amended and restated as of June 23, 2017 and March 27, 2018 (this “Agreement”), among Sunrun Hera Portfolio 2015-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the financial institutions as Lenders from time to time party hereto (each individually a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), Investec Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, and together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Administrative Agent”) and as Issuing Bank (in such capacity, and together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Issuing Bank”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Sunrun Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Sponsor”), owns 100% of the membership interests in Sunrun Hera Holdco 2015, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Intermediate Holdco”);
WHEREAS, Intermediate Holdco owns 100% of the membership interests in Sunrun Hera Portfolio 2015-B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Pledgor”);
WHEREAS, Pledgor owns 100% of the Borrower Membership Interests;
WHEREAS, the Borrower owns 100% of the membership interests in each of the Partnership Flip Holdcos listed on Schedule 5.03(e);
WHEREAS, each of the Partnership Flip Holdcos listed on Schedule 5.03(e) directly or indirectly owns 100% of the class B membership interests in each of the applicable Partnership Flip Opcos listed on Schedule 5.03(e);
WHEREAS, each of the Opcos listed on Schedule 5.03(e) owns, leases or will acquire such interests in certain residential photovoltaic systems that are the subject of a Customer Agreement, whereby the Customer thereunder either purchases Energy produced by the system or leases the system;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may acquire interests in Wholly Owned Holdcos or additional Tax Equity Holdcos after the date hereof;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that the Revolving Lenders make one or more loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Revolving Loan Commitment, and the LC Lenders and the Issuing Bank provide the other financial accommodation contemplated herein, secured and/or supported, as applicable, by, among other things, the Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty, a guaranty from each Guarantor and all other assets of the Guarantors and Membership Interests of the Subsidiaries, as set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents;
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank entered into (a) a Credit Agreement dated as of January 15, 2016, as amended
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by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of May 12, 2016, that certain Consent and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 29, 2016, that certain Consent and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty dated as of November 30, 2016 and that certain Consent and Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Guaranty and Security Agreement dated as of January 31, 2017 (the documents in this clause (a), collectively, the “Original Credit Agreement”) and (b) an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 23, 2017, as amended by that certain Consent and First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Amended and Restated Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty dated as of December 27, 2017 (the documents in this clause (b), collectively, the “First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain amendments to the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement upon the terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the respective representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, and conditions hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement or as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Agreement (including in the recitals hereto).
“Acceptable Audit Election Provision” means, with respect to a Partnership Flip Fund, a provision contained in the applicable Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement that provides, if such Partnership Flip Fund receives a notice of final partnership administrative adjustment that would, with the passing of time, result in an “imputed underpayment” imposed on such Partnership Flip Fund as that term is defined in Code Section 6225, then, any member may, or may cause such Partnership Flip Fund (by directing the “tax representative” or otherwise), and no other member shall have any right to block such member’s request, (x) to elect pursuant to Code Section 6226 (as amended by the Budget Act) to make inapplicable to such Partnership Flip Fund the requirement in Code Section 6225 (as amended by the Budget Act) to pay the “imputed underpayment” as that term is used in that section and (y) to comply with all of the requirements and procedures required in connection with such election.
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“Acceptable Bank” shall mean any bank, trust company or other financial institution which is organized or licensed under the applicable Laws of the United States of America or Canada or any state, province or territory thereof which has a tangible net worth of at least five hundred million Dollars ($500,000,000) and has at least two of the following Credit Ratings: “A-” or better by S&P, “A3” or better by Moody’s and “A-” or better by Fitch.
“Acceptable DSR Guaranty” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Acceptable DSR Letter of Credit” has the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Accession Agreement” shall have the meaning given to it in the applicable Collateral Document.
“Account Control Agreement” shall mean each blocked account control agreement entered into after the Closing Date by the relevant Wholly Owned Opco, the Collateral Agent and an Acceptable Bank, including any standing instructions in respect thereof delivered by, or at the request of, any Agent.
“Additional Expenses” shall mean indemnification payments to the Agents, the Lenders, the Depository Bank, and certain other persons related to the same as described under the Loan Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, Additional Expenses shall not include Service Fees or amounts payable to the Manager under the Management Agreement.
“Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereto, and include any successor Administrative Agents pursuant to Section 11.06.
“Administrative Agent DSCR Comments” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 6.01(a)(v).
“Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule IV, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an administrative questionnaire in the form furnished by the Administrative Agent.
“Advance Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.01(c).
“Advance Rate” shall mean 0.68; provided that, after the expiration of the Availability Period, the Advance Rate as of each Available Borrowing Base Determination Date occurring in connection with the consummation of each Permitted Fund Disposition shall be reduced to the product of (x) the Amortization Factor as of such Available Borrowing Base Determination Date and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the lesser of (i) the Available Borrowing Base and (ii) the actual outstanding
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amount of Revolving Loans, and the denominator of which is the Portfolio Value, with each of the amounts in this clause (y) being determined as of the last day of the Availability Period.
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“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person shall mean the power 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” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Relevant Parties shall be an Affiliate of the other Relevant Parties and the Sponsor. In no event shall (i) the Administrative Agent be considered an Affiliate of another Person solely because any Loan Document contemplates that it shall act at the instruction of any such Person or such Person’s Affiliate, or (ii) a Tax Equity Class A Member be considered an Affiliate of a Relevant Party solely because of its ownership in a Tax Equity Opco.
“Affiliated Lender” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.05(b)(vii).
“Affiliate Transaction” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.16.
“Agents” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Depository Bank.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereto.
“Amortization Factor” shall mean a fraction, as of any Available Borrowing Base Determination Date, the numerator of which is equal to the lesser of (a) the actual outstanding amount of Revolving Loans as of such Available Borrowing Base Determination Date prior to giving effect to the prepayment of Loans on such Available Borrowing Base Determination Date pursuant to Section 4.03(d), and (b) the outstanding amount of Revolving Loans as of such Available Borrowing Base Determination Date per the most recent Amortization Schedule and the denominator of which is equal to the lesser of (x) the Available Borrowing Base and (y) the actual outstanding amount of Revolving Loans, each of the amounts in the denominator being determined as of the last day of the Availability Period.
“Amortization Schedule” shall mean an amortization schedule prepared in accordance with the Base Case Model, approved by the Administrative Agent and contained and updated (as necessary to take into account the reduction of principal in connection with any voluntary prepayment or mandatory prepayment on the Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 4.02 or Section 4.03 occurring since the preparation of the last Amortization Schedule) in each Available Borrowing Base Certificate delivered in connection with each Available Borrowing Base Determination Date.
“Ancillary Services” means any product or right generated or created by, associated with or appurtenant to (a) the Energy generated by a Project or (b) the Capacity Attributes of a Project, but
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excluding RECs, Capacity Attributes and Energy. By way of example, “Ancillary Services” may include scheduling, system control and dispatch, reactive supply and voltage control, regulation and frequency response, energy imbalance and operating reserves.
“Annual Tracking Model” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 6.01(c)(i).
“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 5.21(c).
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 5.21(b).
“Applicable Interest Rate” means (a) for any LIBO Loan, during each Interest Period applicable thereto, the per annum rate equal to the sum of the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin or (b) for any Base Rate Loan, on any day, the per annum rate equal to the sum of the Base Rate for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
“Applicable Margin” shall mean:
(a) from the Closing Date through (and including) the last day of the Availability Period, (i) 2.50% per annum for LIBO Loans and (ii) 1.50% for Base Rate Loans; and
(b) after the last day of the Availability Period, (i) 2.75% per annum for LIBO Loans and (ii) 1.75% for Base Rate Loans.
“Approved Fund” shall mean any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Approved Manufacturer” shall mean:
(a) with respect to each Project purchased or leased by any Opco and with respect to non-warranty replacements of panels, inverters or batteries, each manufacturer either (i) on the Approved Vendor List or (ii) that manufactured the inverters, panels or batteries for any Project in the Project Pool; provided, that, notwithstanding the immediately preceding clause (ii), in no event shall the Portfolio Value attributable to Projects containing either panels, inverters or batteries from manufacturers that are not on the Approved Vendor List exceed [***] of the Portfolio Value; and
(b) with respect to warranty replacements of panels, inverters or batteries of each Project, the original manufacturer of the panels, inverters or batteries being replaced, as applicable.
“Approved Vendor List” shall mean the panel, inverter and battery manufacturers set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) hereto, as such schedule may be modified from time to time by the Borrower subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Independent Engineer.
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“Assets” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all right, title and interest of such Person in land, properties, buildings, improvements, fixtures, foundations, assets and rights of any kind, whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, including contracts, equipment, systems, books and records, proprietary rights, intellectual property, Permits, rights under or pursuant to all warranties, representations and guarantees, cash, accounts receivable, deposits and prepaid expenses.
“Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee lender (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.05), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Assuming Lender” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.06(b).
“Assumption Agreement” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.06(c).
“Authorized Officer” shall mean in relation to any Relevant Party or the Sponsor (as applicable) (i) for so long as the Management Agreement is in full force and effect, any officer of the Manager who is authorized to act for the Manager in matters relating to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and to be acted upon by the Manager pursuant to the Management Agreement, and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a duly executed Officer’s Certificate and an incumbency certificate of the Borrower) and (ii) any director, member or officer who is a natural Person authorized to act for or on behalf of the applicable Relevant Party or Sponsor (as applicable) in matters relating to such Relevant Party or Sponsor (as applicable) and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers delivered by such Relevant Party or Sponsor (as applicable) to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a duly executed Officer’s Certificate and an incumbency certificate of such Relevant Party or Sponsor (as applicable)).
“Available Borrowing Base” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the Advance Rate multiplied by the Portfolio Value, in each case as of such date of determination and (b) the maximum amount of Revolving Loans that, in accordance with the Base Case Model (as updated as of the date of determination) will allow for (x) a projected rolling 12-month minimum and average Debt Service Coverage Ratio of at least 1.40 to 1.00 for the period commencing on the day after the next Calculation Date and ending on the last day of the Availability Period, and (y) a projected rolling 12-month minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio of at least 1.40 to 1.00 and a projected rolling 12-month average Debt Service Coverage Ratio (assuming the Obligations are repaid in full in accordance with the most recent Amortization Schedule) of at least 1.45 to 1.00 for the period commencing on the day after the end of the Availability Period and ending on or prior to the then applicable Customer Agreement Termination Date.
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“Available Borrowing Base Certificate” shall mean a certificate from an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit A-2, containing the calculation of the Available Borrowing Base as of each Available Borrowing Base Determination Date.
“Available Borrowing Base Determination Date” shall mean each date as of which the Available Borrowing Base is required to be calculated hereunder as provided in Section 2.01(c) and Section 6.25 and in the definition of Permitted Fund Disposition.
“Availability Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on March 27, 2021.
“Back-Up Servicer” shall mean [***] or any entity designated as a “Back up Servicer” by the Borrower on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time accordance with Section 2.05(e) (provided that such additional “Back-Up Servicer” must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), and any such Person’s successors and assigns as Back-Up Servicer under each applicable Back-Up Servicing Agreement.
“Back-Up Servicing Agreement” shall mean, collectively, (i) any Wholly Owned Opco Back-Up Servicing Agreement, (ii) any Lease Back-Up Servicing Agreement and (iii) any Partnership Flip Back-Up Servicing Agreement.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“[***] Fund” shall mean the Partnership Flip Fund designated as the “[***] Fund” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e) as in effect on the Closing Date.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Base Case Model” shall mean the comprehensive long-term financial model attached as Exhibit I to this Agreement, reflecting among other things (i) quarterly payment periods ending on each Payment Date and (ii) the projected Cash Available for Debt Service from the Eligible Projects in the Project Pool and Debt Service after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the making of the Loans, the Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreements and changes to market interest rates, covering the period from the Closing Date until the then applicable Customer Agreement Termination Date. All amounts determined in accordance with the Base Case Model shall be determined assuming a P50 Production and shall take into account (i) only Eligible Revenues and
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(ii) all Operating Expenses with respect to the Project Pool. The Base Case Model shall be updated as of each Available Borrowing Base Determination Date hereunder in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in accordance with such assumptions and formulae as contained in the initial model except to the extent required to be updated for any change affecting Cash Available for Debt Service [***]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the remaining present value of Cash Available for Debt Service (calculated using the same discount value as used in the calculation of Portfolio Value) from the portion of the Project Pool consisting of Pre-PTO Eligible Projects (the “Pre-PTO Eligible Project Net Cash Flow”) is greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Portfolio Value (determined without regard to this sentence), then for purposes of calculating the Available Borrowing Base (including for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to both clauses (a) and (b) of such definition) in accordance with the Base Case Model, the Pre-PTO Eligible Project Net Cash Flow shall be deemed to be reduced in a sufficient amount so that the amount thereof does not exceed 25% of the Portfolio Value.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the Prime Rate and (c) the LIBO Rate plus 1.00%, in each case as in effect for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day).
“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at rates based upon the Base Rate.
“Battery” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Depository Agreement.
“Battery Replacement Costs” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Depository Agreement.
“Blocked Person” shall mean any Person that is: (i) listed on, or owned or controlled by a person listed on, a Sanctions List, (ii) a government of a Sanctioned Country, (iii) an agency or instrumentality of, or an entity directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, a government of a Sanctioned Country, (iv) resident or located in, operating from, or incorporated under the laws of, a Sanctioned Country or (v) to the Knowledge of the Borrower (acting with due care and inquiry), otherwise a target of Sanctions.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble.
“Borrower Membership Interests” shall mean all of the outstanding limited liability company interests issued by the Borrower (including all Economic Interests and Voting Rights).
“Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of LIBO Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Notice” shall mean a request for a Loan by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
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“Budget Act” means the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-74).
“Business Day” shall mean the hours between 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday, other than the following days: (a) New Year’s Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington’s Birthday (celebrated on President’s Day), Memorial Day, the day before Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, the day before and after Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, (b) any other day on which banks are required or authorized by Law to close in New York State, (c) a legal holiday in London, England, the State of New York or California or the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and (d) any day on which commercial banks and the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank are authorized or required to be closed in any of the foregoing states. For purposes hereof, if any day listed above as a day on which a bank is closed falls on a Saturday or Sunday, such day is celebrated on either the prior Friday or the following Monday.
“Calculation Date” shall mean each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year falling after the date hereof; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the first Calculation Date shall occur on March 31, 2016.
“Capacity Attributes” means any and all current or future defined capacity characteristics, certificates, tags, credits or accounting constructs, howsoever entitled, including any accounting construct counted toward any resource adequacy requirements, attributed to or associated with a Project or any unit of generating capacity of a Project.
“Capital Stock” shall mean:
(a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person including, all warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing.
“Cash Available for Debt Service” shall mean, in respect of any (i) past period, the amount of Operating Revenues received during such period less Operating Expenses paid during such period or (ii) any future period, the amount of Operating Revenues projected to be received during such period less Operating Expenses projected to be paid during such period.
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“Cash Collateralize” shall mean, in respect of the Letter of Credit, the deposit of immediately available funds into a cash collateral account maintained with (or on behalf of) the Collateral Agent on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank, in an amount equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit.
“Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty” shall mean the Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty executed by the Sponsor on the Closing Date in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as amended and restated as of June 23, 2017, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Cash Flows” shall have the meaning given to the term “Cash Flows” or to any other similarly defined term in the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreement of a Partnership Flip Opco.
“Change of Control” shall occur if (a) the Sponsor ceases to indirectly beneficially own and control at least 50.1% of all of the outstanding membership interests issued by the Pledgor (including all Economic Interests and Voting Rights); (b) the Pledgor ceases to directly beneficially own and control 100% of the outstanding Borrower Membership Interests; (c) the Borrower ceases to directly or indirectly (as described on Schedule 5.03(e)) beneficially own and control 100% of any outstanding Tax Equity Holdco Membership Interests or Wholly Owned Holdco Membership Interests; (d) any Tax Equity Holdco ceases to directly or indirectly (as described on Schedule 5.03(e)) beneficially own and control 100% of the outstanding applicable Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests or Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests; or (e) any Wholly Owned Holdco ceases to directly beneficially own and control 100% of the outstanding applicable Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests unless, in the case of clauses (c), (d) or (e), such Membership Interests are released in accordance with Section 7.03 in connection with a Permitted Fund Disposition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Change of Control occurring solely as a result of the exercise of remedies by the Other Lenders (or the Other Collateral Agent on their behalf) under the Other Loan Documents, including in connection with a foreclosure (whether judicial or non-judicial) on, or other sale of, all of the Capital Stock in the Pledgor, shall not be considered a “Change of Control” for purposes of this definition; provided that (i) exercise of such remedies is permitted under the Tax Equity Documents and (ii) any transfer of the Capital Stock in the Pledgor is to the Other Collateral Agent, an Other Lender or a Lender Controlled Transferee (each, a “Foreclosure Transferee”).
A “Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur (A) on any subsequent transfer of the Capital Stock in the Pledgor by a Foreclosure Transferee to a third party or (B) if, subsequent to an exercise of remedies by the Other Lenders as described in the preceding paragraph, the Other Lenders, in the aggregate, shall otherwise fail to indirectly beneficially own and control at least 51% of the Borrower Membership Interests; provided, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred pursuant to this paragraph if (i) such transfer is permitted under the Tax Equity Documents and (ii) the Person other than the Other Lenders maintaining such interests in the Pledgor is a Qualified Owner.
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“Change of Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives issued under or in connection with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change of Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Claims” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 6.12(a).
“Class” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.04 of the Agreement.
“Closing” shall mean the funding of the Revolving Loans on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Closing Date” shall mean the date on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 9.01 have been satisfied or waived in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of all Lenders and the Issuing Bank).
“Closing Date Funds Flow Memorandum” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Closing Date Tax Equity Model” means the applicable financial model for an IRR Partnership Flip Fund most-recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the date such IRR Partnership Flip Fund was first designated as an IRR Partnership Flip Fund on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Code” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations promulgated thereto, all as amended or as may be amended from time to time.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning given to the terms “Collateral”, “Depository Collateral”, “Collateral Account” and “Pledged Collateral”, as applicable, in the Collateral Documents all of which collectively constitute the “Collateral”.
“Collateral Accounts” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Collateral Agency Agreement” shall mean the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party party thereto from time to time, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit
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Agreement and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated May 12, 2016, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collateral Agent” shall mean Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and its successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Collateral Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Pledge Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty, any Wholly Owned Opco Guaranty and Security Agreements, any Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreements, the Collateral Agency Agreement, the Depository Agreement, any Account Control Agreements, the Management Consent Agreement, any Accession Agreements, and each other collateral document, pledge agreement or standing instruction delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.08 and Section 9.01(a), any other document or agreement that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lender Parties and all UCC or other financing statements, instruments or perfection and other filings, recordings and registrations required to be filed or made in respect of any of the foregoing.
“Collections” shall mean without duplication (i) with respect to the Wholly Owned Opcos, the related (A) Rents and PBI Payments, including all scheduled payments and prepayments under any Customer Agreement or PBI Document, (B) pending assumption of a Customer Agreement relating to a Project, payments of Rent relating to such Project by lenders with respect to, or subsequent owners of, the property where such Project has been installed, (C) proceeds of the sale, assignment or other disposition of any Collateral, (D) insurance proceeds and proceeds of any warranty claims arising from manufacturer, installer, vendor and other warranties, in each case, with respect to any Projects, (E) all recoveries including all amounts received in respect of litigation settlements and work-outs, (F) all purchase and lease prepayments received from a Customer with respect to any Project, and (G) all other revenues, receipts and other payments to such Wholly Owned Opcos of every kind whether arising from their ownership, operation or management of the Projects, but excluding the Excluded Property, (ii) with respect to any Inverted Lease Opco, all amounts received pursuant to the applicable Tax Equity Documents and all other revenues, receipts and other payments to such Inverted Lease Opcos of every kind whether arising from their ownership, operation or management of the Projects, but excluding Excluded Property and all revenues and proceeds received by the Borrower in respect of the sale, transfer or other disposition of Capacity Attributes and Ancillary Services in accordance with Section 7.09(c), (iii) with respect to any Tax Equity Holdco, all distributions with respect to the Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests and Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests, but excluding Excluded Property and all revenues and proceeds received by the Borrower in respect of the sale, transfer or other disposition of Capacity Attributes and Ancillary Services in accordance with Section 7.09(c), (iv) amounts contributed or otherwise paid to Borrower by Sponsor (including under the Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty, other than payments of Revolving Loan Commitment Fees and LC
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Commitment Fees) or by Pledgor or any other direct or indirect owner of equity interests in Borrower and (v) interest earned on amounts deposited in the Collateral Accounts during the relevant period.
“Collections Account” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Commitment” shall mean, as to each Lender, the aggregate of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment and LC Commitment.
“Commitment Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.06(b).
“Commitment Increase” shall mean a Revolving Loan Commitment Increase or a LC Commitment Increase.
“Commitment Increase Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.06(a).
“Competitor” shall mean a Person that is in the business of developing, owning, installing, constructing or operating solar equipment and providing solar electricity from such solar equipment to residential customers located in jurisdictions where the Sponsor or any Subsidiary are then doing business, primarily through power purchase agreements, customer service or lease agreements or capital loan products and not through direct sales of solar panels or any Affiliate of such a Person, but shall not include any back-up servicer (including [***] and [***].), any transition manager (including [***] and [***].) or any Person engaged in the business of making passive ownership or tax equity investments in such solar equipment and associated businesses so long as such Person has in place procedures to prevent the distribution of confidential information that is prohibited under this Agreement.
“Confidential Information” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.11.
“Consequential Losses” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.07(e).
“Contribution Note” shall mean an unsecured demand note that may be issued by the Tax Equity Holdco on a capital contribution date under a Limited Liability Company Agreement in favor of the applicable Tax Equity Opco in lieu of making a required capital contribution or any portion thereof.
“Credit Rating” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the rating by S&P, Moody’s, Fitch or any other rating agency agreed to by the Parties then assigned to such Person’s unsecured, senior long-term debt obligations (not supported by third party credit enhancements) or if such entity does not have a rating for its senior unsecured long-term debt, then the rating then assigned to such Person as an issuer rating by S&P, Moody’s, Fitch or any other rating agency agreed by the Parties.
“Credit Requirements” shall mean, with respect to any Person, that such Person has at least one of the following Credit Ratings: (a) “Baa2” or higher from Moody’s, (b) “BBB” or higher from S&P or (c) “BBB” or higher from Fitch.
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“Customer” shall mean a Person party to a Customer Agreement who leases, or agrees to purchase Energy produced by, a Project.
“Customer Agreement” shall mean those power purchase agreements or customer lease agreements (together with all ancillary agreements and documents related thereto, including any assignment agreement to a replacement Customer) with respect to a Project between a Partnership Flip Opco, a Wholly Owned Opco or an Inverted Lease Tenant, as owner or lessor, and a Customer, whereby the Customer agrees to purchase the Energy produced by the related Project for a fixed fee per kWh, or agrees to lease the Project for monthly lease payments, as applicable, in each case for a specified term of years (up to twenty-five (25) years).
“Customer Agreement Termination Date” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the last scheduled expiration date of the Customer Agreements of the Eligible Projects in the Project Pool as of such date of determination, in each case, excluding any renewal or extension of any Customer Agreement.
“Customer Prepayment Event” shall mean:
(i) a Project experiences an Event of Loss and is not repaired, restored, replaced or rebuilt to substantially the same condition as existed immediately prior to the Event of Loss within [***] days of such Event of Loss (an “Event of Loss Project”);
(ii) the early termination of any Customer Agreement (including, but not limited to, as a result of the occurrence of a default thereunder) without a replacement Customer Agreement being entered into in respect of such Project, regardless of whether or not any Relevant Party is entitled to or actually receives a termination payment from the Customer in connection with such termination;
(iii) in respect of any Project (A) the applicable Customer is more than [***] days past due on any amount due under the related Customer Agreement and (B) either (x) such Customer Agreement has not been brought current or the related Project has not been removed and redeployed and/or the related Customer Agreement reassigned (or a replacement Customer Agreement executed) within [***] days of the end of such [***] day period or (y) which an Operator has determined should be written off in accordance with the Management Standard (a “Defaulted Project”);
(iv) a Payment Facilitation Agreement is entered into;
(v) the elective prepayment by the Customer of any future amounts due under a Customer Agreement;
(vi) the purchase of any Project by a Customer in accordance with the terms of the applicable Customer Agreement; and
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(vii) an Ineligible Customer Reassignment.
“Customer Prepayment Event Certificate” shall mean a certificate from an Authorized Officer in the form attached to a Transfer Date Certificate, containing (i) a comprehensive report of each Customer Prepayment Event occurring during the quarterly period ending on the applicable Calculation Date and (ii) the Borrower’s good faith, detailed calculation of the amount required to repaid in accordance with Section 4.03(f) in connection therewith, together with such changes thereto as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request for the purpose of monitoring the Borrower’s compliance with Section 4.03(f).
“Daily Revolving Loan Commitment Fee” shall mean the amount, calculated daily through the expiration or early termination of the Availability Period, that is the product of (a) the undrawn Revolving Loan Commitments on such day (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of determination) multiplied by (b) (i) if on such day less than 25% of the Revolving Loan Commitments have been drawn, a rate of 1.0% per annum; (ii) if on such day no less than 25% and no more than 50% of the Revolving Loan Commitments have been drawn, a rate of 0.75% per annum; or (iii) if on such day more than 50% of the Revolving Loan Commitments have been drawn, 0.50% per annum.
“Date Certain Partnership Flip Fund” shall mean a tax equity investment structure that conforms to (i) characteristics 1 through 7 and characteristics 9 and 10 set forth in Part I of Annex B and (ii) the characteristics in Part I of Annex C, or is otherwise identified as a Date Certain Partnership Flip Fund on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Date Certain Partnership Flip Opco” shall mean each entity designated as a “Date Certain Partnership Flip Opco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Debt Service” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate amount of all principal, interest, payments in the nature of interest (including default interest and net payments made (or minus net ordinary course settlement payments received) under Interest Rate Hedging Agreements), margin, letter of credit fees (other than LC Commitment Fees), rent under finance leases or any other recurrent analogous costs and damages (including gross-ups and increased cost payments) payable pursuant to any Loan Document.
“Debt Service Coverage Ratio” shall mean, for any calculation period, the ratio of:
(a) the Cash Available for Debt Service for such period; to
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Agreement and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, Revolving Loan Commitment Fees and LC Commitment Fees).
For purposes of the determination of the Available Borrowing Base, the determination of the amounts above for any future period will be based on projections in accordance with the Base Case Model.
“Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate” shall mean a certificate from an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit J, containing its good faith, detailed calculation of its Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the twelve-month period ending on the immediately preceding Calculation Date.
“Debt Service Reserve Account” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Debt Service Reserve Required Amount” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Debt Termination Date” shall mean the date on which (a) the Commitments have expired or been terminated, (b) the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid indefeasibly paid in cash in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all Drawing Payments shall have been reimbursed (unless the outstanding amount of the LC Exposure related thereto has been Cash Collateralized) and (c) all other Obligations (other than any inchoate indemnification or expense reimbursement Obligations that expressly survive termination of the Agreement) shall have indefeasibly paid in cash in full.
“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” shall mean any event, occurrence or circumstance that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” shall mean a rate of 2.00% per annum in excess of the rate otherwise applicable to any Loan or other Obligation, which rate shall apply in accordance with Section 4.05(b).
“Defaulted Project” shall have the meaning given to it in the definition of Customer Prepayment Event.
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean a Lender that (i) has defaulted in its obligations to fund any Loan or otherwise failed to comply with its obligations under Section 2.01 or Section 2.02, unless (x) such default or failure is no longer continuing or has been cured within ten (10) days after such default or failure or (y) such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender's determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified
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in such writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) has notified the Borrower and/or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its obligations under Section 2.01 or Section 2.02 or has made a public statement to that effect unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender's determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied or (iii) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that, (x) has become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, (y) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (z) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition of “Defaulting Lender”, if NY Green Bank has satisfied its obligations to make loans to Gaia Portfolio 2016-A in accordance with the NY Green Bank Loan Agreement, Gaia Portfolio 2016-A shall not be a Defaulting Lender to the extent of NY Green Bank’s outstanding loans and commitments to make loans under the NY Green Bank Loan Agreement, as such amounts may be certified to the Administrative Agent from time to time by NY Green Bank or Gaia Portfolio 2016-A.
“Depository Agreement” shall mean the Depository Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Depository Bank, as amended and restated as of June 23, 2017, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Depository Bank” shall mean Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, and its successors and assigns in such capacity in accordance with the Depository Agreement.
“Distribution Trap” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Distribution Trap Account” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Dollars” shall mean U.S. dollars.
“Drawing” shall mean a drawing on a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof.
“Drawing Payment” shall mean a payment in U.S. Dollars by the Issuing Bank of all or any part of the Stated Amount in conjunction with a Drawing under any Letter of Credit.
“Early Amortization Period” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Economic Interest” shall mean the direct or indirect ownership by one Person of Capital Stock in another Person. A Person who directly holds all of the Capital Stock of another Person is understood
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to hold an Economic Interest of one hundred percent (100%) in such other Person. For purposes of determining the Economic Interest of one Person in another Person where there are one or more other Persons in the chain of ownership, the Economic Interest of the first Person in the second Person shall be deemed proportionately diluted by Economic Interests of less than one hundred percent (100%) held by such other Persons in the chain of ownership. For example, if Company A owns eighty percent (80%) of the Capital Stock of Company B, which in turn owns eighty percent (80%) of the partnership interests in Partnership C, which in turn owns fifty percent (50%) of the Capital Stock in Company D, then Company A would have an Economic Interest in Company D of thirty-two percent (32%).
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” shall mean any Person that is a commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other Person that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) or otherwise has a tangible net worth not less than five hundred million Dollars ($500,000,000).
“Eligible Customer Agreement” shall mean a Customer Agreement approved (i) by the Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of the Required Lenders) in writing or (ii) under the applicable Tax Equity Documents or, in the case of a Wholly-Owned Opco, either (A) the Tax Equity Documents originally governing such Wholly Owned Opco or (B) the Tax Equity Documents pursuant to which a Project was first acquired, which are listed for the applicable Wholly Owned Opco on Schedule 1.01(c); provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), the inclusion of such Customer Agreement as an Eligible Customer Agreement could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower to perform under the Loan Documents at or above the assumptions in the Base Case Model and, in each case, as such form may be modified from time to time if such modification could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower to perform under the Loan Documents at or above the assumptions set forth in the Base Case Model.
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“Eligible Project” shall mean, subject to Section 6.26, a Project which is owned or leased by an Opco, which meets the following conditions as of the applicable Available Borrowing Base Determination Date:
(i) such Project has achieved Installation Completion;
(ii) (a) such Project is not the subject of any Customer Prepayment Event described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (vi) and (vii) of the definition thereof and (b) with respect to the date such Project is first included in the Project Pool, such Project is not the subject of any Customer Prepayment Event described in clause (iii) of the definition thereof, without giving effect to subclause (iii)(B) of the definition thereof;
(iii) such Project meets the Eligible Project Qualification Requirement;
(iv) the Customer with respect to such Project has a FICO® Score of not less than [***];
(v) unless each of the Pre-PTO Conditions is satisfied, such Project has achieved Substantial Completion and received a PTO Letter;
(vi) the Customer Agreement with respect to such Project is not a Prepaid Customer Agreement;
(vii) the panels, inverters and batteries included in such Project are manufactured by Approved Manufacturers;
(viii) all amounts payable to (a) the seller under the Master Purchase Agreement with respect to such Project and (b) the installer under the Master Turnkey Installation Agreement, with respect to such Project, in each case, have either been paid or the applicable Opco has reserved cash in respect of such obligations;
(ix) [***]; and
(x) if such Project is located in the State of Nevada, such Project does not receive service pursuant to the NMR-A Net Energy Metering tariff rider.
“Eligible Project Qualification Requirement” shall mean:
(a) with respect to Projects owned or being acquired or leased by an Inverted Lease Opco or a Partnership Flip Opco, the qualification requirement for the purchase of the Projects as of the time of sale to the applicable Opco pursuant to the applicable Tax Equity Documents (except to the extent of any departure in accordance with Prudent Industry Practices for which a waiver was given by the applicable Tax Equity Class A Member or Inverted Lease Tenant, as applicable, and where the applicable
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impact thereof has been incorporated into the Base Case Model in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent); and
(b) with respect to Projects owned by a Wholly Owned Opco, (i) the qualification requirement for the purchase of the Projects as of the time such Projects were first acquired pursuant to the applicable Tax Equity Documents (except to the extent of any departure in accordance with Prudent Industry Practices for which a waiver was given by the applicable Tax Equity Class A Member or Inverted Lease Tenant, as applicable, and where the applicable impact thereof has been incorporated into the Base Case Model in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) each such Project has received a PTO Letter.
“Eligible Revenues” shall mean Operating Revenue consisting of (i) payments by Customers pursuant to the applicable Customer Agreements with respect to Eligible Projects and (ii) PBI Payments with respect to Eligible Projects.
“Employee Benefit Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (excluding any Multiemployer Plan) which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or to section 412 of the Code.
“Energy” shall mean physical electric energy, expressed in megawatt hours (“MWh”) or kilowatt hours (“kWh”), of the character that passes through transformers and transmission wires, where it eventually becomes alternating current electric energy delivered at nominal voltage.
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all Laws pertaining to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning environmental protection, human health and safety, contamination or clean-up or the presence, use, handling, generation, Release, or storage of Hazardous Material, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, the Hazardous Substances Transportation Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), each as amended from time to time, along with any state or local analogs to the Laws listed above (including, with respect to Projects located in the State of New York, the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act) and any state superlien and other environmental clean-up statutes and all regulations adopted in respect of the foregoing Laws whether now or hereafter in effect.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended or as may be amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean, in relation to any Person, any other Person, trade or business under common control with the first Person, within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.
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“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.01.
“Event of Loss” shall mean (a) an event which causes all or a portion of an Asset of a Relevant Party to be damaged, destroyed or rendered unfit for normal use for any reason whatsoever (including any covered loss under a casualty insurance policy) and (b) any compulsory transfer or taking, or transfer under threat of compulsory transfer, of any Asset of a Relevant Party pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise.
“Excess Amount” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.03(b).
“Excess Capital Contributions” shall mean all capital contributions that (a) were contributed to each applicable Tax Equity Opco pursuant to the sections of each applicable Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement set forth on Annex A, and (b) are permitted to be distributed to the holder of the Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests from the applicable “Milestone Account” as defined in the applicable Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement; provided, that if such capital contributions were made to acquire Projects, such capital contributions shall only be considered Excess Capital Contributions to the extent such capital contributions remain after (x) the “Completion Deadline” (as defined in the applicable Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement) has occurred as determined pursuant to the applicable Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement and (y) all amounts payable to (i) the seller under the Master Purchase Agreement with respect to such Projects and (ii) the installer under the Master Turnkey Installation Agreement with respect to such Projects, have been paid.
“Excluded Ancillary/Capacity Contract” shall mean any agreement for the sale, transfer or disposition of Ancillary Services or Capacity Attributes generated by or otherwise associated with any Project entered into by any Opco with any purchaser other than Borrower or any other Relevant Party; provided that (i) the Ancillary Services or Capacity Attributes sold, transferred or disposed of shall be limited to the Ancillary Services or Capacity Attributes actually produced or shall be otherwise associated with the Projects owned by such Opco and shall not include any Ancillary Services or Capacity Attributes contracted to be sold under any other Excluded Ancillary/Capacity Contract, (ii) such Excluded Ancillary/Capacity Contract shall not include any liquidated damages provisions or provisions for the posting of collateral or other security, (iii) the recourse of the purchaser to such Opco shall be expressly limited to the Ancillary Services and Capacity Attributes sold, transferred or disposed of under such Excluded Ancillary/Capacity Contract and the proceeds thereof, (iv) any Excluded Ancillary/Capacity Contract entered into after the date of this Agreement shall include a covenant from the purchaser not to petition for the bankruptcy of the applicable Opco and (v) other than in respect of any spot sale of Ancillary Services or Capacity Attributes entered into in the ordinary course of business, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Excluded Ancillary/
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Capacity Contract is entered into; provided, further, that, if in connection with such sale, transfer or other disposition, any Affiliate that is a Relevant Party is required to be a party to any agreement, the obligations of such Relevant Party under such agreement are of a type that could not expose such Relevant Party to any financial obligation, including in respect of damages for failure to perform such obligations.
“Excluded Property” shall mean:
(i) all prepayment amounts due by Customers under any Prepaid Customer Agreement to the extent paid at commencement of construction of the applicable Projects, inclusive of deposits paid at the signing of any Customer Agreement;
(ii) all cash proceeds from any upfront solar energy incentive programs, including proceeds pursuant to the California Solar Initiative (which are not subject to state income tax), or any other state or local solar power incentive program which provides incentives that are substantially similar to those provided under the California Solar Initiative (and which are similarly not subject to state income tax);
(iii) all cash proceeds from any state income tax credit, including proceeds pursuant to the refundable Hawaii Energy Tax Credits;
(iv) Capacity Attributes and Ancillary Services that are sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 7.09(c), but only prior to the commencement by the Collateral Agent of dispossessory remedies with respect to any Loan Party pursuant to the Collateral Documents;
(v) all Excluded REC Contracts, all RECs that may be sold or that are sold pursuant to an Excluded REC Contract and the proceeds of any Excluded REC Sales; and
(vi) all Excess Capital Contributions.
“Excluded REC Contract” shall mean any REC Contract (including any spot sale of RECs) entered into by an Opco with a REC Purchaser; provided that (i) the RECs sold under such Excluded REC Contract shall be limited to the RECs actually produced by the Projects owned by such Opco and shall not include any RECs contracted to be sold under any other REC Contract, (ii) the RECs sold under such Excluded REC Contract shall be subject to an irrevocable forward transfer (or other equivalent transfer) in favor of the REC Purchaser, (iii) such Excluded REC Contract shall not include any liquidated damages provisions or provisions for the posting of collateral or other security, (iv) the recourse of the applicable REC Purchaser to such Opco shall be expressly limited to the RECs sold under such Excluded REC Contract and the proceeds thereof, (v) any Excluded REC Contract entered into after the date of this Agreement shall include a covenant from the REC Purchaser not to petition for the bankruptcy of the applicable Opco and (vi) other than in respect of any spot sale of RECs entered
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into in the ordinary course of business, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Excluded REC Contract is entered into.
“Excluded REC Sales” shall mean any sale, transfer or other disposition of RECs pursuant to any Excluded REC Contract.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the Laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a Law in effect on the date after the Closing Date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(ii) or Section 4.09(b), 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 4.09(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Executive Officer” shall mean, with respect to any corporation or limited liability company, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary or Treasurer of such corporation or limited liability company and, with respect to any partnership, any individual general partner thereof or, with respect to any other general partner, any executive officer of the general partner.
“Exempt Customer Agreements” shall mean (i) any Customer Agreement which has unpaid Rents that are 120 days or more past due, (ii) any Customer Agreement where (A) the Customer’s interest in the underlying host property for the applicable Project has been sold or otherwise transferred without either the Customer purchasing the Project or the new owner assuming such Customer Agreement and (B) the applicable Operator reasonably determines that the current Customer will not make any purchase payment due under the Customer Agreement and the new owner will refuse to assume such Customer Agreement but for a Payment Facilitation Agreement in respect thereof, (iii) any Customer Agreement subject to a dispute between the Borrower and the Customer which, in light of the facts and circumstances known at the time of such dispute, the Operator reasonably determines the Customer under such Customer Agreement could reasonably be expected to stop making Rent payments due under the Customer Agreement but for a Payment Facilitation Agreement, or (iv) any Customer Agreement which has a Customer that has become eligible for and is receiving an income-qualified discount on his or her electricity rate from the applicable local utility.
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“Exhibit S Effective Date” shall mean the date on which the Administrative Agent has delivered its prior written consent in accordance with Section 6.13(j).
“Expiration Date” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the date of the expiration set forth therein.
“Facility” shall mean each of (a) the Revolving Loan Commitments and the Revolving Loans made hereunder and (b) the LC Commitments and the LC Exposure hereunder.
“FATCA” shall mean 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) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day.
“Fee Letter” shall mean, collectively, each fee letter between the Borrower and a Lender Party and the fee letter between the Sponsor, Investec and Investec USA Holdings Corp. dated as of November 17, 2015.
“FERC” shall mean the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and any successor authority.
“FICO® Score” shall mean, in respect of any Customer, a credit score obtained from (a) Experian Information Solutions, Inc., (b) Transunion, LLC or (c) Equifax Inc., in each case, as obtained on or about the date such Customer entered into, or took an assignment of, such Customer Agreement.
“Financial Statements” shall mean in relationship to any Person, its consolidated statements of operations and members’ equity, statements of cash flow and balance sheets.
“Fitch” shall mean Fitch, Inc.
“Flip Point” shall have the meaning given to the term “Flip Point” or to any other similarly defined term in the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreement of an IRR Partnership Flip Opco.
“Flip Point Delay” shall mean, as of any Calculation Date in respect of a Tracking Model for the applicable IRR Partnership Flip Opco, if such Tracking Model (taking all prior and projected Cash Flows into account) reflects that the Flip Point will not occur by the Target Flip Date, the length of the
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delay between the Target Flip Date and the date of the occurrence of the Flip Point as demonstrated by the Tracking Model.
“Foreign Lender” shall mean a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
“FPA” shall mean the Federal Power Act, as amended, and FERC’s regulations thereunder.
“Funding Account” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“GAAP” shall mean United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
“Gaia Portfolio 2016-A” means Sunrun Gaia Portfolio 2016-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“General Account” shall mean one or more deposit accounts that is segregated from each other account of an Operator and held by such Operator with an Acceptable Bank:
(i) which are under the exclusive dominion and control of the Sponsor, a Manager or an Operator, subject to such Operator’s agreement (A) to segregate the amounts in each such account from its own funds as trustee for the beneficiaries of the funds deposited therein and (B) not to grant a Lien over such account or the amounts deposited therein;
(ii) which are not subject to any Lien of a third party; and
(iii) into which Customers have made payment of non-recurring ACH and credit card payments.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean with respect to any Person, any nation or government, including any international or multinational organization or agency comprising nations or governments, or state or local government or other political subdivision thereof or any entity, including any regulatory or administrative authority or court, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative or quasi-administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Grant” shall mean a cash grant under section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended.
“Guarantors” shall mean each Tax Equity Holdco, each Wholly Owned Holdco, if any, and each Wholly Owned Opco, if any, each of which shall have delivered (i) in the case of a Tax Equity Holdco or a Wholly Owned Holdco, a Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreement or an Accession Agreement or (ii) in the case of a Wholly Owned Opco, a Wholly Owned Opco Guaranty and Security Agreement or an Accession Agreement.
“Hazardous Material” shall mean any pollutant, contaminant or hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste that is regulated by or forms the basis of liability now or hereafter under, any
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Environmental Law, including any (a) petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum products, crude oil or any fraction or by-product derivatives thereof, (b) asbestos or asbestos-containing material, (c) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or PCB-containing materials or fluids, or (d) any other radioactive, hazardous, toxic or noxious substance, material, pollutant, emission or discharge or contaminant that, whether by its nature or its use, is subject to regulation or giving rise to liability or obligation under any Environmental Law, used, released, and disposed of in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws.”
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“Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreement” shall mean (a) any Tax Equity Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreement and (b) any Wholly Owned Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“Impacted Interest Period” shall have the meaning given to it in the definition of “LIBOR”.
“Implicated Battery Model” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Depository Agreement.
“Increasing Lender” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.06(b).
“Indebtedness” shall mean, for any Person, without duplication: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, for amounts drawn under a letter of credit, or for the deferred purchase price of property for which such Person or its assets is liable, (ii) all unfunded amounts under a loan agreement, letter of credit, surety bond or other similar instrument (unless secured in full by cash), or other credit facility for which such Person would be liable if such amounts were advanced thereunder, (iii) all amounts required to be paid by such Person as a guaranteed payment to partners or a preferred or special dividend, including any mandatory redemption of shares or interests and any other payment required to be made in respect of any equity interests in any Person or rights or options to acquire any equity interests in any Person, but excluding any distributions required to be made (A) in respect of the outstanding class A membership interests issued by the Tax Equity Opcos or (B) to Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of the outstanding Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests, Tax Equity Holdco Membership Interests, Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests or Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests, (iv) all obligations (including all amounts to be capitalized) under leases that constitute capital leases for which such Person is liable, (v) all obligations of such Person under interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and other interest hedge agreements, in each case whether such Person is liable contingently or otherwise, as borrower, guarantor or otherwise, or in respect of which obligations such Person otherwise assures a creditor against loss, (vi) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets acquired by such Person (even though the rights of the seller or lender thereunder may be limited in recourse), and (vi) all guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing. The Indebtedness of a Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner, other than to the extent that
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the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such Person in respect thereof.
“Indemnified Amounts” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.08(a).
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (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 (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.08(a).
“Independent” shall mean, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such Person (a) is in fact independent of each of the Relevant Parties and any Affiliate thereof, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in any of the Relevant Parties or any Affiliate thereof and (c) is not connected with any of the Relevant Parties or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, member, manager, contractor, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
“Independent Engineer” shall mean [***] or such other independent engineer as is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Ineligible Customer Reassignment” shall mean a Customer Agreement has been assigned to a new Customer [***].
“Information” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 5.26(a).
“Installation Completion” shall mean, with respect to a Project, that the design, engineering, construction and installation of such Project has been completed. For the avoidance of doubt, a Project may achieve Installation Completion without achieving Substantial Completion.
“Insurance Consultant” shall mean [***], LLC or such other insurance consultant as is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Insurance Policies” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 6.13(a).
“Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03(f).
“Interest Period” shall mean, for each Payment Date, the period from and including such Payment Date (or, with respect to any Loan made on an Advance Date, such Advance Date) to but excluding the next Payment Date (or, with respect to the final Payment Date, the Maturity Date).
“Interest Rate Determination Date” shall mean the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the first day of each Interest Period.
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“Interest Rate Hedging Agreement” shall mean any Swap Agreement entered into by the Borrower in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from floating to fixed rates) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower.
“Intermediate Holdco” shall have the meaning given to it in the Recitals.
“Interpolated Rate” shall mean, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as LIBOR) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) LIBOR for the longest period for which LIBOR is available that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) LIBOR for the shortest period (for which LIBOR is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
“Inverted Lease Fund” shall mean a tax equity investment structure that conforms to the characteristics set forth in Part II of Annex B and Part II of Annex C, or is otherwise identified as an Inverted Lease Fund on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Inverted Lease Holdco” shall mean each entity designated as an “Inverted Lease Holdco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Inverted Lease Opco” shall mean each entity designated as an “Inverted Lease Opco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests” shall mean the outstanding limited liability company interests issued by any Inverted Lease Opco (including all Economic Interests and Voting Rights).
“Inverted Lease Tenant” shall mean the entity in an Inverted Lease Fund that leases Projects from the applicable Inverted Lease Opco.
“Investec” means Investec Bank plc.
“Investment Company Act” shall mean the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or as may be amended from time to time.
“Involuntary Bankruptcy” shall mean any involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, in which Sponsor or any Relevant Party is a debtor or any Assets of any such entity is property of the estate therein.
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“IRR Partnership Flip Fund” shall mean a tax equity investment structure that conforms to (i) characteristics 1 through 8 and characteristic 10 set forth in Part I of Annex B and (ii) the characteristics in Part I of Annex C, or is otherwise identified as an IRR Partnership Flip Fund on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“IRR Partnership Flip Opco” shall mean each entity designated as an “IRR Partnership Flip Opco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Issuing Bank” shall mean (a) Investec and (b) each other LC Lender as the Borrower may from time to time select as an Issuing Bank hereunder (provided that such LC Lender meets the Credit Requirements, shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and has agreed to be an Issuing Bank hereunder in a writing satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, in either case together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity; provided, that there shall be no more than one Issuing Bank at any time.
“ITC” shall mean the investment tax credit under section 48 of the Code.
“[***] Precedent Fund” shall mean that certain Partnership Flip Fund in respect of [***], in the role of Partnership Flip Opco, [***], in the role of Tax Equity Class A Member, and [***], in the role of Tax Equity Holdco.
“Joint Lead Arrangers” shall mean Investec Inc. as sole bookrunner and joint lead arranger with respect to the Commitments, KeyBank National Association as joint lead arranger with respect to the Commitments, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as syndication agent and joint lead arranger with respect to the Commitments, and Silicon Valley Bank, as documentation agent and joint lead arranger with respect to the Commitments.
“[***] LLC Agreement” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of [***], dated as of [***], entered into by and between [***] and [***].
“Knowledge” whenever used in this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or in any document or certificate executed pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, (whether by use of the words “knowledge” or “known”, or other words of similar meaning, and whether or not the same are capitalized), shall mean, with respect to the Sponsor or any Relevant Party: (i) actual knowledge (which shall be deemed to include knowledge that would have been discovered after reasonable inquiry) of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and General Counsel of the Sponsor or any Authorized Officer of a Relevant Party, and (ii) actual knowledge (which shall be deemed to include knowledge that would have been discovered after reasonable inquiry) of those officers, employees or other persons of the Manager responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Projects or charged with effecting the duties on behalf of the Manager set forth in the Management Agreement, and the individuals who have responsibility for any policy making, major decisions or
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financial affairs, or primary management or supervisory responsibilities, of the Sponsor or any Relevant Party. The Borrower shall cause each Subsidiary and the Manager to promptly notify it of any event or circumstance that would require the Borrower to provide notice to a Lender Party under the Loan Documents upon Knowledge of the Borrower. Any notice delivered to the Sponsor or any Relevant Party (including to the Manager as their agent) by a Secured Party shall provide such Person with Knowledge of the facts included therein.
“Laws” shall mean, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, common law, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“LC Application” shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuing Bank, together with a Notice of LC Activity.
“LC Availability Period” shall mean the period from the Closing Date to the last Payment Date occurring prior to the Maturity Date.
“LC Commitment” shall mean, as to each LC Lender, its obligation to make a LC Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.02 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto or in the Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of the LC Lenders’ LC Commitments shall not exceed $7,000,000, as such amount may increase from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06.
“LC Commitment Fee” shall mean, for each day from the Closing Date through the expiration or earlier termination of the LC Availability Period, an amount equal to the product of a rate of 1.0% per annum and the average unused LC Commitment on such day (regardless of whether any conditions for issuance, extension or increase of the Stated Amount of a Letter of Credit could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of determination). All computations of LC Commitment Fees for any period shall be based upon a year of 360 days.
“LC Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.06(a).
“LC Documents” shall mean, as to any Letter of Credit, each LC Application and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower or in favor of such Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.
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“LC Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any LC Lender as of the date of determination, the sum of the aggregate amount of all participations by that Lender in (a) the Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time that have not been Cash Collateralized, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed Drawing Payments made in respect of Letters of Credit at such time, plus (c) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all LC Loans at such time.
“LC Lender” shall mean a Lender with a LC Commitment, which as of the date hereof is as set forth on Schedule 2.01.
“LC Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c)(ii) of the Agreement.
“Lease Back-Up Servicing Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Inverted Lease Fund (a) the Back-Up Servicing Agreement, among an Operator, the applicable Inverted Lease Tenant and the Back-Up Servicer and identified by the Borrower as a Lease Back-Up Servicing Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with a replacement Back-Up Servicer in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the applicable Lease Back-Up Servicing Agreement (from and following the date that such agreement becomes effective).
“Lease O&M Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Inverted Lease Fund, (a) the Operation and Maintenance Agreement by and between the applicable Inverted Lease Tenant and an Operator and identified by the Borrower as a Lease O&M Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with an Operator in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the applicable Lease Back-Up Servicing Agreement or Transition Management Agreement, as applicable (from and following the date that such agreement becomes effective) and the other applicable Tax Equity Documents.
“Lease Transition Management Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Inverted Lease Fund (a) the Transition Management Agreement, among an Operator, the applicable Inverted Lease Tenant, and the Transition Manager and identified by the Borrower as a Lease Transition Management Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with a replacement transition manager in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the applicable Lease Transition Management Agreement (from and following the date that such agreement becomes effective).
“Lender” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble and shall include any Revolving Lender and LC Lender (other than any Person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an
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Assignment and Assumption) and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Assumption Agreement.
“Lender Controlled Transferee” shall mean a Person who is transferred the Capital Stock in the Pledgor and is wholly owned, either directly or indirectly, by the Other Lenders or an agent on their behalf.
“Lender Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Bank.
“Lending Office” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's address and, as appropriate, account on file with the Administrative Agent, or such other address or account as such Lender may from time to time notify to the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” shall mean a standby letter of credit substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 governed by the laws of the State of New York and issued by the Issuing Bank under the total aggregate LC Commitment pursuant to Section 2.02(a)(i).
“LIBO Loan” means any Loan that bears interest at rates based upon the LIBO Rate.
“LIBO Rate” means:
(i) for any Interest Period, other than an Interest Period when an interest rate in accordance with Section 4.11 is being charged, with respect to a LIBO Loan, LIBOR for such Interest Period; and
(ii) for purposes of any determination of the Base Rate on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR for an Interest Period of one month (determined as of such day).
“LIBOR” shall mean with respect to each Interest Rate Determination Date, the rate for United States dollar deposits, rounded, if necessary, to the nearest 0.00001%, appearing on the Bloomberg Screen US0003M Index Page as the London interbank offered rate for United States dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of the applicable Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Rate Determination Date; provided that if such screen rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period by reason of the length of such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”), LIBOR shall be the Interpolated Rate. If, on any Interest Rate Determination Date, such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen US00003M Index Page (except to the extent such screen is not available by reason of the length of such Interest Period), LIBOR shall be the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations of the Reference Banks to prime banks in the London interbank market for United States dollar deposits in Europe (for delivery on the first day of the applicable Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period by reference to requests for quotations to the Reference Banks as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Rate Determination Date. If, on any Interest Rate Determination Date, at least two of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall equal such arithmetic mean of such quotations.
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The Administrative Agent shall determine LIBOR on each Interest Rate Determination Date and the determination of LIBOR by the Administrative Agent shall be binding absent manifest error. “Reference Banks” shall mean leading banks engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, and (ii) which have been designated as such by the Administrative Agent and are able and willing to provide such quotations to the Administrative Agent for each Interest Rate Determination Date; and “Bloomberg Screen US0003M Index Page” shall mean the display designated as page US0003M Index Page on the Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News (or such other pages as may replace such page on that service for the purpose of displaying LIBOR quotations of major banks). Notwithstanding the foregoing in no circumstance shall LIBOR be less than 0.00% per annum.
“LIBOR Business Day” shall mean any day on which commercial banks are open in New York, New York and London, England for international business (including dealings in United States dollar deposits).
“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property or assets, any lien, hypothecation, encumbrance, assignment for security, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or similar lien.
“Limited Liability Company Agreement” shall mean each Wholly Owned Opco Limited Liability Agreement and each Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement.
“Loan Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, if any, each Fee Letter, the Collateral Documents, the Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, each Wholly Owned Opco Back-Up Servicing Agreement or Wholly Owned Opco Transition Management Agreement, as applicable, and all other documents, agreements or instruments executed in connection with the Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Loan Documents” shall not include the Portfolio Documents.
“Loan Parties” shall mean the Borrower, Pledgor and each Guarantor.
“Loans” shall mean the Revolving Loans and the LC Loans.
“Loss Proceeds” shall mean all amounts and proceeds (including instruments) from an Event of Loss received by the Loan Parties, including, without limitation, insurance proceeds or other amounts actually received, except proceeds of business interruption insurance.
“Major Decision” shall mean, as to each Partnership Flip Opco, any of the decisions contemplated to be made in any of the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreements which require a vote by or the consent or approval of all or a supermajority or majority of the members or the Tax Equity Class A Members of the applicable Partnership Flip Opco.
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“Major Maintenance Reserve Account” shall have the meaning set forth in the Depository Agreement.
“Management Agreement” shall mean the Management Agreement between the Manager and the Borrower dated as of the Closing Date and each renewal or replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with a Manager, in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and any Wholly Owned Opco Back-Up Servicing Agreement or Wholly Owned Opco Transition Management Agreement.
“Management Consent Agreement” shall mean the Management Consent and Agreement to be entered into by and among the Manager, the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“Management Standard” shall mean, with respect to an Operator, the requirement for such Operator to perform its duties in accordance with applicable law and in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice or, if a higher standard, the highest degree of skill and attention that the Operator exercises with respect to comparable assets that the Operator operates and maintains for itself, its affiliates or for third party investors and in accordance with its internal policies and procedures.
“Manager” shall mean Sponsor or a replacement manager as may hereafter be charged with management of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the other Loan Documents.
“Market Disruption Event” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.11(a)(iii).
“Master Lease” shall mean any master lease (i) between the applicable Wholly Owned Opcos and (ii) between each Inverted Lease Opco and its related Inverted Lease Tenant.
“Master Purchase Agreements” shall mean each master purchase agreement or master contribution agreement entered into by an Opco in connection with the purchase of Projects by such Opco or the contribution to such Opco of Projects identified by the Borrower as a Master Purchase Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Master Turnkey Installation Agreement” shall mean, with respect to a specific Project and to the extent applicable to such Project, the master turnkey installation agreement executed in respect of such Project by Sponsor and an installer, the rights as to which are assigned to a Subsidiary with respect to such Project.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, (i) a material adverse effect upon the business, operations, property, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Loan Party, or (ii) the material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party or the Sponsor to perform its obligations under any Loan Document, (iii) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the (A) Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of any Secured Party under any of the Loan
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Documents (including the validity, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s Liens on the Collateral) or (B) Limited Liability Company Agreements or Tax Equity Guaranties, or (iv) a material adverse effect on the use, value or operation of the Projects owned or leased by the Opcos taken as a whole.
“Maturity Date” shall mean March 27, 2023.
“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.18.
“Membership Interests” shall mean the Borrower Membership Interests, the Wholly Owned Holdco Membership Interests, the Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests, the Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests, the Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests and the Tax Equity Holdco Membership Interests.
“Model Auditor” shall mean [***] or such other model auditor as is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net Available Amount” shall mean, with respect to (i) any Asset sale by a Relevant Party or (ii) the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Relevant Party, the debt proceeds or other amounts received in connection therewith net of any (A) sale proceeds, debt proceeds or other amounts required to be allocated to a Tax Equity Class A Member or an Inverted Lease Tenant pursuant to a Tax Equity Document and (B) reasonable and documented transaction or collection expenses (as applicable).
“Non-Consenting Lender” shall mean any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (i) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 12.01 and (ii) otherwise has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Covered Services” shall have the meaning given to such term in each applicable O&M Agreement.
“Note” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.04.
“Notice of LC Activity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(b).
“NY Green Bank” means NY Green Bank, a division of the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority, or any Affiliate thereof that succeeds to NY Green Bank’s rights and obligations under the NY Green Bank Loan Agreement.
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“NY Green Bank Loan Agreement” means that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2016, between Gaia Portfolio 2016-A, as borrower, and NY Green Bank, as lender, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“NY Green Bank Termination Notice” means a notice from NY Green Bank to the Administrative Agent confirming that the “Debt Termination Date” under the NY Green Bank Loan Agreement has occurred.
“O&M Agreements” shall mean, collectively, (i) each Tax Equity Opco O&M Agreement and (ii) each Wholly Owned Opco O&M Agreement.
“Obligations” shall mean the principal amount of the Loans, accrued interest thereon and all advances to, fees, costs, expenses and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document (including the Secured Hedging Obligations, any premium, reimbursements, Drawing Payments, damages, expenses, fees, costs, charges, disbursements, indemnities, and other liabilities) or otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter of Credit or Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest that would accrue on any of the foregoing during the pendency of any bankruptcy or related proceeding with respect to any Loan Party.
“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of the Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent.
“OID” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.09(g).
“Opcos” shall mean the Tax Equity Opcos and the Wholly Owned Opcos.
“Operating Budget” shall mean the operating budget for the Relevant Parties set out under Section 6.01(e)(i) and as approved when required by the Administrative Agent.
“Operating Expenses” shall mean for any applicable period, all expenses and other amounts in the nature of expenses incurred by the Borrower, any Wholly Owned Holdcos, any Wholly Owned Opcos, any Tax Equity Holdcos and, except where used in the definition of Cash Available for Debt Service, any Tax Equity Opcos during that period on a cash basis, including (without duplication) (i) payments under any Management Agreement, Back-Up Servicing Agreements, Transition Management Agreements, O&M Agreements and the other Project Documents (including, without duplication, all Service Fees and costs and expenses for Non-Covered Services and capital expenditures), (ii) payments to comply with Laws (including Environmental Laws), (iii) insurance premiums to the extent not covered in the Service Fees under the O&M Agreements, (iv) Taxes (including payments in lieu of taxes), and (v) any other fee, cost and expense incurred in connection with (x) ownership, leasing and operation of the Projects (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all
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Projects in the Project Pool) held by the Wholly Owned Opcos and, except where used in the definition of Cash Available for Debt Service, the Tax Equity Opcos and (y) the ownership of the Membership Interests (including Additional Expenses and fees, costs, indemnities and expenses payable pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(i) of the Depository Agreement), but excluding (A) Debt Service, (B) Revolving Loan Commitment Fees and LC Commitment Fees and (C) expenses and amounts in the nature of expenses which are actually paid with the proceeds of Excluded Property or a contribution by or on behalf of the Sponsor or Pledgor as required pursuant to the Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty (including with respect to (i) any fees due to any Agent or the Manager and (ii) any fees payable to any Tax Equity Class A Member on account of any Partnership Flip Opco failing to acquire and/or place in service Projects of sufficient aggregate value by certain target dates).
“Operating Revenues” shall mean for any applicable period, all Collections, received by the Borrower during that period on a cash basis from: (a) the Opcos, provided, that any Collections received by the Borrower from an Opco (either directly or via a Tax Equity Holdco or a Wholly Owned Holdco) in respect of a calendar quarter shall be deemed to have been received by the Borrower in respect of such calendar quarter even if such Collections are received after the end of such calendar quarter, provided such Collections are deposited into the Revenue Account prior to the delivery of the Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(v) in respect of the Calculation Date occurring at the end of such calendar quarter or (b) the Tax Equity Holdcos, but excluding (without duplication):
(i) any capital contribution or any other amounts contributed to the Relevant Parties by Sponsor, Pledgor or their Affiliates;
(ii) the proceeds of the Loans or any other Indebtedness incurred by a Relevant Party;
(iii) any net payments to the Borrower under an Interest Rate Hedging Agreement;
(iv) the proceeds of the sale, assignment or other disposition of any Collateral or other Asset of a Relevant Party (other than (A) ordinary course sales of power or the leasing of photovoltaic systems pursuant to Customer Agreements and (B) PBI Payments);
(v) proceeds of any Customer Prepayment Event referenced in clauses (ii), (v) and (vi) of the definition of Customer Prepayment Event;
(vi) Loss Proceeds and any other insurance proceeds (other than business interruption proceeds) and proceeds of any warranty claims arising from manufacturer, installer and other warranties;
(vii) any other proceeds or other amounts that are required to be mandatorily prepaid pursuant to Section 4.03 of this Agreement;
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(viii) the proceeds of any sale, transfer or other disposition of Capacity Attributes or Ancillary Services; and
(ix) any Excluded Property and the proceeds thereof.
“Operator” shall mean in respect of any O&M Agreement, (a) the Sponsor, (b) an Affiliate of the Sponsor provided that the Sponsor has guaranteed such Affiliate’s obligations on terms acceptable to the Required Lenders or (c) any replacement operator appointed in accordance with the terms and conditions herein and in the applicable Back-Up Servicing Agreement or Transition Management Agreement, as applicable.
“Other Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning given to the term “Administrative Agent” in the Other Credit Agreement.
“Other Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning given to the term “Collateral Agent” in the Other Credit Agreement.
“Other Connection Taxes” shall mean, 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 solely 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 Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between Pledgor, as borrower, the financial institutions as lenders from time to time party thereto and Investec, as Administrative Agent for the lenders, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Other Depository Agreement” shall mean the Depository Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among Pledgor, as borrower, Investec, as Administrative Agent for the Other Lenders and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent for the secured parties referred to therein and as Depository Bank, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Other Lenders” shall have the meaning given to the term “Lenders” in the Other Credit Agreement.
“Other Loan Documents” shall mean the “Loan Documents” as such term is defined in the Other Credit Agreement.
“Other Taxes” shall mean 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,
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performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.10(b)).
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“P50 Production” shall mean the production volume based on the P50 one (1) year confidence levels for Eligible Projects in the Project Pool reflected in the Base Case Model (as updated as of the date of determination).
“Participant” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.05(d)(ii).
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.05(d)(ii).
“Partnership Flip Back-Up Servicing Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Partnership Flip Fund, (a) the Back-Up Servicing Agreement among an Operator, the applicable Partnership Flip Opco and the Back-Up Servicer and identified by the Borrower as a Partnership Flip Back-Up Servicing Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with a replacement back-up servicer in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the Tax Equity Documents.
“Partnership Flip Fund” shall mean each Date Certain Partnership Flip Fund and each IRR Partnership Flip Fund.
“Partnership Flip Holdco” shall mean each entity designated as a “Partnership Flip Holdco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Partnership Flip O&M Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Partnership Flip Fund, (a) the Master Operation, Maintenance and Administration Agreement by and between the applicable Partnership Flip Opco and an Operator and identified by the Borrower as a Partnership Flip O&M Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with an Operator in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the applicable Partnership Flip Back-Up Servicing Agreement or Transition Management Agreement, as applicable, and the other applicable Tax Equity Documents.
“Partnership Flip Opco” shall mean each IRR Partnership Flip Opco and each Date Certain Partnership Flip Opco.
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“Partnership Flip Transition Management Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Partnership Flip Fund, (a) the Transition Management Agreement among an Operator, the applicable Partnership Flip Opco and the Transition Manager and identified by the Borrower as a Partnership Flip Transition Management Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with a replacement transition manager in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the Tax Equity Documents.
“PATRIOT Act” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.12.
“Payment Date” shall mean each January 31 (except in 2016, as set forth in the proviso below), April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year falling after the date hereof, or if any such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the first Payment Date shall occur on April 30, 2016 and the last Payment Date shall be the Maturity Date.
“Payment Facilitation Agreement” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.10(a).
“PBI Documents” shall mean, with respect to a Project (i) all applications, forms and other filings required to be submitted to a PBI Obligor in connection with the performance based incentive program maintained by such PBI Obligor and the procurement of PBI Payments and (ii) all approvals, agreements and other writings evidencing (a) that all conditions to the payment of PBI Payments by the PBI Obligor have been met, (b) that the PBI Obligor is obligated to pay PBI Payments and (c) the rate and timing of such PBI Payments.
“PBI Obligor” shall mean (i) [***], in relation to Projects located in [***], (ii) [***], in relation to Projects located in [***] or (iii) any other Person required to make a PBI Payment under or in respect of the related PBI Document, which meets the Credit Requirements or is otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
“PBI Payments” shall mean, with respect to a Project and the related PBI Documents, all payments due by the related PBI Obligor under or in respect of such PBI Documents in respect of performance based incentive programs of [***], [***] or any other States which have been approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Permits” shall mean any and all franchises, licenses, leases, permits, approvals, notifications, certifications, registrations, authorizations, exemptions, qualifications, easements, rights of way, Liens and other rights, privileges and approvals required to be obtained from a Governmental Authority under any Law, rule or regulation (including those required to interconnect a Project to the applicable transmission grid).
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“Permitted Fund Disposition” shall mean the sale, assignment, transfer or disposal of one or more Membership Interests in one or more Wholly Owned Opcos, Inverted Lease Holdcos, Wholly Owned Holdcos or Partnership Flip Holdcos that satisfies each of the following conditions precedent:
(a) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Permitted Fund Disposition Certificate, at least seven (7) Business Days prior to the date of such Permitted Fund Disposition, and an updated Base Case Model, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, that any Permitted Fund Disposition Certificate in relation to Sunrun Electra Manager 2018, LLC may be delivered at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such Permitted Fund Disposition;
(b) upon giving effect to such Permitted Fund Disposition and any prepayment made pursuant to Section 4.03(d), the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans shall not exceed the Available Borrowing Base calculated immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Fund Disposition;
(c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing or would result from such Permitted Fund Disposition;
(d) such Permitted Fund Disposition, individually or in the aggregate with each other Permitted Fund Disposition could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower;
(e) the Debt Service Reserve Account and the Major Maintenance Reserve Account are funded in the required amounts in accordance with the Depository Agreement;
(f) there are no unreimbursed drawings on a Letter of Credit and there are no outstanding LC Loans;
(g) the documentation of such sale, assignment, transfer or disposal expressly provides that such sale, assignment, transfer or disposal shall be without liability or recourse for any reason to any Relevant Party;
(h) after giving effect to such Permitted Fund Disposition, no Relevant Party shall have any obligation or liability to (i) the transferred entity, (ii) any Opco transferred (directly or indirectly), (iii) the transferee or (iv) any other Person pursuant to any Portfolio Documents in respect of the transferred entity or any Opco transferred (directly or indirectly in connection with such Permitted Fund Disposition);
(i) after giving effect to such Permitted Fund Disposition, no Subsidiary of the Borrower that is being sold, assigned, transferred or disposed of pursuant to a Permitted Fund Disposition shall be party to a Transition Management Agreement with any other Subsidiary of the Borrower; and
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(j) unless waived by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, after giving effect to such Permitted Fund Disposition, no more than one-third of Cash Available for Debt Service for the period from the date of such Permitted Fund Disposition to the Maturity Date is projected in accordance with the Base Case Model to be attributable to [***].
“Permitted Fund Disposition Certificate” shall mean a certificate from an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit M delivered by the Borrower in accordance with the definition of Permitted Fund Disposition.
“Permitted Indebtedness” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.01.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean:
(a) Liens imposed by any Governmental Authority for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges (i) that are not yet due or (ii) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted (and enforcement of such Lien shall have been stayed) so long as (x) such proceeding shall not involve any material risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any part of any Project and shall not interfere with the use or disposition of any Project and (y) the payment thereof is fully covered by adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP, bonds or other security;
(b) mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business or incident to the construction, improvement or restoration of a Project in respect of obligations (i) that are not yet due or (ii) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted (and enforcement of such Lien shall have been stayed) so long as (x) such proceedings shall not involve any material risk of forfeiture, sale or loss of any part of such Project and shall not interfere with the use or disposition of any Project, and (y) the payment thereof is fully covered by adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP, bonds or other security;
(c) minor defects, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and that are not incurred to secure Indebtedness and encumbrances, licenses, restrictions on the use of property or minor imperfections in title that do not materially impair the property affected thereby for the purpose for which title was acquired or interfere with the operation and maintenance of a Project;
(d) judgment Liens that (i) do not involve any material risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any part of any Project and do not interfere with the use or disposition of any Project, (ii) within ten (10) Business Days of their existence or after the entry thereof, are being contested in good faith and by appropriate appeal or review proceedings (and execution thereof is stayed pending such appeal or review), (iii) for which the payment thereof is fully covered by adequate reserves in accordance with
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GAAP, bonds or other security and (iv) which could not reasonably be expected to result in an Event of Default;
(e) deposits or pledges required to secure the performance of statutory obligations, appeals, supersedes and other bonds in connection with judicial or administrative proceedings and other obligations of a like nature not in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate;
(f) zoning, entitlement, conservation restrictions and other land use and environmental regulations by Governmental Authorities that do not involve any material risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any part of any Project and do not interfere with the use or disposition of any Project, and provided that the relevant owner of legal title to a Project is not in violation thereof;
(g) statutory Liens of banks (and rights of set off) not securing Indebtedness and incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(i) Liens incurred to secure the obligations of an Opco under an Excluded REC Contract, solely to the extent such Liens are limited to the RECs sold under such Excluded REC Contract which are actually produced and the proceeds thereof; and
(j) in respect of the Partnership Flip Opcos only, Liens permitted under the terms of the applicable Tax Equity Documents to the extent not included in clauses (a) through (i) of this definition of “Permitted Liens” that have either (i) been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent or (ii) subject to Section 7.15, when taken together, could not reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect upon the business, operations, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of any individual Partnership Flip Opco.
“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Placed in Service” shall mean, in respect of a Project, that it has been placed in service for U.S. federal tax purposes, including that it has been placed in a condition or state of readiness and availability for its specifically assigned function of generating electricity from solar energy and specifically that (i) all necessary permits and licenses for operating such Project have been obtained (including permission to operate from the applicable local utility), (ii) all critical tests necessary for proper operation of such Project have been performed, (iii) legal title to such Project is held by a Subsidiary (and title and control of such Project has been handed over by the installer under the applicable installation agreement), (iv) initial synchronization of such Project to the grid has occurred and (v) daily operation of such Project has begun.
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“Plan” shall mean an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of section 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title I of ERISA; a plan, individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the Code or provisions under any Similar Laws; and an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement.
“Pledge Agreement” shall mean that certain pledge agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, with respect to the Borrower Membership Interests.
“Pledge and Security Agreement” shall mean that certain pledge and security agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Pledgor” shall have the meaning given to it in the Recitals.
“Pledgor Collections Account” shall have the meaning given to the term “Collections Account” in the Other Depository Agreement.
“Pledgor Permitted Fund Disposition Account” shall have the meaning given to the term “Permitted Fund Disposition Account” in the Other Depository Agreement.
“Portfolio Documents” shall mean (a) the Project Documents, (b) the Tax Equity Documents described in clause (i) of the definition thereof, (c) the Wholly Owned Opco Documents and (d) the Management Agreement.
“Portfolio Value” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the remaining present value of the projected Cash Available for Debt Service from the Eligible Projects in the Project Pool determined in accordance with the Base Case Model (updated as of such determination date) until the then applicable Customer Agreement Termination Date, discounted at six percent (6%) per annum.
“Precedent Partnership Flip Fund” shall mean (a) the [***] Fund, (b) the [***] Fund, (c) the [***] Fund, (d) the [***] Precedent Fund and (e) the [***] Precedent Fund.
“Prepaid Customer Agreement” shall mean a Customer Agreement with respect to which all amounts due from the Customer over the term of such Customer Agreement in respect of the delivery of Energy have been prepaid.
“Pre-PTO Conditions” shall mean, with respect to a Project as of an Available Borrowing Base Determination Date, (a) such Available Borrowing Base Determination Date is (1) if such Project has not achieved Substantial Completion, less than [***] days after the date on which such Project achieved Installation Completion, (2) if such Project has achieved Substantial Completion, less than [***] days after the date on which such Project achieved Substantial Completion, (3) prior to the date by which such Project is required to have received a PTO Letter under the applicable Tax Equity Documents and
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(4) prior to the last day of the Availability Period and (b) such Project became part of the Project Pool more than three months prior to the end of the Availability Period.
“Pre-PTO Eligible Project” shall mean an Eligible Project that has not achieved Substantial Completion and/or has not received a PTO Letter, but satisfies the Pre-PTO Conditions.
“Pre-PTO Eligible Project Net Cash Flow” shall have the meaning given to it in the definition of Base Case Model.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum equal to the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “U.S. prime rate” or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as effective.
“Project” shall mean a residential photovoltaic system including photovoltaic panels, racking systems, wiring and other electrical devices, conduit, weatherproof housings, hardware, inverters, remote operating equipment, connectors, meters, disconnects, over current devices and battery storage (including any replacement or additional parts included from time to time) and, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to such residential photovoltaic system only, shall include the applicable Customer Agreement and PBI Documents related to such photovoltaic system and all other related rights, Permits and manufacturer, installer and other warranties applicable thereto.
“Project Documents” shall mean (a) each Customer Agreement (including any Payment Facilitation Agreement), (b) all PBI Documents and (c) each Master Turnkey Installation Agreement.
“Project Information” shall mean the information listed on Schedule A, as such schedule may be updated from time to time on each Available Borrowing Base Determination Date or in accordance with Section 2.05(e). For the avoidance of doubt, Project Information shall include (a) the zip code for each Eligible Project and (b) the estimated first-year energy generation data for each Eligible Project for the year commencing on the date such Eligible Project was granted permission to operate.
“Project Pool” shall mean the Projects owned by the Opcos.
“Project State” shall mean each state of the United States of America or Washington, D.C., to the extent approved under the applicable Tax Equity Documents.
“Projected Amortization Date” shall mean the date that principal amount of the Revolving Loans is projected to be paid in full in accordance with the Base Case Model based on a 100% cash sweep after the Maturity Date.
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“Prudent Industry Practices” shall mean, with respect to any Project, those practices, methods, acts, equipment, specifications and standards of safety and performance, as they may change from time to time, that (a) are commonly used to own, manage, repair, operate, maintain and improve distributed solar energy generating facilities and associated facilities of the type that are similar to such Project, safely, reliably, prudently and efficiently and in material compliance with applicable requirements of Law and manufacturer, installer and other warranties and (b) are consistent with the exercise of the reasonable judgment, skill, diligence, foresight and care expected of a distributed solar energy generating facility operator or manager in order to accomplish the desired result in material compliance with applicable safety standards, applicable requirements of Law, manufacturer, installer and other warranties and the applicable Customer Agreement, in each case, taking into account the location of such Project, including climatic, environmental and general conditions. “Prudent Industry Practices” are not intended to be limited to certain practices or methods to the exclusion of others, but are rather intended to include a broad range of acceptable practices, methods, equipment specifications and standards used in the photovoltaic solar power industry during the relevant time period.
“PTO Letter” shall mean, with respect to a Project, a permission to operate letter or its functional equivalent as issued by the connecting utility authorizing the operation of such Project.
“PUHCA” shall mean the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, and FERC’s regulations thereunder.
“Qualified Installer” shall mean Sponsor, an Affiliate of Sponsor or any other counterparty party to a Master Turnkey Installation Agreement.
“Qualified Owner” shall mean any Person that [***].
“Qualifying California Code” means (a) Cal. Pub. Util. Code §§ 2868-2869 as in effect as of the date of this Agreement or (b) Cal. Pub. Util. Code §§ 2868-2869 as in effect after the date of this Agreement, provided that such sections of the Cal. Pub. Util. Code remain substantially similar to Cal. Pub. Util. Code §§ 2868-2869 as in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
“Qualifying Facility” shall mean a “qualifying facility” as defined in the regulations of FERC at 18 C.F.R. § 292.101(b)(1) that also qualifies for the regulatory exemptions from the FPA set forth at 18 C.F.R. § 292.601(c), including the exemption from regulation under Sections 205 and 206 of the FPA set forth at 18 C.F.R. § 292.601(c)(1), the regulatory exemptions from PUHCA set forth at 18 C.F.R. § 292.602(b) and the exemptions from certain state laws and regulations set forth at 18 C.F.R. § 292.602(c).
“Quotation Day” shall mean the Interest Rate Determination Date, unless market practice differs in the London interbank market, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice in the London interbank market (and if
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quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the London interbank market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days).
“[***] Fund” shall mean the Partnership Flip Fund designated as the “[***] Fund” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e) as in effect on the Closing Date.
“REC” shall mean any credits, credit certificates, green tags or similar environmental or green energy attributes (such as those for greenhouse reduction or the generation of green power or renewable energy) created by a Governmental Authority and/or independent certification board or group generally recognized in the electric power generation industry, and generated by or associated with any Project or electricity produced therefrom, but specifically excluding any and all production tax credits, investment tax credits, grants in-lieu of tax credits and other tax benefits and any performance based incentives paid under a program maintained or administered by a utility or federal, state or local Governmental Authority.
“REC Contract” shall mean a contract for the purchase of RECs and/or the related Reporting Rights.
“REC Purchaser” shall mean the purchaser of RECs and/or the related Reporting Rights under a REC Contract.
“Recapture Period” shall mean, with respect to any Project, the period from the date such Project is Placed in Service through the fifth anniversary of such date.
“Recipient” shall mean (a) an Agent, (b) any Lender, (c) the Issuing Bank or (d) any other Secured Party, as applicable.
“Reference Banks” shall have the meaning given to it in the definition of LIBOR.
“Register” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.05(c).
“Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c)(ii) of the Agreement.
“Related Party” shall mean, with respect to any Person, each of such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” shall mean any disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, leaking, leaching, dumping, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying, seeping, migrating, placing and the like, into, under, through, or upon any land or water or air, or otherwise entering into the environment, or the threat thereof.
“Relevant Party” shall mean each of the Loan Parties, the Partnership Flip Opcos and the Inverted Lease Opcos.
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“Rents” shall mean the monies owed to the applicable Relevant Party by the Customers pursuant to the Customer Agreements, including any lease payments under any solar lease agreement and power purchase payments under any solar power service agreement or solar power purchase agreement that is a Customer Agreement.
“Replaced Hedge Provider” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.10(b).
“Replacement Hedge Provider” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.10(b).
“Reporting Right” shall mean the right of a Person that owns a REC to report that it owns such REC (i) to any Governmental Authority or other Person under any emissions trading or reporting program, public or private, having jurisdiction over, or otherwise charged with overseeing or reviewing the activities of, such Person in respect of such REC, and (ii) to Customers or potential customers for the purposes of marketing and advertising.
“Required Battery Reserve Amount” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Depository Agreement.
“Required Facility Lenders” shall mean, with respect to any Facility, at least two Lenders (or all Lenders if there is only one Lender), other than Defaulting Lenders, representing more than 50% of the undrawn Commitments, Loans and LC Exposure, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility.
“Required Lenders” shall mean at least two Lenders (or all Lenders if there is only one Lender), other than Defaulting Lenders, representing more than 50% of the aggregate amount of (and for the avoidance of doubt, taken together) undrawn Commitments, Loans and LC Exposure outstanding.
“Resignation Effective Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 11.06(a).
“Restricted Payment” shall mean any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to an owner of a beneficial interest in such Person or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of such Person.
“Revenue Account” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Revolving Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Loan Commitment, which as of the date hereof is as set forth on Schedule 2.01.
“Revolving Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01 of the Agreement.
“Revolving Loan Commitment” shall mean, as to each Lender, its obligation to make a Revolving Loan to the Borrower from time to time pursuant to Section 2.01 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party
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hereto or in the Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Loan Commitments shall not exceed $310,000,000, as such amount may increase from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Fee” shall mean the aggregate amount of all Daily Revolving Loan Commitment Fees due for the period for which such fees are payable pursuant to Section 4.06(a). All computations of Revolving Loan Commitment Fees for any period shall be based upon a year of 360 days.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.06(a).
“Sanctioned Country” shall mean any country or other territory subject to a general export, import, financial or investment embargo under any Sanctions, which, as of the date of this Agreement, include Cuba, Crimea, Iran, North Korea, North Sudan and Syria.
“Sanctions” shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by any Sanctions Authority.
“Sanctions Authority” shall mean (i) the United States, (ii) the United Nations Security Council, (iii) the European Union, (iv) the United Kingdom or (v) the respective governmental institutions of any of the foregoing including, without limitation, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury, the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of State and any other agency of the US government.
“Sanctions List” shall mean any of the lists of specifically designated nationals or designated or sanctioned individuals or entities (or equivalent) issued by any Sanctions Authority, each as amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time (including any the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury).
“Secured Hedge Provider” shall have the meaning given to it in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
“Secured Hedging Obligations” shall mean the obligations of the Borrower under the Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreements.
“Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement” shall mean each Interest Rate Hedging Agreement entered into by the Borrower with a Secured Hedge Provider.
“Secured Party” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
“Service Fees” shall have the meaning given to such term in the O&M Agreements.
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“Serial Defect” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Depository Agreement.
“Servicer Termination Event” shall mean:
(a) failure by Operator, Manager or Sponsor to make any payment, transfer or deposit (including payments from the General Account and payments to the Collections Account) required to be made under terms of Section 3.01, an O&M Agreement or the Management Agreement within three (3) Business Days of the date required;
(b) failure by the Manager to deliver the Manager’s report referred to in Section 6.01(a)(iii) or the Operator to deliver the Operator’s reports referred to in Section 6.01(a)(iv) within five (5) Business Days of date required to be delivered;
(c) an event of default (howsoever described) or right or cause to remove the Operator or Manager arises under an O&M Agreement or the Management Agreement;
(d) an event described in Section 10.01(e) or Section 10.01(f) occurs with respect to the Operator or Manager;
(e) any (i) representation or warranty made by the Operator or Manager in an O&M Agreement or the Management Agreement, or any Financial Statement or certificate, report or other writing furnished pursuant thereto, or (ii) certificate, report, any Financial Statement or other writing made or prepared by, under the control of or on behalf of the Operator or Manager shall prove to have been untrue or misleading in any material respect as of the date made; provided, however, that if any such misstatement is capable of being remedied and has not caused a Material Adverse Effect, the Operator or Manager (as applicable may correct such misstatement by curing such misstatement (or the effect thereof) and delivering a written correction of such misstatement, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, within thirty (30) days of (x) obtaining Knowledge of such misstatement or (y) receipt of written notice from a Relevant Party or the Administrative Agent of such default;
(f) the Operator or Manager ceases to be in business of monitoring or maintaining energy equipment of a type comparable to the Projects;
(g) at all times that the Sponsor is an Operator or Manager, an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing;
(h) the Debt Service Coverage Ratio is less than 1.05 to 1.00 on any Calculation Date; and
(i) termination of an O&M Agreement by a Tax Equity Opco (including the Tax Equity Class A Member on its behalf) other than at its normal expiry date in accordance with its terms.
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“Similar Law” shall mean the provisions under any federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other Laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of Title I of ERISA or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code.
“S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC, a subsidiary of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“Sponsor” shall have the meaning given to it in the Recitals.
“Sponsor Parties” shall mean the Sponsor and the Loan Parties.
“[***] Precedent Fund” shall mean that certain Partnership Flip Fund in respect of [***], in the role of Partnership Flip Opco, [***], in the role of Tax Equity Class A Member and [***], in the role of Tax Equity Holdco.
“Stated Amount” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit at any time, the total amount in U.S. Dollars available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time.
“Subsidiary” of a Person shall mean a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of the securities is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Substantial Completion” shall mean, with respect to a Project, “Substantial Completion” or any similar term, as such term is defined in the applicable Master Turnkey Installation Agreement, which standard shall at a minimum include the requirement that (a) such Project has achieved Installation Completion and the applicable building authority has satisfactorily completed any required inspection and (b) a meter test has been successfully completed to ensure that the Project is capable of producing electricity as expected.
“Swap Agreement” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.
“Swap Termination Payment” shall have the meaning given to it in the Depository Agreement.
“Target Flip Date” shall have, in respect of any IRR Partnership Flip Opco, the meaning given to the term “Target Flip Date” or to any other similarly defined term in the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreement of such IRR Partnership Flip Opco.
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“Tax Equity Account Agreement” shall mean any blocked account control agreement entered into by and between any Tax Equity Opco, the applicable Guarantor, and the Tax Equity Depository Bank.
“Tax Equity Characteristics” shall mean all of the characteristics and criteria set forth in Annex B and Annex C.
“Tax Equity Class A Member” shall mean, with respect to any Partnership Flip Opco, a member of such Partnership Flip Opco other than a Tax Equity Holdco.
“Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests” shall mean the outstanding class B membership interests or managing member interests (including all such Economic Interests and Voting Rights applicable to the managing member) issued by any Partnership Flip Opco.
“Tax Equity Depository Bank” shall mean [***], [***], or any other entity designated as a “Tax Equity Depository Bank” by the Borrower on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time accordance with Section 2.05(e), and any such Person’s successors and assigns as Tax Equity Depository Bank under each applicable Tax Equity Account Agreement.
“Tax Equity Documents” shall mean (i) for each Tax Equity Opco, the applicable Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement, Master Purchase Agreement, Master Lease, Tax Equity Opco O&M Agreement, Tax Equity Account Agreement, Partnership Flip Back-Up Servicing Agreement or Transition Management Agreement, as applicable, Tax Equity Guaranty, and any other documents reflecting an agreement between Sponsor (or any Affiliate of Sponsor) and any of the Tax Equity Class A Members relating to the applicable Tax Equity Class A Member’s investment in a Project or such Tax Equity Opco and (ii) with respect to any Wholly Owned Opco, either (A) the documents referred to in clause (i) prior to such date as the Wholly Owned Opco ceased to be a Tax Equity Opco or (B) if the Wholly Owned Opco was not previously a Tax Equity Opco, the documents referred to in clause (i) pursuant to which one or more Projects now owned by such Wholly Owned Opco were first acquired, which are listed for the applicable Wholly Owned Opco on Schedule 1.01(c).
“Tax Equity Fund Certificate” shall mean a certificate from an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit N delivered by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.05(a), Section 2.05(b) or Section 2.05(c).
“Tax Equity Guaranty” shall mean each guaranty issued by Sponsor, as guarantor in favor of the applicable Tax Equity Opco and the applicable Tax Equity Class A Member or Inverted Lease Tenant.
“Tax Equity Holdco” shall mean each entity designated as a “Tax Equity Holdco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e).
“Tax Equity Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreement” shall mean any Guaranty and Security Agreement, including all Accession Agreements thereto, executed by a Tax Equity Holdco in favor of
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the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on the Closing Date or any other date as may be required pursuant to Section 6.08(h).
“Tax Equity Holdco Membership Interests” shall mean the outstanding limited liability company interests issued by any Tax Equity Holdco (including all Economic Interests and Voting Rights).
“Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement” shall mean the respective limited liability company agreement or operating agreement of each Tax Equity Opco.
“Tax Equity Opco” shall mean (a) each Inverted Lease Opco and (b) each Partnership Flip Opco.
“Tax Equity Opco O&M Agreement” shall mean, collectively, any Lease O&M Agreement and any Partnership Flip O&M Agreement.
“Tax Exempt Person” shall mean (a) the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (b) any organization which is exempt from tax imposed by the Code (including any former tax-exempt organization within the meaning of section 168(h)(2)(E) of the Code), (c) any Person who is not a United States Person, (d) any Indian tribal government described in section 7701(a)(40) of the Code and (e) any “tax-exempt controlled entity” under section 168(h)(6)(F) of the Code; provided, however, that any such Person shall not be considered a Tax-Exempt Person to the extent that (i) the exception under section 168(h)(1)(D) of the Code applies with respect to the income from the Borrower for that Person, (ii) the Person is described within clause (c) of this definition, and the exception under section 168(h)(2)(B)(i) of the Code applies with respect to the income from the Borrower for that Person, or (iii) such Person avoids being a “tax-exempt controlled entity” under section 168(h)(6)(F) of the Code by making an election under section 168(h)(6)(F)(ii) of the Code. A Person shall cease to be a Tax Exempt Person if (i) such Person ceases to be a “tax-exempt entity” within the meaning of section 168(h)(2) of the Code or any successor provision thereto, by virtue of a change in such section or provision of the Code; or (ii) such Person ceases to be a “tax-exempt controlled entity” within the meaning of section 168(h)(6)(F) of the Code or any successor provision thereto, by virtue of a change in such section or provision of the Code.
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“Tracking Model” shall mean, with respect to an IRR Partnership Flip Fund, “Tracking Model” or any similar term, as such term is defined in the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the applicable IRR Partnership Flip Opco.
“Trade Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 12.05(b)(i)(B).
“Transaction Document” shall mean, collectively, each Loan Document and each Portfolio Document.
“Transfer Date Certificate” shall have the meaning given to “Executed Withdrawal/Transfer Certificate” in the Depository Agreement.
“Transition Management Agreement” shall mean, collectively, (i) any Wholly Owned Opco Transition Management Agreement, (ii) any Lease Transition Management Agreement and (iii) any Partnership Flip Transition Management Agreement.
“Transition Manager” shall mean [***], [***] or any entity designated as a “Transition Manager” by the Borrower on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time accordance with Section 2.05(e), and any such Person’s successors and assigns as Transition Manager under each applicable Transition Management Agreement.
“Type” when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall mean the LIBO Rate and the Base Rate.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
“[***] Fund” shall mean the Partnership Flip Fund designated as the “[***] Fund” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e) as in effect on the Closing Date.
“U.S. Person” shall mean any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.09(e)(ii)(B)(III).
“Voting Rights” s hall mean the right, directly or indirectly, to vote on or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person in ordinary and extraordinary matters through the ownership of voting securities; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed to hold Voting Rights if by contract or by order, decree or regulation of any Governmental Authority, such Person has effectively ceded or been divested of the power to exercise such vote on, or cause the direction of, such management and policies.
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“Wholly Owned Holdco” shall mean each entity designated as a “Wholly Owned Holdco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Wholly Owned Holdco Guaranty and Security Agreement” shall mean any Guaranty and Security Agreement, including all Accession Agreements thereto, executed by a Wholly Owned Holdco in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as and when may be required pursuant to Section 6.08(h) and in the form of Exhibit O.
“Wholly Owned Holdco Membership Interests” shall mean all of the outstanding membership interests issued by a Wholly Owned Holdco (including all Economic Interests and Voting Rights).
“Wholly Owned Opco” shall mean each entity designated as a “Wholly Owned Opco” by the Borrower on Schedule 5.03(e), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Wholly Owned Opco Back-Up Servicing Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Wholly Owned Opco, (a) the Back-Up Servicing Agreement, to be entered into in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among Back-Up Servicer, Borrower, Sponsor, Operator, the Administrative Agent and the Other Administrative Agent and identified by the Borrower as a Wholly Owned Opco Back-Up Servicing Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with a replacement back-up servicer in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the Wholly Owned Opco Back-Up Servicing Agreement (from and following the date that such agreement becomes effective).
“Wholly Owned Opco Certificate” shall mean a certificate from an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit P delivered by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.05(d).
“Wholly Owned Opco Deposit Accounts” shall mean those accounts subject to an Account Control Agreement.
“Wholly Owned Opco Documents” shall mean, for each Wholly Owned Opco, the applicable Wholly Owned Opco Limited Liability Company Agreement and each other document designated as a “Wholly Owned Opco Document” by the Borrower on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e).
“Wholly Owned Opco Guaranty and Security Agreement” shall mean any Guaranty and Security Agreement, including all Accession Agreements thereto, executed by a Wholly Owned Opco in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as and when may be required pursuant to Section 6.08(h) and in the form of Exhibit Q.
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“Wholly Owned Opco Limited Liability Company Agreement” shall mean the respective limited liability company agreement or operating agreement of each Wholly Owned Opco.
“Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests” shall mean all of the outstanding membership interests issued by a Wholly Owned Opco (including all Economic Interests and Voting Rights).
“Wholly Owned Opco O&M Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Wholly Owned Opco, (a) a Master Operation and Maintenance Agreement by and between a Wholly Owned Opco and Operator and identified by the Borrower as a Wholly Owned Opco O&M Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with an Operator in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the Wholly Owned Opco Back-Up Servicing Agreement or Transition Management Agreement, as applicable (from and following the date that any such agreement becomes effective).
“Wholly Owned Opco Representations” shall mean the representations set forth in the applicable Wholly Owned Opco Certificate.
“Wholly Owned Opco Transition Management Agreement” shall mean, with respect to each Wholly Owned Opco, (a) the Transition Management Agreement, to be entered into in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among Transition Manager, the Wholly Owned Opco, Sponsor, Operator, the Administrative Agent and the Other Administrative Agent and identified by the Borrower as a Wholly Owned Opco Transition Management Agreement on Schedule 1.01(a), as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05(e) and (b) each replacement for such agreement in a form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent entered into with a replacement transition manager in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and the Wholly Owned Opco Transition Management Agreement (from and following the date that such agreement becomes effective).
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Section 1.02 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined herein and accounting terms partly defined herein, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP as in effect from time to time;
(c) “or” is not exclusive;
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(d) “including” shall mean including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
(f) all references to “$” are to United States dollars unless otherwise stated;
(g) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to in this Agreement or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns; and
(h) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
Section 1.03 Time of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.04 Class of Loan. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by class (“Class”). The “Class” of a Loan refers to whether such Loan is a Revolving Loan or an LC Loan and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Loan Commitment or a LC Commitment.
ARTICLE II
THE LOANS
Section 2.01 Revolving Loans.
(a) On the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter during the Availability Period, but no more than once a month during the Availability Period, the Borrower may request a loan (a “Revolving Loan”) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the total aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of all Revolving Lenders by submitting a Borrowing Notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.01(c). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees severally, and not jointly, to make such Revolving Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed its Revolving Loan Commitment. Any Revolving Loan requested under this Section 2.01 shall be made by the Revolving Lenders ratably in proportion to their respective share of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments; provided that the disbursement of such Revolving Loan shall not result in the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding at any time, after giving effect to such Revolving Loan, exceeding the lesser of (i) the total aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of all Revolving Lenders and the (ii) the Available Borrowing Base, after giving effect
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to such Revolving Loan. Each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment shall expire on the last day of the Availability Period after giving effect to any funding of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment on such date. The Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or LIBO Rate Loans.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the terms of any Revolving Loan to be made hereunder on any Advance Date shall be the same as the terms of the Revolving Loans of the same Type outstanding at such time and shall constitute one tranche with, and be the same Class as, the Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date or any other Advance Date that are of the same Type.
(c) The Borrower shall deliver a Borrowing Notice to the Administrative Agent for its approval no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least five (5) Business Days in advance of the proposed funding date (which may be the Closing Date) (or such shorter timeframe as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion); provided, that the first such Borrowing Notice delivered following the date of this Agreement may be delivered at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed funding date. Each such Borrowing Notice shall be irrevocable, shall be signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and shall specify the following information in compliance with this Section 2.01:
(i) the principal amount of Revolving Loans to be borrowed (which shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining available Revolving Loan Commitments) and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount or, if less, the remaining available Revolving Loan Commitment);
(ii) the applicable date of the funding of such Revolving Loan (an “Advance Date”), which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) the account(s) to which the proceeds of such Revolving Loan are to be disbursed (if applicable);
(iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed; and
(v) certifying that (i) after giving effect to the proposed borrowing, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding will not be greater than the Available Borrowing Base calculated as of such date and (ii) each of the conditions set forth in Section 9.01 will be satisfied on the Closing Date or each of the conditions set forth in Section 9.02 will be satisfied on the date of any subsequent Advance Date.
(vi) If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Borrowing Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Each such continuation
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shall be made pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Loans comprising the continued Borrowing.
(d) Provided the Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable Borrowing Notice by no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on an applicable Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Revolving Lender of its pro rata share of the applicable Revolving Loan (determined as the percentage which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments) no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Borrowing Notice.
(e) The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans borrowed under this Section 2.01 solely (i) to pay a distribution to the Sponsor in reimbursement of the Sponsor for capital costs associated with the deployment of the applicable Project Pool, (ii) to pay the fees due pursuant to each Fee Letter and the Loan Documents and costs and expenses incurred pursuant to the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with this financing, (iii) to pay existing Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries included in the Project Pool and (iv) to fund the Debt Service Reserve Account.
(f) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (including the prior satisfaction or waiver of the applicable conditions precedent under Article IX), each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent (or such Person or account directed by the Administrative Agent) not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the applicable funding date by wire transfer of same day funds, in Dollars to such account specified by the Administrative Agent (which may include the Funding Account). Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, the Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to the Borrower on the applicable funding date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received into such account from the Revolving Lenders by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such date to be credited to the account of the Borrower designated in the Borrowing Notice delivered pursuant to Sections 2.01(c) and 2.01(d). The proceeds of a Revolving Loan funded on the Closing Date shall be made available to the Borrower in accordance with the Closing Date Funds Flow Memorandum. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01 may be prepaid and reborrowed.
(g) The Borrower may, from time to time upon at least five (5) Business Days’ notice, permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment by the amount specified in such notice.
Section 2.02 Letters of Credit.
(a) Issuance.
(i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of, and the Issuing Bank hereby agrees to issue Letters of
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Credit, for the Borrower’s account, at any time during the LC Availability Period solely for the purposes of satisfying the Debt Service Reserve Required Amount (and the Issuing Bank shall refuse to issue a Letter of Credit for any other purpose). Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the total aggregate LC Commitment and at any time the LC Exposure of all LC Lenders at such time shall not exceed the total aggregate LC Commitment of all LC Lenders. The Issuing Bank will make available to the beneficiary thereof the original of the Letter of Credit issued by it hereunder and any subsequent modifications or amendments thereto.
(ii) Immediately upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) by the Issuing Bank and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the LC Lenders, each LC Lender shall be deemed to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from the Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such LC Lender’s pro rata share (determined as the percentage which such LC Lender’s LC Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate LC Commitments) of the Stated Amount under such Letter of Credit.
(iii) Each Letter of Credit shall (A) be denominated in Dollars, (B) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the 5th anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the Maturity Date and (C) be issued subject to “Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits” (2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce, Publication No. 600 or “International Standby Practices 1998”, International Chamber of Commerce, Publication No. 590, as mutually agreed between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank.
(b) Notice of LC Activity.
(i) Subject to Section 2.02(d), the Borrower may request (A) the issuance or extension of any Letter of Credit and (B) any decrease or increase in the Stated Amount thereof by delivering to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank an irrevocable written notice in the form of Exhibit C-2, appropriately completed (a “Notice of LC Activity”), which shall specify, among other things: the particulars of the Letter of Credit to be issued, extended or amended, including the (1) the proposed issuance, extension or amendment date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (2) the requested Stated Amount of the Letter of Credit or the amount by which such Stated Amount is to be decreased or increased (as applicable), (3) the expiry date thereof; (4) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (5) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (6) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (7) and, in the case of an amendment, the Letter of Credit to be amended, the nature of the amendment and the written confirmation of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit confirming a decrease or increase in the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit; provided, however, that in no instance may any request for a Letter of Credit or the increase in the Stated Amount of a
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Letter of Credit cause the LC Exposure of all LC Lenders to exceed the total aggregate LC Commitment. The Borrower shall deliver the Notice of LC Activity to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Issuing Bank) by 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days before the date of issuance, extension, increase or decrease of the Stated Amount of the Letter of Credit. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance, extension or amendment, including any LC Documents, as such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any LC Application, the applicable Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such LC Application from the Borrower and, if not, such Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Upon receipt by such Issuing Bank of confirmation from the Administrative Agent that the requested issuance or amendment is permitted in accordance with the terms hereof, then, upon (x) the amendment date, in the case of a requested increase or decrease of the Stated Amount under a Letter of Credit, or (y) the date specified as being the date requested for issuance or extension, in the case of the issuance or extension of a Letter of Credit, in each case as the applicable date is specified in such Notice of LC Activity, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (including Section 2.02(d) and the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 9.03), the Issuing Bank shall, by amendment to the Letter of Credit, adjust the Stated Amount thereof downward or upward, as applicable, to reflect the decrease or increase, as applicable, or issue or extend the Letter of Credit, in each case as specified in such Notice of LC Activity. Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit by the Issuing Bank or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit, (1) the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such issuance, extension or amendment and (2) the Administrative Agent shall then promptly notify each applicable LC Lender of such issuance, extension or amendment and each such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit and the amount of each applicable LC Lender’s respective participation in such Letter of Credit.
(c) Drawing Payment, Funding of Participations, Funding LC Loans and Reimbursement.
(i) The Issuing Bank shall, within a reasonable time following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit so as to ascertain whether such documents appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. Any Drawing Payment with respect to a Letter of Credit shall reduce the Stated Amount thereof dollar for dollar. As between Borrower and Issuing Bank, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank, by the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit.
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In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Bank, including any acts or omissions by any Governmental Authority; none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by Issuing Bank under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not give rise to any liability on the part of Issuing Bank to Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.02(c)(i), Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against Issuing Bank for any liability arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(ii) If the Issuing Bank shall make any Drawing Payment, it shall provide notice thereof to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed telecopy) (provided that the failure to deliver such notice shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank in accordance with this Agreement), that such Drawing Payment has been made and the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Bank in respect of such Drawing Payment by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such Drawing Payment and any interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.02(g) not later than 11:00 a.m., on the Business Day (the “Reimbursement Date”) that is one Business Day following the date on which the Drawing Payment is made; provided, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, unless Borrower shall have notified Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date such Drawing Payment is made that Borrower intends to reimburse the Issuing Bank for the amount of such Drawing Payment with funds other than the proceeds of LC Loans, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested on the date that such Drawing
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Payment is made that its obligation to reimburse such Drawing Payment be financed by the LC Lenders through a borrowing of LC Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount of such Drawing Payment and each LC Lender shall, on the Reimbursement Date with respect to such Drawing Payment make loans (“LC Loans”) ratably (based on the percentage which such LC Lender’s LC Commitment then constitutes of the total aggregate LC Commitments) in an aggregate amount equal to such Drawing Payment, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and provided further, if for any reason proceeds of LC Loans are not received by the Issuing Bank on the date of such Drawing Payment in an amount equal to the amount of such Drawing Payment, Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such Drawing Payment over the aggregate amount of such applicable LC Loans, if any, which are so received. All such Loans shall be secured by the Collateral Documents as if made directly to the Borrower and shall initially be Base Rate Loans until converted in accordance with Section 2.03. LC Loans that have been repaid may not be re-borrowed.
(iii) Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each LC Lender shall be deemed to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such LC Lender’s pro rata share (determined as the percentage which such LC Lender’s LC Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate LC Commitments) of the maximum amount which is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder. In the event that the Borrower shall fail for any reason to reimburse the Issuing Bank as provided in clause (ii) above on the applicable Reimbursement Date, the (A) Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the unreimbursed amount of such Drawing Payment with respect to a Letter of Credit and each LC Lender’s respective participation therein and (B) then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each LC Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such Drawing Payment with respect to a Letter of Credit and such LC Lender’s respective participation therein. Each LC Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such LC Lender’s pro rata share (determined as the percentage which such LC Lender’s LC Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate LC Commitments) of each such Drawing Payment on a Letter of Credit within one Business Day after receiving notice. Each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. In the event that any LC Lender fails to make available to Issuing Bank on such business day the amount of such LC Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.02(c)(iii), Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Issuing Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at LIBOR. Nothing in this Section 2.02(c)(iii) shall be deemed to prejudice
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the right of any LC Lender to recover from Issuing Bank any amounts made available by such LC Lender to Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.02(c)(iii) in the event that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in respect of which payment was made by such LC Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Issuing Bank. In the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other LC Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.02(c)(iii) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall distribute to each LC Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.02(c)(iii) with respect to such honored drawing such LC Lender’s pro rata share (determined as the percentage which such LC Lender’s participation in the reimbursed Drawing Payment then constitutes of the aggregate reimbursed Drawing Payment) of all payments subsequently received by Issuing Bank from Borrower in reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall be made to an LC Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on Appendix B or at such other address as such Lender may request.
In the event the Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by the applicable LC Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.02(c)(iii) for all or any portion of any Drawing Payment, the Issuing Bank shall distribute to each applicable LC Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.02(c)(iii) such LC Lender’s pro rata share (determined as the percentage which such LC Lender’s participation in the reimbursed Drawing Payment then constitutes of the aggregate reimbursed Drawing Payment) of all payments subsequently received by the Issuing Bank from Borrower in reimbursement of such applicable Drawing Payment when such payments are received.
(d) Other Reductions of Stated Amount; Cancellation or Return.
(i) The Borrower may, from time to time upon five (5) Business Days’ notice and the delivery of a Notice of LC Activity pursuant to clause (b) above to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the LC Lenders, (1) permanently reduce the total aggregate LC Commitment or (2) permanently or temporarily reduce the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit, in each case by the amount of $50,000, or an integral multiple thereof, or, the Borrower may, from time to time upon five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the LC Lenders, cancel any Letter of Credit in its entirety; provided, however, (x) so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that no reduction or cancellation would result in the amounts available under the Debt Service Reserve Account being less than the Debt Service Reserve Required Amount at such time or cause a violation of any provision of this Agreement or a breach of any provision of any other Loan Document and (y) in respect of a reduction or cancelation of an issued Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the applicable beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, confirming such reduction or cancellation. Additionally, the LC Commitment shall automatically reduce on each Payment Date occurring after the
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expiration of the Availability Period, in each case in an amount such that, the remaining LC Commitment is equal to the largest forecasted amount of scheduled interest and principal payable under the Loan Documents over any consecutive six-month period between such date and the Maturity Date; provided that, the Stated Amount under the issued Letters of Credit shall automatically reduce so that, the aggregate Stated Amount of all issued and outstanding Letters of Credit is equal to the remaining LC Commitments. The total aggregate LC Commitment shall not be reduced if the effect thereof would be to cause the LC Exposure of all LC Lenders to exceed the total aggregate LC Commitment. Upon the expiration or cancelation of a Letter of Credit, the Stated Amount in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be permanently reduced to zero.
(ii) Once reduced or cancelled solely pursuant to clause (i) above, the total aggregate LC Commitment may not be increased.
(iii) Concurrently with the repayment of any Drawing Payment (other than by the LC Lenders with the proceeds of LC Loans) or any LC Loan, the aggregate LC Commitments shall reduce in an amount equal to such repayment ratably to each applicable LC Lender’s LC Commitment.
(iv) Any reductions to the total aggregate LC Commitment shall be applied ratably to each applicable LC Lender’s LC Commitment.
(v) The Letters of Credit shall expire on their respective Expiration Dates, or on such earlier date if canceled pursuant to the terms of the Agreement or the applicable Letter of Credit.
(e) Commercial Practices; Obligations Absolute. The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to the use of such Letter of Credit. The obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any Drawing Payments and to repay any Loans made by the applicable LC Lenders pursuant to Section 2.02(c) and the obligations of the applicable LC Lenders under Section 2.02(c) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances regardless of: (i) the use which may be made of the Letters of Credit or for any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (ii) any reference which may be made to the Agreement or to the Letters of Credit in any agreements, instruments or other documents; (iii) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents (including the Agreement) other than the Letters of Credit, or of any endorsement(s) thereon, which appear on their face to be valid, sufficient or genuine, as the case may be, even if such documents should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged or any statement therein prove to be untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (iv) payment by the Issuing Bank against presentation of documents which do not strictly comply with the terms of the Letters of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference
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or adequate reference to such Letters of Credit so long as such documents substantially comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit; (v) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any terms of any of the Loan Documents; (vi) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with the Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Loan Documents, or in any unrelated transaction; (vii) any breach of contract or dispute among or between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any other Person; (viii) any demand, statement, certificate, draft or other document presented under the Letters of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (ix) any extension of time for or delay, renewal or compromise of or other indulgence or modification to a Drawing Payment or a Loan granted or agreed to by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any applicable Lender in accordance with the terms of the Agreement; (x) any failure to preserve or protect any Collateral, any failure to perfect or preserve the perfection of any Lien thereon, or the release of any of the Collateral securing the performance or observance of the terms of this the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; or (xi) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under the Letters of Credit, except that, in each case, payment by Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank under the circumstances in question as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(f) Indemnification. Without duplication of any obligation of Borrower under Section 4.06, in addition to amounts payable as provided herein, Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless Issuing Bank from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel) which Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by Issuing Bank, other than as a result of (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (2) the wrongful dishonor by Issuing Bank of a proper demand for payment made under any Letter of Credit issued by it, or (ii) the failure of Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit as a result of any act or omission by any Governmental Authority.
(g) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any Drawing Payment, then, unless Borrower shall reimburse such Drawing Payment in full on the date such Drawing Payment is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such Drawing Payment is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such Drawing Payment in full, at a rate equal to LIBOR, in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank.
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Section 2.03 Computation of Interest and Fees.
(a) Interest Rate. Subject to Section 4.05(b), interest shall accrue on each Loan (including interest accruing after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding under applicable Bankruptcy Law) from the day on which the Loan is made until, but not including the day on which the Loan is paid at the Applicable Interest Rate; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 4.01(b), bear interest for one day.
(b) Interest Computations. All computations of interest on any LIBO Loan hereunder shall include the first day but exclude the last day of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing and shall be based upon a year of 360 days. All computations of interest on any Base Rate Loan hereunder shall be based upon a year of 365/366 days. The Applicable Interest Rate for each Interest Period or day within an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) Interest Account and Interest Computations. The Administrative Agent shall record in an account or accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent on its books (i) the Applicable Interest Rates for the Loans; (ii) the date and amount of each principal and interest payment on each Loan; and (iii) such other information as the Administrative Agent may determine is necessary for the computation of interest payable by the Borrower hereunder consistent with the basis hereof. The Borrower agrees that all computations by the Administrative Agent of interest shall be deemed prima facie to be correct in the absence of manifest error.
(d) After giving effect to the Loans, all conversions of the Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of the Loans of the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect at any one time with respect to the Loans.
(e) Interest Period Elections. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
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Agent in its sole discretion). Each such electronic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic communication to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in the form of Exhibit A-3 (to the extent such election was not originally in the Borrowing Notice).
(g) Content of Interest Election Requests. Each electronically communicated Interest Election Request shall specify the following information:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified in clause (iii) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day; and
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or a Borrowing of LIBO Loans.
(h) Notice by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(i) Failure to Elect; Events of Default. If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely and complete Interest Election Request with respect to a Borrowing of LIBO Loans prior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall be continued as a Borrowing of LIBO Loans. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing, (A) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Borrowing of LIBO Loans and (B) unless repaid, each Borrowing of LIBO Loans shall be converted to a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans at the end of the Interest Period therefor.
Section 2.04 Evidence of Debt. The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon
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the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 (in the case of a Revolving Loan) and Exhibit H-2 (in the case of a LC Loan), (each, a “Note”), which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
Section 2.05 Addition of Funds.
(a) After the Closing Date, the Borrower may directly or indirectly through a Tax Equity Holdco acquire or form a Partnership Flip Fund that is substantially similar to a Precedent Partnership Flip Fund subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(a)(i) and the approval of the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(ii).
(i) The Borrower shall have delivered the following to the Administrative Agent:
(A) a Tax Equity Fund Certificate along with copies of each of the documents and other items described therein with respect to such Partnership Flip Fund and certifying that:
(I) each such Tax Equity Fund Certificate and each copy of the documents and other items described therein provided to the Administrative Agent is a true, correct and complete copy of such document or item (and includes all schedules, exhibits, attachments, supplements and amendments thereto and any related protocols or side letters);
(II) the structure of such Partnership Flip Fund is substantially similar to that of a Precedent Partnership Flip Fund;
(III) the Tax Equity Documents of such Partnership Flip Fund (including any amendments or modifications thereto) are substantially similar in form and substance to the corresponding Tax Equity Documents (including any amendments or modifications thereto with respect to any such Tax Equity Documents relating to the [***] Fund, the [***] Fund or the [***] Fund) of one Precedent Partnership Flip Fund; and
(IV) such Partnership Flip Fund meets the Tax Equity Characteristics;
(B) if the Partnership Flip Fund proposed is an IRR Partnership Flip Fund, an audit of the financial model for such IRR Partnership Flip Fund by the Model Auditor; and
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(C) if such acquisition or formation will occur after the Exhibit S Effective Date, a report from the Insurance Consultant with respect to the insurance requirements of such Partnership Flip Fund.
(ii) If the Borrower satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(a)(i) and the Administrative Agent confirms in writing to the Borrower that (A) in consultation with counsel, that the Tax Equity Documents of such Partnership Flip Fund are substantially similar in form and substance to the corresponding Tax Equity Documents of a Precedent Partnership Flip Fund, (B) if such acquisition or formation will occur after the Exhibit S Effective Date, the Administrative Agent has received a report from the Insurance Consultant in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (C) if applicable, the results of the audit delivered pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i)(B) are in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Model Auditor), then the Borrower may form or acquire such Partnership Flip Fund notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 7.12(b). The Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the confirmation set forth in this Section 2.05(a)(ii) within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the items described in Section 2.05(a)(i); provided, that, if the Administrative Agent is not able to provide such confirmation within such initial ten (10) Business Day period, it will notify the Borrower in writing on or before such tenth (10th) Business Day (A) that it is not be able to provide such confirmation within such initial ten (10) Business Day period and of the reason that it is not be able to provide such confirmation and (B) if applicable, the number of additional Business Days beyond such initial ten (10) Business Day period that Administrative Agent believes, in good faith, it will require in order to provide such confirmation; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver any confirmations in accordance with the immediately preceding proviso shall not subject the Administrative Agent to any liability or recourse.
(b) After the Closing Date, the Borrower may directly or indirectly through a Tax Equity Holdco acquire or form a Partnership Flip Fund that does not meet the requirements of Section 2.05(a)(i) or an Inverted Lease Fund subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(b)(i) and the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(iii).
(i) The Borrower shall have delivered the following to the Administrative Agent:
(A) a Tax Equity Fund Certificate along with copies of each of the documents and other items described therein with respect to such Inverted Lease Fund or Partnership Flip Fund and certifying that:
(I) each such Tax Equity Fund Certificate and each copy of the documents and other items described therein provided to the Administrative
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Agent is a true, correct and complete copy of such document or item (and includes all schedules, exhibits, attachments, supplements and amendments thereto and any related protocols or side letters); and
(II) such Inverted Lease Fund or Partnership Flip Fund meets the Tax Equity Characteristics or, to the extent such Inverted Lease Fund or Partnership Flip Fund does not meet a Tax Equity Characteristic, a description of each deviation;
(B) if the Partnership Flip Fund proposed is an IRR Partnership Flip Fund, an audit of the financial model for such IRR Partnership Flip Fund by the Model Auditor; and
(C) if such acquisition or formation will occur after the Exhibit S Effective Date, a report from the Insurance Consultant with respect to the insurance requirements of such Partnership Flip Fund or Inverted Lease Fund.
(ii) Upon satisfaction by the Borrower of the requirements of Section 2.05(b)(i), the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall (A) conduct due diligence with respect to such proposed Partnership Flip Fund or Inverted Lease Fund, (B) if such acquisition or formation will occur after the Exhibit S Effective Date, determine whether the report of the Insurance Consultant is satisfactory in form and substance and (C) if applicable, determine (in consultation with the Model Auditor) whether the results of any audit delivered pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i)(B) are satisfactory. The Borrower shall deliver any documentation or information as the Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably requests.
(iii) If the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders determine, acting reasonably and in consultation with their counsel and advisors, that the proposed Partnership Flip Fund or Inverted Lease Fund is acceptable, then the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall notify the Borrower in writing of such determination and the Borrower may, notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 7.12(b), form or acquire such Partnership Flip Fund or Inverted Lease Fund. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make the determinations set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(iii) within 30 days of receipt of the items described in Section 2.05(b)(i); provided that the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s failure to make such determination within such 30-day period shall not subject the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any liability or recourse.
(c) After the Closing Date, the Borrower may directly or indirectly acquire or form a tax equity investment fund that is not a Partnership Flip Fund or an Inverted Lease Fund subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(c)(i) and the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 2.05(c)(iii).
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(i) The Borrower shall deliver the following to the Administrative Agent:
(A) a Tax Equity Fund Certificate along with copies of each of the documents and other items described therein with respect to such tax equity investment fund and certifying that such Tax Equity Fund Certificate and each copy of the documents and other items described therein provided to the Administrative Agent is a true, correct and complete copy of such document or item (and includes all schedules, exhibits, attachments, supplements and amendments thereto and any related protocols or side letters);
(B) if relevant, an audit of the financial model for such tax equity investment fund by the Model Auditor; and
(C) if such acquisition or formation will occur after the Exhibit S Effective Date, a report from the Insurance Consultant with respect to the insurance requirements of such tax equity investment fund.
(ii) Upon satisfaction by the Borrower of the requirements of Section 2.05(c)(i), the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall (A) conduct due diligence with respect to such proposed tax equity investment fund, (B) if such acquisition or formation will occur after the Exhibit S Effective Date, determine whether the report of the Insurance Consultant is satisfactory in form and substance and (C) if applicable, determine (in consultation with the Model Auditor) whether the results of any audit delivered pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i)(B) are satisfactory. The Borrower shall deliver any documentation or information as the Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably requests.
(iii) If the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders determine, acting reasonably and in consultation with their counsel and advisors, that the proposed tax equity investment fund is acceptable, then the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall notify the Borrower in writing of such determination and the Borrower may, notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 7.12(b), form or acquire such tax equity investment fund. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall use reasonable efforts to make the determinations set forth in this Section 2.05(c)(iii) within 45 days of receipt of the items described in Section 2.05(c)(i); provided that the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s failure to make such determination within such 45-day period shall not subject the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any liability or recourse.
(d) After the Closing Date, the Borrower may (i) acquire or form one or more Wholly Owned Holdcos (which own or will own Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests) and/or (ii) acquire or form through such Wholly Owned Holdco one or more Wholly Owned Opcos, provided that at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the proposed date of acquisition of such Wholly Owned Holdco or
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Wholly Owned Opco, as applicable, the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a Wholly Owned Opco Certificate along with copies of each of the documents and other items described therein with respect to such Wholly Owned Holdco and/or Wholly Owned Opco and certifying that:
(A) such Wholly Owned Opco Certificate and each copy of the documents and other items described therein provided to the Administrative Agent is a true, correct and complete copy of such document or item (and includes all schedules, exhibits, attachments, supplements and amendments thereto and any related protocols or side letters);
(B) either (I) such Wholly Owned Opco shall have been a Tax Equity Opco and met the Tax Equity Characteristics prior to the proposed indirect acquisition thereof by the Borrower or (II) if such Wholly Owned Opco was not a Tax Equity Opco, the acquisition of such Wholly Owned Opco has been approved by the Required Lenders (acting in their sole discretion);
(C) each of the Wholly Owned Opco Representations is true, complete and correct with respect to such Wholly Owned Opco; and
(D) if such Wholly Owned Opco was not a Tax Equity Opco and if such acquisition will occur after the Exhibit S Effective Date, a report from the Insurance Consultant with respect to the insurance requirements of the Wholly Owned Opco Documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
(e) Simultaneously with any acquisition or formation by the Borrower of a Partnership Flip Fund, an Inverted Lease Fund, any other tax equity investment fund, a Wholly Owned Holdco or a Wholly Owned Opco pursuant to Section 2.05, each of the following shall be updated automatically without any further action by the Parties hereto, in each case as set forth in the applicable Tax Equity Fund Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.05(a), Section 2.05(b) or Section 2.05(c) or the applicable Wholly Owned Opco Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.05(d): (i) Schedule 5.03(e) and Schedule 5.03(f) to include the new Relevant Parties, (ii) Schedule 1.01(a) to include any Tax Equity Documents and/or Wholly Owned Opco Documents of the new Relevant Parties, as applicable, (iii) Schedule A to include any Project Information in respect of the new Relevant Parties, (iv) Schedule 1.01(b) to include any new manufacturer in respect of Projects purchased or leased by the new Opcos that was not an Approved Manufacturer prior to such acquisition or formation pursuant to this Section 2.05 that has been approved by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Independent Engineer and (v) Annex A to include the sections of each applicable Tax Equity Limited Liability Company Agreement pursuant to which capital contributions that are eligible to be treated as Excess Capital Contributions were contributed.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.05, to the extent any Partnership Flip Fund, Inverted Lease Fund, any other tax equity investment fund or a Wholly Owned Opco proposed to be acquired or formed by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.05 involves the purchase or lease of a Project by the applicable Opco that is subject to, or has received, a Grant, the consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for the Borrower to acquire or form such Partnership Flip Fund, Inverted Lease Fund, any other tax equity investment fund or a Wholly Owned Opco pursuant to this Section 2.05.
Section 2.06 Increase in the Aggregate Commitments.
(a) The Borrower may at any time prior to September 23, 2018, on no more than two occasions prior to such date, by notice to the Administrative Agent, request that (i) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment be increased by an amount of $5,000,000 or integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (each, a “Revolving Loan Commitment Increase”) and (ii) the aggregate amount of the LC Commitment be increased by an amount of $1,000,000 or integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (each, a “LC Commitment Increase”), each such increase to be effective on or before September 23, 2018 as specified in the related notice to the Administrative Agent (each such date, a “Commitment Increase Date”); provided, however, that (x) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment Increases exceed $290,000,000, (y) in no event shall the aggregate amount of the LC Commitment Increases exceed $13,000,000 and (z) on the date of any request by the Borrower for a Commitment Increase and on the related Commitment Increase Date, the conditions set forth in Section 9.04 shall be satisfied. The Borrower may simultaneously request one or more of the Lenders to increase the amount of its applicable Commitment and/or arrange for one or more banks or financial institutions not a party hereto to become parties to and Lenders under this Agreement, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify such of the Lenders and one or more Eligible Assignees as are identified by the Borrower to receive the invitation to participate in the requested Commitment Increase, which notice shall include (i) the proposed amount of such requested Commitment Increase, (ii) the proposed Commitment Increase Date and (iii) the date by which such Lenders or Eligible Assignees (each such Eligible Assignee, an “Assuming Lender”) wishing to participate in the applicable Commitment Increase must commit to increase the amount of their respective Commitments or to establish their respective Commitments, as the case may be (the “Commitment Date”); provided, however, that with respect to a Revolving Loan Commitment Increase, the Revolving Loan Commitment of each such Eligible Assignee shall be in an amount of $5,000,000 or more. Each Lender that is willing to participate in such requested Commitment Increase (each an “Increasing Lender”) shall, in its sole discretion, give written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Commitment Date of the amount by which it is willing to increase its applicable Commitment. The requested Commitment Increase shall be allocated among the Lenders willing to participate therein
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and the Assuming Lenders in such amounts as are agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(c) On each Commitment Increase Date, each Assuming Lender shall become a Lender party to this Agreement as of such Commitment Increase Date and the applicable Commitment of each Increasing Lender for such requested Commitment Increase shall be so increased by such amount (or by the amount allocated to such Lender pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.06(b)) as of such Commitment Increase Date; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before such Commitment Increase Date the following, each dated such date:
(i) a document from Sponsor in the form of Exhibit R (A) certifying that the representations and warranties made by Sponsor in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) on and as of such Commitment Increase 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 (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of such earlier date and (B) acknowledging the applicable Commitment Increase for all purposes hereunder and under the Loan Documents;
(ii) a consent of the Guarantors;
(iii) an assumption agreement from each Assuming Lender, if any, in form and substance satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (each an “Assumption Agreement”), duly executed by such Eligible Assignee, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; and
(iv) confirmation from each Increasing Lender of the increase in the amount of its Commitment in a writing satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
On each Commitment Increase Date, upon fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(a) and in the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 2.06(c), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders (including, without limitation, each Assuming Lender) and the Borrower of the occurrence of the applicable Commitment Increase to be effected on such Commitment Increase Date and shall record in the Register the relevant information with respect to each Increasing Lender and each Assuming Lender on such date. With respect to a Revolving Loan Commitment Increase, if any Revolving Loans are outstanding on such Commitment Increase Date, the Revolving Lenders immediately after effectiveness of such Revolving Loan Commitment Increase shall purchase and assign at par such amounts of the Revolving Loans outstanding at such time as the Administrative Agent may require such that each Revolving Lender holds its pro rata share of all Revolving Loans outstanding after giving effect to all such assignments.
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ARTICLE III
ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
Section 3.01 Deposits to Collections Account.
(a) The Borrower shall cause the Manager to deposit all Collections with respect to the Wholly Owned Opcos (other than any Wholly Owned Opco that was an Inverted Lease Opco before it was a Wholly Owned Opco) into a Wholly Owned Opco Deposit Account.
(b) The Borrower shall cause the Manager to transfer any amounts deposited into a Wholly Owned Opco Deposit Account on a daily basis into the Collections Account, subject to a maximum retention amount for each such Wholly Owned Opco Deposit Account equal to $50,000. At the time that each Wholly Owned Opco (other than any Wholly Owned Opco that was an Inverted Lease Opco before it was a Wholly Owned Opco) is acquired pursuant to Section 2.05, the amount on deposit therein shall be no less than $50,000.
(c) The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Tax Equity Holdcos, Wholly Owned Holdcos and the Inverted Lease Opcos, to deposit all Collections received by it directly into the Revenue Account (other that any distributions received in respect of the proceeds of Excluded Property, as evidenced by documentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent).
(d) The Borrower shall cause all amounts in the Collection Account on each Calculation Date to be swept into the Revenue Account on the third Business Day after such Calculation Date (or if such Calculation Date is not a Business Day, on the third Business Day after the Business Day next succeeding such Calculation Date).
(e) The Borrower shall cause each Operator to maintain any General Account with an Acceptable Bank.
ARTICLE IV
ALLOCATION OF COLLECTIONS; PAYMENTS TO LENDERS
Section 4.01 Payments.
(a) At least three (3) Business Days prior to each Payment Date, the Borrower shall deliver, or cause Manager to deliver, to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Depository Bank, a Transfer Date Certificate in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Depository Agreement. All withdrawals and transfers will be made based upon the information provided in the Transfer Date Certificate.
(b) Payments Generally. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of any Liens and without restriction, condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise provided below, all payments made with respect to the Loans on each Payment Date shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective
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Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 12:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its pro rata share of the principal amount paid according to the outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans held by the Lenders (or other applicable share of such payment as expressly provided herein) in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. Upon any Assuming Lender becoming a Lender hereunder as a result of a Commitment Increase pursuant to Section 2.06, and upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Lender’s Assumption Agreement and recording of the information contained therein in the Register, from and after the applicable Commitment Increase Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder in connection therewith to the Assuming Lender. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 12:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be. Unless and until each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower receives written notice to the contrary from NY Green Bank, each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall pay all amounts that are due and payable by it to Gaia Portfolio 2016-A as a Lender under this Agreement directly to [***] or to such other account or Person designated by NY Green Bank, as may be notified to each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing from time to time by NY Green Bank until the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the NY Green Bank Termination Notice. All amounts so paid shall be deemed paid to Gaia Portfolio 2016-A as a Lender under this Agreement.
Section 4.02 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower (or Sponsor or Pledgor on Borrower’s behalf) may, upon irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part in minimum amounts of not less than $1,000,000 (or, in the case of the Revolving Loans, such lesser amount as may be outstanding) without premium or penalty; provided that such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent) prior to any date of prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s pro rata share of such prepayment. Upon giving of the notice, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued but unpaid interest on the principal amount prepaid. Each prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata share of the outstanding principal amount of such Loan. Revolving Loans prepaid pursuant to this Section 4.02 may be re-borrowed during the Availability Period in accordance with Section 2.01.
Section 4.03 Mandatory Principal Payments. The Borrower shall make the following mandatory prepayments on the Loans:
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(a) On (x) in the case of clause (i), on the date of receipt thereof and (y) in the case of clause (ii), on the Payment Date following the date of receipt thereof, the Borrower shall apply towards the mandatory prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 4.04, 100% of the Net Available Amount of all proceeds in cash and cash equivalents (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) to the Borrower or any other Loan Party from:
(i) without limitation to Article X, the issuance or incurrence of any Indebtedness by any Relevant Party (other than as permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.01 of this Agreement); and
(ii) the sale, assignment or other disposition of any Asset of a Relevant Party (other than (A) ordinary course sales of power or the leasing of a photovoltaic system pursuant to the Customer Agreements, (B) PBI Payments, (C) the sale of Excluded Property, (D) a sale or assignment of an Asset that is a Customer Prepayment Event or (E) a sale or assignment that is a Permitted Fund Disposition).
(b) On each Payment Date during the Availability Period, the Borrower shall, to the extent of amounts available pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(iv)(A) of the Depository Agreement, prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount that, when applied in accordance with Section 4.04, causes the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding on such Payment Date to be not greater than the Available Borrowing Base calculated as of the Calculation Date immediately preceding such Payment Date. If the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding on the last day of the Availability Period exceeds the Available Borrowing Base calculated as of such last day (such excess, the “Excess Amount”), the Borrower shall on each Payment Date after the Availability Period, to the extent of amounts available pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(iv)(A) of the Depository Agreement, prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount that, when applied in accordance with Section 4.04, causes such excess to be paid.
(c) If the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans as of three consecutive Calculation Dates during the Availability Period has exceeded the Available Borrowing Base for each such Calculation Date, on the Payment Date occurring after the third such Calculation Date, the Borrower shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount that, when applied in accordance with Section 4.04, causes the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding on such date to be not greater than the Available Borrowing Base calculated as of the Calculation Date immediately preceding such Payment Date. If the Borrower has not repaid the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the Excess Amount in accordance with Section 4.02(b)(iv)(A) of the Depository Agreement as of the third Payment Date following the last day of the Availability Period, the Borrower shall prepay, on such third Payment Date, the Revolving Loans in an amount equal to any portion of the Excess Amount not theretofore paid pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(iv)(A) of the Depository Agreement.
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(d) On the date of each Permitted Fund Disposition, the Borrower shall, as a condition to such Permitted Fund Disposition, (1) prepay (i) the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 4.04 in an amount equal to the excess (if positive) of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding as of such date over (y) the Available Borrowing Base calculated after giving effect to such Permitted Fund Disposition and (ii) the LC Loans in full and (2) pay any Swap Termination Payments due in connection with the repayment of Revolving Loans in connection with such Permitted Fund Disposition.
(e) On each Payment Date during an Early Amortization Period, the Borrower shall apply towards the mandatory prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 4.04, 100% of the amounts available therefor in the Revenue Account and the Distribution Trap Account after giving effect to all prior withdrawals and transfers pursuant to Sections 4.02(b) and 4.02(e) of the Depository Agreement.
(f) On each Payment Date occurring after the end of the Availability Period, the Borrower shall apply towards the mandatory prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 4.04, an amount determined by multiplying 0.68 by the present value of the reduction of future Collections resulting from or attributable to each Customer Prepayment Event occurring during the calendar quarter ending on the immediately prior Calculation Date (disregarding any proceeds received in respect of such Customer Prepayment Event and assuming that no future Collections will be received in respect of any Event of Loss Project, Defaulted Project or a Project in respect of which an Ineligible Customer Reassignment has occurred) discounted at a rate of six percent (6%) per annum; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Sponsor or Pledgor may, but shall not be required to, contribute capital to the Borrower to satisfy its prepayment obligations under this Section 4.03(f).
(g) Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 4.03(a), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net cash proceeds or other amounts to be prepaid, as the case may be. In the event that Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Borrower shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to such excess, and Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
(h) On each Payment Date after the end of the Availability Period, at the same time as a Transfer Date Certificate is provided prior to such Payment Date, Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent a Customer Prepayment Event Certificate. The Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower in writing of any suggested corrections, changes or adjustments to a Transfer Date Certificate that are not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.
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Section 4.04 Application of Prepayments. Amounts prepaid pursuant to Section 4.02 or Section 4.03 (other than payments in respect of the Excess Amount in accordance with Section 4.03(b) or Section 4.03(c) which are applied directly to such Excess Amount) shall be applied (1) first, on a pro rata basis to (A) the outstanding Revolving Loans and, if the Availability Period has expired, to be applied pro rata to remaining scheduled installments thereof pursuant to the most recent Amortization Schedule and (B) all early termination payments due and payable to the Secured Hedge Providers on any partial early termination of a Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement required to be made in connection with such prepayment and (2) second, on a pro rata basis, to prepay any outstanding LC Loans. Any Letter of Credit outstanding after payment of the Loans in full and cancellation of the Commitments shall be cancelled.
Section 4.05 Payments of Interest and Principal.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 4.05(b) below, each Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Interest Rate.
(b) If (i) any amount payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise or (ii) an Event of Default occurs pursuant to Section 10.01(e) or Section 10.01(f), all outstanding Obligations shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law), payable on demand, at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws until such defaulted amount shall have been paid in full or shall have been waived (as applicable). Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 4.05(b) is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of any Secured Party.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears (i) on each Payment Date, (ii) on the Maturity Date, (iii) upon prepayment of any Loans in accordance with Section 4.03 and (iv) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), provided, that interest payable pursuant to Section 4.05(b) shall be payable on demand. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) On each Payment Date following the expiration of the Availability Period, the Borrower shall pay principal then due on the Loans in accordance with the most recent Amortization Schedule.
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and unpaid interest thereon and fees and costs and other amounts due and payable under the Loan Documents with respect to such Revolving Loans, on the Maturity Date.
(f) To the extent not previously paid from cash applied on a Payment Date pursuant to the Depository Agreement, the Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the LC Lenders, each LC Loan in full, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees and costs and other amounts due and payable under the Loan Documents with respect to such LC Loans, on the Maturity Date.
Section 4.06 Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Lender pro rata to their Revolving Loan Commitments, the Revolving Loan Commitment Fee, payable quarterly in arrears on (i) each Payment Date and (ii) the final day of the Availability Period; provided, that if the final day of the Availability Period is not a Payment Date, then the Revolving Loan Commitment Fee for the period ending on such final day of the Availability Period shall be paid on the immediately succeeding Payment Date following the end of the Availability Period.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each LC Lender pro rata to their LC Commitments, the LC Commitment Fee, payable quarterly in arrears on (i) each Payment Date and (ii) the final day of the LC Availability Period.
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each LC Lender pro rata to their participation in any Letter of Credit, letter of credit fees equal to (1) the Applicable Margin times (2) the average aggregate daily maximum amount available to be drawn under all such Letters of Credit (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of business on any date of determination), payable quarterly in arrears on (i) each Payment Date and (ii) the last day of the LC Availability Period.
(d) The Borrower agrees to pay directly to Issuing Bank, for its own account, such documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a Letter of Credit as are in accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be.
(e) The Borrower agrees to pay the Lenders the fees in accordance with the Fee Letters.
(f) In addition to any of the foregoing fees, the Borrower agrees to pay to Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the applicable Agent.
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Section 4.07 Expenses, etc.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Secured Parties (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, including the reasonable and documented third-party fees and out-of-pocket expenses of their counsel, their insurance consultant, any independent engineers and other advisors or consultants retained by them, (ii) all reasonable and documented costs and expenses in connection with any actual or proposed amendments of or modifications of or waivers or consents under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including in each case the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel with respect thereto; provided, that, at the request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall consult with the Borrower at its request regarding the estimated amount of expenses that would be incurred, (iii) all Additional Expenses and (iv) all costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by any Secured Party (for the account of such Secured Party), if any, in connection with any restructuring or workout proceedings (whether or not consummated) and the other documents delivered thereunder or in connection therewith.
(b) The Borrower agrees to timely pay in accordance with applicable Law any and all present or future stamp, transfer, recording, filing, court, documentary and other similar Taxes payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing, recording of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any of the Loan Documents, and agrees to save the Lenders and the Agents harmless from and against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or any omission to pay such Taxes, in each case, as the same are incurred.
(c) Once paid, all fees or other amounts or any part thereof payable under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall not be refundable under any circumstances, regardless of whether any such transactions are consummated. All fees and other amounts payable hereunder shall be paid in Dollars and in immediately available funds.
(d) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Section 4.07(a) or Section 4.08 to be paid by it to the Agents (or any sub-Agent thereof) or any Related Party, and without limitation of the obligations of the Borrower and such Related Parties to pay such amounts, each Lender severally agrees to pay to each Agent (or any such sub-Agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on such Lender’s percentage of the Commitments, Loans and LC Exposure outstanding) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), provided, further, that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or any such sub-Agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party, acting for such Agent (or any such sub-Agent) in
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connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make payments pursuant to this Section 4.07(d) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any payment under this Section 4.07(d) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its payment under this Section 4.07(d). Each Lender’s obligation under this Section 4.07(d) shall survive the resignation or replacement or removal of any Agent or any assignment of rights by or replacement of a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(e) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, neither the Borrower, any Secured Party nor any of their respective Affiliates shall assert, and each of them hereby waives and acknowledges, that no other Person shall have any claim against any Indemnitee, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates on any theory of liability, for (i) any special, indirect, consequential or punitive losses or damages (as opposed to direct or actual losses or damages) or (ii) any loss of profit, business, or anticipated savings (such losses and damages set out in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Consequential Losses”), in each case arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that nothing contained in this Section 4.07(e) shall limit the Borrower’s indemnity and reimbursement obligations under Section 4.08 or the obligations of each Lender under Section 4.07(d) in respect of any third party claims made against any Indemnitee with respect to Consequential Losses of such third party, Section 4.09 and Section 4.11. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through internet, telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for any such damages resulting from any material breach by such Indemnitee of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or that otherwise results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction which has become non-appealable.
(f) Payments. All amounts due under this Section 4.07 or Section 4.08 shall be payable on the immediately succeeding Payment Date after demand therefor.
(g) The Borrower’s obligations to Gaia Portfolio 2016-A in its capacity as a Lender pursuant to Sections 4.07(a), 4.08(a), 4.09(c), 4.11(d), 4.11(e) and 4.11(f) shall also include amounts owed to NY Green Bank from Gaia Portfolio 2016-A under the corresponding provisions of the NY Green Bank Loan Agreement, and NY Green Bank may proceed directly against the Borrower to enforce the Borrower’s obligations under this Section 4.07(g) (it being agreed that NY Green Bank shall be an express third party beneficiary of this Section 4.07(g)).
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Section 4.08 Indemnification.
(a) Without limiting any other rights which any such Person may have hereunder or under applicable Law, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Agents, the Lenders, each other Secured Party and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each of the foregoing Persons being individually called an “Indemnitee”), from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses (other than any Taxes expressly addressed elsewhere in this Agreement), including, but not limited to, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Indemnified Amounts”) arising out of or relating to:
(i) any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly with the proceeds of the Loans;
(ii) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;
(iii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit);
(iv) the grant to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of, or to any of, the Secured Parties of any Lien on the Collateral or in any other Property of the Borrower or any other Person or any membership, partnership or equity interest in the Borrower or any other Person and the exercise by the Agents (or the other Secured Parties) of their rights and remedies (including foreclosure) under any Collateral Document;
(v) the breach of any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of any Relevant Party or the Manager (to the extent that the Manager is an Affiliate of the Borrower) set forth in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or in any other report or certificate delivered by any Relevant Party or the Manager or any of their Affiliates pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(vi) the failure by any Relevant Party or the Manager (to the extent that the Manager is an Affiliate of the Borrower) to comply in any material manner with any of the Loan Documents or any applicable Law, or the non-conformity of any Project with any such applicable Law;
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(vii) the failure of the Operator and the Manager (to the extent that the Operator or Manager, as applicable, is an Affiliate of the Borrower), as applicable, to operate the Projects in accordance with the applicable standard set forth in each O&M Agreement or the Management Agreement, as applicable, or to perform its duties in a good and workmanlike manner consistent with Prudent Industry Practice;
(viii) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy) of a Relevant Party or a counterparty to a Portfolio Document to any payment under any Portfolio Document based on such Portfolio Document not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Relevant Party or counterparty, as applicable, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(ix) any investigation, proceeding, claim or action commenced or brought by or before any Governmental Authority or related to any Transaction Document;
(x) the failure of any Relevant Party or any of their Affiliates to comply with all consumer leasing and protection Laws applicable to any of the Projects or Portfolio Documents;
(xi) any and all broker’s or finder’s fees claimed to be due in connection with the issuance of the Loans;
(xii) any recapture of a Grant or ITC, inclusive of any penalties, interest or other premiums due in respect thereof;
(xiii) any amounts required to be repaid or returned by a Relevant Party in respect of any Excluded Property, inclusive of any penalties, interest or other premiums due in respect thereof;
(xiv) any of the items listed in Schedule 5.10 or Schedule 5.11;
(xv) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials by a Loan Party or with respect to a Project or any of the Borrower’s properties; or
(xvi) any claims by a Tax Equity Class A Member against the applicable Tax Equity Holdco, Tax Equity Opco or any other Person (including under an indemnity);
but excluding Indemnified Amounts to the extent finally determined by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that has become non-appealable to have resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnitee; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Indemnitee for legal fees or expenses of more than one counsel, plus any additional local counsel that may be required or any other additional counsel that may be required due to an actual or potential conflict of interest, the availability of other defenses or the risk
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of criminal liability (including criminal fines or penalties) being incurred, to such Indemnitee. The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 4.08 shall survive the resignation or replacement or removal of any Agent or any assignment of rights by or replacement of a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
(b) The Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of any Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such Indemnitee is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee, unless such settlement (i) seeks only monetary damages and does not seek any injunctive or other relief against an Indemnitee, (ii) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (iii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability, or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnitee.
Section 4.09 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law (which, for purposes of this Section 4.09, shall include FATCA). If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as applicable, taking into account the information and documentation delivered pursuant to Section 4.09(e) below) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, then the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding.
(ii) If the Administrative Agent or the Borrower are required to deduct or withhold any Tax described in Section 4.09(a)(i) and must timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the applicable Law, and if the Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after the deduction or withholding (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 4.09) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
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the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 4.09(c)) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (which, for the purposes of this Section 4.09, shall include the Issuing Bank) (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. The Borrower shall and does hereby indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 4.09(c)(ii) below.
(i) Each Lender shall and does hereby severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, (x) each Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified such Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (y) each Agent and the Borrower, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.05(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) each Agent and the Borrower, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by such Agent or the Borrower in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by such Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes such Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).
(d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or any Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or by such Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 4.09, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent or the Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Agent, as the case may be.
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(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the 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 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 4.09(e)(ii)(A), Section 4.09(e)(ii)(B) and Section 4.09(e)(ii)(D) below) 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.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees that on the Closing Date or any other date after the Closing Date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter upon reasonable request, it will deliver to each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent either:
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to (a) the Closing Date or (b) such other date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), in the case of clause (b) to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an executed original of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (whichever is applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to
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the “interest” article of such tax treaty, and/or (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, an executed original of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (whichever is 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;
(II) an executed original of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) an executed certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) an executed original of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (whichever is applicable); or
(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, (x) an executed original of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by one or more of the following executed forms from each of the Foreign Lender's direct or indirect partners/members, or Participants, or any Participant's direct or indirect partners/ members, as appropriate: IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (whichever is applicable), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3, IRS Form W-8IMY, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable, and (y) a withholding statement to the extent one is required by the Code; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and one or more direct or indirect partners/members of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender shall provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to (a) the Closing Date or (b) such other date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), in the case of clause (b) to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as
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may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by 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 (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Closing Date.
(iii) Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 4.09 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.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. 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. If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.09, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 4.09 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Recipient in the event the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.09(f), in no event will the applicable Recipient be required to pay any amount to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.09(f) the payment of which would place the Recipient in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Recipient would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and
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giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 4.09(f) shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
(g) OID. The Borrower and the Lenders agree (i) that the Loans are to be treated as indebtedness of the Borrower for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) to the extent that the Borrower or a Governmental Authority determines that the Loans were made with original issue discount (“OID”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to report such OID as interest expense and interest income, respectively, in accordance with sections 163(e)(1) and 1272(a)(1) of the Code, (iii) not to file any tax return, report or declaration inconsistent with the foregoing, and (iv) any OID shall constitute principal for all purposes under this Agreement. The inclusion of this Section 4.09(g) is not an admission by any Lender that it is subject to United States taxation.
(h) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 4.09 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 other Obligations.
Section 4.10 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.11(d), 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 4.09, then at the request of the Borrower such Lender shall, as applicable, 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 reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.09 or Section 4.11(d) (as the case may be), in the future, and (ii) in each case, 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.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.11(d), 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 4.09 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 4.10(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 12.05), all of its interests, rights (other than
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its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.11 or Section 4.09) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents (other than any Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement) to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 12.05;
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding Obligations owed (including all principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts) to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 4.11(f)) from the assignee (to the extent of such Obligations) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.11(d) or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.09, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law; and
(v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
In the event the replaced Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) is party to any Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement, then the replaced Lender (or Affiliate of such Lender) (the “Replaced Hedge Provider”) under such Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement may elect to (A) terminate such Secured Interest Rate Hedge Agreement in accordance with its terms or (B) require the Borrower to cause the novation of such Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement so that the entire notional amount set forth in the original Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement is subject to the novated Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreements with the Eligible Assignee referred to above (or an Affiliate of such Eligible Assignee) (the “Replacement Hedge Provider”); provided, however, that in the event of any novation the Replacement Hedge Provider and transaction documentation must be acceptable to the Replaced Hedge Provider in its sole discretion and the Borrower shall be responsible for all additional costs resulting from any assignment or novation of any Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement under this clause (b), including any fees or additional credit or other margins (such costs, fees and margins to be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and, to the extent of any mark-to-market payment, the Replaced Hedge Provider shall determine any amounts payable to or by it in respect of the assignment as if an “Additional Termination Event” occurred under the Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreement with the Borrower as the sole Affected Party (as defined therein).
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A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Section 4.11 Change of Circumstances.
(a) Market Disruption.
(i) If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a LIBO Loan for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender's participation in that Loan for that Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:
(A) the Applicable Margin; and
(B) the percentage rate per annum notified to the Administrative Agent by that Lender, as soon as practicable and in any event not later than five (5) Business Days before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period (or such later date as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source(s) it may reasonably select.
(ii) In relation to a Market Disruption Event under paragraph (iii)(B) below, if the percentage rate per annum notified by a Lender pursuant to paragraph (i)(B) above shall be less than LIBOR or if a Lender shall fail to notify the Administrative Agent of any such percentage rate per annum, the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in the relevant Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph (i) above, to be LIBOR.
(iii) In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means (A) at or about noon (London time) on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks and none or only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Administrative Agent to determine LIBOR for dollars for the relevant Interest Period, or (B) at 5 p.m. on the Business Day immediately following the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the Administrative Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in the relevant Loan exceed thirty-five percent (35%) of that Loan) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the London interbank market would be in excess of LIBOR.
(iv) If a Market Disruption Event shall occur, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower thereof.
(b) Alternative basis of interest or funding. If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Administrative Agent or the Borrower so requires, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall
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enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing on a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest. Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all Parties. In the event that no substitute basis is agreed at the end of the thirty day period, the rate of interest shall continue to be determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including Section 4.11(a)).
(c) Illegality.
(i) Subject to Section 4.11(c)(ii) below, if, at any time, any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its Loans has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), (A) that Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent upon becoming aware of that event, (B) upon the Administrative Agent notifying the Borrower, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled, and (C) the Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loan on the last day of the Interest Period occurring after the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Administrative Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law).
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change of Law shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain a LIBO Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any LIBO Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent:
(A) such Lender may declare that LIBO Loans will not thereafter (for the duration of such unlawfulness) be made by such Lender hereunder (or be continued), whereupon any request for a Borrowing (or any continuation of a Borrowing for an additional Interest Period) shall, as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for a Base Rate Loan (or a continuation of a LIBO Loan as a Base Rate Loan), unless such declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn; and
(B) such Lender may require that all outstanding LIBO Loans made by it be converted to Base Rate Loans, in which event all such LIBO Loans shall be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans as of the effective date of such notice as provided below.
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(iii) In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under clauses (A) or (B) above, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise have been applied to repay the LIBO Loans that would have been made by such Lender or the converted LIBO Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied to repay the Base Rate Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the conversion of, such LIBO Loans. For purposes of this clause (iii), a notice to the Borrower by any Lender shall be effective as to each LIBO Loan made by such Lender, if lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period then applicable to such LIBO Loan (which shall be a Payment Date); in all other cases such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt by the Borrower.
(iv) If NY Green Bank exercises its rights under the NY Green Bank Loan Agreement corresponding to the rights of Gaia Portfolio 2016-A pursuant to this Section 4.11(c), the provisions of Sections 4.11(c)(ii) and (iii) shall be deemed to apply to the Revolving Loans held by Gaia Portfolio 2016-A to the same extent as if NY Green Bank had exercised such rights pursuant to such Sections hereunder.
(d) Increased Costs. If any Change of Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBO Rate) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or any Issuing Bank;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than Indemnified Taxes and Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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(e) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change of Law affecting such Lender or Issuing Bank or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change of Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(f) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or payable by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (whether as a result of the failure to satisfy any applicable conditions or otherwise other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Borrowing Notice; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of any of its Loans (other than a Base Rate Loan) occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan; or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its Loans (other than a Base Rate Loan) is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Borrower.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to each Agent and each Lender Party that the statements set forth in this Article V are true, correct and complete in all respects as of (i) the Closing Date, (ii) the date of each borrowing of Revolving Loans under Section 2.01, (iii) the date of each issuance, extension or increase of the Stated Amount of the Letter of Credit during the Availability Period pursuant to Section 2.02, (iv) the date of each request by the Borrower for a Commitment Increase pursuant to Section 2.06(a) or (v) each Commitment Increase Date.
Section 5.01 Organization, Powers, Capitalization, Good Standing, Business.
(a) Organization and Powers. Each Relevant Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its state of formation. Each Relevant Party has all requisite
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power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its businesses as now conducted and proposed to be conducted. Each Relevant Party has all requisite power and authority to enter into each Transaction Document to which it is a party and to perform the terms thereof.
(b) Qualification. Each Relevant Party is duly qualified and in good standing in each state or territory where necessary to carry on its present businesses and operations, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to be qualified and in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.02 Authorization of Borrowing, etc.
(a) Authority. The Borrower has the power and authority to incur, and the Loan Parties have the power and authority to guarantee, the Indebtedness represented by the Loans, the Secured Hedging Obligations and the Loan Documents. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company or other action, as the case may be, on behalf of such Loan Party.
(b) No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each Relevant Party of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby do not and will not: (1) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of the terms of (x) its certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or other organizational documents, as the case may be; (y) any provision of material Law applicable to it or (z) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority binding on it or any of its material properties; (2) result in a material breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under the Transaction Documents or any other material contractual obligation binding upon a Relevant Party or its material properties; or (3) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon its assets (other than the Liens created under the Collateral Documents).
(c) Consents. The execution and delivery by each Relevant Party of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, 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 or any other Person (including any Tax Equity Class A Member) which has not been obtained or made, and each such consent or approval is in full force and effect, in each case, other than consents, approvals, registrations, notices or other action which, if not obtained or made, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Binding Obligations. Each of the Transaction Documents to which a Relevant Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Relevant Party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Relevant Party, enforceable against it, in accordance with its
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respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar Laws affecting creditor’s rights.
Section 5.03 Title to Membership Interests.
(a) The Borrower is the sole member of each of the Wholly Owned Holdcos and the Tax Equity Holdcos (or is the sole member of the Delaware limited liability company that owns certain Tax Equity Holdcos, as described on Schedule 5.03(e)) and shall have good and valid legal and beneficial title to all of the Membership Interests issued by such entities (directly or indirectly as described on Schedule 5.03(e)), free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. All of such issued and outstanding Membership Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are owned of record and beneficially by the Borrower and were not issued in violation of any preemptive right. There are no voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Membership Interests.
(b) Each Tax Equity Holdco holding either (i) Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests or (ii) the Membership Interests in another Tax Equity Holdco (in each case as described on Schedule 5.03(e)) has good and valid legal and beneficial title to all such Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests and the Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests in the applicable Tax Equity Opco, or Membership Interests (as applicable), held by it, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. Each Wholly Owned Holdco has good and valid legal and beneficial title to all of the Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests in the applicable Wholly Owned Opcos held by it, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. All of the issued and outstanding Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests and Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are owned of record and beneficially by the applicable Tax Equity Holdco and were not issued in violation of any preemptive right. All of the issued and outstanding Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are owned of record and beneficially by the applicable Wholly Owned Holdco and were not issued in violation of any preemptive right. There are no voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Tax Equity Class B Membership Interests, the Inverted Lease Opco Membership Interests or the Wholly Owned Opco Membership Interests.
(c) The Pledgor is the sole member of the Borrower and has good and valid legal and beneficial title to all of the Borrower Membership Interests, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. All of the issued and outstanding Borrower Membership Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and, as of the Closing Date, are owned of record and beneficially by Pledgor and were not issued in violation of any preemptive right. There are no voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Borrower Membership Interests.
(d) There are no outstanding options, warrants or rights for conversion into or acquisition, purchase or transfer of any of the Membership Interests. Except for the call rights of the Tax Equity Holdcos under the Tax Equity Documents, with respect to the membership interests of the
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Tax Equity Class A Members in the Tax Equity Opcos, there are no outstanding options, warrants or rights for conversion into or acquisition, purchase or transfer of any of the membership interests in a Partnership Flip Opco. There are no agreements or arrangements for the issuance by any Relevant Party of additional equity interests.
(e) Schedule 5.03(e) accurately sets forth the ownership structure of the Relevant Parties. The Borrower has no subsidiaries other than as shown on Schedule 5.03(e), in each case, as such schedule shall be updated pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower in each Permitted Fund Disposition Certificate.
(f) Schedule 5.03(f) sets forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of each Loan Party and the Tax Equity Opcos and the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party, as such schedule shall be updated pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower in each Permitted Fund Disposition Certificate.
Section 5.04 Governmental Authorization; Compliance with Laws.
(a) No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (i) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Relevant Party of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (ii) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (iii) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents or (iv) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or the Collateral Documents, except for the authorizations, approvals, actions, notices and filings listed on Schedule 5.04, all of which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect as of the Closing Date.
(b) Each of the Sponsor and the Relevant Parties is, and the business and operations of each such Person and its development, construction and operation of the Projects are, and always have been, conducted in all respects in compliance with all material Laws (including, without limitation, laws with respect to consumer leasing and protection but not including Environmental Laws which are addressed under Section 5.16), and none of Sponsor or any Relevant Party has received written notice from any Governmental Authority of an actual or potential violation of any such Laws, except as does not constitute or could not reasonably be expected to constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.05 Solvency. No Sponsor Party has entered into any Loan Document with the actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor. After giving effect to the issuance of the Loans (and the use of proceeds thereof), the fair saleable value of the Loan Parties’ assets, taken as a whole, exceeds and will, immediately following the making of any Loans, exceed the Loan Parties’ total liabilities, including, without limitation, subordinated, unliquidated, disputed and contingent obligations. The fair
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saleable value of the Loan Parties’ assets, taken as a whole, is and will, immediately following the making of any Loans (and the use of proceeds thereof), be greater than the Loan Parties’ probable liabilities, including the maximum amount of its contingent obligations on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured. The Loan Parties’ Assets, taken as a whole, do not and, immediately following the making of any Loans (and the use of proceeds thereof) will not, constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out the business of the Loan Parties as conducted or as proposed to be conducted. The Borrower does not intend for it or any Subsidiary to, and does not believe that any such Person will, incur Indebtedness and liabilities beyond its ability to pay such Indebtedness and liabilities as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by the Loan Parties and the amounts to be payable on or in respect of obligations of the Loan Parties).
Section 5.06 Use of Proceeds and Margin Security; Governmental Regulation.
(a) No portion of the proceeds from the making of the Loans will be used by the Borrower, a Loan Party or any other Person in any manner that might cause the borrowing or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Nor is Borrower engaged principally, or as one of its principal activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined or used in Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board).
(b) Each of the Projects is a Qualifying Facility.
(c) The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries are either not subject to, or are exempt from, regulation (i) as a “public utility” or a “holding company” under the FPA, or (ii) under PUHCA.
(d) The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries are either not subject to, or are exempt from, regulation as a “public utility,” an “electric utility,” “electric corporation,” or a “holding company,” or similar terms, under the relevant State’s laws or regulations, including state laws and regulations respecting the rates of electric utilities and the financial and organizational regulations of electric utilities.
(e) None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(f) None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under any federal or state statute or regulation that limits their ability to incur indebtedness for borrowed money.
(g) Solely as the result of the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or the performance of obligations under the Loan Documents, none of the Lenders will become subject to regulation (i) as a
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“public utility” or a “holding company” under the FPA, (ii) under PUHCA, or (iii) as a “public utility,” an “electric utility,” “electric corporation,” or a “holding company,” or similar terms, under the relevant State’s laws or regulations.
Section 5.07 Defaults; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) Since the later of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the last date any Revolving Loans were advanced pursuant to Section 2.01, no event, condition or circumstance has occurred which has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.08 Financial Statements; Books and Records.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.08, all Financial Statements which have been furnished by or on behalf of any Relevant Party, the Sponsor or any of their Affiliates to the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Persons covered thereby as of the respective dates thereof, subject, in the case of any such unaudited Financial Statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, including the absence of footnotes and subject to validation of individual capital accounts in calculating net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in conformity with GAAP.
(b) All books, accounts and files of each Relevant Party are accurate and complete in all material respects, and Borrower has access to all such books and records and the authority to grant access to such books and records to the Secured Parties.
Section 5.09 Indebtedness. The Borrower and the Subsidiaries have no outstanding Indebtedness other than the Obligations and other Permitted Indebtedness. The Obligations under the Loan Documents constitute Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries secured by a first ranking priority security interest in the Collateral. As of the Closing Date, no other Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries ranks senior in priority to the Obligations.
Section 5.10 Litigation; Adverse Facts. There are no judgments outstanding against the Sponsor or any Relevant Party, or affecting any of the Projects or any other property of any Relevant Party, nor to the Relevant Parties’ Knowledge is there any action, charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, petition, governmental investigation or arbitration now pending or threatened against the Sponsor or any Relevant Party, respectively, or any of the Projects that relates to the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents, the ability of a Secured Party to exercise any of its rights in respect of the Collateral or the Collateral Documents or, other than as set forth in Schedule 5.10, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 5.11 Taxes. All U.S. federal, state, local tax returns and reports, and all other material tax returns or reports, of the Relevant Parties required to be filed have been timely filed (or any such Person has timely filed for a valid extension and such extension has not expired), and all material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges (including any payments in lieu of taxes) upon such Persons and upon their properties, assets, income, profits, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been timely paid except to the extent the same are being contested in accordance with Section 6.06, and/or adequate reserves under GAAP are maintained, as listed on Schedule 5.11. There are no Liens for Taxes (other than Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable) on any assets of any Relevant Party, no unresolved written claim has been asserted with respect to any Taxes of any Relevant Party, no waiver or agreement by any Relevant Party is in force for the extension of time for the assessment or payment of any Tax, and no request for any such extension or waiver is currently pending. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11, there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Borrower, threatened audit or investigation by any Governmental Authority of any Relevant Party with respect to Taxes. No Relevant Party is a party to or bound by any tax sharing arrangement with any Person (including any Affiliate of a Relevant Party). No Relevant Party has engaged in any “listed transaction” as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4 or made any disclosure under Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4. With respect to each Project that is leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes by a Relevant Party to a Customer, to the Knowledge of the Borrower, the Customer is not a tax exempt entity within the meaning of section 168(h)(2) of the Code, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, when combined with other similar Projects. All Projects are currently exempt from real property taxes. All personal property taxes and sales and use taxes imposed upon the Energy produced by a Project are fully reimbursable by the Customers or have been timely paid by the Manager.
Section 5.12 Performance of Agreements. None of the Relevant Parties are in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of the Loan Documents, Wholly Owned Opco Documents or the Management Agreement. None of the Relevant Parties are in material default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of the other Transaction Documents to which they are a party or any of the other obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any material contracts of any such Persons and, to the Knowledge of the Relevant Parties, no condition exists under such Transaction Documents that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material default, other than with respect to the Customer Agreements or the Master Turnkey Installation Agreements where such condition (itself or when coupled with other defaults or conditions under such agreements) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.13 Employee Benefit Plans. None of the Borrower or any Relevant Parties, or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation under, any Employee Benefit Plans or Multiemployer Plans. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not have any employees or former employees and do not sponsor, maintain, participate in, contribute to or have any obligations under or liability in respect of any Plan.
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Section 5.14 Insurance. Set forth on Schedule 5.14 is a description of all policies of insurance for the Relevant Parties, including those policies of the Sponsor for the benefit of the Relevant Parties which are required to be maintained pursuant to a Transaction Document, that are in effect as of the date hereof. Such Insurance Policies conform to the requirements of Section 6.13 and have been paid in full or are not in arrears. No notice of cancellation has been received with respect to such policies and the Relevant Parties and the Sponsor are in compliance in all material respects with all conditions contained in such policies.
Section 5.15 Investments. Except as permitted under Section 7.07, the Relevant Parties have no direct or indirect equity interest in any Person which is not also a Relevant Party, including any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities of any other Person.
Section 5.16 Environmental Compliance. Each Project is, and has been developed, constructed and operated, in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and Permits; no notice of violation of such Environmental Laws or Permits has been issued by any Governmental Authority with respect to any Project which has not been resolved; there is no pending or, to the Borrower’s Knowledge, threatened action, charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, petition, governmental investigation or arbitration in respect of any Environmental Laws against the Borrower or with respect to any Project; there has been no Release of any Hazardous Material on, from or related to any Project that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in any material obligation or material liability for the Borrower; and no action has been taken by the Borrower that would cause any Project not to be in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws or Permits pertaining to Hazardous Materials.
Section 5.17 Project Permits. No Permits are required for the operation of any Project in the ordinary course following the date that it has received a PTO Letter.
Section 5.18 Representations Under Other Loan Documents. Each of the Relevant Parties’ representations and warranties set forth in the (i) other Loan Documents are true, correct and complete in all material respects and (ii) Limited Liability Company Agreements and Master Purchase Agreements are true, correct and complete in all material respects when made.
Section 5.19 Broker’s Fee. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.19, no broker’s fee or finder’s fee, commission or similar compensation will be payable by or pursuant to any contract or other obligation of any Relevant Party with respect to the making of the Loans or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Section 5.20 Taxes and Tax Status.
(a) Each Relevant Party is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes either as disregarded as an entity, separate from its owner (as described in U.S. Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2)(i)) or as a partnership (and not a publicly traded partnership as defined in
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section 7704(b) of the Code), and each such owner for this purpose is a U.S. Person and not a Tax Exempt Person (if the owner for this purpose is a partnership, then each direct or indirect owner of the owner is a U.S. Person, and no direct or indirect owner of the owner is a Tax Exempt Person, unless it owns its interest through an entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is not a “tax-exempt controlled entity” within the meaning of section 168(h)(6)(F) of the Code). No Relevant Party has elected to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(b) Each Relevant Party has timely filed or caused to be filed all material tax returns, information statements and reports required to have been filed by it, and each Relevant Party has paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes, assessments, fines or penalties required to have been paid by it, except taxes, assessments, fines or penalties that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which such Person has set aside segregated cash reserves that are adequate for the payment thereof as required by GAAP. All such tax returns are complete and accurate in all material respects. Except for Permitted Liens, no tax lien has been filed and no claim is being asserted with respect to any such Taxes, assessments, charges or fees.
Section 5.21 Sanctions; Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Corruption.
(a) Neither the Relevant Parties nor any of their Affiliates, nor, to the Knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of a Relevant Party or their Affiliates (i) is a Blocked Person (ii) has been engaged in any transaction, activity or conduct that could reasonably be expected to result in its being designated as a Blocked Person; and/or (iii) has received notice of, or is otherwise aware of, any claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation involving it with respect to Sanctions.
(b) The operations of the Relevant Parties and each of their Affiliates have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions including, without limitation, all money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes under the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act), the USA PATRIOT Act or any other United States Law or regulation governing such activities (collectively, “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or other Governmental Authority involving a Relevant Party or any Affiliate with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending, or to the Knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.
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U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”), including, without limitation, using any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, and making any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment, (ii) is under investigation by any U.S. or non-U.S. Governmental Authority for possible violation of Anti-Corruption Laws, or (iii) has been assessed civil or criminal penalties under any Anti-Corruption Laws.
(d) No proceeds of any Loan shall be used directly or indirectly for business activities in violation of, and none of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document will violate, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
Section 5.22 Property Rights. Each Opco owns or leases each photovoltaic system included in a Project acquired by it and owns or leases, or has a contractual right to use or shall have on the date it acquires a Project, ownership of or a leasehold interest in or a contractual right to use, all equipment and facilities necessary for the operation of each Project. All equipment and facilities included in the Projects are (or are reasonably expected to be when acquired, leased or contracted for) in good repair and operating condition subject to ordinary wear and tear and casualty and are suitable for the purposes for which they are employed, and, to the Knowledge of Borrower, there is no material defect, hazard or dangerous condition existing with respect to any such equipment or facilities except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower to perform under the Loan Documents at or above the assumptions in the Base Case Model. Each Opco has the requisite real property rights and licenses under the Customer Agreements to which it is party to access, install, operate, maintain, repair, improve and remove its respective Projects and evidence of such real property rights and licenses has been provided to the Administrative Agent. No Relevant Party is the title owner of any real property.
Section 5.23 Portfolio Documents.
(a) No Relevant Party is party to any agreement or contract other than (i) the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (ii) in the case of any Opco, any Excluded REC Contract entered into by it and (iii) any contract or agreement incidental or necessary to the operation of its business that does not allocate material risk to any Relevant Party and has a term of less than one year or that has a value over its term not exceeding $100,000.
(b) All rights to receive the PBI Payments and the related PBI Documents in respect of the Eligible Projects have been assigned by the Sponsor to the applicable Opco and all conditions to payment by the PBI Obligor under such PBI Documents have been satisfied and such payments are not subject to any offset.
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(c) Each Customer Agreement to which an Opco or an Inverted Lease Tenant is a party is an Eligible Customer Agreement.
(d) Each Customer Agreement and the origination thereof and the installation of the related Project, in each case, was in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law (including without limitation, all consumer leasing and protection Law) at the time such Customer Agreement was originated and executed and such Project was installed.
(e) Each Eligible Customer Agreement requires the applicable Customer to maintain homeowner’s insurance for all damage to the property on which the related Project is installed, including damage caused by the Project or the installation or maintenance thereof (other than damage resulting from the gross negligence of the Manager).
(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.23(f), all Portfolio Documents when provided to Administrative Agent (in each case, including all schedules, exhibits, attachments, supplements and amendments thereto and any related protocols or side letters) are (or will be when provided) true, correct and complete copies of such Portfolio Documents, and as of the Closing Date or any other date when additional Portfolio Documents are provided to the Administrative Agent hereunder, each Portfolio Document (i) has been duly executed and delivered by Sponsor and each Relevant Party thereto (as applicable) and, to the Knowledge of Borrower and the Subsidiaries, the other parties thereto, (ii) is in full force and effect and is enforceable against the Sponsor and each Relevant Party (as applicable) and, to the Knowledge of Borrower and the Subsidiaries, each other party thereto as of such date, (iii) neither the Sponsor nor any Relevant Party or, to the Knowledge of Borrower and each Subsidiary, no other party to such document is or, but for the passage of time or giving of notice or both, would be in breach of any material obligation thereunder, except solely with respect to the Project Documents, where such breach (itself or when coupled with other breaches under such Project Documents) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) has no event of force majeure existing thereunder except solely with respect to the Project Documents, where such event of force majeure (itself or when coupled with other events of force majeure under such Project Documents) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (v) all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of such documents have been satisfied or waived in writing.
(g) Borrower maintains in its or the relevant Relevant Party's books and records a copy of all documentation ancillary to the Customer Agreements, including, with respect to each completed Project: (i) a copy of or access to all of such Project's manufacturer, installer or other warranties; (ii) copies of all PBI Documents and completed and submitted documentation in respect of rebates, if applicable, including the applicable confirmation letters; (iii) a copy of the Project's completed inspection certificate issued by the applicable Governmental Authority; (iv) evidence of permission to operate from the applicable local utility; and (v) evidence that the installer of such Project has been paid in full.
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(h) The insurance described in Section 6.13 satisfies all insurance requirements set forth in the Portfolio Documents.
(i) Each Eligible Project (i) is comprised of panels, inverters and batteries from Approved Manufacturers and (ii) has been, or is being, installed by a Qualified Installer.
(j) The Sponsor and Relevant Parties have taken all action in accordance with Prudent Industry Practices to ensure that the manufacturer warranties relating to an Eligible Project are in full force and effect and can be enforced by the applicable Opco and, to the Knowledge of the Borrower and except to the extent the applicable manufacturer is no longer honoring its warranties generally, all manufacturer warranties are in full force and effect.
(k) In respect of each Eligible Project in a Project State (other than, provided that a Qualifying California Code remains in effect in the State of California, any Eligible Project located in the State of California) with respect to which a Customer Agreement was prepared for execution on and from January 6, 2014, a fixture filing has been recorded against each Customer and the applicable property in respect of such Eligible Project in the filing office designated by Section 9-501 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code (as adopted in the applicable jurisdiction of installation) prior to, or within, the period required under Section 2-A-309 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code in order to perfect a first priority security interest following the delivery of any photovoltaic system components to a site for installation; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Customer Agreement related to an Eligible Project located in the State of California is terminated, the Borrower shall file or cause to be filed a fixture filing against the related Customer and the applicable property in respect of such Project in the filing office designated by Section 9-501 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code (as adopted in the applicable jurisdiction of installation).
(l) In respect of each Eligible Project in California with respect to which a Customer Agreement has been entered into, a filing in respect of such Eligible Project (pursuant to and in compliance with a Qualifying California Code) was made in the applicable local filing office where the Eligible Project is located.
(m) Each Eligible Project is located in a Project State.
Section 5.24 Security Interests.
(a) The Collateral Documents create, as security for the Obligations, valid, enforceable, and, upon the filing of documents and instruments in the proper places and the taking of other required actions (including, without limitation, possession), which have been filed or taken on or prior to the Closing Date, perfected first-priority Liens in the Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens. All consents and approvals necessary or desirable to create and perfect such Liens have been obtained.
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(b) The descriptions of the Collateral set forth in the Collateral Documents are true, complete, and correct in all material respects and are adequate for the purpose of creating, attaching, and perfecting the Liens in the Collateral granted or purported to be granted in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(c) All filings, registrations, recordings, notices, and other actions that are necessary or required as of the Closing Date (including delivery to the Collateral Agent of the certificates evidencing the Membership Interests or giving the Collateral Agent control or possession of the Collateral) to perfect the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral have been made or taken or will be made or taken on the Closing Date.
Section 5.25 Intellectual Property. Each Subsidiary owns or holds a valid and enforceable agreement, license, permit, certificate, franchise or other authorization or right to use the technology and intellectual property rights necessary to own, lease, operate, maintain and repair the Projects, and no actions by any Subsidiary that have been performed or are expected to be performed under the Portfolio Documents infringe upon or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
Section 5.26 Full Disclosure.
(a) All written information, including any information contained in any Officer’s Certificate, Loan Document (including all schedule, exhibit annexes and other attachments), documents, reports or other written information pertaining to the Sponsor, the Relevant Parties, the Portfolio Documents and the Projects (other than any projections or forward-looking statements), together with all written updates of such information from time to time (collectively, the “Information”), that have been furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to any Secured Party or its advisors or consultants are, as of the date such Information was so furnished (it being understood, without limitation, that the disclosures under the schedules to this Agreement, except where updated in accordance with this Agreement, are furnished as of the Closing Date) and taken as a whole, true and correct in all material respects and do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made.
(b) The projections and forward-looking statements, including the Base Case Model, prepared by or as directed by the Borrower that have been made available to any Secured Party (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as and when such projections or forward-looking statements were prepared and as of the Closing Date (ii) other than with respect variances to the assumptions as agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, are generally consistent with each financial model provided to the Tax Equity Class A Members as and when such projections or forward-looking statements were prepared and (iii) do not include any cash flows from any Project that is not an Eligible Project.
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ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that until the Debt Termination Date, it shall perform and comply with all covenants in this Article VI applicable to such Person.
Section 6.01 Financial Statements and Other Reports.
(a) Financial Statements and Operating Reports.
(i) Annual Reporting. Within one-hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Sponsor (or one-hundred fifty (150) days in the case of Financial Statements delivered in respect of the 2016 fiscal year), the Borrower shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Administrative Agent and each Lender copies of the Financial Statements of the Borrower. In the case of the Financial Statements of the Borrower, the Financial Statements for each of the Opcos shall be scheduled individually as “Other Financial Information”. The annual Financial Statements of the Sponsor shall comply with the requirements of, and be provided no later than, as required by and in any manner permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable Law and listing rules. All such Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and shall be audited by an Independent certified public accounting firm of national standing, and shall be accompanied by an unqualified report of such accountants on such Financial Statements which states that such Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the applicable Person and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period covered by such Financial Statements. All such Financial Statements shall also be accompanied by a certification executed by the applicable Person’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer (or other officer with similar duties) to the effect set forth in Section 6.01(a)(vi).
(ii) Quarterly Reporting. Within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of the applicable Person, commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (on a consolidated basis for the applicable Person and its subsidiaries) copies of the unaudited Financial Statements of each of the Borrower and each of the Opcos individually for each such quarter, together with a certification executed by the applicable Person’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer (or other officer with similar duties) to the effect set forth in Section 6.01(a)(vi). The quarterly Financial Statements of the Sponsor shall comply with the requirements of, and be provided by no later than, as required by and in any manner permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable Law and listing rules.
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fiscal quarter of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Management Agreement. Such Manager’s report shall include information on Battery performance, including disclosure of any Serial Defects, Implicated Battery Models and Battery Replacement Costs, information on failure rates and any other information as the Administrative Agent or Independent Engineer may reasonably request in determining the Required Battery Reserve Amount. The Borrower shall cause the Manager and its employees and officers to make themselves available at the request of the Administrative Agent or the Independent Engineer to discuss any information disclosed in a Manager’s report, including with respect to the tracking of expected flip dates under each Limited Liability Company Agreement and major system equipment failure rates.
(iv) Operator Reporting. The Borrower shall cause the Operators to provide to the Administrative Agent and the Independent Engineer all reports required pursuant to O&M Agreements at such time and in such manner as provided therein; provided that any reports in respect of a fiscal quarter shall commence with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016 and any reports in respect of a fiscal year shall commence with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. The Borrower shall cause each Operator and its employees and officers to make themselves available at the request of the Administrative Agent or the Independent Engineer to discuss any information disclosed in such reports, including with respect to major system equipment failure rates.
(v) Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate. No later than ten (10) Business Days prior to each Payment Date, Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent a Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate. The Administrative Agent (including on the instructions of any Lender) may notify the Borrower in writing of any suggested corrections to a Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate (the “Administrative Agent DSCR Comments”) that are not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, no later than five (5) Business Days following receipt of a Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate. The Borrower shall incorporate into the Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate all Administrative Agent DSCR Comments that are consistent with the terms of this Agreement and deliver to the Administrative Agent a revised Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate no later than three (3) Business Days following the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the Administrative Agent DSCR Comments. The calculations of the Debt Service Coverage Ratios and other information provided in respect of Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate hereunder shall be used in determining deposits to and releases from the Revenue Account or the Distribution Trap Account, as applicable, to the Pledgor Collections Account pursuant to the Depository Agreement. If the Borrower fails to produce the information and calculations relating to the Debt Service Coverage Ratios and Debt Service Coverage Ratio Certificate required to be produced pursuant to this Agreement, then, until such time as such information and calculations are provided, no funds shall be released to the Pledgor Collections Account on a Payment Date.
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(vi) Certifications of Financial Statements and Other Documents. Together with the Financial Statements provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(i) and (ii), the Borrower shall also furnish to the Administrative Agent certifications upon which the Administrative Agent may conclusively rely in the form of Exhibit K, executed by the respective chief executive officer or chief financial officer (or other officer with similar duties) of the Borrower and each of the applicable Opcos certifying that such Financial Statements fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and each of the applicable Opcos on a consolidated basis for the period(s) covered thereby in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of any such unaudited Financial Statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, including the absence of footnotes and subject to validation of individual Subsidiary capital accounts in calculating net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in conformity with GAAP).
(vii) Fiscal Year. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, change its fiscal year end from December 31.
(b) Material Notices. The Borrower shall promptly, but in no event later than three (3) Business Days after the earlier of its or any Subsidiary’s receipt or Knowledge thereof, deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent:
(i) copies of all notices given or received with respect to a default or any event of default under any term or condition of or related to any Permitted Indebtedness;
(ii) copies of any and all notices of a default, breach or termination by any party under (A) any Transaction Document (other than a Project Document) or (B) any Project Document, which default, breach or termination under any Project Document (itself or when coupled with other breaches under any Project Document) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) notice of the occurrence of any event or circumstance that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) notice of any (i) fact, circumstance, condition or occurrence at, on, or arising from, any Project, that results or could reasonably be expected to result in material noncompliance with or a material liability or material obligation under any Environmental Law, (ii) Release of Hazardous Materials from or related to any Project that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in personal injury, material property damage or material liability, or (iii) pending or, to the Borrower’s Knowledge, threatened action, charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, petition, governmental investigation or arbitration in respect of any Environmental Laws against it or arising in connection with occupying or conducting operations on or at any Project therefor;
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(v) copies of all material notices, documents or reports received or sent by the Borrower, the Sponsor or any other Relevant Party pursuant to any Tax Equity Document, which shall include (without limitation) any project purchase and sale confirmation notice, bill of sale and notices, documents or reports in relation to (A) any call, withdrawal or put option, (B) the achievement of any flip or cash reversion dates under a Limited Liability Company Agreement, (C) true-up requirements (including, without limitation, any interim and final true-ups or other updates to the financial model in respect of any Tax Equity Opco as delivered to the Tax Equity Class A Members), (D) the transfer of membership interests, (E) claims against the Sponsor or any Relevant Party under any indemnity, (F) the threatened or actual removal of any Tax Equity Holdco as a managing member, (G) any updates to financial models prepared by or in respect of any Tax Equity Opco, (H) material correspondence on eligibility criteria in the Tax Equity Documents for any Tax Equity Opco and (I) dispute resolution or independent review under the terms of any Tax Equity Document (including, without limitation, in relation to any Tracking Model, Projects being Placed in Service projects receiving a PTO Letter and any material dispute in relation to Tax matters and ITCs);
(vi) notice of any event which would require a mandatory prepayment under Section 4.03(a);
(vii) notice that any insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Tax Equity Documents or Loan Documents has been, or is threatened to be, cancelled;
(viii) any proposed amendment, supplement, modification or waiver to, or assignment or transfer in respect of, a Portfolio Document (other than any Customer Agreement or Master Turnkey Installation Agreement) or the organizational documents of a Relevant Party at least five (5) Business Days prior to entry thereto;
(ix) copies of any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification to a Portfolio Document or the organizational documents of a Relevant Party (provided that such documents in respect of the Customer Agreements may be provided on a quarterly basis but no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of March, June, September and December); and
(x) each recall notice issued in respect of, or any other material communications related to an actual or potential Serial Defect from any manufacturer of any inverter included in an Eligible Project.
(c) Tracking Models. In respect of an IRR Partnership Flip Opco at all times prior to the date when the Flip Point for such IRR Partnership Flip Opco is finally determined to have occurred pursuant to the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreement:
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such Limited Liability Company Agreement whether delivered to the applicable Tax Equity Class A Member or not and without any extension or waiver unless consented to by the Required Lenders, copies of the applicable Tracking Model, together with such exhibits or supplemental information as are delivered to such Tax Equity Class A Members and are otherwise reasonably requested to demonstrate the basis of the calculation of the date by which the Flip Point is anticipated to be reached and a certification executed by the applicable Partnership Flip Holdco’s Authorized Officer that such Tracking Model has been prepared in good faith in accordance with calculation rules and conventions under the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreement (such Tracking Model, together with the applicable exhibits or supplemental information, the “Annual Tracking Model”);
(ii) the Borrower shall deliver at the same time delivered to the Tax Equity Class A Members of any IRR Partnership Flip Opco, each update to the Tracking Model made to calculate whether the Flip Point has occurred during the preceding calendar quarter; and
(iii) if the aggregate Flip Point Delay for an IRR Partnership Flip Opco under the applicable Annual Tracking Model is greater than twelve (12) months on any Calculation Date, then the Borrower shall thereafter deliver, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each March, June, September and December, an update to the Tracking Model in respect of such IRR Partnership Flip Opco showing actual results through the end of the calendar quarter and demonstrating an updated calculation of the date by which the Flip Point is anticipated to be reached, together with such exhibits or supplemental information as are reasonably requested to demonstrate the basis of such calculation and a certification executed by the applicable Partnership Flip Holdco’s Authorized Officer that such Tracking Model has been prepared in good faith in accordance with calculation rules and conventions under the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreement.
The Borrower shall cause the applicable Partnership Flip Holdco and the Manager to make themselves available at the request of the Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of the Required Lenders) to discuss the basis for such calculations, including the interpretation and application of the calculation rules, conventions and procedures under the applicable Limited Liability Company Agreement. At any time [***], the Administrative Agent may [***], submit [***] to the Model Auditor for its review at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower.
(d) Major Decisions. The Borrower shall promptly, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days prior to any vote or approval in respect of a Major Decision, deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent written notice describing the issue to be decided by vote or approved together with copies of all correspondence received and sent with respect to that Major Decision.
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(e) Operating Budgets.
(i) The Borrower shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, for each fiscal year of the Borrower and each Wholly Owned Opco an operating and capital expense budget setting forth the anticipated revenues and Operating Expenses (including expenses for Non-Covered Services) of each such Relevant Party for such fiscal year; provided that the Borrower shall update such budget prior to any Permitted Fund Disposition and any acquisition or formation of any Partnership Flip Fund, Inverted Lease Fund, tax equity fund (that is not a Partnership Flip Fund or an Inverted Lease Fund), or a Wholly Owned Holdco or a Wholly Owned Opco permitted under Section 2.05. The initial operating budget for 2016 is attached as Exhibit L hereto. For each succeeding fiscal year (commencing with 2017), the Borrower shall, not later than forty-five (45) days prior to the end of the current fiscal year (commencing in 2016), submit such Operating Budget to the Administrative Agent for its approval (in consultation with the Independent Engineer); provided that the approval of the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be given if (A) the Operating Expenses set forth in the Operating Budget do not exceed 20% in the aggregate over the amount budgeted for such Operating Expenses of the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Opcos in the then-current Base Case Model for the applicable year, provided, further, that, even if such 20% threshold is exceeded, the Administrative Agent’s approval shall also be deemed to be given if the Operating Expenses in respect of Non-Covered Services set forth in the Operating Budget on a per kW DC basis in respect of the Projects owned by the Wholly Owned Opcos are not more than $15 per kW DC in the aggregate over the amount budgeted for such Operating Expense in respect of such Projects owned by the Wholly Owned Opcos in the then-current Base Case Model for the applicable year and (B) such Operating Budget is otherwise consistent with the then-current Base Case Model for the applicable year.
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Operating Budget on a per kW DC basis in respect of the Projects owned by the Tax Equity Opcos are not more than $15 per kW DC in the aggregate over the amount budgeted for such Operating Expense in respect of such Projects owned by the Tax Equity Opcos in the then-current Base Case Model for the applicable year and (B) such Operating Budgets are otherwise consistent with the then-current Base Case Model for the applicable year.
(f) Other Information. As soon as practicable upon request, the Borrower shall, deliver, or cause to be delivered, such other information in relation to the business, operations, property, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and any Relevant Party as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
(g) Data Site. Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary herein, all reporting and notice obligations of Borrower under this Section 6.01 may be satisfied by posting any applicable reports, notices or other materials to an Intralinks data site or such other data site designated by Borrower that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and to which the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Independent Engineer shall be granted access.
Section 6.02 Notice of Events of Default. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of (i) each Default of which it obtains Knowledge and each Event of Default hereunder and (ii) each default on the part of any party to the other Transaction Documents (other than the (A) Customer Agreements where such breach (itself or when coupled with other breaches under such agreements) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) and (B) Master Turnkey Installation Agreements where such breach (itself or when coupled with other breaches under such agreements) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).
Section 6.03 Maintenance of Books and Records. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Subsidiaries to, maintain and implement, administrative and operating procedures reasonably necessary in the performance of their obligations hereunder and the Borrower shall, and shall cause the Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain at all times, or cause to be kept and maintained at all times, all documents, books, records, accounts and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the performance of their obligations hereunder to the extent required under applicable Law.
Section 6.04 Litigation. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt written notice upon the Borrower or any Relevant Party receiving or obtaining (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days after receiving or obtaining):
(i) notice of any pending or threatened (in writing) litigation, investigation, action or proceeding by any Person of or before any court arbitrator or Governmental Authority affecting the Borrower or Subsidiary that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in:
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(A) liability to the Borrower or a Relevant Party in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000,000, or an aggregate amount with all other such claims exceeding $3,000,000;
(B) injunctive, declaratory or similar relief against the Borrower or a Relevant Party; or
(C) a Material Adverse Effect; or
(ii) Knowledge of any material development in any action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration at any time which is disclosed under Schedule 5.10 or which is otherwise pending against or affecting the Sponsor, Borrower or any Relevant Party and could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 6.05 Existence; Qualification. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Subsidiary to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a limited liability company and all rights and franchises material to its business, including its qualification to do business in each state where it is required by Law to so qualify, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.06 Taxes. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of the Subsidiaries to, maintain its status for U.S. federal income tax purposes as represented in Section 5.20 of this Agreement and shall not recognize any transfer of an ownership interest in the Borrower if the direct owner is not a U.S. Person that is not a Tax Exempt Person. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each of the Subsidiaries to, pay, or cause to be paid, as and when due and prior to delinquency, all material Taxes, assessments and governmental charges of any kind that may at any time be lawfully due or levied against or with respect to such Person or any Project (including, in each case, all material Taxes, assessments and charges lawfully made by any Governmental Authority for public improvements that may be secured by a Lien on such Project); provided, however that the Borrower may, by appropriate proceedings, contest or cause to be contested in good faith any such Taxes, assessments and other charges and, in such event, may, if permitted by applicable Laws, permit the Taxes, assessments or other charges so contested to remain unpaid during any period, including appeals, when the Borrower is in good faith contesting or causing to be contested the same by appropriate proceedings, so long as (i) reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established on the Borrower’s or its relevant Subsidiary’s books in an amount sufficient to pay any such Taxes, assessments or other charges, accrued interest thereon and potential penalties or other costs relating thereto, or other provision for the payment thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made, (ii) enforcement of the contested Tax, assessment or other charge is effectively stayed pursuant to applicable Laws for the entire duration of such contest and (iii) any Tax, assessment or other charge determined to be due, together with any interest or penalties thereon, is promptly paid after resolution of such contest.
Section 6.07 Operation and Maintenance. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Opco and the applicable Operator to, keep each Project in good operating condition consistent in all material respects with the applicable Portfolio Documents, all other agreements with respect to the Project (including any provisions of any manufacturer, installer or other warranties), Prudent Industry Practices and requirements of Law, and make or cause to be made all repairs necessary to keep such Projects in such condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted). With respect to replacements of panels, inverters or batteries of any Project, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Opco and the applicable Operator to, use panels, inverters and batteries manufactured by Approved Manufacturers.
Section 6.08 Preservation of Rights; Maintenance of Projects; Warranty Claims; Security.
(a) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to (i) perform and observe its material obligations under the Portfolio Documents, and to which such Relevant Party is a party and (ii) preserve, protect and defend its (or its Subsidiary’s) material rights, under such Portfolio Documents,
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including prosecution of suits to enforce any right of such Relevant Party thereunder and enforcement of any claims with respect thereto. The Borrower and each Subsidiary shall cause the applicable Operator to maintain any Permits as may be required in connection with the maintenance, repair or removal of any Project.
(b) The Borrower and each Subsidiary shall, or shall cause the Manager or Operator (as appropriate) to, on behalf of the applicable Subsidiary, pursue warranty claims related to a Project’s photovoltaic panels, inverters, batteries or other material components in accordance with the terms of the applicable warranty, unless the Administrative Agent waives such requirement in writing.
(c) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Loan Party to, execute and deliver from time to time such other documents as shall be necessary or advisable, or that the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in connection with the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties granted by or provided for in the Loan Documents and to perform the transactions contemplated therein.
(d) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Loan Party to (i) take all actions as may be necessary or advisable, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to establish, maintain, protect, perfect and continue the perfection or the first-priority status (subject to Permitted Liens) of the security interests created (or purported to be created) by the Collateral Documents and (ii) furnish timely notice of the necessity of any such action together with such instruments, in execution form (if applicable), and such other information as may be required or reasonably requested to enable any appropriate Person to effect any such action. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall, at its own expense, (A) execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, acknowledge or cause to be acknowledged, file or cause to be filed or record or register or cause to be recorded or registered, or take any other action or cause any other action to be taken with respect to, such notices, statements, instruments and other documents (including any memorandum of lease or other agreement, UCC financing statement or amendment or continuation statement, certificate of title or estoppel certificate, fixture filings and mortgages or deeds of trust) in all places necessary or advisable to establish, maintain, protect and perfect, and ensure the priority of, such security interests and in all other places that the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request, (B) discharge all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) or other claims adversely affecting the rights of the Secured Parties in the Collateral or the pledged interests and (C) deliver or publish all notices to third parties that may be required to establish or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of any Lien created pursuant to this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
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pledge or the perfection of any Lien or, as applicable, the enforceability of a Lien as against such Subsidiary and any subsequent lienor (including a judgment lienor), holder of a charge, or transferee for or not for value, in bulk, by operation of Law, or otherwise, in each case granted, with respect to all future assets in accordance with the requirements of all applicable Laws, or the Law of any other jurisdiction, as applicable, (ii) maintain the security and pledges created by this Agreement and the Collateral Documents in full force and effect at all times (including, as applicable, the priority thereof) and (iii) preserve and protect the Collateral and Membership Interests and protect and enforce its rights and title, and the rights and title of the Secured Parties, to the security created by this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
(f) The Borrower shall take all reasonable actions to maintain the fixture filings referenced in Section 5.23(k) and Section 5.23(l) pursuant to applicable Laws. If, in any Project State, a Change of Law occurs which in the opinion of the Administrative Agent makes it more likely that any residential photovoltaic system installed in such Project State would be determined to be a fixture then, at the Administrative Agent’s request, the Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary, to use their best efforts to cause a fixture filing to be recorded against each Customer and the applicable property in such Project State in respect of each Project that does not have a current fixture filing.
(g) Without limitation to Section 6.22, simultaneously with the purchase of the outstanding “class A” membership interests of a Tax Equity Opco or any membership interests held by a Tax Equity Class A Member in such Tax Equity Opco (whether pursuant to purchase, call, put or withdrawal option), the Borrower shall, and shall cause the applicable Tax Equity Holdco and Tax Equity Opco to, deliver such new and amended Collateral Documents and standing instructions and associated amendments to the Loan Documents as requested by the Administrative Agent (including a security agreement over all assets of such Tax Equity Opco, standing instructions for the deposit of the revenues of such Tax Equity Opco into the Collections Account and amendments to reflect such Tax Equity Opco as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower) in a form and of substance reasonably acceptable to it.
(h) Simultaneously with any acquisition or formation by the Borrower of a Partnership Flip Fund, an Inverted Lease Fund, any other tax equity investment fund or a Wholly Owned Opco pursuant to Section 2.05, the Borrower shall, and shall cause the applicable Tax Equity Holdco, if applicable, and Opco to deliver such new and amended Collateral Documents (including an Account Control Agreement in connection with the acquisition or formation by the Borrower of a Wholly Owned Opco (other than any Wholly Owned Opco that was an Inverted Lease Opco before it was a Wholly Owned Opco)) or Accession Agreements to existing Collateral Documents and standing instructions and associated amendments or Accession Agreements to the Loan Documents as requested by the Administrative Agent in a form and of substance reasonably acceptable to it.
Section 6.09 Compliance with Laws; Environmental Laws. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to (a) comply in all material respects with, and conduct its business and operations
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in compliance in all material respects with, all applicable Laws (including Environmental Laws, consumer leasing and protection Law and any federal, state or local regulatory Laws) and Permits, and (b) procure, maintain and comply in all material respects with all Permits by the date such Permit is necessary or required to have been obtained under applicable Law.
Section 6.10 Energy Regulatory Laws. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, take all necessary actions to maintain (a) the status of each Project as a Qualifying Facility, and (b) the Borrower’s and each Subsidiary’s exemptions from (i) the FPA, as provided in FERC’s regulations at 18 C.F.R. § 292.601(c), including the exemption from regulation under Sections 205 and 206 of the FPA as provided in § 292.601(c)(1), (ii) PUHCA, as provided in FERC’s regulations at 18 C.F.R. § 292.602(b), and (iii) certain state laws and regulations respecting the rates of electric utilities and the financial and organizational regulations of electric utilities, as provided in FERC’s regulations at 18 C.F.R. § 292.602(c).
Section 6.11 Interest Rate Hedging.
(a) The Borrower may maintain or enter into Interest Rate Hedging Agreements with one or more Secured Hedge Providers or with one or more third party providers (in each case, documented pursuant to ISDA agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in consultation with external counsel)) in order to obtain fixed interest rate or interest rate protection in respect of up to 75% of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding or projected to be outstanding for a period from and after the Closing Date through the expiration of the Availability Period.
(b) By no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the end of the Availability Period, the Borrower shall enter into and thereafter maintain Interest Rate Hedging Agreements with one or more Secured Hedge Providers or with one or more third party providers (in each case, documented pursuant to ISDA agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in consultation with external counsel)) to the extent necessary to provide that at least 75% but in no event greater than 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding or projected to be outstanding are subject to either a fixed interest rate or interest rate protection through the Projected Amortization Date.
(c) The Borrower may maintain or enter into Interest Rate Hedging Agreements with one or more Secured Hedge Providers or with one or more third party providers (in each case, documented pursuant to ISDA agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in consultation with external counsel)) in order to obtain fixed interest rate or interest rate protection in respect of up to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding or projected to be outstanding for a period from and after the Maturity Date through the Customer Agreement Termination Date.
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(d) Notwithstanding clauses (b) and (c) above, the Borrower shall not, prior to ninety (90) days before the end of the Availability Period, enter into or maintain any fixed interest rate or interest rate protection that exceeds 75% of the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding or projected to be outstanding at any time from and after the Closing Date through the Customer Agreement Termination Date.
Section 6.12 Payment of Claims.
(a) Except for those matters being contested pursuant to clause (b) below, the Borrower shall, and shall cause the Subsidiaries to, pay (i) all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by Law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets (hereinafter referred to as the “Claims”) and (ii) all U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. income Taxes, sales Taxes, excise Taxes and all other Taxes and assessments of the Relevant Parties on their businesses, income, profits, franchises or assets, in each instance before any penalty or fine is incurred with respect thereto; provided that, without limiting the Sponsor’s obligations under the Cash Diversion and Commitment Fee Guaranty, the foregoing shall not be deemed to require that a Subsidiary pay any such Tax or other liability that is imposed on a Customer or that such Customer is contractually obligated to pay, and the term “Claims” shall be construed accordingly.
(b) The Borrower shall not be required to pay, discharge or remove any Claim relating to any Project that it is otherwise obligated to pay, discharge or remove so long as the Borrower contests (or causes to be contested) in good faith such Claim or the validity, applicability or amount thereof by an appropriate legal proceeding which operates to prevent the collection of such amounts and the sale of the applicable Project, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Borrower has provided the Administrative Agent with security or cash reserves in an amount sufficient to pay, discharge or remove such Claim.
Section 6.13 Maintenance of Insurance.
(a) Until the Debt Termination Date, the Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, procure and maintain, or cause to be procured and maintained by the Operators and the Manager pursuant to the Portfolio Documents, and provide the Administrative Agent with acceptable evidence (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) of the existence of, the types and amounts of insurance listed below with respect to the activities of its representatives in connection with this Agreement (collectively, the “Insurance Policies”) with reputable insurers rated at least A-, X by A.M. Best and “A” or higher by S&P or otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably. In addition, Borrower and the Relevant Parties shall take all necessary action to maintain any insurance that each such Relevant Party or Sponsor is required to maintain pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents. The following terms and conditions apply with respect to property and liability insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Relevant Parties with respect to the Projects:
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(i) Property Insurance - to provide against loss and damage by all risks of physical loss or damage covering Assets and other personal property, in amounts not less than the full insurable replacement value of all personal property from time to time, subject to usual and customary sublimits acceptable to the Administrative Agent, including coverage on a replacement cost and/or agreed amount basis with no deduction for depreciation and no co-insurance provisions (or a waiver thereof).
(ii) Automobile Liability - to provide coverage for owned, non-owned and hired automobiles for both bodily injury and property damage (if applicable).
(iii) Commercial General Liability - to provide coverage on an “occurrence” basis, including coverage for premises/operations explosion, collapse and underground hazards, products/completed operations, broad form property damage, blanket contractual liability for written contracts, independent contractors and personal injury.
(iv) Excess/Umbrella Liability - in excess of the Automobile Liability and Commercial General Liability limits indicated above on a following-form basis with drop-down provisions applying.
(b) With respect to all property insurance (including any excess or difference in conditions policies, if applicable) required pursuant to Section 6.13(a):
(i) Borrower, the Relevant Parties and each of their members shall be included as either the “named insured” or an additional “named insured”.
(ii) Borrower hereby waives, and shall cause the Relevant Parties and each of their members to waive, any rights of subrogation against the Secured Parties and shall cause any such property Insurance Policies to include or be endorsed to include a waiver of subrogation in favor of the Secured Parties.
(iii) Such property insurance shall include the following severability of interest and non-vitiation wording (or such other similar wording acceptable to the Administrative Agent):
“This Policy shall apply as if a separate policy had been issued to each insured provided that the total liability of the insurer to all parties collectively shall not exceed the sums insured and limits and sublimits of liability specified in the Schedule, elsewhere in the Policy, or endorsed thereto. A vitiating act committed by one insured party shall not prejudice the right to indemnity of any other insured party who has an insurable interest and who has not committed a vitiating act.”
(iv) The Secured Parties shall be included as additional “named” insureds on all such Insurance Policies insuring Wholly Owned Opcos.
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(v) Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall be named as the “sole” loss payee on all such Insurance Polices insuring Wholly Owned Opcos pursuant to a lender loss payable endorsement acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
(vi) To the extent commercially available, such Insurance Policies shall be endorsed to provide at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice (or ten (10) days' prior notice if such cancellation is due to failure to pay premiums) of cancellation to the Administrative Agent. If such endorsement for notice of cancellation shall not be commercially available, the Borrower shall be obligated to provide the required written notice of cancellation to the Administrative Agent.
(vii) All such Insurance Policies shall have limits and sublimits at least equal to those contained in the policies listed in Schedule 5.14.
(viii) Such Insurance Policies shall have deductibles in accordance with Prudent Industry Practices, the Portfolio Documents and the policies listed in Schedule 5.14.
(c) With respect to all liability insurance required pursuant to Section 6.13(a):
(i) To the extent commercially available, such Insurance Policies shall be endorsed to provide at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice (or ten (10) days' prior notice if such cancellation is due to failure to pay premiums) of cancellation to the Administrative Agent. If such endorsement for notice of cancellation shall not be commercially available, the Borrower shall be obligated to provide the required written notice of cancellation to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Such Insurance Policies shall include Borrower, the Relevant Parties and each of their members as an additional “named insured”.
(iii) Such Insurance Policies shall include an endorsement to the policy naming (or providing via blanket endorsements as required by written contract) the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders, and their respective permitted successors, assigns, members, directors, officers, employees, lenders, investors, representatives and Administrative Agents as additional insureds on a primary and non-contributory basis.
(iv) Borrower hereby waives, and shall cause the Relevant Parties and each of their members to waive, any rights of subrogation against the Secured Parties and shall cause any such liability Insurance Policies to include or be endorsed to include a similar waiver of subrogation in favor of the Secured Parties.
(v) Such Insurance Policies shall include a severability of interest or separation of insureds clause with no material exclusions for cross-liability clause (to the extent commercially available).
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(vi) All such Insurance Policies shall have limits and sublimits at least equal to those contained in the policies listed in Schedule 5.14.
(vii) All such Insurance Policies shall have deductibles in accordance with Prudent Industry Practices, the Portfolio Documents and the policies listed in Schedule 5.14.
(d) The Borrower and/or the other Relevant Parties shall be responsible for covering or causing to be covered the costs of all insurance premiums and deductibles associated with the Insurance Policies.
(e) Borrower and/or the Relevant Parties shall be obligated to provide written notice of material change to the Administrative Agent unless such notice is otherwise provided by endorsement of the required Insurance Policies. [***]
(f) Prior to the Closing Date and on each anniversary of the Closing Date thereafter (or earlier in conjunction with the renewal or replacement of the Insurance Policies), the Borrower and Relevant Parties shall provide detailed evidence of insurance (in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) including certificates of insurance and copies of applicable insurance binders and policies (if requested), as well as a statement from the Borrower and/or its authorized insurance representative confirming that such insurance is in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Section 6.13, is in full force and effect and all premiums then due have been paid or are not in arrears.
(g) No provision of this Agreement shall impose on the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party any duty or obligation to verify the existence or adequacy of the insurance coverage maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Relevant Parties or their members, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party be responsible for any representations or warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Relevant Parties, their members or any other Person to any insurance agent or broker, insurance company or underwriter.
(h) On an annual basis, not later than forty-five (45) days before renewal of the Borrower’s property insurance policies, the Borrower shall cause a nationally recognized insurance or other applicable expert to perform and deliver, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a probable maximum loss analysis (or analyses) with respect to the properties of the Borrower and the Relevant Parties. [***]
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reasonably available, certifying as to the maximum amount which is so available), (ii) explaining in detail the basis for such broker’s conclusions (including but limited to the cost of obtaining the required coverage(s) as well as the proposed alternative coverage(s)), and (iii) containing such other information as the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Insurance Consultant) may reasonably request, the Administrative Agent may (after consultation with the Insurance Consultant) temporarily waive such requirement and only to the extent that the Borrower can demonstrate that such temporary waiver will not cause the Borrower or the Relevant Parties to be out of compliance with the Portfolio Documents or that a similar waiver has been obtained under such Portfolio Documents; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent, may in its sole judgment, decline to waive any such insurance requirement(s). At any time after the granting of any temporary waiver pursuant to this Section 6.13 but not more than once in any year, the Administrative Agent may request, and the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days after such request, an updated insurance report reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Insurance Consultant) from the Company’s independent insurance broker. Any waiver granted pursuant to this Section 6.13 shall expire, without further action by any party, immediately upon (A) such waived insurance requirement becoming available on commercially reasonable terms, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, (in consultation with the Insurance Consultant) or (B) failure of the Borrower to deliver an updated insurance report pursuant to clause (ii) above.
(j) From and after the date on which the Borrower has received prior written approval from the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Insurance Consultant), the provisions set forth in Exhibit S shall be deemed to replace this Section 6.13 in its entirety for all purposes hereunder, without the need for an amendment or any further action by or on behalf of any Person.
Section 6.14 Inspection.
(a) The Borrower agrees that, with reasonable prior notice, it will permit, and cause each Subsidiary to permit, any representatives and consultants of the Lender Parties, during the applicable Relevant Party's normal business hours, to examine on-site all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Relevant Parties, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and the Borrower further agrees to discuss their affairs, finances and accounts with the officers, employees, Independent certified public accountants and other consultants of such Lender Parties, all at such reasonable times and at the Borrower's expense; provided that except during the continuation of an Event of Default, such examinations may occur no more frequently than two times per calendar year. The Borrower shall promptly deliver copies of any Portfolio Documents as may be requested by Administrative Agent from time to time.
(b) The Borrower will permit, and shall cause each Subsidiary to permit, the Administrative Agent to conduct, in each case, at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower, field audits and examinations of the Projects, and appraisals of the Projects; provided, that, (i) such field audits and examinations and appraisals may be conducted not more than once per any twelve-month period (except,
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during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default, there shall be no limit on the number of additional field audits and examinations and appraisals that shall be permitted at the Borrowers’ expense) and (ii) except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall consult with the Borrower regarding the costs and expenses of such field audits and examinations and appraisals.
Section 6.15 Cooperation. The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, cooperate and provide reasonable information and other assistance in connection with any proposed assignment or participation of a Loan permitted by Section 12.05(b).
Section 6.16 Collateral Accounts; Collections.
(a) The Borrower shall maintain, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to maintain, in full force and effect each of the Collateral Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
(b) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Relevant Party to, ensure that at all times each counterparty to a Project Document is directed to pay all Rents, PBI Payments or other payments due to a Relevant Party under such Project Document in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
(c) The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Loan Party to, remit any amounts received by it or received by third parties (other than pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents) on its behalf to the appropriate Collateral Account for deposit in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
Section 6.17 Performance of Agreements. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Subsidiaries to, duly and punctually perform, observe and comply in all material respects with all of the terms, provisions, conditions, covenants and agreements on its part to be performed, observed and complied with hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Subsidiaries to, prudently exercise and enforce their rights, authorities and discretions under the Portfolio Documents to which they are a party.
Section 6.18 Customer Agreements and PBI Documents.
(a) Each Customer Agreement entered into following the Closing Date shall (i) be an Eligible Customer Agreement and (ii) meet all applicable consumer protection regulatory requirements.
(b) The Borrower shall ensure that the Sponsor assigns to the applicable Opco all rights to receive the PBI Payments and the related PBI Documents in respect of each Eligible Project.
(c) Each Customer Agreement shall require the applicable Customer to maintain homeowner’s insurance for all damage to the property on which the related Project is installed.
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Section 6.19 Management Agreement. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Manager and each Relevant Party to, (i) perform and observe all of the material terms, covenants and conditions of the Management Agreement on the part of Manager and such Relevant Party to be performed and observed and (ii) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any notice to Borrower of any material default under the Management Agreement. If the Borrower shall default in the performance or observance of any material term, covenant or condition of the Management Agreement to be performed or observed by it, then, without limiting the Administrative Agent’s other rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and without waiving or releasing Manager or any Relevant Party from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents or the Borrower under the Management Agreement, the Borrower grants the Administrative Agent on its behalf the right, upon prior written notice to the Borrower, to pay any sums and to perform any act as may be reasonably appropriate to cause such material conditions of the Management Agreement on the part of the Borrower to be performed or observed; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent will not be under any obligation to pay such sums or perform such acts.
Section 6.20 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall apply the proceeds of the Loans exclusively as permitted pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.02.
Section 6.21 Project Expenditures. The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Relevant Parties, Manager and Operators to, operate and maintain the Projects pursuant to the then-current Operating Budget, the O&M Agreements, the Portfolio Documents, all other agreements with respect to the Project (including any provisions of any manufacturer, installer or other warranties), Prudent Industry Practices and applicable Law.
Section 6.22 Tax Equity Opco Matters.
(a) Any capital contribution or loan required to be made by any Tax Equity Holdco to any Tax Equity Opco pursuant to the applicable Tax Equity Opco Limited Liability Company Agreement or any other Tax Equity Document shall be mad