Exhibit 10.22.6
CONSENT NO. 2
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CONSENT NO. 2 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Consent”), dated as of March 24, 2022 is entered into by and among BENEFICIENT COMPANY HOLDINGS, L.P. (the “Borrower”), THE BENEFICIENT COMPANY GROUP, L.P. (“Parent”), HCLP NOMINEES, L.L.C. (“HCLP”), as Lender under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (in such capacity, the “Lender”) and as Senior Creditor and Subordinated Creditor under the Subordination Agreement (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), and the DSTs party hereto.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, Borrower, the Lender, and the Parent are party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2020 (as modified by that certain Consent No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2021 and effective as of September 30, 2020, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2021, and as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Second Lien Loan Documents, dated as of June 28, 2021, as amended by that certain Consent and Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of November 3, 2021 and effective as of July 15, 2021, and as otherwise amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”, and the Existing Credit Agreement as modified by this Consent, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Section 7.05 of the Existing Credit Agreement provides that the Borrower may not, directly or indirectly, Dispose of any Funding Trust Loan (or any interest under any Funding Trust Loan Agreement, to any Person except as provided therein, including with the written consent of the Lender);
WHEREAS, Borrower has advised Lender that, on December 7, 2021, the agreements attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Hatteras Transaction Documents”) have been executed, and that such Hatteras Transaction Documents provide, as further set forth therein, that (a) Hatteras Master Fund, LP, Hatteras Evergreen Private Equity Fund, LLC, Hatteras Global Private Equity Partners Institutional, LLC, Hatteras GPEP Fund, LP, and Hatteras GPEP Fund II, LLC (collectively, the “Hatteras Funds”) contributed certain assets (the “Hatteras Assets”) to The EP-00117 ExAlt PlanTM Custody Trust in exchange for the sole beneficial ownership in The EP-00117 ExAlt PlanTM Custody Trust, (b) The EP-00117 ExAlt PlanTM Custody Trust contributed the Hatteras Assets to The EP-00117 LiquidTrust in exchange for each of the beneficial interests in The EP-00117 LiquidTrust, consisting of (i) the senior beneficial interest in The EP00117 LiquidTrust (the “LT-SBI”) and (ii) the beneficial interest of The EP-00117 LiquidTrust (the “LTBI”), (c) The EP-00117 LiquidTrust contributed the Hatteras Assets to The EP-00117 Custody Trust in exchange for the sole beneficial ownership in The EP-00117 Custody Trust, and (d) The EP-00117 Custody Trust contributed the Hatteras Assets to (i) Hatteras Ben Private Legacy LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and (ii) Hatteras Ben Legacy LP, a Delaware limited partnership ((i) and (ii), collectively, the “SPVs”) in exchange for the sole limited partnership interest in each of the SPVs; (e) New BCC consummated a Funding Trust Loan in the original principal amount of $246,829,327 (the “Hatteras Loan”) to The EP00117 Funding Trust pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement by and between New BCC and The EP-00117 Funding Trust on December 7, 2021 (the “Hatteras Loan Agreement”); (f) The EP-00117 Funding Trust contributed the proceeds of the Hatteras Loan and the LT-