Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT dated as of June 22, 2023 (this “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 12, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and otherwise modified, from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”) among HLEND Holdings C, L.P., as borrower (the “Borrower”); HPS Corporate Lending Fund, as equity holder (“Equity Holder”); the Lenders party thereto (the “Existing Lenders”); U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and U.S. Collateral Agent (the “U.S. Collateral Agent”); U.S. Bank National Association, as U.S. Custodian (the “U.S. Custodian”) and Document Custodian (the “Document Custodian”); and Blackstone Asset Based Finance Advisors LP (“Blackstone Representative” and together with all the aforementioned parties, the “Existing Credit Agreement Parties”).
The Borrower and the Collateral Manager have requested certain modifications to the terms of the Credit Agreement, including an increase in the Maximum Facility Amount and the addition of one or more new lenders (each, a “New Lender”, and collectively, the “New Lenders”), and the Existing Credit Agreement Parties and the New Lenders hereby consent to the foregoing and the terms hereof, all on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. | Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used herein: |
“Amendment Effective Date” means the date (if any) on which the Blackstone Representative and the Borrower shall have confirmed to the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Collateral Agent in writing that the Amendment Conditions have been satisfied.
“Amendment Conditions” means conditions satisfied if and only if:
| (a) | the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the Borrower, the Equity Holder, Collateral Manager, Limited Guarantor, the Blackstone Representative, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents, the U.S. Custodian, the Document Custodian, each Existing Lender increasing its Commitment and the New Lenders; |
| (b) | no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Amendment Effective Date or shall result from the proposed amendments hereunder; |
| (c) | the representations and warranties contained in this Amendment and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); |