INDENTURE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
by and between
CHURCHILL NCPCIF CLO-I LLC,
Issuer
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee
Dated as of July 16, 2024
Exhibit 10.4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1.1Definitions2
Section 1.2Usage of Terms75
Section 1.3Assumptions as to Assets75
ARTICLE II THE DEBT79
Section 2.1Forms Generally79
Section 2.2Forms of Notes79
Section 2.3Authorized Amount; Stated Maturity; Denominations80
Section 2.4Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating82
Section 2.5Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange82
Section 2.6Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Note91
Section 2.7Payment of Principal and Interest and Other Amounts; Principal and
Interest Rights Preserved92
Section 2.8Persons Deemed Owners95
Section 2.9Cancellation95
Section 2.10DTC Ceases to be Depository95
Section 2.11Non-Permitted Holders96
Section 2.12Tax Treatment and Tax Certifications98
Section 2.13Additional Issuance101
Section 2.14Conversion of Class A-L Loans to Class A Notes..103
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT103
Section 3.1Conditions to Issuance of Debt on Closing Date103
Section 3.2Conditions to Additional Issuance106
Section 3.3Custodianship; Delivery of Collateral Obligations and Eligible
Investments107
ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE108
Section 4.1Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture108
Section 4.2Application of Deposited Money110
Section 4.3Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent110
Section 4.4Limitation on Obligation to Incur Administrative Expenses110
ARTICLE V EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES111
Section 5.1Events of Default111
Section 5.2Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment113
Section 5.3Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee114
Section 5.4Remedies115
Section 5.5Optional Preservation of Assets117
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Section 5.6Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt119
Section 5.7Application of Money Collected119
Section 5.8Limitation on Suits119
Section 5.9Unconditional Rights of Secured Debtholders to Receive Principal and
Interest120
Section 5.10Restoration of Rights and Remedies120
Section 5.11Rights and Remedies Cumulative120
Section 5.12Delay or Omission Not Waiver120
Section 5.13Control by Majority of Controlling Class121
Section 5.14Waiver of Past Defaults121
Section 5.15Undertaking for Costs122
Section 5.16Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws122
Section 5.17Sale of Assets122
Section 5.18Action on the Debt123
ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE123
Section 6.1Certain Duties and Responsibilities123
Section 6.2Notice of Event of Default125
Section 6.3Certain Rights of Trustee125
Section 6.4Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt129
Section 6.5May Hold Debt130
Section 6.6Money Held for the Benefit of the Secured Debtholders130
Section 6.7Compensation and Reimbursement130
Section 6.8Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility131
Section 6.9Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor131
Section 6.10Acceptance of Appointment by Successor133
Section 6.11Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of
Trustee133
Section 6.12Co-Trustees134
Section 6.13Certain Duties of Trustee Related to Delayed Payment of Proceeds135
Section 6.14Authenticating Agents135
Section 6.15Withholding136
Section 6.16Representative for Debtholders Only; Agent for each other Secured
Party136
Section 6.17Representations and Warranties of the Bank137
ARTICLE VII COVENANTS137
Section 7.1Payment of Principal and Interest137
Section 7.2Maintenance of Office or Agency138
Section 7.3Money for Debt Payments to be Held for the Benefit of the Holders
Section 7.4Existence of the Issuer140
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Section 7.5Protection of Assets141
Section 7.6Opinions as to Assets142
Section 7.7Performance of Obligations142
Section 7.8Negative Covenants142
Section 7.9Statement as to Compliance144
Section 7.10The Issuer May Consolidate, etc144
Section 7.11Successor Substituted146
Section 7.12No Other Business146
Section 7.13[Reserved]146
Section 7.14Annual Rating Review146
Section 7.15Reporting147
Section 7.16Calculation Agent147
Section 7.17Certain Tax Matters149
Section 7.18Effective Date; Purchase of Additional Collateral Obligations153
Section 7.19Representations Relating to Security Interests in the Assets156
Section 7.20Limitation on Certain Maturity Amendments158
ARTICLE VIII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES159
Section 8.1Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders of Debt159
Section 8.2Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders of Debt163
Section 8.3Execution of Supplemental Indentures165
Section 8.4Effect of Supplemental Indentures or Amendments167
Section 8.5Reference in Debt to Supplemental Indentures167
ARTICLE IX REDEMPTION OF DEBT168
Section 9.1Mandatory Redemption168
Section 9.2Optional Redemption168
Section 9.3Tax Redemption172
Section 9.4Redemption Procedures172
Section 9.5Debt Payable on Redemption Date174
Section 9.6Special Redemption175
Section 9.7Optional Re-Pricing175
Section 9.8Clean-Up Call Redemption178
ARTICLE X ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES179
Section 10.1Collection of Money179
Section 10.2Collection Account180
Section 10.3Transaction Accounts182
Section 10.4The Revolver Funding Account184
Section 10.5The Interest Reserve Account185
Section 10.6Contributions185
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Section 10.7Reinvestment of Funds in Accounts; Reports by Trustee185
Section 10.8Accountings187
Section 10.9EU/UK Transparency Requirements195
Section 10.10Release of Assets196
Section 10.11Reports by Independent Accountants197
Section 10.12Reports to Rating Agencies and Additional Recipients199
Section 10.13Procedures Relating to the Establishment of Accounts Controlled by
the Trustee199
Section 10.14Section 3(c)(7) Procedures199
ARTICLE XI APPLICATION OF MONIES202
Section 11.1Disbursements of Monies from Payment Account202
ARTICLE XII SALE OF COLLATERAL OBLIGATIONS; PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL
COLLATERAL OBLIGATIONS209
Section 12.1Sales of Collateral Obligations209
Section 12.2Purchase of Additional Collateral Obligations211
Section 12.3Reserved214
Section 12.4Conditions Applicable to All Sale and Purchase Transactions214
Section 12.5Hedging215
ARTICLE XIII NOTEHOLDERS’ RELATIONS215
Section 13.1Subordination215
Section 13.2Standard of Conduct216
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS216
Section 14.1Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee216
Section 14.2Acts of Holders218
Section 14.3Notices, etc218
Section 14.4Notices to Holders; Waiver220
Section 14.5Effect of Headings and Table of Contents221
Section 14.6Successors and Assigns221
Section 14.7Severability221
Section 14.8Benefits of Indenture222
Section 14.9Reserved222
Section 14.10GOVERNING LAW222
Section 14.11Submission to Jurisdiction222
Section 14.12WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL222
Section 14.13Counterparts222
Section 14.14Acts of Issuer223
Section 14.15Confidential Information223
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Section 14.1617g-5 Information225
ARTICLE XV ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS227
Section 15.1Assignment of Collateral Management Agreement227
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Schedules and Exhibits
Schedule 1[Reserved]
Schedule 2S&P Industry Classifications
Schedule 3 Moody’s Rating Definitions
Schedule 4 S&P Recovery Rate Tables
Exhibit AForms of Notes
A-1Form of Global Secured Note
A-2Form of Certificated Secured Note
A-3Form of Certificated Subordinated Note
Exhibit BForms of Transfer and Exchange Certificates
B-1Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of Rule 144A Global Note or
Certificated Note to Regulation S Global Note
B-2Form of Purchaser Representation Letter for the Class A Notes, the Class B
Notes and the Class C Notes issued in the form of Certificated Notes
B-3Form of Purchaser Representation Letter for Subordinated Notes issued in the
form of Certificated Notes
B-4Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of Regulation S Global Note or
Certificated Note to Rule 144A Global Note
B-5Form of ERISA Certificate
B-6Form of Transferee Certificate for Rule 144A Global Note
B-7Form of Transferee Certificate for Regulation S Global Note
Exhibit CForm of Contribution Notice
Exhibit DForm of Debt Owner Certificate
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INDENTURE, dated as of July 16, 2024, between CHURCHILL NCPCIF CLO-I LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the
“Issuer”) and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee
(herein, together with its permitted successors and assigns in the trusts hereunder, the “Trustee”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Issuer is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture to provide for the Debt
issuable as provided herein. The Issuer and the Trustee are entering into this Indenture for good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer in accordance
with the agreement’s terms have been done.
GRANTING CLAUSES
The Issuer hereby Grants to the Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Holders of the
Secured Debt, the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Manager,
the Bank and U.S. Bank National Association in each of their other capacities under the
Transaction Documents (collectively, the “Secured Parties”), all of the Issuer’s right, title and
interest in, to and under, in each case, whether now owned or existing on the Closing Date, or
hereafter acquired or arising,
(a)the Collateral Obligations, Workout Loans, Restructured Loans and
Specified Equity Securities and all payments thereon or with respect thereto;
(b)each of the Accounts, and any Eligible Investments on deposit in any of
the Accounts, and all income from the investment of funds therein,
(c)each Transaction Document,
(d)all Cash or Money owned by the Issuer,
(e)any Equity Securities received by the Issuer,
(f)all accounts (including health-care-insurance receivables), chattel paper
(whether tangible or electronic), commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents (including,
if applicable, electronic documents), financial assets, general intangibles (including all payment
intangibles), goods (including inventory and equipment), instruments, investment property,
letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a
writing), promissory notes and other supporting obligations relating to the foregoing (in each
case as defined in the UCC),
(g)any other property of the Issuer (whether or not constituting Collateral
Obligations or Eligible Investments), and
(h)all proceeds with respect to the foregoing (the assets referred to in (a)
through (h) are collectively referred to as the “Assets”).
The above Grant is made to secure the Secured Debt and certain other amounts
payable by the Issuer as described herein. Except as set forth in the Priority of Payments and
Article XIII of this Indenture, the Secured Debt is secured by the Grant equally and ratably
without prejudice, priority or distinction between any Secured Debt and any other Secured Debt
by reason of difference in time of issuance or otherwise. The Grant is made to secure, in
accordance with the priorities set forth in the Priority of Payments and Article XIII of this
Indenture, (i) the payment of all amounts due on the Secured Debt in accordance with its terms,
(ii) the payment of all other sums (other than in respect of the Subordinated Notes) payable under
this Indenture, (iii) the payment of amounts owing by the Issuer under the Class A-L Loan
Agreement, the Collateral Management Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement
and the Collateral Administration Agreement and (iv) compliance with the provisions of this
Indenture, all as provided herein. The foregoing Grant shall, for the purpose of determining the
property subject to the lien of this Indenture, be deemed to include any securities and any
investments granted to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Issuer, whether or not such securities or
investments satisfy the criteria set forth in the definitions of “Collateral Obligation” or “Eligible
Investments”, as the case may be.
The Trustee acknowledges such Grant and agrees to perform the duties herein in
accordance with the terms hereof.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section I.1Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or as the context may
otherwise require, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below for all
purposes of this Indenture, and the definitions of such terms are equally applicable both to the
singular and plural forms of such terms and to the masculine, feminine and neuter genders of
such terms. The word “including” shall mean “including without limitation”. All references
herein to designated “Articles”, “Sections”, “sub-sections” and other subdivisions are to the
designated articles, sections, sub-sections and other subdivisions of this Indenture. The words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular article, section, sub-section or other subdivision.
“17g-5 Information”: The meaning specified in Section 14.16.
“17g-5 Website”: A password-protected website which shall initially be located at
https://17g5.com/datarooms/churchillncpifcloillc. Any change of the 17g-5 Website shall only
occur after notice has been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee, the Collateral Manager, the
Collateral Administrator, the Initial Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent and S&P setting the date
of change and new location of the 17g-5 Website.
“1940 Act”: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
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“25% Limitation”: The meaning specified in Section 2.5(b).
“Accountants’ Effective Date Comparison AUP Report”: The meaning specified in
Section 7.18(c).
“Accountants’ Effective Date Recalculation AUP Report”: The meaning specified in
Section 7.18(c).
“Accountants’ Report”: A certificate of the firm or firms appointed by the Issuer pursuant
to Section 10.11(a).
“Accounts”: (i) The Payment Account, (ii) the Collection Account, (iii) the Ramp-Up
Account, (iv) the Revolver Funding Account, (v) the Custodial Account, (vi) the Expense
Reserve Account, (vii) the Interest Reserve Account, (viii) the Permitted Use Account and (ix)
the Class A-L Loan Account.
“Accredited Investor”: The meaning specified in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
“Act”: The meaning specified in Section 14.2.
“Adjusted Class Break-even Default Rate”: The rate equal to (a)(i) the Class Break-even
Default Rate multiplied by (ii)(x) the Target Initial Par Amount divided by (y) the S&P
Collateral Principal Amount plus (b)(i)(x) the S&P Collateral Principal Amount minus (y) the
Target Initial Par Amount, divided by (ii)(x) the S&P Collateral Principal Amount multiplied by
(y) 1 minus the Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate.
“Adjusted Collateral Principal Amount”: As of any date of determination:
(a)the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligations (other than
Defaulted Obligations, Deferring Obligations (other than Permitted Deferrable
Obligations), Discount Obligations and Long Dated Obligations), plus
(b)without duplication, the amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and
the Ramp-Up Account (including Eligible Investments therein) representing Principal
Proceeds, plus
(c)the aggregate of the Defaulted Obligation Balances for each Defaulted
Obligation (except for Deferring Obligations), plus
(d)the aggregate of the purchase prices for each Discount Obligation,
excluding accrued interest, expressed as a percentage of par and multiplied by the
Principal Balance thereof, for such Discount Obligation, plus
(e)the sum of, with respect to each Deferring Obligation (other than a
Permitted Deferrable Obligation), the S&P Collateral Value for such Deferring
Obligation; plus
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(f)with respect to each Long Dated Obligation, an amount equal to the lower
of (i) the product of 70% multiplied by the Principal Balance for such Long Dated
Obligation and (ii) the Market Value of such Long Dated Obligation; provided, that for
any Long Dated Obligation maturing more than two (2) years after the Stated Maturity,
an amount equal to zero; minus
(g)the Excess CCC Adjustment Amount;
provided that, with respect to any Collateral Obligation that satisfies more than one of the
definitions of Defaulted Obligation, Deferring Obligation, Discount Obligation or Long Dated
Obligation or any asset that falls into the Excess CCC Adjustment Amount, such Collateral
Obligation shall, for the purposes of this definition, be treated as belonging to the category of
Collateral Obligations which results in the lowest Adjusted Collateral Principal Amount on any
date of determination.
“Administrative Excess Amount”: An amount equal on any Payment Date to (i) the
Administrative Expense Cap (disregarding the proviso in such definition) on such Payment Date
minus (ii) the aggregate amount of any Administrative Expenses paid pursuant to clause (A)(2)
of Section 11.1(a)(i) on such Payment Date.
“Administrative Expense Cap”: An amount equal on any Payment Date (when taken
together with any Administrative Expenses paid during the period since the preceding Payment
Date or in the case of the first Payment Date, the period since the Closing Date), to the sum of (a)
0.025% per annum (prorated for the related Interest Accrual Period on the basis of a 360-day
year and the actual number of days elapsed) of the Fee Basis Amount on the Determination Date
relating to the immediately preceding Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Payment Date,
the Closing Date) and (b) U.S.$200,000 per annum (prorated for the related Interest Accrual
Period on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30 day months); provided that (1) in
respect of any Payment Date after the third Payment Date following the Closing Date, if the
aggregate amount of Administrative Expenses paid pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i)(A), Section
11.1(a)(ii)(A) and Section 11.1(a)(iii)(A)(2) (including any excess applied in accordance with
this proviso) on the three immediately preceding Payment Dates and during the related
Collection Periods is less than the stated Administrative Expense Cap (without regard to any
excess applied in accordance with this proviso) in the aggregate for such three preceding
Payment Dates, then the excess may be applied to the Administrative Expense Cap with respect
to the then-current Payment Date; and (2) in respect of the third Payment Date following the
Closing Date, such excess amount shall be calculated based on the Payment Dates preceding
such Payment Date.
“Administrative Expenses”: The fees, expenses (including fees and costs of counsel and
indemnities) and other amounts due or accrued with respect to any Payment Date (including,
with respect to any Payment Date, any such amounts that were due and not paid on any prior
Payment Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments) and payable in the following order
by the Issuer: first, to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 and the other provisions of this
Indenture, second, to the Bank, U.S. Bank National Association and any of their respective
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Affiliates in any of their respective other capacities under the Transaction Documents, third, on a
pro rata basis, the following amounts (excluding indemnities) to the following parties:
(i)the Independent Review Party, if any, Independent accountants (including
tax accountants), agents (other than the Collateral Manager) and counsel of the Issuer for
fees and expenses;
(ii)S&P for fees and expenses (including any annual fee, amendment fees and
surveillance fees) in connection with any rating of the Debt or in connection with the
rating of (or provision of credit estimates in respect of) any Collateral Obligations;
(iii)the Collateral Manager under this Indenture and the Collateral
Management Agreement, including without limitation reasonable expenses of the
Collateral Manager (including fees for its accountants, agents and counsel) incurred in
connection with the purchase or sale of any Collateral Obligations, any other expenses
incurred in connection with the Collateral Obligations and any other amounts payable
pursuant to the Collateral Management Agreement but excluding the Aggregate
Collateral Management Fees;
(iv)the independent manager of the Issuer for fees and expenses;
(v)any person in respect of any governmental fee, charge or tax; and
(vi)any other Person in respect of any other fees or expenses permitted under
this Indenture and the documents delivered pursuant to or in connection with this
Indenture (including without limitation the payment of all legal and other fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the purchase or sale of any Collateral Obligations
and any other expenses incurred in connection with the Collateral Obligations) and the
Debt, including but not limited to, amounts owed to the Issuer pursuant to this Indenture,
any amounts due in respect of the listing of the Debt on any stock exchange or trading
system, any Re-Pricing, redemption, Refinancing or additional issuance of Debt;
and fourth, on a pro rata basis, indemnities payable to any Person pursuant to any Transaction
Document or the Warehouse Agreement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) amounts
due in respect of actions taken on or before the Closing Date (other than indemnities payable
under the Warehouse Agreement or amounts payable with respect to actions taken under the
Posting Agent Letter Agreement) shall not be payable as Administrative Expenses but shall be
payable only from the Expense Reserve Account pursuant to Section 10.3(d) and (y) amounts
that are expressly payable to any Person under the Priority of Payments in respect of an amount
that is stated to be payable as an amount other than as Administrative Expenses (including,
without limitation, interest and principal in respect of the Debt) shall not constitute
Administrative Expenses.
“Affected Class”: Any Class of Debt that, as a result of the occurrence of a Tax Event,
has not received or will not receive 100% of the aggregate amount of principal and interest that
would otherwise be due and payable to such Class on any Payment Date.
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“Affiliate”: With respect to a Person, (i) any other Person who, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, or controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person or (ii) any other
Person who is a director, Officer, employee or general partner (a) of such Person, (b) of any
subsidiary or parent company of such Person or (c) of any Person described in clause (i) above.
For the purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect,
(x) to vote more than 50% (or, solely for purposes of determining control in connection with a
Portfolio Company, 35%) of the securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors of such Person or (y) to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise. For purposes of this definition,
Obligors in respect of Collateral Obligations shall be deemed not to be Affiliates if they have
distinct corporate family ratings and/or distinct issuer ratings.
“Agent Members”: Members of, or participants in, DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream.
“Aggregate Collateral Management Fee”: Without duplication, all accrued and unpaid
Collateral Management Fees, Current Deferred Management Fees, Cumulative Deferred
Management Fees and Collateral Management Fee Shortfall Amounts (including accrued
interest).
“Aggregate Coupon”: As of any Measurement Date, the sum of the products obtained by
multiplying, in the case of each Fixed Rate Obligation (including, for any Permitted Deferrable
Obligation, only the required current cash interest required by the Underlying Documents
thereon), (i) the stated coupon on such Collateral Obligation expressed as a percentage and (ii)
the principal balance of such Collateral Obligation.
“Aggregate Funded Spread”: As of any Measurement Date, the sum of: (a) in the case of
each Floating Rate Obligation (other than a Defaulted Obligation) that bears interest at a spread
over a Reference Rate-based index (including, for any Permitted Deferrable Obligation, only the
excess of the required current cash pay interest required by the Underlying Documents thereon
over the applicable index and excluding the unfunded portion of any Delayed Drawdown
Collateral Obligation and Revolving Collateral Obligation), (i) the stated interest rate spread on
such Collateral Obligation above such index multiplied by (ii) the outstanding principal balance
of such Collateral Obligation; provided that, with respect to any Reference Rate Floor
Obligation, the stated interest rate spread on such Collateral Obligation over the applicable index
shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (x) the stated interest rate spread over the applicable
index and (y) the excess, if any, of the specified “floor” rate relating to such Collateral
Obligation over the applicable Reference Rate; and (b) in the case of each Floating Rate
Obligation (other than a Defaulted Obligation) (including, for any Permitted Deferrable
Obligation, only the required current cash pay interest required by the Underlying Documents
thereon and excluding the unfunded portion of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation and
Revolving Collateral Obligation) that bears interest at a spread over an index other than a
Reference Rate-based index, (i) the excess of the sum of such spread and such index over the
Reference Rate as of the immediately preceding Interest Determination Date (which spread or
excess may be expressed as a negative percentage) multiplied by (ii) the outstanding principal
balance of each such Collateral Obligation.
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“Aggregate Outstanding Amount”: With respect to any of the Debt as of any date, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Debt Outstanding on such date.
“Aggregate Principal Balance”: When used with respect to all or a portion of the
Collateral Obligations or the Assets, the sum of the Principal Balances of all or of such portion of
the Collateral Obligations or Assets, respectively.
“Aggregate Unfunded Spread”: As of any Measurement Date, the sum of the products
obtained by multiplying (i) for each Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation and Revolving
Collateral Obligation (other than Defaulted Obligations), the related commitment fee rate then in
effect as of such date and (ii) the undrawn commitments of each such Delayed Drawdown
Collateral Obligation and Revolving Collateral Obligation as of such date.
“Alternative Method”: The meaning specified in Section 7.17(l).
“Alternative Rate”: The Fallback Rate or Benchmark Replacement Rate selected by the
Collateral Manager to replace the then current Reference Rate pursuant to a Reference Rate
Amendment.
“ARRC”: The Alternative Reference Rates Committee.
“Asset-backed Commercial Paper”: Commercial paper or other short-term obligations of
a program that primarily issues externally rated commercial paper backed by assets or exposures
held in a bankruptcy-remote, special purpose entity.
“Assets”: The meaning specified in the Granting Clauses.
“Assumed Reinvestment Rate”: The Term SOFR Rate (as determined on the most recent
Interest Determination Date relating to an Interest Accrual Period beginning on a Payment Date
or the Closing Date) minus 0.25% per annum; provided that the Assumed Reinvestment Rate
shall not be less than 0.00%.
“Authenticating Agent”: With respect to the Debt or a Class of the Debt, the Person
designated by the Trustee or the Loan Agent to authenticate such Debt on behalf of the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.14 hereof or on behalf of the Loan Agent pursuant to the Class A-L Loan
Agreement.
“Average Life”: On any date of determination with respect to any Collateral Obligation,
the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (a) the number of years (rounded
to the nearest one hundredth thereof) from such date of determination to the respective dates of
each successive Scheduled Distribution of principal of such Collateral Obligation and (b) the
respective amounts of principal of such Scheduled Distributions by (ii) the sum of all successive
Scheduled Distributions of principal on such Collateral Obligation.
“Balance”: On any date, with respect to Cash or Eligible Investments in any account, the
aggregate of the (i) current balance of Cash, demand deposits, time deposits, certificates of
deposit and federal funds; (ii) principal amount of interest-bearing corporate and government
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securities, money market accounts and repurchase obligations; and (iii) purchase price (but not
greater than the face amount) of non-interest-bearing government and corporate securities and
commercial paper.
“Bank”: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its individual capacity and
not as Trustee, or any successor thereto.
“Bankruptcy Code”: The federal Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended from time to time.
“BDC Advisor”: Churchill PCIF Advisor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”: With respect to the implementation of
any Benchmark Replacement Rate, any technical, administrative or operational changes
(including, but not limited to, changes to the definition of “Interest Accrual Period”) that the
Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Issuer) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of
such Benchmark Replacement Rate in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or,
if the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Issuer) decides that adoption of any portion of such
market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the
Issuer) determines that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement Rate exists, in
such other manner as the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Issuer) determines is reasonably
necessary).
“Benchmark Replacement Date”: The earlier to occur of the following events with
respect to the Reference Rate and each date thereafter designated by the Collateral Manager
following the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i)in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition
Event,” the later of (x) the date of the public statement or publication of information
referenced therein and (y) the date on which the administrator of the Reference Rate
permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Reference Rate;
(ii)in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition
Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein;
or
(iii)in the case of clause (d) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition
Event,” the date on which the Collateral Manager in its sole discretion has notified the
Trustee and the Calculation Agent that a “Benchmark Replacement Date” has occurred.
“Benchmark Replacement Rate”: The reference rate that the Collateral Manager
determines in its sole discretion as a replacement for the base rate component applicable to the
Secured Debt as of the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date meets each of clauses (i) and
(ii) below:
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(i)the first applicable alternative set forth in the order below that also meets
clause (ii) below:
(1)the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) in the case of an
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement Rate, the Benchmark Replacement Rate
Adjustment;
(2)the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected
or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body or the LSTA as the
replacement for then current Reference Rate for the applicable Corresponding
Tenor with respect to quarterly pay floating rate Loans of the type included in the
Assets and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Rate Adjustment; and
(3)the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest identified by the
Collateral Manager as expected to be used in a majority of the quarterly pay
Floating Rate Obligations included in the Assets or a majority of the new issue
collateralized loan obligation transactions priced in the six months prior to the
applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) in the case of an Unadjusted
Benchmark Replacement Rate, the Benchmark Replacement Rate Adjustment;
and
(ii)used in a majority of the quarterly pay Floating Rate Obligations included
in the Assets or a majority of the new issue collateralized loan obligation transactions
priced in the six months prior to the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date as
determined by the Collateral Manager in its sole discretion.
“Benchmark Replacement Rate Adjustment”: With respect to any replacement of the
Reference Rate with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement Rate, the spread adjustment, or
method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or
negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Collateral Manager in the following order:
(i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or
determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the Reference Rate with the
applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement Rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or the
LSTA or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread
adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the
replacement of the Reference Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement Rate
for Dollar-denominated collateralized loan obligation securitization transactions at such time.
“Benchmark Transition Event”: The occurrence of one or more of the following events
with respect to the Reference Rate, as determined by the Collateral Manager:
(a)public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the
administrator of the Reference Rate announcing that such administrator has ceased or will
cease to provide such Reference Rate, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the
time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will
continue to provide such Reference Rate;
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(h)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory
supervisor for the administrator of the Reference Rate, the Federal Reserve System, an
insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Reference Rate, a
resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Reference Rate or a
court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator
for the Reference Rate, which states that the administrator of the Reference Rate has
ceased or will cease to provide the Reference Rate permanently or indefinitely, provided
that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that
will continue to provide the Reference Rate;
(i)a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory
supervisor for the administrator of the Reference Rate announcing that the Reference
Rate is no longer representative; or
(j)if at any time after the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event set
forth in clauses (a) – (c) the Reference Rate is a rate that does not satisfy clause (ii) of the
definition of Benchmark Replacement Rate, the Collateral Manager determines in its sole
discretion to replace the then current Reference Rate with a rate that satisfies clause (ii) of
the definition of Benchmark Replacement Rate.
“Beneficial Ownership Certificate”: The meaning specified in Section 14.2(e).
“Benefit Plan Investor”: A “benefit plan investor” as defined in 29 C.F.R.
Section 2510.3-101 and Section 3(42) of ERISA, which includes (a) any “employee benefit
plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the fiduciary responsibility
provisions of Title I of ERISA, (b) any “plan” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) to
which Section 4975 of the Code applies and (c) any entity whose underlying assets include “plan
assets” by reason of such an “employee benefit plan’s” or “plan’s” investment in such entity.
“Bond”: A debt security (that is not a Loan) that is issued by a partnership, trust or any
other entity.
“Book Value”: “Book value” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), adjusted (to the extent permitted under Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)) as necessary to reflect the relative economic interests of the
beneficial owners of the Subordinated Notes (as determined for U.S. federal income tax
purposes).
“Bridge Loan”: Any loan or other obligation that (i) is incurred in connection with a
merger, acquisition, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person or
similar transaction and (ii) by its terms, is required to be repaid within one year of the incurrence
thereof with proceeds from additional borrowings or other refinancings (it being understood that
any such loan or debt security that has a nominal maturity date of one year or less from the
incurrence thereof but has a term-out or other provision whereby (automatically or at the sole
option of the Obligor thereof) the maturity of the indebtedness thereunder may be extended to a
later date is not a Bridge Loan).
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“Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which
commercial banks are authorized or required by applicable law, regulation or executive order to
close in New York, New York or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
or the Loan Agent is located or, for any final payment of principal, in the relevant place of
presentation.
“Calculation Agent”: The meaning specified in Section 7.16.
“Cash”: Such funds denominated in currency of the United States as at the time shall be
legal tender for payment of all public and private debts, including funds standing to the credit of
an Account.
“CCC Collateral Obligation”: A Collateral Obligation (other than a Defaulted Obligation
or a Deferring Obligation) with an S&P Rating of “CCC+” or lower.
“CCC Excess”: An amount equal to the excess of the Principal Balance of all CCC
Collateral Obligations over an amount equal to 20.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount as of
such date of determination; provided that, in determining which of the CCC Collateral
Obligations shall be included in the CCC Excess, the CCC Collateral Obligations with the lowest
Market Value (expressed as a percentage of the outstanding Principal Balance of such Collateral
Obligations as of such date of determination) shall be deemed to constitute such CCC Excess.
“Certificate of Authentication”: The meaning specified in Section 2.1.
“Certificate of Formation”: The certificate of formation the Issuer.
“Certificated Note”: Any Certificated Secured Note or Certificated Subordinated Note.
“Certificated Secured Note”: The meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(iv).
“Certificated Security”: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.
“Certificated Subordinated Note”: A definitive, fully registered note without coupons
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-3 hereto.
“Class”: In the case of (i) the Secured Debt, all of the Secured Debt having the same
Interest Rate, Stated Maturity and class designation and (ii) the Subordinated Notes, all of the
Subordinated Notes; provided that, solely for purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio
and the Overcollateralization Ratio, the Class A Debt and the Class B Notes shall be treated as a
single Class; provided further, that (x) except as provided in clause (y) of this proviso, the Class
A Notes and the Class A-L Loans shall constitute, and vote together as, a single Class and (y) the
Class A Notes and the Class A-L Loans shall be treated as separate Classes, and shall vote
separately, solely for purposes of (1) any determination as to whether a proposed supplemental
indenture or amendment would have a material adverse effect on such Debt and (2) a
Refinancing or a Re-Pricing.
“Class A Debt”: The Class A Notes and the Class A-L Loans, collectively.
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“Class A Notes”: The Class A Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes issued pursuant to this
Indenture and having the characteristics specified in Section 2.3.
“Class A/B Coverage Tests”: The Overcollateralization Ratio Test and the Interest
Coverage Test, each as applied with respect to the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes.
“Class A-L Lender”: Each lender under the Class A-L Loan Agreement with respect to
the Class A-L Loans.
“Class A-L Loan Account”: The account established pursuant to the Class A-L Loan
Agreement.
“Class A-L Loan Agreement”: The loan agreement entered into on the Closing Date by
the Issuer, as borrower, the Class A-L Lenders party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company,
National Association, as loan agent.
“Class A-L Loans”: The Class A-L Senior Secured Floating Rate Loans incurred
pursuant to the Class A-L Loan Agreement and having the characteristics specified in Section
2.3.
“Class B Notes”: The Class B Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes issued pursuant to this
Indenture and having the characteristics specified in Section 2.3.
“Class Break-even Default Rate”: With respect to the Highest Ranking S&P Class:
(a)prior to the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, the rate equal to (a)
0.042093 plus (b) the product of (x) 3.688331 and (y) the Weighted Average Floating
Spread plus (c) the product of (x) 1.383411 and (y) the Weighted Average S&P Recovery
Rate; or
(k)on and after the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, the maximum
percentage of defaults, at any time, that the Current Portfolio or the Proposed Portfolio, as
applicable, can sustain, as determined through application of the applicable S&P CDO
Monitor chosen by the Collateral Manager in accordance with this Indenture that is
applicable to the portfolio of Collateral Obligations, which, after giving effect to the
assumptions on recoveries, defaults and timing and to the Priority of Payments, will result
in sufficient funds remaining for the payment of the Highest Ranking S&P Class in full.
After the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, S&P will provide the Collateral Manager
with the Class Break-even Default Rates for each S&P CDO Monitor input file based
upon the S&P Minimum Floating Spread and the S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate to
be associated with such S&P CDO Monitor input file as selected by the Collateral
Manager in accordance with the definition of “S&P CDO Monitor”.
“Class C Coverage Tests”: The Overcollateralization Ratio Test and the Interest
Coverage Test, each as applied with respect to the Class C Notes.
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“Class C Notes”: The Class C Secured Deferrable Floating Rate Notes issued pursuant to
this Indenture and having the characteristics specified in Section 2.3.
“Class Default Differential”: With respect to the Highest Ranking S&P Class, the rate
calculated by subtracting the Class Scenario Default Rate at such time from (x) prior to the S&P
CDO Monitor Election Date, the Adjusted Class Break-even Default Rate or (y) on and after the
S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, the Class Break-even Default Rate, in each case, at such time.
“Class Scenario Default Rate”: With respect to the Highest Ranking S&P Class:
(a)prior to the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, the rate at such time equal
to (i) 0.247621 plus (ii) (x) the S&P Weighted Average Rating Factor divided by (y)
9162.65 minus (iii) (x) the Default Rate Dispersion divided by (y) 16757.20 minus (iv)(x)
the Obligor Diversity Measure divided by (y) 7677.80 minus (v)(x) the Industry Diversity
Measure divided by (y) 2177.56 minus (vi)(x) the Regional Diversity Measure divided by
(y) 34.0948 plus (vii)(x) the S&P Weighted Average Life divided by (y) 27.3896; or
(l)on and after the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, an estimate of the
cumulative default rate for the Current Portfolio or the Proposed Portfolio, as applicable,
consistent with the Initial Rating of such Class or Classes of Debt, determined by
application by the Collateral Manager and the Collateral Administrator of the S&P CDO
Monitor at such time.
“Clean-Up Call Purchase Price”: The meaning specified in Section 9.8(b).
“Clean-Up Call Redemption”: The meaning specified in Section 9.8(a).
“Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to
Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
“Clearing Corporation”: (i) Clearstream, (ii) DTC, (iii) Euroclear and (iv) any entity
included within the meaning of “clearing corporation” under Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC.
“Clearing Corporation Security”: Securities which are in the custody of or maintained on
the books of a Clearing Corporation or a nominee subject to the control of a Clearing
Corporation and, if they are Certificated Securities in registered form, properly endorsed to or
registered in the name of the Clearing Corporation or such nominee.
“Clearstream”: Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, a corporation organized under the
laws of the Duchy of Luxembourg (formerly known as Cedelbank, société anonyme).
“Closing Date”: July 16, 2024.
“Closing Date Certificate”: The closing certificate of the Issuer and the Collateral
Manager dated as of the Closing Date.
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“Co-Placement Agent”: GreensLedge Capital Markets LLC, solely with respect to the
Secured Notes to be purchased by it and its Affiliates.
“Code”: The United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral Administration Agreement”: An agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
among the Issuer, the Collateral Manager and the Collateral Administrator, as amended from
time to time, in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Collateral Administrator”: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its
capacity as collateral administrator under the Collateral Administration Agreement, and any
successor thereto.
“Collateral Interest Amount”: As of any date of determination, without duplication, the
aggregate amount of Interest Proceeds that has been received or that is expected to be received
(other than Interest Proceeds expected to be received from Defaulted Obligations or the deferring
portion of a Permitted Deferrable Obligation, but including Interest Proceeds actually received
from Defaulted Obligations or the deferring portion of a Permitted Deferrable Obligation), in
each case during the Collection Period in which such date of determination occurs (or after such
Collection Period but on or prior to the related Payment Date if such Interest Proceeds would be
treated as Interest Proceeds with respect to such Collection Period).
“Collateral Management Agreement”: The agreement dated as of the Closing Date,
between the Issuer and the Collateral Manager relating to the management of the Collateral
Obligations and the other Assets by the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer, as amended
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Collateral Management Fee”: The fee payable to the Collateral Manager in arrears on
each Payment Date (prorated for the related Interest Accrual Period) pursuant to Section 8(a) of
the Collateral Management Agreement and Section 11.1 of this Indenture, in an amount equal to
0.20% per annum (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the applicable Interest
Accrual Period divided by 360) of the Fee Basis Amount at the beginning of the Collection
Period relating to such Payment Date.
“Collateral Management Fee Shortfall Amount”: To the extent the Collateral
Management Fee is not paid on a Payment Date due to insufficient Interest Proceeds or Principal
Proceeds (and such fee was not voluntarily deferred or waived by the Collateral Manager), the
Collateral Management Fee due on such Payment Date (or the unpaid portion thereof, as
applicable), which shall be automatically deferred for payment on the succeeding Payment Date,
with interest at the rate specified in the Collateral Management Agreement, as certified to the
Trustee by the Collateral Manager, in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
“Collateral Manager”: Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund, a Delaware
statutory trust, until a successor Person shall have become the Collateral Manager pursuant to the
provisions of the Collateral Management Agreement, and thereafter “Collateral Manager” shall
mean such successor Person.
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“Collateral Manager Standard”: The standard of care applicable to the Collateral Manager
set forth in the Collateral Management Agreement.
“Collateral Obligation”: A Senior Secured Loan (including, but not limited to, interests in
middle market loans acquired by way of a purchase or assignment) or Participation Interest
therein, a Second Lien Loan or Participation Interest therein, or a DIP Collateral Obligation or a
Participation Interest therein, that as of the date of acquisition by the Issuer:
(i)is Dollar denominated and is neither convertible by the Obligor thereof
into, nor payable in, any other currency;
(ii)is not (A) a Defaulted Obligation or (B) a Credit Risk Obligation;
(iii)is not a lease;
(iv)if it is a Deferrable Obligation, it is a Permitted Deferrable Obligation;
(v)provides for a fixed amount of principal payable in Cash on scheduled
payment dates and/or at maturity and does not by its terms provide for earlier
amortization or prepayment at a price of less than par;
(vi)does not constitute Margin Stock;
(vii)gives rise only to payments that are not subject to withholding tax, other
than withholding tax imposed on commitment fees and other similar fees, withholding
imposed pursuant to FATCA and withholding tax as to which the Obligor must make
additional payments so that the net amount received by the Issuer after satisfaction of
such tax is the amount due to the Issuer before the imposition of any withholding tax;
(viii)has an S&P Rating;
(ix)is not a debt obligation whose repayment is subject to substantial non-
credit related risk as determined by the Collateral Manager;
(x)except for Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligations and Revolving
Collateral Obligations, is not an obligation pursuant to which any future advances or
payments to the borrower or the Obligor thereof may be required to be made by the
Issuer; provided that the Issuer may be required, as a lender under the Underlying
Documents, to make customary protective advances or provide customary indemnities to
the agent of the Collateral Obligation (for which the Issuer may receive a participation
interest or other right of repayment);
(xi)is not a repurchase obligation, a Bond, a Zero Coupon Bond, an
Unsecured Loan, a Bridge Loan, a Commercial Real Estate Loan, a Structured Finance
Obligation, a Step-Down Obligation, a Step-Up Obligation or a note;
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(xii)will not require the Issuer or the pool of Assets to be registered as an
investment company under the 1940 Act;
(xiii)is not an Equity Security or by its terms convertible into or exchangeable
for an Equity Security;
(xiv)is not the subject of an Offer of exchange, or tender by its Obligor, for
cash, securities or any other type of consideration other than a Permitted Offer;
(xv)does not have an S&P Rating that is below “CCC-”;
(xvi)does not have an “f,” “p,” “pi,” “sf” or “t” subscript assigned by S&P or
an “sf” subscript assigned by any other NRSRO;
(xvii)does not mature after the Stated Maturity of the Debt;
(xviii)other than in the case of a Fixed Rate Obligation, accrues interest at a
floating rate determined by reference to (a) the Dollar prime rate, federal funds rate or
SOFR or (b) a similar interbank offered rate, commercial deposit rate or any other index
in respect of which the S&P Rating Condition is satisfied;
(xix)if it is a “registration-required obligation” within the meaning of the Code,
is Registered;
(xx)is not a Synthetic Security;
(xxi)does not pay interest less frequently than semi-annually;
(xxii)is not a letter of credit and does not support a letter of credit;
(xxiii)is not an interest in a grantor trust;
(xxiv)is purchased at a price at least equal to 65% of its outstanding principal
balance;
(xxv)is not issued by an Obligor Domiciled in Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal or Spain;
(xxvi)is issued by a Non-Emerging Market Obligor Domiciled in the United
States, Canada, a Group I Country, a Group II Country, or a Group III Country;
(xxvii)if it is a Participation Interest, the Third Party Credit Exposure Limits are
satisfied with respect to the acquisition thereof;
(xxviii)is not an obligation of a Portfolio Company;
(xxix)does not have attached equity warrants;
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(xxx)is not a commodity forward contract;
(xxxi)is issued by an Obligor with a most-recently calculated (in accordance
with the related Underlying Documents) EBITDA of at least $5,000,000;
(xxxii)is not an ESG Collateral Obligation; and
(xxxiii) is not an infrastructure or project finance loan;
provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, any Workout
Loan designated as a Collateral Obligation by the Collateral Manager in accordance with the
terms specified in the definition of “Workout Loan” shall constitute a Collateral Obligation (and
not a Workout Loan) following such designation.
“Collateral Principal Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the
Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations
except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), (b) without duplication, the amounts on deposit in
the Collection Account and the Ramp-Up Account (including Eligible Investments therein)
representing Principal Proceeds and (c) unpaid Principal Financed Accrued Interest (other than in
respect of Defaulted Obligations); provided that for purposes of calculating the Concentration
Limitations, Defaulted Obligations shall be included in the Collateral Principal Amount with a
Principal Balance equal to the Defaulted Obligation Balance thereof.
“Collateral Quality Test”: A test satisfied, as of the Effective Date and any other date
thereafter on which such test is required to be determined hereunder if, in the aggregate, the
Collateral Obligations owned (or in relation to a proposed purchase of a Collateral Obligation,
proposed to be owned) by the Issuer satisfy each of the tests set forth below (or, after the
Effective Date, if not in compliance at the time of reinvestment, the relevant requirements must
be maintained or improved as described in the Investment Criteria):
(i)the S&P CDO Monitor Test;
(xxxiv)at any time on or after the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, the
Minimum Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate Test;
(xxxv)the Minimum Floating Spread Test;
(xxxvi)the Minimum Weighted Average Coupon Test;
(xxxvii)the Weighted Average Life Test; and
(xxxviii)the Maximum Equivalent Rating Factor Test.
“Collection Account”: The account established pursuant to Section 10.2 which consists of
the Principal Collection Subaccount and the Interest Collection Subaccount.
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“Collection Period”: (i) With respect to the first Payment Date, the period commencing
on the Closing Date and ending at the close of business on the seventh day of the calendar month
in which the first Payment Date occurs; and (ii) with respect to any other Payment Date, the
period commencing on the day immediately following the prior Collection Period and ending (a)
in the case of the final Collection Period preceding the latest Stated Maturity of any Class of
Debt, on the day of such Stated Maturity, (b) in the case of the final Collection Period preceding
an Optional Redemption, Clean-Up Call Redemption or Tax Redemption in whole of the Debt,
on the Redemption Date and (c) in any other case, at the close of business on the seventh day of
the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs; provided, that, in each case, if such
seventh day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
“Commercial Real Estate Loan”: Any Loan for which the underlying collateral consists
primarily of real property owned by the Obligor and is evidenced by a note or other evidence of
indebtedness.
“Competent Authority”: A competent authority of any Holder or a competent authority of
any potential investor in the Debt (as determined under the Securitization Regulations).
“Concentration Limitations”: Limitations satisfied on each Measurement Date on or after
the Effective Date and during the Reinvestment Period if, in the aggregate, the Collateral
Obligations owned (or in relation to a proposed purchase of a Collateral Obligation, proposed to
be owned) by the Issuer comply with all of the requirements set forth below (or in relation to a
proposed purchase after the Effective Date, if not in compliance, the relevant requirements must
be maintained or improved after giving effect to the purchase), calculated in each case as
required by Section 1.3 herein:
(i)not less than 95.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Senior Secured Loans, Cash and Eligible Investments;
(xxxix)not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist, in the
aggregate, of First-Lien Last-Out Loans and Second Lien Loans;
(xl)not more than 2.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
obligations issued by a single Obligor and its Affiliates, except that, without duplication,
Collateral Obligations issued by up to five Obligors and their respective Affiliates may
each constitute up to 2.5% of the Collateral Principal Amount; provided, that not more
than 1.5% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of First-Lien Last-Out Loans
and Second Lien Loans issued by a single Obligor and its Affiliates; provided further,
that one Obligor shall not be considered an Affiliate of another Obligor solely because
they are controlled by the same financial sponsor;
(xli)not more than 17.5% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
CCC Collateral Obligations;
(xlii)not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Fixed Rate Obligations;
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(xliii)not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Current Pay Obligations;
(xliv)not more than 10.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist, in
the aggregate, of unfunded commitments under Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligations and unfunded and funded commitments under Revolving Collateral
Obligations;
(xlv)(a) not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Participation Interests and (b) each such Participation Interest shall satisfy the Third Party
Credit Exposure Limits;
(xlvi)not more than 10.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may have an S&P
Rating derived from a Moody’s Rating as provided in clause (c)(i) of the definition of the
term “S&P Rating”;
(xlvii)no more than the percentage listed below of the Collateral Principal
Amount may be issued by Obligors Domiciled in the country or countries set forth
opposite such percentage:
% Limit | Country or Countries |
10.0% | All countries (in the aggregate) other than the United States; |
5.0% | Canada; |
5.0% | all countries (in the aggregate) other than the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; |
5.0% | any individual Group I Country; |
2.5% | all Group II Countries in the aggregate; |
2.5% | any individual Group II Country; |
1.5% | all Group III Countries in the aggregate; and |
1.5% | any individual country other than the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, any Group II Country or any Group III Country; |
(xlviii)not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Collateral Obligations that pay interest at least semi-annually, but less frequently than
quarterly;
(xlix)not more than 10.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Collateral Obligations that are Discount Obligations;
(l)not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Collateral Obligations that are Permitted Deferrable Obligations;
(li)not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of DIP
Collateral Obligations;
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(lii)not more than 12.5% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Collateral Obligations that are issued by Obligors that belong to any single S&P Industry
Classification Group, except that (a) the largest S&P Industry Classification Group may
represent up to 20.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount, (b) the next largest S&P
Industry Classification Group may represent up to 17.5% of the Collateral Principal
Amount and (c) the next two largest S&P Industry Classification Groups may each
represent up to 15.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount; provided that, without
duplication, the three largest S&P Industry Classification Groups in the aggregate may
not represent more than 45.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount;
(liii)not more than 15.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Collateral Obligations that are Cov-Lite Loans; provided, that not more than 5.0% of the
Collateral Principal Amount may consist of Collateral Obligations that are Cov-Lite
Loans that are issued by an Obligor with a most-recently calculated EBITDA as of the
date such Collateral Obligation was acquired by the Issuer (in accordance with the related
Underlying Documents) of less than $40,000,000; and
(liv)not more than 7.5% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Collateral Obligations that are issued by an Obligor with a most-recently calculated (in
accordance with the related Underlying Documents) EBITDA of less than $15,000,000;
provided that not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount may consist of
Collateral Obligations that are issued by an Obligor with a most-recently calculated (in
accordance with the related Underlying Documents) EBITDA of less than $10,000,000.
“Confidential Information”: The meaning specified in Section 14.15(b).
“Constituting Document”: As the context requires, (i) this Indenture (with respect to the
Notes) and/or (ii) the Class A-L Loan Agreement (with respect to the Class A-L Loans).
“Contribution”: The meaning specified in Section 10.6.
“Contributor”: The meaning specified in Section 10.6.
“Controlling Class”: The Class A Debt so long as any Class A Debt is Outstanding; then
the Class B Notes so long as any Class B Note is Outstanding; then the Class C Notes so long as
any Class C Note is Outstanding; and then the Subordinated Notes if no Secured Debt is
Outstanding.
“Controlling Person”: A Person (other than a Benefit Plan Investor) who has
discretionary authority or control with respect to the assets of an entity or any Person who
provides investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to such assets or any
affiliate of any such Person. For this purpose, an “affiliate” of a Person includes any Person,
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the Person. “Control,” with respect to a Person other than an individual,
means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of such
Person, and “Controlling” shall have the meaning correlative to the foregoing.
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“Corporate Trust Office”: (i) With respect to the Trustee, the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee at which this Indenture is administered, currently located at (a) for Note
transfer purposes and for presentment and surrender of the Notes for final payment thereon, U.S.
Bank Trust Company, National Association, 111 Fillmore Avenue East, St. Paul, Minnesota
55107, Attention: Bondholder Services – EP-MN-WS2N, and (b) for all other purposes, U.S.
Bank Trust Company, National Association, 214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor, Charlotte, North
Carolina 28202, Attention: Global Corporate Trust – Churchill NCPCIF CLO-I LLC, Email:
curchill.custody@usbank.com, with a copy to alanna.silas@usbank.com, or such other address as
the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders, the Collateral Manager and
the Issuer or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee, and (ii) with respect to
the Loan Agent, the principal corporate trust office of the Loan Agent at which the Class A-L
Loan Agreement is administered, currently located at (a) to the extent applicable, for loan note
transfer purposes and for presentment and surrender of the any such loan note for final payment
thereon, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 111 Fillmore Avenue East, St. Paul,
Minnesota 55107, Attention: Bondholder Services – EP-MN-WS2N and (b) for all other
purposes, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, 214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: CDO Trust Services/ Erin Fritz, E-mail:
agency.services@usbank.com, with a copy to erin.fritz@usbank.com; or in each case, such other
address as the Loan Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders, the
Collateral Manager and the Issuer or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Loan
Agent.
“Corresponding Tenor”: With respect to the Reference Rate or a Benchmark
Replacement Rate, a tenor having approximately the same length (disregarding business day
adjustment) as the applicable tenor for the then current Reference Rate (which shall initially be
three months).
“Cov-Lite Loan”: A Senior Secured Loan the Underlying Documents for which do not (i)
contain any financial covenants or (ii) require the borrower thereunder to comply with any
Maintenance Covenant (regardless of whether compliance with one or more Incurrence
Covenants is otherwise required by such Underlying Documents); provided that, for all purposes
other than the determination of the S&P Recovery Rate for such Collateral Obligation, a loan
which either contains a cross-default or cross-acceleration provision to, or is pari passu with,
another loan or debt obligation of the underlying Obligor that requires the underlying Obligor to
comply with a Maintenance Covenant will be deemed not to be a Cov-Lite Loan. For the
avoidance of doubt, for all purposes other than determining an S&P Recovery Rate, a Senior
Secured Loan that is capable of satisfying the foregoing definition (not including the proviso
thereto) only (x) until the expiration of a certain period of time after the initial issuance thereof or
(y) for so long as there is no funded balance in respect thereof, in each case as set forth in the
related Underlying Documents, shall be deemed not to be a Cov-Lite Loan.
“Coverage Tests”: The Overcollateralization Ratio Test and the Interest Coverage Test,
each as applied to each specified Class or Classes of Secured Debt.
“Covered Audit Adjustment”: The meaning specified in Section 7.17(l).
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“Credit Amendment”: The meaning specified in Section 7.20.
“Credit Improved Criteria”: The criteria that will be met if, with respect to any Collateral
Obligation, any of the following occur:
(a)such Collateral Obligation has experienced a reduction in its credit spread
of 10% or more compared to the credit spread in effect as of the Cut-Off Date for such
Collateral Obligation, such reduction in spread being determined by reference to an
Eligible Loan Index; or
(m)such Collateral Obligation has a Market Value above the higher of (i) par
and (ii) the initial purchase price paid by the Issuer for such Collateral Obligation.
“Credit Improved Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation, which in the Collateral
Manager’s reasonable commercial judgment (which judgment shall not be called into question as
a result of subsequent events), has significantly improved in credit quality after it was acquired
by the Issuer, which may (but need not) be based on one or more of the Credit Improved Criteria;
provided that, if a Restricted Trading Period is in effect, (i) such Collateral Obligation satisfies at
least one of the Credit Improved Criteria or (ii) the Collateral Manager must obtain the consent
of a Majority of the Controlling Class.
“Credit Risk Criteria”: The criteria that will be met if, with respect to any Collateral
Obligation, any of the following occur:
(a)the spread over the Reference Rate or other Eligible Loan Index for such
Collateral Obligation has been increased since the date of purchase by the Issuer by (A)
0.25% or more (in the case of a Collateral Obligation with a spread over the applicable
reference rate selected by the Collateral Manager in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment (prior to such increase) less than or equal to 2.00%), (B) 0.375% or
more (in the case of a Collateral Obligation with a spread over the applicable reference
rate selected by the Collateral Manager in the exercise of its reasonable business
judgment (prior to such increase) greater than 2.00% but less than or equal to 4.00%) or
(C) 0.5% or more (in the case of a Collateral Obligation with a spread over the applicable
reference rate selected by the Collateral Manager in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment (prior to such increase) greater than 4.00%) due, in each case, to a
deterioration in the related Obligor’s financial ratios or financial results in accordance
with the Underlying Documents relating to such Collateral Obligation; or
(n)the Market Value of such Collateral Obligation has decreased by at least
2.5% of the price paid by the Issuer for such Collateral Obligation due to a deterioration
in the related Obligor’s financial ratios or financial results in accordance with the
Underlying Documents relating to such Collateral Obligation.
“Credit Risk Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation that, in the Collateral Manager’s
reasonable commercial judgment (which judgment shall not be called into question as a result of
subsequent events), has a significant risk of declining in credit quality or price, which may (but
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need not) be based on one or more of the Credit Risk Criteria; provided that, if a Restricted
Trading Period is in effect, (i) such Collateral Obligation satisfies at least one of the Credit Risk
Criteria or (ii) the Collateral Manager must obtain the consent of a Majority of the Controlling
Class.
“Cumulative Deferred Management Fee”: All or a portion of the previously deferred
Collateral Management Fees or Collateral Management Fee Shortfall Amounts (including
accrued interest prior to the Payment Date on which the payment of such Collateral Management
Fee Shortfall Amount was deferred by the Collateral Manager), which may be declared due and
payable by the Collateral Manager on any Payment Date.
“Current Deferred Management Fee”: With respect to a Payment Date, all or a portion of
the Collateral Management Fees or Collateral Management Fee Shortfall Amounts (including
accrued interest), due and owing to the Collateral Manager the payment of which is voluntarily
deferred (for payment on a subsequent Payment Date), without interest, by the Collateral
Manager.
“Current Pay Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation (other than a DIP Collateral
Obligation) that would otherwise be treated as a Defaulted Obligation but as to which no
payments are due and payable that are unpaid and with respect to which the Collateral Manager
has certified to the Trustee in writing that it believes, in its reasonable business judgment, that (a)
the Obligor of such Collateral Obligation is current on all interest payments, principal payments
and other amounts due and payable thereunder and will continue to make scheduled payments of
interest thereon and will pay the principal thereof and all other amounts due and payable
thereunder by maturity or as otherwise contractually due, (b) if the Obligor is subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding, it has been the subject of an order of a bankruptcy court that permits it to
make the scheduled payments on such Collateral Obligation and all interest payments, principal
payments and other amounts due and payable thereunder have been paid in Cash when due, (c)
the Collateral Obligation has a Market Value of at least 80% of its par value and (d) if the Debt is
then rated by S&P, (A) has an S&P Rating of at least “CCC+” and a Market Value of at least
80% of its par value or (B) has an S&P Rating of at least “CCC” and its Market Value is at least
85% of its par value (Market Value being determined, solely for the purposes of clauses (c) and
(d), without taking into consideration clause (iii) of the definition of the term “Market Value”).
“Current Portfolio”: At any time, the portfolio of Collateral Obligations and Eligible
Investments representing Principal Proceeds (determined in accordance with the assumptions in
this Indenture to the extent applicable) then held by the Issuer.
“Custodial Account”: The custodial account established pursuant to Section 10.3(b).
“Custodian”: The meaning specified in the first sentence of Section 3.3(a) with respect to
items of collateral referred to therein, and each entity with which an Account is maintained, as
the context may require, each of which shall be a Securities Intermediary.
“Cut-Off Date”: Each date on or after the Closing Date on which a Collateral Obligation
is transferred to the Issuer.
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“Daily Simple SOFR”: For any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will
include a lookback) being established by the Collateral Manager in accordance with the
conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for
determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for leveraged loans; provided that, if the Collateral Manager
decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Collateral Manager, then
the Collateral Manager may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debt”: Collectively, the Notes and the Class A-L Loans.
“Debt Interest Amount”: With respect to any Class of Secured Debt and any Payment
Date, the amount of interest for the related Interest Accrual Period payable in respect of each
U.S.$100,000 of outstanding principal amount of such Class of Secured Debt.
“Debt Payment Sequence”: The application, in accordance with the Priority of Payments,
of Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds, as applicable, in the following order:
(i)to the payment, pro rata based on the Aggregate Outstanding Amounts
thereof, of principal of the Class A Notes and the Class A-L Loans until the Class A
Notes and the Class A-L Loans have been paid in full;
(i)to the payment of principal of the Class B Notes until the Class B Notes
have been paid in full;
(ii)to the payment of (1) first, any accrued and unpaid interest (excluding
Deferred Interest but including interest on Deferred Interest) on the Class C Notes and (2)
second, to the payment of any Deferred Interest on the Class C Notes, in each case, until
such amounts have been paid in full; and
(iii)to the payment of principal of the Class C Notes until the Class C Notes
have been paid in full.
“Debtholder”: With respect to any Debt, the Holder of such Debt as specified in the Note
Register or the Loan Register, as applicable.
“Default”: Any Event of Default or any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default.
“Default Rate Dispersion”: As of any date of determination, the number obtained by (a)
summing the products for each Collateral Obligation (other than Defaulted Obligations) of (i) the
absolute value of (x) the S&P Rating Factor of such Collateral Obligation minus (y) the S&P
Weighted Average Rating Factor by (ii) the outstanding principal balance at such time of such
Collateral Obligation and (b) dividing such sum by the aggregate outstanding principal balance
on such date of all Collateral Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations).
“Defaulted Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation included in the Assets as to which:
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(a)a default as to the payment of principal and/or interest has occurred and is
continuing with respect to such Collateral Obligation (without regard to any grace period
applicable thereto (except as otherwise provided in this clause (a)), or waiver or
forbearance thereof, after the passage (in the case of a default that in the Collateral
Manager’s judgment, as certified to the Trustee in writing, is not due to credit-related
causes) of five Business Days or seven calendar days, whichever is greater, but in no case
beyond the passage of any grace period applicable thereto);
(o)a default known to a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Manager as to
the payment of principal and/or interest has occurred and is continuing on another debt
obligation of the same Obligor which is senior or pari passu in right of payment to such
Collateral Obligation (without regard to any grace period applicable thereto (except as
otherwise provided in this clause (b)), or waiver or forbearance thereof, after the passage
(in the case of a default that in the Collateral Manager’s judgment, as certified to the
Trustee in writing, is not due to credit-related causes) of five Business Days or seven
calendar days, whichever is greater, but in no case beyond the passage of any grace
period applicable thereto; provided that both the Collateral Obligation and such other
debt obligation are full recourse obligations of the applicable Obligor or secured by the
same collateral);
(p)the Obligor or others have instituted proceedings to have the Obligor
adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent or placed into receivership and such proceedings
have not been stayed or dismissed for a period of 60 consecutive days or such Obligor
has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(q)such Collateral Obligation has an S&P Rating of “SD” or “CC” or lower
or, in either case, had such rating immediately before such rating was withdrawn;
(r)such Collateral Obligation is pari passu in right of payment as to the
payment of principal and/or interest to another debt obligation of an Obligor which has an
S&P Rating of “SD” or “CC” or lower or, in each case, had such rating immediately
before such rating was withdrawn; provided that both the Collateral Obligation and such
other debt obligation are full recourse obligations of the applicable Obligor or secured by
the same collateral;
(s)a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Manager has received written
notice or has actual knowledge that a default has occurred under the Underlying
Documents and any applicable grace period has expired and the holders of such
Collateral Obligation have accelerated the repayment of the Collateral Obligation (but
only until such acceleration has been rescinded) in the manner provided in the Underlying
Documents;
(t)the Collateral Manager has in its reasonable commercial judgment
otherwise declared such debt obligation to be a “Defaulted Obligation”;
(u)[reserved];
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(v)such Collateral Obligation is a Participation Interest in a Loan that would,
if such Loan were a Collateral Obligation, constitute a “Defaulted Obligation” or with
respect to which the Selling Institution has an S&P Rating of “SD”, “D” or “CC” or
lower or had such rating before such rating was withdrawn;
(w)such Collateral Obligation is a Deferring Obligation (other than a
Permitted Deferrable Obligation); or
(x)such Collateral Obligation has, since the date it was acquired by the Issuer,
become subject to an amendment, waiver or modification that had the effect of reducing
the principal amount of such Collateral Obligation;
provided that a Collateral Obligation shall not constitute a Defaulted Obligation pursuant to (1)
clauses (b) through (e) above if such Collateral Obligation (or, in the case of a Participation
Interest, the underlying Loan) is a Current Pay Obligation (provided that the Aggregate Principal
Balance of Current Pay Obligations exceeding 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount will be
treated as Defaulted Obligations), (2) clauses (b), (c), (e) and (i) above if such Collateral
Obligation (or, in the case of a Participation Interest, the underlying Loan) is a DIP Collateral
Obligation and (3) clause (k) if, since the effective date of such amendment, waiver or
modification, such Collateral Obligation has received a new rating or credit estimate (or a
confirmation of a prior rating or credit estimate) assigned by S&P, which rating or credit
estimate must be at least “CCC”.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, the Collateral Manager shall
give the Trustee prompt written notice should any Collateral Obligation become a Defaulted
Obligation. Until so notified or until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains or reasonably
should have obtained actual knowledge that a Collateral Obligation has become a Defaulted
Obligation, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have any notice or knowledge that a Collateral
Obligation has become a Defaulted Obligation.
“Defaulted Obligation Balance”: For any Defaulted Obligation, the S&P Collateral Value
of such Defaulted Obligation; provided that the Defaulted Obligation Balance will be zero if the
Issuer has owned such Defaulted Obligation for more than three years after its default date.
“Deferrable Obligation”: A Collateral Obligation (including any Permitted Deferrable
Obligation) that by its terms permits the deferral or capitalization of payment of accrued, unpaid
interest; provided that a loan that requires, by the terms of its applicable Underlying Documents,
interest to be paid in cash at a rate of (in the case of a Permitted Deferrable Obligation that is a
Fixed Rate Obligation) at least 5.00% and (in the case of a Permitted Deferrable Obligation that
is a Floating Rate Obligation) at least the Reference Rate plus 4.00% per annum shall be deemed
not to be a Deferrable Obligation.
“Deferred Interest”: With respect to the Class C Notes, the meaning specified in
Section 2.7(a).
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“Deferring Obligation”: A Deferrable Obligation that is not a Permitted Deferrable
Obligation and that is deferring the payment of such cash interest due thereon and has been so
deferring the payment of cash interest due thereon (i) with respect to Collateral Obligations that
have an S&P Rating of at least “BBB-”, for the shorter of two consecutive accrual periods or one
year, and (ii) with respect to Collateral Obligations that have an S&P Rating of “BB+” or below,
for the shorter of one accrual period or six consecutive months, which deferred capitalized
interest has not, as of the date of determination, been paid in Cash; provided, that such Deferring
Obligation will cease to be a Deferring Obligation at such time as it (i) ceases to defer or
capitalize the payment of interest, (ii) pays in cash all accrued and unpaid interest, including all
deferred amounts, and (iii) commences payment of all current interest in cash.
“Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation”: A Collateral Obligation that (a) requires the
Issuer to make one or more future advances to the borrower under the Underlying Documents
relating thereto, (b) specifies a maximum amount that can be borrowed on one or more fixed
borrowing dates, and (c) does not permit the re-borrowing of any amount previously repaid by
the borrower thereunder; but any such Collateral Obligation will be a Delayed Drawdown
Collateral Obligation only until all commitments by the Issuer to make advances to the borrower
expire or are terminated or are reduced to zero.
“Deliver” or “Delivered” or “Delivery”: The taking of the following steps:
(i)in the case of each Certificated Security (other than a Clearing Corporation
Security), Instrument and Participation Interest in which the underlying loan is
represented by an Instrument,
(a)causing the delivery of such Certificated Security or Instrument to
the Custodian by registering the same in the name of the Custodian or its affiliated
nominee or by endorsing the same to the Custodian or in blank;
(b)causing the Custodian to indicate continuously on its books and
records that such Certificated Security or Instrument is credited to the applicable
Account; and
(c)causing the Custodian to maintain continuous possession of such
Certificated Security or Instrument;
(i)in the case of each Uncertificated Security (other than a Clearing
Corporation Security),
(a)causing such Uncertificated Security to be continuously registered
on the books of the issuer thereof to the Custodian; and
(b)causing the Custodian to indicate continuously on its books and
records that such Uncertificated Security is credited to the applicable Account;
(ii)in the case of each Clearing Corporation Security,
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(a)causing the relevant Clearing Corporation to credit such Clearing
Corporation Security to the securities account of the Custodian; and
(b)causing the Custodian to indicate continuously on its books and
records that such Clearing Corporation Security is credited to the applicable
Account;
(iii)in the case of each security issued or guaranteed by the United States or
agency or instrumentality thereof and that is maintained in book-entry records of a
Federal Reserve Bank (each such security, a “Government Security”),
(a)causing the creation of a Security Entitlement to such Government
Security by the credit of such Government Security to the securities account of the
Custodian at such Federal Reserve Bank; and
(b)causing the Custodian to indicate continuously on its books and
records that such Government Security is credited to the applicable Account;
(iv)in the case of each Security Entitlement not governed by clauses (i)
through (iv) above,
(a)causing a Securities Intermediary (x) to indicate on its books and
records that the underlying Financial Asset has been credited to the Custodian’s
securities account, (y) to receive a Financial Asset from a Securities Intermediary
or acquire the underlying Financial Asset for a Securities Intermediary, and in
either case, accepting it for credit to the Custodian’s securities account or (z) to
become obligated under other law, regulation or rule to credit the underlying
Financial Asset to a Securities Intermediary’s securities account;
(b)causing such Securities Intermediary to make entries on its books
and records continuously identifying such Security Entitlement as belonging to
the Custodian and continuously indicating on its books and records that such
Security Entitlement is credited to the Custodian’s securities account; and
(c)causing the Custodian to indicate continuously on its books and
records that such Security Entitlement (or all rights and property of the Custodian
representing such Security Entitlement) is credited to the applicable Account;
(v)in the case of Cash or Money,
(a)causing the delivery of such Cash or Money to the Trustee for
credit to the applicable Account or to the Custodian;
(b)if delivered to the Custodian, causing the Custodian to treat such
Cash or Money as a Financial Asset maintained by such Custodian for credit to
the applicable Account in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the UCC
or causing the Custodian to deposit such Cash or Money to a deposit account over
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which the Custodian has control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the
UCC); and
(c)causing the Custodian to indicate continuously on its books and
records that such Cash or Money is credited to the applicable Account; and
(vi)in the case of each general intangible (including any Participation Interest
in which neither the Participation Interest nor the underlying loan is represented by an
Instrument), causing the filing of a Financing Statement in the office of the Recorder of
Deeds of the State of Delaware.
In addition, the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer will obtain any and all
consents required by the Underlying Documents relating to any general intangibles for the
transfer of ownership and/or pledge hereunder (except to the extent that the requirement for such
consent is rendered ineffective under Section 9-406 of the UCC).
“Designated Base Rate” The quarterly reference or base rate (and, if applicable, the
methodology for calculating such reference rate) determined by the Collateral Manager (in its
commercially reasonable discretion), which may be based on the rate acknowledged as a
standard replacement in the leveraged loan market for the Term SOFR Rate by the LSTA and
which may include a modifier, as determined by the Collateral Manager, applied to a reference or
base rate in order to cause such rate to be comparable to the three month Term SOFR Rate,
which modifier is recognized or acknowledged as being the industry standard by the LSTA and
which modifier may include an addition or subtraction to such unadjusted rate.
“Designated Deposit Cap”: The meaning specified in Section 10.3(c).
“Designated Excess Par”: The meaning specified in Section 9.2(l).
“Designated Principal Proceeds”: The meaning specified in Section 10.3(c).
“Designated Ramp-Up Proceeds”: The meaning specified in Section 10.3(c).
“Determination Date”: The last day of each Collection Period.
“DIP Collateral Obligation”: A loan made to a debtor-in-possession pursuant to
Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code having the priority allowed by either Section 364(c) or
364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code and fully secured by senior liens.
“Discount Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation forming part of the Assets, if such
Collateral Obligation was purchased (as determined without averaging prices of purchases on
different dates) for less than (x) 85.0% of its outstanding principal balance, if such Collateral
Obligation has an S&P Rating lower than “B-,” or (y) 80.0% of its outstanding principal balance,
if such Collateral Obligation has an S&P Rating of “B-” or higher; provided that such Collateral
Obligation shall cease to be a Discount Obligation at such time as the Market Value (expressed
as a percentage of the par amount of such Collateral Obligation) determined for such Collateral
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Obligation on each day during any period of 30 consecutive days since the acquisition by the
Issuer of such Collateral Obligation, equals or exceeds 90% on each such day;
provided further that (i) any Collateral Obligation that would otherwise be considered a Discount
Obligation, but that is purchased in accordance with the Investment Criteria with the proceeds of
a sale of a Collateral Obligation that was not a Discount Obligation at the time of its purchase
will not constitute a Discount Obligation, so long as such purchased Collateral Obligation (A) is
purchased or committed to be purchased within 15 Business Days of such sale, (B) is purchased
at a purchase price (expressed as a percentage of the par amount of such Collateral Obligation)
equal to or greater than the sale price of the sold Collateral Obligation, (C) is purchased at a
purchase price (expressed as a percentage of the par amount of such Collateral Obligation) not
less than 65.0% of its outstanding principal balance and (D) has both (x) an S&P Rating equal to
or greater than the S&P Rating of the sold Collateral Obligation and (y) a stated maturity that is
the same or shorter than that of the sold Collateral Obligation; and (ii) clause (i) above in this
proviso shall not apply to any such Collateral Obligation at any time on or after the acquisition
by the Issuer of such Collateral Obligation if, as determined at the time of such acquisition, such
application would result in (x) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations to
which such clause (i) has been applied since the Closing Date being more than 10.0% of the
Target Initial Par Amount and (y) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations
to which clause (i) has been applied to exceed 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount as of any
date of determination.
“Dissolution Expenses”: The amount of expenses reasonably likely to be incurred in
connection with the discharge of this Indenture, the liquidation of the Assets and the dissolution
of the Issuer, as reasonably calculated by the Collateral Manager or the Issuer, based in part on
expenses incurred by the Trustee and reported to the Collateral Manager or Issuer.
“Distribution Report”: The meaning specified in Section 10.8(b).
“Diversity Score”: A single number that indicates collateral concentration in terms of
both issuer and industry concentration, calculated as set forth in Schedule 3.
“Dodd-Frank Act”: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,
as amended.
“Dollar” or “U.S.$”: A dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the
United States as at the time shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private.
“Domicile” or “Domiciled”: With respect to any Obligor with respect to a Collateral
Obligation:
(a)except as provided in clause (b) or (c) below, its country of organization;
(y)if it is organized in a Tax Jurisdiction, each of such jurisdiction and the
country in which, in the Collateral Manager’s good faith estimate, a substantial portion of
its operations are located or from which a substantial portion of its revenue is derived, in
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each case directly or through subsidiaries (which shall be any jurisdiction and country
known at the time of designation by the Collateral Manager to be the source of the
majority of revenues, if any, of such Obligor); or
(z)if its payment obligations in respect of such Collateral Obligation are
guaranteed by a person or entity that is organized in the United States or Canada, then the
United States or Canada; provided that, such guarantee satisfies the Domicile Guarantee
Criteria.
“Domicile Guarantee Criteria”: The following criteria: (i) the guarantee is one of
payment and not of collection; (ii) the guarantee provides that the guarantor agrees to pay the
guaranteed obligations on the date due and waives demand, notice and marshaling of assets; (iii)
the guarantee provides that the guarantor’s right to terminate or amend the guarantee is
appropriately restricted; (iv) the guarantee is unconditional, irrespective of value, genuineness,
validity or enforceability of the guaranteed obligations; (v) the guarantee provides that the
guarantor waives any other circumstance or condition that would normally release a guarantor
from its obligations; (vi) the guarantor also waives the right of set-off and counterclaim; (vii) the
guarantee provides that it reinstates if any guaranteed payment made by the primary obligor is
recaptured as a result of the primary obligor’s bankruptcy or insolvency and (viii) the then-
current applicable S&P guarantee criteria.
“DTC”: The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective successors.
“Due Date”: Each date on which any payment is due on an Asset in accordance with its
terms.
“EBITDA”: With respect to the last four full fiscal quarters with respect to any Collateral
Obligation, the meaning of “EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA” or any comparable definition in the
Underlying Documents for each such Collateral Obligation, and in any case that “EBITDA”,
“Adjusted EBITDA” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Underlying
Documents, an amount, for the Obligor on such Collateral Obligation and any parent that is
obligated pursuant to the Underlying Documents for such Collateral Obligation (determined on a
consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) equal to earnings from
continuing operations for such period plus (a) interest expense, (b) income taxes, (c) depreciation
and amortization for such four fiscal quarter period (to the extent deducted in determining
earnings from continuing operations for such period), (d) amortization of intangibles (including,
but not limited to, goodwill, financing fees and other capitalized costs), other noncash charges
and organization costs, (e) extraordinary losses in accordance with GAAP, (f) onetime, non-
recurring or non-cash charges consistent with the applicable compliance statements and financial
reporting packages provided by such Obligor, and (g) any other item the Collateral Manager
deems to be appropriate; provided that with respect to any Obligor for which four full fiscal
quarters of economic data are not available, EBITDA shall be determined for such Obligor based
on annualizing the economic data from the reporting periods actually available.
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“Effective Date”: The earlier to occur of (i) December 20, 2024 and (ii) the first date on
which the Collateral Manager certifies to the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator that the
Target Initial Par Condition has been satisfied.
“Effective Date Condition”: The conditions that are satisfied if (A) in connection with the
Effective Date, the S&P CDO Monitor Test is being calculated in accordance with the Effective
Date S&P CDO Monitor Assumptions, (B) the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Issuer)
certifies to S&P that, as of the Effective Date, the S&P CDO Monitor Test and the Target Initial
Par Condition are satisfied and (C) the Issuer causes the Collateral Manager to make available to
S&P (i) the Effective Date Report showing satisfaction of the S&P CDO Monitor Test and the
Target Initial Par Condition and (ii) the Excel Default Model Input File.
“Effective Date Report”: The meaning specified in Section 7.18(c).
“Effective Date S&P CDO Monitor Assumptions”: If the S&P CDO Monitor Election
Date has not occurred prior to the Effective Date, then, for purposes of determining compliance
with the S&P CDO Monitor Test in connection with the Effective Date Conditions, the following
rules of construction: (a) the Adjusted Class Break-even Default Rate will be calculated by
excluding from the Collateral Principal Amount any amounts in the Ramp-Up Account and any
Principal Proceeds, in each case, designated as Interest Proceeds or that may be designated as
Interest Proceeds as described in Section 10.3(c) and (b) notwithstanding the definition thereof,
the Aggregate Funded Spread of the Collateral Obligations will be calculated without taking into
account any applicable “floor” rate specified in the related Underlying Documents.
“Effective Date Specified Tested Items”: The Collateral Quality Test, the
Overcollateralization Ratio Tests, the Concentration Limitations and the Target Initial Par
Condition.
“Eligible Investment Required Ratings”: With respect to any obligation, a rating of “A-1”
or better (or, in the absence of a short-term credit rating, “A+” or better) from S&P.
“Eligible Investments”: Either Cash or any Dollar investment that, at the time it is
Delivered to the Trustee (directly or through an intermediary or bailee), (x) matures not later than
the earlier of (A) the date that is 60 days after the date of Delivery thereof and (B) the Business
Day immediately preceding the Payment Date immediately following the date of Delivery
thereof (provided that Eligible Investments issued by the Trustee or any Affiliate of the Trustee
in its capacity as a banking institution may mature on such Payment Date), and (y) is one or more
of the following obligations or securities:
(i)direct Registered obligations of, and Registered obligations the timely
payment of principal and interest on which is fully and expressly guaranteed by, the
United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States the obligations of
which are expressly backed by the full faith and credit of the United States and which
satisfy the Eligible Investment Required Ratings;
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(ii)demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, bank deposit
products of, trust accounts with, bankers’ acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by
any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United
States (including the Bank and its Affiliates) or any state thereof and subject to
supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, in each case
payable within 183 days after issuance, so long as the commercial paper and/or the debt
obligations of such depository institution or trust company at the time of such investment
or contractual commitment providing for such investment have the Eligible Investment
Required Ratings;
(iii)commercial paper (other than extendible commercial paper or Asset-
backed Commercial Paper) with the Eligible Investment Required Ratings and that either
bears interest or is sold at a discount from the face amount thereof and has a maturity of
not more than 183 days from its date of issuance; and
(iv)registered money market funds that have, at all times, credit ratings of
“AAAm” by S&P;
provided that (1) Eligible Investments purchased with funds in the Accounts shall be held until
maturity except as otherwise specifically provided herein and shall include only such obligations
or securities as mature (or are putable at par to the issuer thereof) no later than the earlier of 60
days and the Business Day prior to the next Payment Date unless such Eligible Investments are
issued by the Trustee or any Affiliate of the Trustee in its capacity as a banking institution, in
which event such Eligible Investments may mature on such Payment Date; and (2) none of the
foregoing obligations or securities shall constitute Eligible Investments if (a) all, or substantially
all, of the remaining amounts payable thereunder consist of interest and not principal payments,
(b) payments with respect to such obligations or securities or proceeds of disposition are subject
to withholding taxes by any jurisdiction (other than withholding imposed pursuant to FATCA)
unless the payor is required to make “gross-up” payments that cover the full amount of any such
withholding tax on an after-tax basis, (c) such obligation or security is secured by real property,
(d) such obligation or security is purchased at a price greater than 100% of the principal or face
amount thereof, (e) such obligation or security is subject of a tender offer, voluntary redemption,
exchange offer, conversion or other similar action, (f) in the Collateral Manager’s judgment,
such obligation or security is subject to material non-credit related risks, (g) such obligation is a
Structured Finance Obligation or (h) such obligation or security has an “f,” “r,” “p,” “pi,” “q,”
“sf” or “t” subscript assigned by S&P. Eligible Investments may include those investments
issued by or made with the Bank or an Affiliate of the Bank or for which the Bank or the Trustee
or an Affiliate of the Bank or the Trustee acts as offeror or provides services and receives
compensation; provided that such investments meet the foregoing requirements of this definition.
“Eligible Loan Index”: With respect to each Collateral Obligation that is a Senior Secured
Loan or a Second Lien Loan, one of the following indices as selected by the Collateral Manager
in writing delivered to the Trustee upon acquisition of such Collateral Obligation: CS Leveraged
Loan Index (formerly CSFB Leveraged Loan Index), the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Loan Index,
the Goldman Sachs/Loan Pricing Corporation Liquid Leveraged Loan Index, the Banc of
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America Securities Leveraged Loan Index, the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Indices or any other
loan index for which the S&P Rating Condition has been obtained.
“Enforcement Event”: The meaning specified in Section 11.1(a)(iii).
“Entitlement Order”: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC.
“Equity Security”: Any security (other than Workout Loans or Restructured Loans) that
by its terms does not provide for periodic payments of interest at a stated coupon rate and
repayment of principal at a stated maturity and any other security or loan asset that is not eligible
for purchase by the Issuer as a Collateral Obligation and is not an Eligible Investment; it being
understood that Equity Securities may not be purchased by the Issuer (other than (i) Equity
Securities acquired in connection with the exercise of any warrant or other similar right pursuant
to Section 12.1(k), and (ii) Specified Equity Securities acquired pursuant to Section 12.2(g)), but
may be received by the Issuer in exchange for a Collateral Obligation or a portion thereof in
connection with an insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, debt restructuring or workout of the
Obligor thereof and thus is received in lieu of a debt previously contracted.
“Equivalent Rating Factor”: For each Collateral Obligation, the number set forth to the
right of the applicable S&P Rating of such Collateral Obligation:
S&P Rating | Equivalent Rating Factor |
AAA | 1 |
AA+ | 10 |
AA | 20 |
AA- | 40 |
A+ | 70 |
A | 120 |
A- | 180 |
BBB+ | 260 |
BBB | 360 |
BBB- | 610 |
BB+ | 940 |
BB | 1350 |
BB- | 1766 |
B+ | 2220 |
B | 2720 |
B- | 3490 |
CCC+ | 4770 |
CCC | 6500 |
CCC- | 8070 |
CC | 10000 |
“ERISA”: The United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
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“ERISA Restricted Notes”: The Subordinated Notes.
“ESG Collateral Obligation”: Any debt obligation or debt security where the consolidated
group to which the relevant obligor belongs is a group whose Primary Business Activity is any of
the following:
(i)the production of or trade in controversial weapons or the production of or
trade in components or services that have been specifically designed or designated for
military purposes for the functioning of controversial weapons;
(v)firearms;
(vi)the manufacturing or trade in tobacco or tobacco-related products;
(vii)opioid drug manufacturing and distribution;
(viii)the production of or trade in pornography, adult entertainment or
prostitution;
(ix)the extraction of thermal coal, fossils fuels from unconventional sources
(including artic drilling, tar sands, shale oil and shale gas) or other fracking activities, or
coal mining and/or coal based power generation;
(x)the oil sands and associated pipelines industry;
(xi)upstream production of palm oil and palm fruits products;
(xii)the provision of services relating to payday lending; and
(xiii)the trade in endangered or protected wildlife.
“EU Securitization Regulation”: Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament
and of the Council.
“EU/UK Retention Agreement”: The agreement entered into among the Issuer, the EU/
UK Retention Holder, the Trustee, the Co-Placement Agent and the Initial Purchaser, dated on or
about the Closing Date, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“EU/UK Retention Basis Amount”: On any date of determination, an amount equal to the
Collateral Principal Amount on such date with the following adjustments: (i) the proviso to the
definition of “Principal Balance” shall be disregarded, (ii) Defaulted Obligations shall be
included in the Collateral Principal Amount and the Principal Balances thereof shall be deemed
to equal their respective outstanding principal amounts, and (iii) any Equity Security owned by
the Issuer shall be included in the Collateral Principal Amount with the Principal Balance
determined as follows: (a) in the case of a debt obligation or other debt security, the principal
amount outstanding of such obligation or security, (b) in the case of an equity security received
upon a “debt for equity swap” in relation to a restructuring or other similar event, the principal
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amount outstanding of the debt which was swapped for the equity security and (c) in the case of
any other equity security, the nominal value thereof as determined by the Collateral Manager.
“EU/UK Retention Deficiency”: As of any date of determination, an event which occurs
if the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Subordinated Notes held by the EU/UK
Retention Holder is less than five percent of the EU/UK Retention Basis Amount and the EU/UK
Risk Retention Requirements are not or would not be complied with as a result.
“EU/UK Retention Holder”: Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund, a Delaware
statutory trust, in its capacity as EU/UK retention holder.
“EU/UK Retention Interest”: The portion of Subordinated Notes, which shall have an
aggregate outstanding amount equal to not less than 5% (or such lower amount, including 0%, if
such lower amount is required or allowed under the Securitization Regulations as a result of
amendment, repeal or otherwise) of the EU/UK Retention Basis Amount, that the EU/UK
Retention Holder intends to purchase on the Closing Date and is required to retain pursuant to
the terms of the EU/UK Retention Agreement.
“EU/UK Risk Retention Requirements”: Article 6 of the applicable Securitization
Regulation, including any implementing regulation, technical standards and official guidance
related thereto.
“EU/UK Transparency Requirements”: The European Transparency Requirements and/or
the UK Transparency Requirements.
“Euroclear”: Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.
“European Transparency Requirements”: The transparency requirements under Article 7
of the EU Securitization Regulation, including Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2020/1225 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1224 and any relevant guidance
and policy statements relating to the application of such Regulations published by the European
Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Insurance and
Occupational Pensions Authority (or any of their successors) or by the European Commission, as
may be amended, varied or substituted from time to time.
“Event of Default”: The meaning specified in Section 5.1.
“Excel Default Model Input File”: An electronic spreadsheet file in Microsoft Excel
format to be provided to S&P, by the Collateral Manager and which file shall include the
following information (if available) with respect to each Collateral Obligation: (a) the name of
the issuer thereof, the country of domicile of the issuer thereof and the particular issue held by
the Issuer, (b) the CUSIP, LoanX ID or other applicable identification number associated with
such Collateral Obligation, (c) the par value of such Collateral Obligation, (d) the type of issue
(including, by way of example, whether such Collateral Obligation is a Senior Secured Loan,
Second Lien Loan, Cov-Lite Loan, First-Lien Last-Out Loan, etc.), using such abbreviations as
may be selected by the Collateral Administrator, (e) a description of the index or other applicable
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benchmark upon which the interest payable on such Collateral Obligation is based (including, by
way of example, fixed rate, step-up rate, zero coupon and the Term SOFR Rate) and whether
such Collateral Obligation is a Reference Rate Floor Obligation and the specified “floor” rate per
annum related thereto, (f) the coupon (in the case of a Collateral Obligation which bears interest
at a fixed rate) or the spread over the applicable index (in the case of a Collateral Obligation
which bears interest at a floating rate), (g) the S&P Industry Classification for such Collateral
Obligation, (h) the stated maturity of such Collateral Obligation, (i) the S&P Rating of such
Collateral Obligation or the issuer thereof, as applicable, (j) the trade date and settlement date of
each Collateral Obligation and (k) in the case of any purchase which has not settled, the purchase
price thereof. In addition, such file shall include a description of any Balance of Cash and other
Eligible Investments. In respect of the file provided to S&P in connection with the Issuer’s
request to S&P to confirm its Initial Ratings of each Class of Debt pursuant to Section 7.18, such
file shall include a separate breakdown of the Aggregate Principal Balance and identity of all
Collateral Obligations with respect to which the Issuer has entered into a binding commitment to
acquire but with respect to which no settlement has occurred.
“Excepted Property”: The meaning assigned in the Granting Clauses hereof.
“Excess CCC Adjustment Amount”: As of any date of determination, an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (a) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations included in
the CCC Excess; over (b) the sum of the Market Values of all Collateral Obligations included in
the CCC Excess.
“Excess Par Amount”: The amount, as of any date of determination, equal to the greater
of (a) zero and (b)(i) the Collateral Principal Amount less (ii) the Reinvestment Target Par
Balance.
“Excess Weighted Average Coupon”: A percentage equal as of any date of determination
to a number obtained by multiplying (a) the excess, if any, of the Weighted Average Coupon
over the Minimum Weighted Average Coupon by (b) the number obtained by dividing the
aggregate principal balance of all Fixed Rate Obligations by the aggregate principal balance of
all Floating Rate Obligations.
“Excess Weighted Average Floating Spread”: A percentage equal as of any date of
determination to a number obtained by multiplying (a) the excess, if any, of the Weighted
Average Floating Spread over the S&P Minimum Floating Spread by (b) the number obtained by
dividing the aggregate principal balance of all Floating Rate Obligations by the aggregate
principal balance of all Fixed Rate Obligations.
“Exchange Act”: The United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exercise Notice”: The meaning specified in Section 9.7(c).
“Expense Reserve Account”: The account established pursuant to Section 10.3(d).
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“Fallback Rate”: The rate determined by the Collateral Manager as follows: (a) the sum
of (i) the quarterly-pay rate associated with the reference rate applicable to the largest percentage
of the floating rate Collateral Obligations (as determined by the Collateral Manager as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date) plus (ii) the average of the daily difference between the
last available three-month Term SOFR Rate and the rate determined pursuant to clause (i) above
during the 20 Business Day period immediately preceding the applicable Interest Determination
Date, as calculated by the Collateral Manager, which may consist of an addition to or subtraction
from such unadjusted rate and (b) if a rate cannot be determined using clause (a), the Designated
Base Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, the Fallback Rate shall not be the Term SOFR Rate;
provided, further, that in no case shall the Fallback Rate be based on the London interbank
offered rate.
“FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or
official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the
Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with such sections of the
Code, any U.S. or non-U.S. fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, guidance notes or practices
adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement or any analogous provisions of non-
U.S. law.
“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website”: The website of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
“Federal Reserve Board”: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Fee Basis Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Collateral
Principal Amount, (b) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Defaulted Obligations and (c) the
aggregate amount of all Principal Financed Accrued Interest and Principal Financed Capitalized
Interest.
“Financial Asset”: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
“Financing Statements”: The meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(39) of the UCC.
“First-Lien Last-Out Loan”: A Collateral Obligation that is a Senior Secured Loan (other
than for purposes of the Concentration Limitations and the S&P Recovery Rate, for which
purposes First-Lien Last-Out Loans shall not be treated as Senior Secured Loans) that, prior to an
event of default under the applicable Underlying Documents, is entitled to receive payments pari
passu with other senior secured loans of the same Obligor and secured by the same collateral, but
following an event of default under the applicable Underlying Documents, such Collateral
Obligation becomes fully subordinated to Non-Super-Priority Senior Secured Loans of the same
Obligor and secured by the same collateral and is not entitled to any payments until such other
senior secured loans are paid in full; provided, that a Collateral Obligation will not be treated as a
First-Lien Last-Out Loan solely as a result of customary exceptions for Collateral Obligations
secured by a first-priority perfected security interest, including a Super-Priority Revolving
Facility (provided, however, that Collateral Obligations that would otherwise be designated as
Senior Secured Loans solely because of this exception for Super-Priority Revolving Facilities in
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excess of 15.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount shall be treated as First-Lien Last-Out
Loans).
“Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, Inc. and any successor in interest.
“Fitch Rating”: As of any date of determination, the Fitch Rating of any Collateral
Obligation, determined as follows:
(a)if Fitch has issued an issuer default rating with respect to the issuer of such
Collateral Obligation, or the guarantor which unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees
such Collateral Obligation, then the Fitch Rating will be such issuer default rating
(regardless of whether there is a published rating by Fitch on the Collateral Obligations of
such issuer held by the Issuer);
(aa)if Fitch has not issued an issuer default rating with respect to the issuer or
guarantor of such Collateral Obligation but Fitch has issued an outstanding long-term
financial strength rating with respect to such issuer, the Fitch Rating of such Collateral
Obligation will be one subcategory below such rating;
(ab)if a Fitch Rating cannot be determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b), but:
(i)Fitch has issued a senior unsecured rating on any obligation or
security of the issuer of such Collateral Obligation, then the Fitch Rating of such
Collateral Obligation will equal such rating; or
(ii)Fitch has not issued a senior unsecured rating on any obligation or
security of the issuer of such Collateral Obligation but Fitch has issued a senior rating,
senior secured rating or a subordinated secured rating on any obligation or security of the
issuer of such Collateral Obligation, then the Fitch Rating of such Collateral Obligation
will (x) equal such rating if such rating is “BBB-” or higher and (y) be one subcategory
below such rating if such rating is “BB+” or lower; or
(iii)Fitch has not issued a senior unsecured rating or a senior rating,
senior secured rating or a subordinated secured rating on any obligation or security of the
issuer of such Collateral Obligation but Fitch has issued a subordinated, junior
subordinated or senior subordinated rating on any obligation or security of the issuer of
such Collateral Obligation, then the Fitch Rating of such Collateral Obligation will be (x)
one subcategory above such rating if such rating is “B+” or higher and (y) two
subcategories above such rating if such rating is “B” or lower; provided that on the
Closing Date, if any rating described above is (i) on rating watch negative or negative
credit watch, the rating will be the Fitch Rating as determined above adjusted down by
one subcategory or (ii) on rating watch positive, positive credit watch or outlook
negative, the rating will not be adjusted; provided further that after the Closing Date, if
any rating described above is on rating watch negative or negative credit watch, the rating
will be adjusted down by one subcategory; provided further that the Fitch Rating may be
updated by Fitch from time to time as indicated in the “Global Rating Criteria for CLOs
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and Corporate CDOs” report issued by Fitch and available at www.fitchratings.com. For
the avoidance of doubt, the Fitch Rating takes into account adjustments for assets that are
on rating watch negative or negative credit watch, as well as negative outlook prior to
determining the issue rating or in the determination of the lower of the Moody’s and S&P
public ratings.
“Fixed Rate Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation that bears a fixed rate of interest.
“Floating Rate Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation that bears a floating rate of
interest.
“GAAP”: The meaning specified in Section 6.3(j).
“Global Note”: Any Rule 144A Global Note or Regulation S Global Note.
“Governmental Authority”: Whether U.S. or non-U.S., (i) any national, state, county,
municipal or regional government or quasi-governmental authority or political subdivision
thereof; (ii) any agency, regulator, arbitrator, board, body, branch, bureau, commission,
corporation, department, master, mediator, panel, referee, system or instrumentality of any such
government or quasi-government entity, or political subdivision thereof; and (iii) any court.
“Grant” or “Granted”: To grant, bargain, sell, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge,
create and grant a security interest in and right of setoff against, deposit, set over and confirm. A
Grant of the Assets, or of any other instrument, shall include all rights, powers and options (but
none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including, the immediate continuing
right to claim for, collect, receive and receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the
Assets, and all other Monies payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other
communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive
anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect
thereto.
“Group I Country”: The Netherlands, Australia, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand and the
United Kingdom.
“Group II Country”: Germany, Sweden and Switzerland.
“Group III Country”: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg and Norway.
“Hedge Agreement”: The meaning specified in Section 12.5.
“Highest Ranking S&P Class”: Any Outstanding Class rated by S&P with respect to
which there is no Priority Class.
“Holder” or “holder”: With respect to any Debt, the Person whose name appears in the
Note Register or the Loan Register, as applicable, as the registered holder of such Debt; except
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where the context otherwise requires, “Holder” or “holder” will include the beneficial owner of
such security.
“IAI”: An Institutional Accredited Investor.
“IAI/QP”: Any Person that, at the time of its acquisition, purported acquisition or
proposed acquisition of Debt is both an Institutional Accredited Investor and a Qualified
Purchaser.
“Incurrence Covenant”: A covenant by any borrower to comply with one or more
financial covenants only upon the occurrence of certain actions of the borrower, including a debt
issuance, dividend payment, share purchase, merger, acquisition or divestiture.
“Indenture”: This instrument as originally executed and, if from time to time
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof, as so supplemented or amended.
“Independent”: As to any Person, any other Person (including, in the case of an
accountant or lawyer, a firm of accountants or lawyers, and any member thereof, or an
investment bank and any member thereof) who (i) does not have and is not committed to acquire
any material direct or any material indirect financial interest in such Person or in any Affiliate of
such Person, and (ii) is not connected with such Person as an Officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, voting trustee, partner, manager, director or Person performing similar functions.
“Independent” when used with respect to any accountant may include an accountant who audits
the books of such Person if in addition to satisfying the criteria set forth above, the accountant is
independent with respect to such Person within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code of
Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. For purposes of
this definition, no manager, director or independent review party of any Person will fail to be
Independent solely because such Person acts as an independent manager, independent director or
independent review party thereof or of any such Person’s affiliates.
Any pricing service, certified public accountant or legal counsel that is required to be
Independent of another Person under this Indenture must satisfy the criteria above with respect to
the Issuer, the Collateral Manager and their Affiliates.
“Independent Director”: The meaning specified in Section 7.8(d).
“Independent Review Party”: The meaning set forth in the Collateral Management
Agreement.
“Industry Diversity Measure”: As of any date of determination, the number obtained by
dividing (a) 1 by (b) the sum of the squares of the quotients, for each S&P Industry Classification
Group, obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance at such time of all
Collateral Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations) issued by Obligors that belong to such
S&P Industry Classification Group by (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance at such
time of all Collateral Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations).
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“Initial Purchaser”: BofA Securities, Inc., in its capacity as initial purchaser of the
Secured Notes under the Purchase Agreement.
“Initial Rating”: With respect to the Secured Debt, the rating or ratings, if any, indicated
in Section 2.3.
“Institutional Accredited Investor”: The meaning specified in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act.
“Instrument”: The meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.
“Interest Accrual Period”: (i) With respect to the initial Payment Date (or, in the case of a
Re-Priced Class or a Class that is subject to Refinancing, the first Payment Date following the
Re-Pricing Date or the Refinancing, respectively), the period from and including the Closing
Date (or, in the case of (x) a Re-Pricing, the Re-Pricing Date and (y) a Refinancing, the date of
issuance of the replacement notes or debt obligations) to but excluding such Payment Date; and
(ii) with respect to each succeeding Payment Date, the period from and including the
immediately preceding Payment Date to but excluding the following Payment Date until the
principal of the Debt is paid or made available for payment.
“Interest Collection Subaccount”: The account established pursuant to Section 10.2(a).
“Interest Coverage Effective Date”: The Determination Date immediately preceding the
second Payment Date.
“Interest Coverage Ratio”: For any designated Class or Classes of Secured Debt, as of
any date of determination, the percentage derived from the following equation: (A – B) / C,
where:
A = The Collateral Interest Amount as of such date of determination;
B = Amounts payable (or expected as of the date of determination to be payable)
on the following Payment Date as set forth in clauses (A) and (B) in
Section 11.1(a)(i); and
C = Interest due and payable on the Debt of such Class or Classes and each Class
of Debt that rank senior to or pari passu with such Class or Classes (excluding
any Deferred Interest, but including any interest on Deferred Interest with respect
to the Class C Notes) on such Payment Date.
For the purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Class A Debt and the Class B
Notes shall be treated as a single Class.
“Interest Coverage Test”: A test that is satisfied with respect to any Class or Classes of
Debt as of the Interest Coverage Effective Date and any other date thereafter on which such test
is required to be determined hereunder, if (i) the Interest Coverage Ratio for such Class or
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Classes on such date is at least equal to the Required Interest Coverage Ratio for such Class or
Classes or (ii) such Class or Classes of Debt are no longer outstanding.
“Interest Determination Date”: The second U.S. Government Securities Business Day
preceding the first day of each Interest Accrual Period.
“Interest Proceeds”: With respect to any Collection Period or Determination Date,
without duplication, the sum of:
(i)all payments of interest and delayed compensation (representing
compensation for delayed settlement) received in cash by the Issuer during the related
Collection Period on the Collateral Obligations and Eligible Investments, including the
accrued interest received in connection with a sale thereof during the related Collection
Period, less any such amount that represents Principal Financed Accrued Interest or
Principal Financed Capitalized Interest;
(ii)all principal and interest payments received by the Issuer during the
related Collection Period on Eligible Investments purchased with Interest Proceeds;
(iii)unless otherwise designated by the Collateral Manager, all amendment and
waiver fees, late payment fees and other fees received by the Issuer during the related
Collection Period, except for those in connection with (a) the lengthening of the maturity
of the related Collateral Obligation or (b) the reduction of the par amount of the related
Collateral Obligation, as determined by the Collateral Manager with notice to the Trustee;
(iv)commitment fees and other similar fees received by the Issuer during such
Collection Period in respect of Revolving Collateral Obligations and Delayed Drawdown
Collateral Obligations;
(v)any amounts deposited in the Collection Account from the Expense
Reserve Account or the Interest Reserve Account that are designated as Interest Proceeds
in the sole discretion of the Collateral Manager pursuant hereto in respect of the related
Determination Date;
(vi)any Designated Ramp-Up Proceeds and any Designated Principal
Proceeds;
(vii)and
(viii)any Designated Excess Par;
provided that:
(a)(x) any amounts received in respect of any Defaulted Obligation
(including the assets described in clause (3) in the proviso of the definition
thereof) will constitute Principal Proceeds (and not Interest Proceeds) until the
aggregate of all collections in respect of such Defaulted Obligation and, if such
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Defaulted Obligation is a Revolving Collateral Obligation or a Delayed
Drawdown Collateral Obligation, any amounts transferred from the Revolver
Funding Account to the Principal Collection Subaccount with respect thereto,
since it became a Defaulted Obligation equals, the outstanding Principal Balance
of such Collateral Obligation at the time it became a Defaulted Obligation and (y)
any amounts received in respect of any Restructured Loan, Equity Security and
Specified Equity Security will constitute Principal Proceeds (and not Interest
Proceeds) until the aggregate of all collections in respect of such Restructured
Loan, Equity Security or Specified Equity Security since it was received or
purchased by the Issuer equals the outstanding Principal Balance of the related
Collateral Obligation or Defaulted Obligation, as applicable, at the time the
Obligor thereof underwent insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, debt
restructuring or workout (or, in the case of a related Defaulted Obligation, at the
time it became a Defaulted Obligation);
(b)capitalized interest shall not constitute Interest Proceeds;
(c)any amounts relating to Maturity Amendments that are required to
be treated as Principal Proceeds under this Indenture shall not constitute Interest
Proceeds; and
(d)subject to clause (a) above, any amounts (including any Sale
Proceeds) received in respect of any Workout Loan will be allocated, without
duplication, (1) if Principal Proceeds were used to acquire such Workout Loan,
such amounts will constitute Principal Proceeds until the aggregate of all
recoveries in respect of such Workout Loan, and the Collateral Obligation with
respect to which such Workout Loan was acquired, equals the sum of (i) the
outstanding principal balance of such Collateral Obligation or Defaulted
Obligation, as applicable, at the time the related Workout Loan was acquired (or,
in the case of a Defaulted Obligation, at the time such Collateral Obligation
became a Defaulted Obligation), (ii) the S&P Collateral Value of such Workout
Loan plus (iii) the amount of Principal Proceeds used to acquire such Workout
Loan, (2) if Interest Proceeds were used to acquire such Workout Loan, such
amounts shall (x) first, constitute Principal Proceeds until the aggregate of all
recoveries in respect of such Workout Loan equals the greatest of (A) the S&P
Collateral Value of such Workout Loan, (B) the Market Value of such Workout
Loan and (C) 70% multiplied by the outstanding Principal Balance of such
Workout Loan; and (y) thereafter, constitute Interest Proceeds until the aggregate
amount of all collection with respect to such Workout Loan equals the amount of
Interest Proceeds used to acquire such Workout Loan and (3) in the case of any
Workout Loan acquired using amounts on deposit in the Permitted Use Account
or Contributions, such amounts shall constitute Principal Proceeds until the
aggregate of all recoveries in respect of such Workout Loan equals the S&P
Collateral Value of such Workout Loan (provided that, to the extent that any
combination of Principal Proceeds, Interest Proceeds and/or amounts available for
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a Permitted Use were used to acquire such Workout Loan, the Collateral Manager
shall ensure satisfaction of clauses (1), (2) and (3) on a pro rata basis to the extent
able in its commercially reasonable discretion).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the Collateral Manager’s sole discretion (to be
exercised on or before the related Determination Date), Interest Proceeds in any Collection
Period may be classified as Principal Proceeds provided that such designation would not result in
a non-payment of interest on any Class of Secured Debt.
“Interest Rate”: With respect to each Class of Secured Debt, the per annum stated interest
rate payable on such Class with respect to each Interest Accrual Period, which rate shall be equal
to the rate specified for such Class in Section 2.3; provided that with respect to any Interest
Accrual Period during which a Re-Pricing has occurred, the applicable Interest Rate of any Re-
Priced Class shall reflect the applicable Re-Pricing Rate from, and including, the applicable Re-
Pricing Date.
“Interest Reserve Account”: The account established pursuant to Section 10.5.
“Interest Reserve Amount”: U.S.$ 17,677.95.
“Investment Criteria”: The criteria specified in Section 12.2.
“Investor Information Services”: Initially, Intex Solutions, Inc. and Bloomberg Finance
L.P., and thereafter any third-party vendor that compiles and provides access to information
regarding CLO transactions and is selected by the Collateral Manager (with notice to the Trustee
and the Collateral Administrator) to receive copies of the Monthly Report and Distribution
Report.
“Investor Reports”: The quarterly investor reports in the form prescribed pursuant to and
in accordance with the EU/UK Transparency Requirements.
“IRS”: The United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuer”: The Person named as such on the first page of this Indenture until a successor
Person shall have become the Issuer pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.
“Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request”: A written order or request (which may be a standing
order or request) dated and signed in the name of the Issuer or by an Officer of the Issuer or, to
the extent permitted herein, by the Collateral Manager by an Officer thereof, on behalf of the
Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, an order or request provided in an email or other electronic
communication by an Officer of the Issuer or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer shall
constitute an Issuer Order, unless the Trustee otherwise requests that such Issuer Order be in
writing. For purposes of Section 10.10 and Article XII of this Indenture and the release, sale or
acquisition of any Assets thereunder, “Issuer Order” or “Issuer Request” shall also mean delivery
to the Trustee on behalf of the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on its behalf), by email or
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otherwise in writing, of a trade ticket, confirmation of trade, trade blotter, instruction to post or to
commit to the trade, “SWIFT” message, message via Markit Loan Settlement Custodial Services
(Markit CIDD) or any other electronic communication or language, which shall constitute a
direction and certification that the transaction is in compliance with and satisfies all applicable
provisions of Section 10.10 and Article XII of this Indenture.
“Issuer Resolution”: A resolution of the members or the designated manager of the
Issuer.
“Junior Class”: With respect to a particular Class of Debt, each Class of Debt that is
subordinated to such Class, as indicated in Section 2.3.
“Junior Mezzanine Notes”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
“Knowledgeable Employee”: Any “knowledgeable employee” as defined in Rule 3c-5
under the Investment Company Act.
“Lien”: Any grant of a security interest in, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other),
preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing
(including any UCC financing statement or any similar instrument filed against a Person’s assets
or properties).
“Limited Liability Company Agreement”: The Issuer’s limited liability company
agreement, as may be amended from time to time.
“Loan”: Any obligation for the payment or repayment of borrowed money that is
documented by a term loan agreement, revolving loan agreement or other similar credit
agreement.
“Loan Agent”: The Class A-L Loan Agent.
“Loan Register”: The register of Class A-L Lender(s) maintained by the Class A-L Loan
Agent pursuant to the Class A-L Loan Agreement and provided to the Trustee.
“Loan Registrar”: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as loan registrar
under the Class A-L Loan Agreement, and any successor thereto.
“Loan Report”: The ongoing quarterly portfolio level disclosure in the form prescribed
pursuant to and in accordance with the EU/UK Transparency Requirements.
“Long Dated Obligation”: A Collateral Obligation, the stated maturity date of which is
extended to occur after the Stated Maturity pursuant to an amendment or modification of its
terms following its acquisition by the Issuer; provided that, in determining the scheduled
distributions on any Collateral Obligation occurring after the Stated Maturity of the Secured
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Debt, such Collateral Obligation will be deemed to have a maturity and amortization schedule
based on zero unscheduled prepayments.
“LSTA”: The Loan Syndications and Trading Association®.
“Maintenance Covenant”: A covenant by any borrower to comply with one or more
financial covenants (including without limitation any covenant relating to a borrowing base, asset
valuation or similar asset-based requirement) during each reporting period, whether or not such
borrower has taken any specified action; provided that a covenant which otherwise satisfies the
definition hereof but only applies when amounts are outstanding under the Underlying Document
shall constitute a Maintenance Covenant.
“Majority”: With respect to any Class or Classes of Debt, the Holders of more than 50%
of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Debt of such Class or Classes, as applicable.
“Mandatory Redemption”: A redemption of the Debt in accordance with Section 9.1.
“Margin Stock”: “Margin Stock” as defined under Regulation U issued by the Federal
Reserve Board, including any debt security which is by its terms convertible into “Margin
Stock”.
“Market Value”: With respect to any loans or other assets, the amount (determined by the
Collateral Manager) equal to the product of the outstanding principal balance thereof and the
price (expressed as a percentage of par) determined in the following manner:
(i)the bid price, reflective of actual trading activity of such asset within the
past 30 days, determined by the Loan Pricing Corporation, LoanX Inc. or Markit Group
Limited; or
(ix)if a price described in clause (i) is not available,
(a)the average of the bid prices determined by three broker-dealers
reflective of actual trading of such asset that are Independent (without giving
effect to the last sentence in the definition thereof) from each other and the Issuer
and the Collateral Manager;
(b)if only two such bids can be obtained, the lower of the bid prices of
such two bids; or
(c)if only one such bid can be obtained, and such bid was obtained
from a Qualified Broker/Dealer (which Qualified Broker/Dealer is Independent
(without giving effect to the last sentence in the definition thereof) from the Issuer
and the Collateral Manager), such bid; or
(x)if a value cannot be obtained by the Collateral Manager exercising
reasonable efforts pursuant to the means contemplated by clauses (i) or (ii), the value
(determined as the bid side market value) of such Collateral Obligation as reasonably
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determined by the Collateral Manager (so long as the Collateral Manager is a Registered
Investment Adviser) consistent with the Collateral Manager Standard and certified by the
Collateral Manager to the Collateral Administrator and the Trustee; provided, that solely
with respect to the calculation of the CCC Excess and the Excess CCC Adjustment
Amount, the Market Value of each CCC Collateral Obligation shall be the lower of (x)
the amount calculated in accordance with this clause (iii) and (y) the higher of (I) 70%
multiplied by the outstanding principal balance of such Collateral Obligation and (II) if
such valuation has been provided, the value determined by an Independent third-party;
provided further, that if such Collateral Obligation has a public rating from S&P, the
Market Value of such Collateral Obligation for a period of 30 days after such date of
determination shall be the lower of:
(a)the bid side market value thereof as reasonably determined by the
Collateral Manager consistent with the Collateral Manager Standard and certified
by the Collateral Manager to the Collateral Administrator and the Trustee; and
(b)the higher of (I) 70% multiplied by the outstanding principal
balance of such Collateral Obligation and (II) if such valuation has been provided,
the value determined by an Independent third-party;
◦and, if such Collateral Obligation has a public rating from S&P and
if a value cannot be obtained by the Collateral Manager exercising reasonable efforts
pursuant to the means contemplated by clauses (a) or (b), following such 30-day period,
the Market Value of such Collateral Obligation shall be zero; or
(xi)if the Market Value of an asset is not determined in accordance with
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, then such Market Value shall be deemed to be zero (or, with
respect to clause (iii) above, the value determined by the Collateral Manager in
accordance with the valuation policies that it applies to similar assets it holds for its own
account) until such determination is made in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above.
“Master Transfer Agreement”: That certain loan sale and contribution agreement dated as
of the Closing Date, between the Collateral Manager, as seller, and the Issuer, as purchaser, as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Material Covenant Default”: A default by an Obligor with respect to any Collateral
Obligation, and subject to any grace periods contained in the related Underlying Document, that
gives rise to the right of the lender(s) thereunder to accelerate the principal of such Collateral
Obligation.
“Maturity”: With respect to any Debt, the date on which the unpaid principal of such
Debt becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Maturity Amendment”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, any waiver,
modification, amendment or variance that would extend the stated maturity date of such
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Collateral Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, a waiver, modification, amendment or
variance that would extend the stated maturity date of the credit facility of which a Collateral
Obligation is part, but would not extend the stated maturity date of the Collateral Obligation held
by the Issuer, does not constitute a Maturity Amendment.
“Maximum Equivalent Rating Factor Test”: A test that will be satisfied on any
Measurement Date if the Weighted Average Equivalent Rating Factor of the Collateral
Obligations is less than or equal to 4000.
“Measurement Date”: (i) Any day on which a purchase of a Collateral Obligation occurs,
(ii) any Determination Date, (iii) the date as of which the information in any Monthly Report
prepared hereunder is calculated, (iv) with five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Issuer,
the Collateral Manager, the Collateral Administrator and the Trustee, any Business Day
requested by S&P and (v) the Effective Date.
“Member State”: Any member state of the European Union.
“Merging Entity”: The meaning specified in Section 7.10.
“Minimum Denomination”: With respect to (x) the Secured Debt, U.S.$250,000 and
integral multiples of U.S.$1 in excess thereof and (y) the Subordinated Notes, U.S.$1,000,000
and integral multiples of U.S.$1 in excess thereof.
“Minimum Floating Spread Test”: The test that will be satisfied on any date of
determination if the Weighted Average Floating Spread plus the Excess Weighted Average
Coupon equals or exceeds the S&P Minimum Floating Spread.
“Minimum Weighted Average Coupon”: (i) If any of the Collateral Obligations are Fixed
Rate Obligations, 7.00% and (ii) otherwise, 0.0%.
“Minimum Weighted Average Coupon Test”: The test that will be satisfied on any date
of determination as of which the Collateral Obligations include any Fixed Rate Obligations if the
Weighted Average Coupon plus the Excess Weighted Average Floating Spread equals or
exceeds the Minimum Weighted Average Coupon.
“Minimum Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate Test”: The test that will be satisfied
on any date of determination on and after the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date if the Weighted
Average S&P Recovery Rate for the Highest Ranking S&P Class equals or exceeds the S&P
CDO Monitor Recovery Rate of such Class of Secured Debt selected by the Collateral Manager
in connection with the definition of “S&P CDO Monitor”.
“Money”: The meaning specified in Section 1-201(24) of the UCC.
“Monthly Report”: The meaning specified in Section 10.8(a).
“Monthly Report Determination Date”: The meaning specified in Section 10.8(a).
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“Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Moody’s Rating”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, the rating determined
pursuant to Schedule 3 hereto.
“Non-Call Period”: The period from the Closing Date to but excluding July 20, 2026.
“Non-Emerging Market Obligor”: An Obligor that is Domiciled in (a) the United States
or (b) any other country that has a foreign currency government bond rating of at least “AA” by
S&P.
“Non-Permitted ERISA Holder”: The meaning specified in Section 2.11(c).
“Non-Permitted Holder”: The meaning specified in Section 2.11(b).
“Non-Super-Priority Senior Secured Loan”: A Senior Secured Loan other than a
revolving credit facility that is customarily referred to as super-priority revolver.
“Note Register”: The meaning specified in Section 2.5(a).
“Note Registrar”: The meaning specified in Section 2.5(a).
“Notes”: Collectively, the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the
Subordinated Notes authorized by, and authenticated and delivered under, this Indenture (as
specified in Section 2.3) together with any additional Notes issued pursuant to and accordance
with this Indenture.
“NRSRO”: Any nationally-recognized statistical rating organization, other than S&P.
“NRSRO Certification”: A certification executed by an NRSRO in favor of the Issuer that
states that such NRSRO has provided the Issuer with the appropriate certifications under
Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(a)(3)(iii)(B) and that such NRSRO has access to the 17g-5 Website.
“Obligor”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, any Person or Persons obligated to
make payments pursuant to or with respect to such Collateral Obligation, including any
guarantor thereof, but excluding, in each case, any such Person that is an obligor or guarantor
that is in addition to the primary obligors or guarantors with respect to the assets, cash flows or
credit on which the related Collateral Obligation is principally underwritten.
“Obligor Diversity Measure”: As of any date of determination, the number obtained by
dividing (a) 1 by (b) the sum of the squares of the quotients, for each Obligor, obtained by
dividing (i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance at such time of all Collateral Obligations
(other than Defaulted Obligations) issued by such Obligor by (ii) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance at such time of all Collateral Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations).
“Offer”: The meaning specified in Section 10.10(c).
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“Offering”: The offering of any Notes pursuant to the relevant Offering Circular.
“Offering Circular”: Each offering circular relating to the offer and sale of the Notes,
including any supplements thereto.
“Officer”: (a) With respect to any corporation, the Chairman of the Board of Directors
(or, with respect to the Issuer, its members or its designated manager), the President, any Vice
President, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of such
entity and (b) with respect to the Issuer and any limited liability company, any managing
member or manager thereof or any person to whom the rights and powers of management thereof
are delegated in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of such limited liability
company.
“Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion addressed to the Trustee, the Issuer, if
applicable, and, if required by the terms hereof, S&P, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee (and, if so addressed, S&P), of an attorney admitted to practice, or a
nationally or internationally recognized and reputable law firm one or more of the partners of
which are admitted to practice, before the highest court of any State of the United States or the
District of Columbia, which attorney or law firm, as the case may be, may, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, be counsel for the Issuer and which attorney or law firm, as the case
may be, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Whenever an Opinion of Counsel is
required hereunder, such Opinion of Counsel may rely on opinions of other counsel who are so
admitted and so satisfactory, which opinions of other counsel shall accompany such Opinion of
Counsel and shall be addressed to the Trustee (and, if required by the terms hereof, S&P) or shall
state that the Trustee (and, if required by the terms hereof, S&P) shall be entitled to rely thereon.
“Optional Redemption”: A redemption of the Debt in accordance with Section 9.2.
“Other Plan Law”: Any state, local, other federal or non-U.S. laws or regulations that are
substantially similar to the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code.
“Outstanding”: With respect to the Debt or the Debt of any specified Class, as of any date
of determination, all of the Debt or all of the Debt of such Class, as the case may be, theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (or, with respect to the Class A-L Loans,
incurred under the Class A-L Loan Agreement), except:
(i)(x) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the
Note Registrar for cancellation in accordance with the terms of Section 2.9 hereof and (y)
Class A-L Loan notes canceled by the Loan Agent or delivered to the Loan Agent for
cancellation in accordance with the Class A-L Loan Agreement;
(iv)Debt or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption funds in the
necessary amount have been theretofore irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent for the Holders of such Debt pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(ii) hereof or the
Class A-L Loan Agreement, as applicable; provided that if such Notes or portions thereof
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are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(v)Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, unless proof satisfactory to the
Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a “protected purchaser” (within the
meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC); and
(vi)(x) Notes alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen for
which replacement Notes have been issued as provided in Section 2.6 and (y) loan notes,
if any, signed by the Issuer in its capacity as borrower under the Class A-L Loan
Agreement and delivered to Class A-L Lenders that are alleged to have been lost or
destroyed for which replacement Class A-L Loan notes have been issued as provided in
the Class A-L Loan Agreement; and
(vii)Class A-L Loans repaid, redeemed or converted into Class A Notes
pursuant to the terms of the Class A-L Loan Agreement and the terms herein;
provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Aggregate Outstanding
Amount have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, (a) Debt owned by the Issuer or (only in the case of a vote on (x) the removal of the
Collateral Manager for “cause” and (y) the waiver of any event constituting “cause”) Debt
owned by the Collateral Manager, the BDC Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, an Affiliate thereof, or an
account, fund, client or portfolio established and controlled by the Collateral Manager, the BDC
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, or an Affiliate thereof or for which the Collateral Manager, the BDC
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, or an Affiliate thereof acts as the investment adviser or with respect to
which it, the BDC Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or an Affiliate exercises discretionary authority
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding; provided that such disregarded Debt
shall not include any Debt held by an entity managed by the Collateral Manager, the BDC
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or an Affiliate thereof if such entity has retained discretionary voting
authority over matters in connection with which such Debt would be disregarded for purposes of
determining whether the holders of the requisite Aggregate Outstanding Amount of Debt have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this
Indenture or the Collateral Management Agreement, except that, in determining whether the
Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable, shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Debt that a Trust Officer of the
Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable, actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded
and (b) Debt so owned that have been pledged in good faith shall be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or the Loan Agent, as
applicable, the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Debt and that the pledgee is not one
of the Persons specified above.
“Overcollateralization Ratio”: With respect to any specified Class or Classes of Secured
Debt as of any date of determination, the percentage derived from: (i) the Adjusted Collateral
Principal Amount on such date divided by (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Amount on such date
of the Debt of such Class or Classes (including, in the case of the Class C Notes, any accrued
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Deferred Interest that remains unpaid with respect to such Class), and each Priority Class of
Debt. For the purposes of calculating the Overcollateralization Ratio, the Class A Debt and the
Class B Notes shall be treated as a single Class.
“Overcollateralization Ratio Test”: A test that is satisfied with respect to any Class or
Classes of Debt as of the Effective Date (and any other date thereafter on which such test is
required to be determined hereunder), if (i) the Overcollateralization Ratio for such Class or
Classes on such date is at least equal to the Required Overcollateralization Ratio for such Class
or Classes or (ii) such Class or Classes of Debt is no longer outstanding.
“Partial Refinancing Interest Proceeds”: In connection with a Refinancing of one or more
Classes of Secured Debt, with respect to each such Class, Interest Proceeds up to the amount of
accrued and unpaid interest on such Class, but only to the extent that such Interest Proceeds
would be available under the Priority of Payments to pay accrued and unpaid interest on such
Class on the Redemption Date (or, in the case of a Refinancing occurring on a date other than a
Payment Date, only to the extent that such Interest Proceeds would be available under the
Priority of Payments to pay accrued and unpaid interest on such Class on the next Payment Date,
taking into account scheduled distributions on the Assets that are expected to be received prior to
the next Determination Date).
“Participation Interest”: A participation interest in a loan that, at the time of acquisition,
or the Issuer’s commitment to acquire the same, satisfies each of the following criteria: (i) such
loan would constitute a Collateral Obligation were it acquired directly, (ii) the Selling Institution
is the lender on the loan, (iii) the aggregate participation in the loan does not exceed the principal
amount or commitment of such loan, (iv) such participation does not grant, in the aggregate, to
the participant in such participation a greater interest than the Selling Institution holds in the loan
or commitment that is the subject of the participation, (v) the entire purchase price for such
participation is paid in full at the time of its acquisition (or, in the case of a participation in a
Revolving Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation, at the time of the
funding of such loan) without the benefit of financing from the Selling Institution or its affiliates,
(vi) the participation provides the participant all of the economic benefit and risk of the whole or
part of the loan or commitment that is the subject of the loan participation, and (vii) such
participation is documented under a LSTA, Loan Market Association or similar agreement
standard for loan participation transactions among institutional market participants. For the
avoidance of doubt, a Participation Interest shall not include a sub-participation interest in any
loan.
“Partnership Tax Audit Rules”: The meaning specified in Section 7.17(l).
“Partnership Representative”: The meaning specified in Section 7.17(f).
“Paying Agent”: Any Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on
any Debt on behalf of the Issuer as specified in Section 7.2.
“Payment Account”: The payment account of the Trustee established pursuant to
Section 10.3(a).
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“Payment Date”: (a) The 20th day of January, April, July and October of each year (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day), commencing on the
Payment Date in January 2025, except that the final scheduled Payment Date (subject to any
earlier redemption or payment of the Debt) shall be the Payment Date in July 2036, and (b) any
other date not specified in clause (a) that is a Redemption Date in connection with a redemption
of the Secured Debt in whole but not in part; provided that, at any time there is no Secured Debt
Outstanding, Payment Dates shall be on such dates as determined by the Collateral Manager in
its reasonable discretion (as acceptable to the Trustee and with five Business Days’ prior written
notice to the Trustee but in no event less frequently than quarterly).
“PBGC”: The United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Permitted Deferrable Obligation”: Any Deferrable Obligation that, in accordance with
its related Underlying Documents, carries a current cash pay interest rate of not less than (a) in
the case of a Floating Rate Obligation, the Reference Rate or (b) in the case of a Fixed Rate
Obligation, the zero-coupon swap rate in a fixed/floating interest rate swap with a term equal to
five years.
“Permitted Liens”: With respect to the Assets: (i) security interests, liens and other
encumbrances created pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (ii) with respect to agented
Collateral Obligations, security interests, liens and other encumbrances in favor of the lead agent,
the collateral agent or the paying agent on behalf of all holders of indebtedness of such Obligor
under the related facility, (iii) with respect to any Equity Security, any security interests, liens
and other encumbrances granted on such Equity Security to secure indebtedness of the related
Obligor and/or any security interests, liens and other rights or encumbrances granted under any
governing documents or other agreement between or among or binding upon the Issuer as the
holder of equity in such Obligor and (iv) security interests, liens and other encumbrances, if any,
which have priority over first priority perfected security interests in the Collateral Obligations or
any portion thereof under the UCC or any other applicable law.
“Permitted Offer”: An Offer (i) pursuant to the terms of which the offeror offers to
acquire a debt obligation (including a Collateral Obligation) in exchange for consideration
consisting solely of Cash in an amount equal to or greater than the full face amount of such debt
obligation plus any accrued and unpaid interest and (ii) as to which the Collateral Manager has
determined in its reasonable commercial judgment that the offeror has sufficient access to
financing to consummate the Offer.
“Permitted Use”: With respect to (a) the proceeds of an additional issuance of additional
Subordinated Notes and/or Junior Mezzanine Notes designated for a Permitted Use, (b) any
amounts designated for deposit into the Permitted Use Account pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i) or
(c) any Contribution received into the Permitted Use Account, any of the following:
(i)the transfer of the applicable portion of such amount to the Interest
Collection Subaccount for application as Interest Proceeds;
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(viii)the transfer of the applicable portion of such amount to the Principal
Collection Subaccount for application as Principal Proceeds;
(ix)to designate such amount as Refinancing Proceeds for use in connection
with a Refinancing;
(x)the transfer of the applicable portion of such amount to pay any costs or
expenses associated with a Refinancing, a Re-Pricing or an additional issuance of Debt;
(xi)the purchase of Collateral Obligations, Restructured Loans, Workout
Loans or Specified Equity Securities;
(xii)the purchase of securities or other obligations resulting from the exercise
of an option, warrant, right of conversion or similar right, in each case, received in
connection with a workout or restructuring of a Collateral Obligation, in accordance with
the documents governing any Equity Security without regard to the Investment Criteria
and to make any payments required in connection with a workout or restructuring of a
Collateral Obligation provided that the Collateral Manager certifies to the Trustee and the
Loan Agent (which certification will be deemed to be provided upon delivery of an issuer
order in respect of such exercise) that in its reasonable business judgment, exercising the
option, warrant, right of conversion or similar right is necessary for the Issuer to realize
the value of the workout or restructuring of the Collateral Obligation with respect to
which such instrument was received; and
(xiii)subject to the limitation described in clause (i) above, for any other use of
funds permitted hereunder, in each case subject to the limitations set forth herein;
provided, that once funds in the Permitted Use Account have been designated for a
particular Permitted Use, such designation may not be changed.
“Permitted Use Account”: The account established pursuant to Section 10.3(e).
“Person”: An individual, corporation (including a business trust), partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, statutory trust, trust (including
any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated association or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“Portfolio Company”: Any company that is controlled by the Collateral Manager, an
Affiliate thereof, or an account, fund, client or portfolio established and controlled by the
Collateral Manager or an Affiliate thereof.
“Posting Agent Letter Agreement”: The EU/UK RR Website Direction Letter Agreement,
dated as of May 31, 2024, among the Issuer, the Collateral Manager and U.S. Bank Trust
Company, National Association, as posting agent.
“Post-Reinvestment Period Settlement Obligation”: The meaning specified in
Section 12.2(a).
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“Primary Business Activity”: In relation to a consolidated group of companies, for the
purposes of determining whether a debt obligation or debt security is an ESG Collateral
Obligation, where such group derives more than 50% of its revenues from the relevant business,
trade or production (as applicable) at the time of purchase of the ESG Collateral Obligation, as
determined by the Collateral Manager.
“Principal Balance”: Subject to Section 1.3, with respect to (a) any Asset other than a
Revolving Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation, as of any date of
determination, the outstanding principal amount of such Asset (excluding any capitalized
interest) and (b) any Revolving Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligation, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving
Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation (excluding any capitalized
interest), plus (except as expressly set forth herein) any undrawn commitments that have not
been irrevocably reduced or withdrawn with respect to such Revolving Collateral Obligation or
Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation; provided that for all purposes the Principal Balance of
(1) any Restructured Loan, Equity Security or Specified Equity Security or interest only strip
shall be deemed to be zero and (2) any Defaulted Obligation that is not sold or terminated within
three years after becoming a Defaulted Obligation shall be deemed to be zero.
“Principal Collection Subaccount”: The account established pursuant to Section 10.2(a).
“Principal Financed Accrued Interest”: The amount of Principal Proceeds, if any, applied
towards the purchase of accrued interest on a Collateral Obligation.
“Principal Financed Capitalized Interest”: The amount of Principal Proceeds, if any,
applied towards the purchase of capitalized interest on a Permitted Deferrable Obligation.
“Principal Proceeds”: With respect to any Collection Period or Determination Date, all
amounts received by the Issuer during the related Collection Period that do not constitute Interest
Proceeds, Refinancing Proceeds or Partial Refinancing Interest Proceeds and any other amounts
that have been designated as Principal Proceeds pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
“Priority Class”: With respect to any specified Class of Debt, each Class of Debt that
ranks senior to such Class, as indicated in Section 2.3.
“Priority of Partial Refinancing Proceeds”: The meaning specified in Section 11.1(a)(iv).
“Priority of Payments”: The meaning specified in Section 11.1(a).
“Proceeding”: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding.
“Proceeds”: The aggregate of Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds.
“Proposed Portfolio”: The portfolio of Collateral Obligations and Eligible Investments
resulting from the proposed purchase, sale, maturity or other disposition of a Collateral
Obligation or a proposed reinvestment in an additional Collateral Obligation, as the case may be.
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“Purchase Agreement”: The note purchase agreement dated as of July 16, 2024 among
the Issuer, the Co-Placement Agent and the Initial Purchaser, as amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“QIB”: A Qualified Institutional Buyer.
“QIB/QP”: Any Person that, at the time of its acquisition, purported acquisition or
proposed acquisition of Debt is both a Qualified Institutional Buyer and a Qualified Purchaser.
“QP”: A Qualified Purchaser.
“Qualified Broker/Dealer”: Any of Antares Capital; Ares Capital Corporation; Bank of
America/Merrill Lynch; The Bank of Montreal; The Bank of New York Mellon; Barclays Bank
plc; BNP Paribas; Broadpoint Securities; Calyon; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Capital
One; Citibank, N.A.; Credit Agricole S.A.; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank AG; Dresdner Bank
AG; Goldman Sachs & Co.; Golub Capital; Guggenheim; HSBC Bank; Imperial Capital LLC;
Jefferies & Company, Inc.; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; KeyBank National Association; Lloyds
TSB Bank; Madison Capital; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Morgan
Stanley & Co.; Natixis; Northern Trust Company; NXT Capital, Inc.; Royal Bank of Canada;
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc; Société Générale; SunTrust Banks, Inc.; The Toronto-
Dominion Bank; UBS AG; U.S. Bank National Association; and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association.
“Qualified Institutional Buyer”: The meaning specified in Rule 144A.
“Qualified Purchaser”: The meaning specified in Section 2(a)(51) of the 1940 Act and
Rule 2a51-2 or 2a51-3 under the 1940 Act.
“Ramp-Up Account”: The account established pursuant to Section 10.3(c).
“Record Date”: With respect to the Global Notes the Business Day before the applicable
Payment Date and with respect to the Certificated Notes, the date 15 days prior to the applicable
Payment Date.
“Redemption Date”: Any Business Day specified for a redemption of Debt pursuant to
Section 9.2 or any Payment Date specified for a Tax Redemption of the Debt pursuant to
Section 9.3, and in each case, with respect to the Class A-L Loan, pursuant to the Class A-L
Loan Agreement.
“Redemption Price”: (a) For any Secured Debt to be redeemed or re-priced (x) 100% of
the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of such Secured Debt, plus (y) accrued and unpaid interest
thereon (including defaulted interest and interest thereon and any Deferred Interest and any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon) to the Redemption Date or Re-Pricing Date, as applicable,
and (b) for each Subordinated Note, (i) if such Subordinated Note is being redeemed in
connection with a liquidation of the Assets, its proportional share (based on the outstanding
principal amount of such Subordinated Notes) of the amounts distributed with respect to the
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Subordinated Notes pursuant to the Priority of Payments on the Payment Date that is the
Redemption Date therefor after redemption or repayment of the Secured Debt in full and after
payment in full of (and/or creation of a reserve for) all fees, expenses and indemnities of the
Issuer (including, without limitation, any Collateral Management Fees) and (ii) if such
Subordinated Note is being redeemed upon the occurrence of a Refinancing of all of the Secured
Debt, its proportional share (based on the outstanding principal amount of such Subordinated
Notes) of the price, as determined by the Collateral Manager on or about the date of a
Refinancing, equal to the following: (a) amounts on deposit in the Principal Collection
Subaccount, the Interest Collection Subaccount and the Revolver Funding Account immediately
prior to such Refinancing plus (b) an amount equal to the sum of the products of (x) the average
of the “bid” and “ask” price for each Collateral Obligation held by the Issuer (as determined in
the sole discretion of the Collateral Manager) and (y) the principal balance of each such
Collateral Obligation (excluding solely for purposes of this definition the unfunded commitments
under any Revolving Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation) plus (c)
an amount equal to the sum of the products of (x) the average of the “bid” and “ask” price of
each Revolving Collateral Obligation and Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation minus 100%
and (y) the unfunded commitments under each Revolving Collateral Obligation and Delayed
Drawdown Collateral Obligation plus (d) an amount equal to the accrued interest on the
Collateral Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations) held by the Issuer immediately prior to
such Refinancing plus (e) the sum of the “fair market values” (as determined in the sole
discretion of the Collateral Manager) of each Asset not included in clauses (a) through (d) above
minus (f) the Redemption Prices of the Secured Debt minus (g) any fees and expenses incurred
in connection with such Refinancing and the associated supplemental indenture that are allocable
to the redemption of the applicable Debt as determined by the Collateral Manager; provided that,
in connection with any Tax Redemption, Clean-Up Call Redemption or Optional Redemption of
the Secured Debt in whole, Holders of 100% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of any Class
of Secured Debt may elect to receive less than 100% of the Redemption Price that would
otherwise be payable to the Holders of such Class of Secured Debt by notifying the Trustee, the
Loan Agent (if applicable) and the Issuer in writing prior to such Redemption Date or Re-Pricing
Date, as applicable, of such election.
“Reference Rate”: (a) Initially the Term SOFR Rate, (b) following a Benchmark
Replacement Date, a Benchmark Replacement Rate or (c) if the Reference Rate cannot be
determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above, the Fallback Rate; provided that if the Reference
Rate with respect to the Secured Debt is less than 0%, such rate shall be deemed equal to 0%
with respect to the Secured Debt; provided further, that if at any time when the Fallback Rate is
effective the Collateral Manager notifies the Issuer, the Trustee, the Loan Agent and the
Calculation Agent that any Benchmark Replacement Rate can be determined by the Collateral
Manager, then such Benchmark Replacement Rate shall be the Reference Rate commencing with
the Interest Accrual Period immediately succeeding the Interest Accrual Period during which the
Collateral Manager provides such notification. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
if at any time while any Secured Debt is outstanding, a Benchmark Transition Event and its
related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the then-current Reference
Rate, then the Collateral Manager shall provide notice of such event to the Issuer, the Loan
Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Trustee (which notice the Trustee shall forward to the
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Holders and post to its website) and shall cause the then current Reference Rate to be replaced
with an Alternative Rate proposed by the Collateral Manager pursuant to a Reference Rate
Amendment. With respect to any Collateral Obligation, when used in the context of such
Collateral Obligation, “Reference Rate” means the London interbank offered rate, the forward-
looking rate based on SOFR or the applicable benchmark rate currently in effect for such
Collateral Obligation and determined in accordance with the related Underlying Documents.
“Reference Rate Amendment”: The meaning specified in Section 8.1(xxiii).
“Reference Rate Floor Obligation”: As of any date of determination, a Floating Rate
Obligation (a) the interest in respect of which is paid based on the Reference Rate and (b) that
provides that such rate is (in effect) calculated as the greater of (i) a specified “floor” rate per
annum and (ii) the Reference Rate for the applicable interest period for such Collateral
Obligation.
“Refinancing”: A loan or an issuance of replacement securities, whose terms in each case
will be negotiated by the Issuer or, upon request of the Issuer, by the Collateral Manager on
behalf of the Issuer, from one or more financial institutions or purchasers to refinance the Debt in
connection with an Optional Redemption.
“Refinancing Obligation”: Each loan or replacement security issued in connection with a
Refinancing.
“Refinancing Proceeds”: The net Cash proceeds from a Refinancing.
“Regional Diversity Measure”: As of any date of determination, the number obtained by
dividing (a) 1 by (b) the sum of the squares of the quotients, for each S&P Region Classification,
obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance at such time of all Collateral
Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations) issued by Obligors that belong to such S&P
Region Classification by (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance at such time of all
Collateral Obligations (other than Defaulted Obligations).
“Register”: The Loan Register and/or the Note Register, as applicable.
“Registered”: In registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
“Registered Investment Adviser”: A Person duly registered as an investment adviser in
accordance with and pursuant to Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended.
“Regulation S”: Regulation S, as amended, under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Note”: The meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(i).
“Reinvestment Period”: The period from and including the Closing Date to and including
the earliest of (i) the Payment Date occurring in July 2028 (ii) the date of the acceleration of the
Maturity of any Class of Debt pursuant to Section 5.2 and (iii) the date on which the Collateral
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Manager delivers written notice to the Trustee, the Loan Agent and S&P that it has reasonably
determined that it can no longer reinvest in additional Collateral Obligations in accordance with
the terms hereof or the Collateral Management Agreement. The Reinvestment Period may be
reinstated in the case of clause (ii) and (iii) above, with the consent of the Collateral Manager,
upon written notice to S&P, and, in the case of a reinstatement following a termination under
clause (ii), (x) such acceleration has been subsequently rescinded and (y) no other event that
would terminate the Reinvestment Period has occurred and is continuing.
“Reinvestment Target Par Balance”: As of any date of determination, the Target Initial
Par Amount minus (i) the amount of any reduction in the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Debt through the payment of Principal Proceeds plus (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of
any additional Debt issued under and in accordance with Sections 2.13 and 3.2 or incurred in
accordance with the Class A-L Loan Agreement, as applicable, or, if greater, the aggregate
amount of Principal Proceeds that result from the issuance of such additional Debt.
“Relevant Governmental Body”: The Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve
Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including the ARRC or any successor
thereto.
“Relevant Recipients”: The meaning specified in Section 10.9(a).
“Reporting Agent”: An entity, other than the Collateral Administrator, that shall be
appointed by the Issuer to prepare and/or make available certain reports pursuant to the EU/UK
Transparency Requirements.
“Reporting Entity”: The meaning specified in Section 10.9(a).
“Reporting Website”: The meaning specified in Section 10.9(a).
“Re-Priced Class”: The meaning specified in Section 9.7(a).
“Re-Pricing”: The meaning specified in Section 9.7(a).
“Re-Pricing Date”: The meaning specified in Section 9.7(b).
“Re-Pricing Eligible Debt”: With respect to any Class of Debt, the Debt specified as such
in Section 2.3.
“Re-Pricing Intermediary”: The meaning specified in Section 9.7(a).
“Re-Pricing Rate”: The meaning specified in Section 9.7(b)(i).
“Required Interest Coverage Ratio”: For (a) the Class A Debt and the Class B Notes,
120.00% and (b) the Class C Notes, 110.00%.
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“Required Overcollateralization Ratio”: For (a) the Class A Debt and the Class B Notes,
132.86% and (b) the Class C Notes, 122.72%.
“Required S&P Credit Estimate Information”: S&P’s “Credit FAQ: Anatomy of A Credit
Estimate: What It Means And How We Do It”, dated January 14, 2021 and any other available
information S&P reasonably requests in order to produce a credit estimate for a particular asset.
“Requisite Voting Percentage”: The percentage of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of
the relevant Debt required to satisfy the relevant voting threshold, such as consents for a
proposed supplemental indenture.
“Responsible Officer”: With respect to any Person, any duly authorized director, officer
or manager of such Person with direct responsibility for the administration of the applicable
agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other duly authorized director, officer
or manager of such Person to whom such matter is referred because of such director’s, officer’s
or manager’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. Each party may receive
and accept a certification of the authority of any other party as conclusive evidence of the
authority of any Person to act, and such certification may be considered as in full force and effect
until receipt by such other party of written notice to the contrary.
“Restricted Trading Period”: The period during which (a) the S&P rating of the Class A
Debt is one or more subcategories below its initial target rating indicated in Section 2.3 or (b) the
S&P rating of the Class B Notes or the Class C Notes is two or more subcategories below its
initial target rating indicated in Section 2.3; provided, that such period will not be a Restricted
Trading Period (i) if (x) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligations plus
Eligible Investments constituting Principal Proceeds is greater than or equal to the Reinvestment
Target Par Balance and (y) the Coverage Tests, the Minimum Weighted Average S&P Recovery
Rate Test and the Minimum Floating Spread Test are satisfied or (ii) so long as the S&P rating of
any Class of Debt has not been further downgraded, withdrawn or put on watch for potential
downgrade, upon the direction of the Issuer with the consent of a Majority of the Controlling
Class; provided, further that no Restricted Trading Period shall restrict any sale of a Collateral
Obligation entered into by the Issuer at a time when a Restricted Trading Period is not in effect
regardless of whether such sale has settled.
“Restructured Loan”: A bank loan acquired by the Issuer resulting from, or received in
connection with, the workout or restructuring of a Collateral Obligation, which for the avoidance
of doubt is not a Bond or equity security. The acquisition of Restructured Loans will not be
required to satisfy the Investment Criteria.
“Retention Holder”: The U.S. Retention Holder and/or EU/UK Retention Holder, as
applicable.
“Revised Templates”: Such templates as shall be introduced for the purposes of the
European Transparency Requirements by way of amendments to Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2020/1225 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1224.
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“Revolver Funding Account”: The meaning specified in Section 10.4.
“Revolving Collateral Obligation”: Any Collateral Obligation (other than a Delayed
Drawdown Collateral Obligation) that is a loan (including, without limitation, revolving loans),
including funded and unfunded portions of revolving credit lines (including any portions thereof
that may be drawn by the borrower relating to its letter of credit facilities), unfunded
commitments under specific facilities and other similar loans that by its terms may require one or
more future advances to be made to the borrower by the Issuer; provided that any such Collateral
Obligation will be a Revolving Collateral Obligation only until all commitments to make
advances to the borrower expire or are terminated or irrevocably reduced to zero.
“Risk Retention Issuance”: The meaning specified in Section 2.13(a)(i).
“Risk Retention Rules”: The U.S. Risk Retention Rules and/or the EU/UK Risk
Retention Requirements, as applicable.
“Rule 144A”: Rule 144A, as amended, under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A Global Note”: The meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(ii).
“Rule 144A Information”: The meaning specified in Section 7.15.
“Rule 17g-5”: The meaning specified in Section 14.16.
“S&P”: S&P Global Ratings, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization
comprised of: (a) a separately identifiable business unit within Standard & Poor’s Financial
Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company wholly owned by S&P Global Inc.; and (b)
the credit ratings business operated by various other subsidiaries that are wholly owned, directly
or indirectly, by S&P Global Inc.; and, in each case, any successor thereto.
“S&P CDO Monitor”: The dynamic, analytical computer model developed by S&P and
used to calculate the default frequency in terms of the amount of debt assumed to default as a
percentage of the original principal amount of the Collateral Obligations consistent with a
specified benchmark rating level based upon certain assumptions (including the applicable
Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate) and S&P’s proprietary corporate default studies, as may
be amended by S&P from time to time upon notice to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Collateral
Manager and the Collateral Administrator. Each S&P CDO Monitor shall be chosen by the
Collateral Manager (with notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator) and associated
with an S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate and an S&P Minimum Floating Spread chosen by the
Collateral Manager; provided, that as of any date of determination the Weighted Average S&P
Recovery Rate for the Highest Ranking S&P Class equals or exceeds the S&P CDO Monitor
Recovery Rate for such Class chosen by the Collateral Manager and the Weighted Average
Floating Spread equals or exceeds the S&P Minimum Floating Spread chosen by the Collateral
Manager.
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“S&P CDO Monitor Benchmarks”: The S&P Weighted Average Rating Factor, the
Default Rate Dispersion, the Obligor Diversity Measure, the Industry Diversity Measure, the
Regional Diversity Measure and the S&P Weighted Average Life.
“S&P CDO Monitor Election Date”: The date specified by the Collateral Manager, at any
time after the Closing Date upon at least 5 Business Days’ prior written notice to S&P, the
Trustee and the Collateral Administrator, evidencing the Collateral Manager’s election to utilize
the S&P CDO Monitor in determining compliance with the S&P CDO Monitor Test; provided
that for the avoidance of doubt, only one such election may be made.
“S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate”: As of any date of determination, the weighted
average recovery rate for the Highest Ranking S&P Class.
“S&P CDO Monitor Test”: A test that will be satisfied on any date of determination
(following receipt, at any time on or after the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, by the Issuer,
the Collateral Manager, the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator of the Class Break-even
Default Rates for each S&P CDO Monitor input file (in accordance with the definition of “Class
Break-even Default Rate”)) if, after giving effect to a proposed sale or purchase of an additional
Collateral Obligation, the Class Default Differential of the Highest Ranking S&P Class of the
Proposed Portfolio is positive. The S&P CDO Monitor Test will be considered to be improved if
the Class Default Differential of the Highest Ranking S&P Class of the Proposed Portfolio is
greater than the corresponding Class Default Differential of the Current Portfolio.
“S&P CLO Specified Assets”: The Collateral Obligations with an S&P Rating equal to or
higher than “CCC-”.
“S&P Collateral Principal Amount”: As of any date of determination, the Collateral
Principal Amount (calculated without including the Aggregate Principal Balance of any
Defaulted Obligations) plus the S&P Collateral Value of all Defaulted Obligations that have been
Defaulted Obligations for less than three years.
“S&P Collateral Value”: With respect to any Defaulted Obligation, Long Dated
Obligation or Deferring Obligation as of any Measurement Date, the lesser of (i) the S&P
Recovery Amount of such Defaulted Obligation, Long Dated Obligation or Deferring Obligation,
respectively, as of the relevant Measurement Date and (ii) the Market Value of such Defaulted
Obligation, Long Dated Obligation or Deferring Obligation, respectively, as of the relevant
Measurement Date.
“S&P Industry Classification Group”: Each classification in the table set forth in
Schedule 2 hereto.
“S&P Minimum Floating Spread”: As of any date of determination, either (x) a weighted
average floating spread from Section 2 of Schedule 4 or (y) a weighted average floating spread
chosen by the Collateral Manager and confirmed by S&P.
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“S&P Rating”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, as of any date of determination,
the rating determined in accordance with the following methodology:
(a)with respect to a Collateral Obligation that is not a DIP Collateral
Obligation or a Current Pay Obligation (i) if there is an issuer credit rating of the issuer of
such Collateral Obligation by S&P as published by S&P, or the guarantor (subject to the
then-current S&P guarantee criteria) which unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees
such Collateral Obligation then the S&P Rating will be such rating (regardless of whether
there is a published rating by S&P on the Collateral Obligations of such issuer held by the
Issuer) or (ii) if there is no issuer credit rating of the issuer by S&P but (A) if there is a
senior unsecured rating on any obligation or security of the issuer, the S&P Rating of
such Collateral Obligation will equal such rating; (B) if there is a senior secured rating on
any obligation or security of the issuer, then the S&P Rating of such Collateral Obligation
will be one subcategory below such rating; and (C) if there is a subordinated rating on
any obligation or security of the issuer, then the S&P Rating of such Collateral Obligation
will be one subcategory above such rating;
(ac)with respect to any Collateral Obligation that is a DIP Collateral
Obligation, the S&P Rating thereof will be the credit rating assigned to such issue by
S&P, or if such DIP Collateral Obligation was assigned a point-in-time rating by S&P
that was withdrawn, such withdrawn rating may be used for 12 months after the
assignment of such rating (provided, that, if the Collateral Manager is or becomes aware
of a Specified Amendment with respect to the DIP Collateral Obligation that, in the
Collateral Manager’s reasonable judgment, would have a material adverse impact on the
value of the DIP Collateral Obligation, such withdrawn rating may not be used unless
S&P otherwise confirms the rating or provides an updated one; provided, further, that if
any such Collateral Obligation that is a DIP Collateral Obligation is newly issued and the
Collateral Manager expects an S&P credit rating within 90 days, the S&P Rating of such
Collateral Obligation shall be “CCC-” until such credit rating is obtained from S&P);
provided further still, that the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on its behalf) shall notify
S&P of, with respect to any DIP Collateral Obligation, (i) any modifications to the
amortization schedule thereof, (ii) extensions of the maturity thereof, (iii) any reduction
in the principal amount owed thereof and (iv) non-payment of timely interest or principal
due thereon;
(ad)if there is not a rating by S&P on the issuer or on an obligation of the
issuer, then the S&P Rating may be determined pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv)
below:
(i)if an obligation of the issuer is not a DIP Collateral Obligation or a
Current Pay Obligation and is publicly rated by Moody’s and/or Fitch, then the S&P
Rating will be determined in accordance with the methodologies for establishing such
Moody’s Rating and/or Fitch Rating except that the S&P Rating of such obligation will
be the lower of (x) (A) one subcategory below the S&P equivalent of the Moody’s Rating
if such Moody’s Rating is “Baa3” or higher and (B) two subcategories below the S&P
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equivalent of the Moody’s Rating if such Moody’s Rating is “Ba1” or lower or (y) (A)
one subcategory below the S&P equivalent of the Fitch Rating if such Fitch Rating is
“BBB-” or higher and (B) two subcategories below the S&P equivalent of the Fitch
Rating if such Fitch Rating is “BB+” or lower ; provided, that the aggregate principal
balance of the Collateral Obligations that may have an S&P Rating derived from a
Moody’s Rating and/or a Fitch Rating as set forth in this subclause (i) may not exceed
10.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount;
(ii)excluding Current Pay Obligations and DIP Collateral Obligations,
the S&P Rating may be based on a credit estimate provided by S&P, and in connection
therewith, the Issuer, the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer or the issuer of such
Collateral Obligation will, prior to or within ninety (90) days after the acquisition of such
Collateral Obligation, apply (and concurrently submit all available Required S&P Credit
Estimate Information in respect of such application) to S&P for a credit estimate which
will be its S&P Rating; provided, that, until the receipt from S&P of such estimate, such
Collateral Obligation will have an S&P Rating as determined by the Collateral Manager
in its sole discretion if the Collateral Manager certifies to the Trustee and the Collateral
Administrator that it believes that such S&P Rating determined by the Collateral
Manager is commercially reasonable and will be at least equal to such rating; provided,
further, that if such Required S&P Credit Estimate Information is not submitted within
such ninety (90) day period, then, pending receipt from S&P of such estimate, the
Collateral Obligation will have (A) the S&P Rating as determined by the Collateral
Manager for a period of up to ninety (90) days after acquisition and (B) an S&P Rating of
“CCC-” following such ninety day period; unless, during such ninety day period, the
Collateral Manager has requested the extension of such period and S&P, in its sole
discretion, has granted such request; and provided, further, that with respect to any
Collateral Obligation for which S&P has provided a credit estimate, such credit estimate
shall expire 12 months after the receipt thereof, following which such Collateral
Obligation shall have an S&P Rating of “CCC-” unless, during such 12-month period
following the receipt of such credit estimate, the Issuer applies for renewal thereof in
accordance with this Indenture, in which case such credit estimate shall continue to be the
S&P Rating of such Collateral Obligation until S&P has confirmed or revised such credit
estimate, upon which such confirmed or revised credit estimate shall be the S&P Rating
of such Collateral Obligation (in each case, until expiration or confirmation on the next
succeeding 12-month anniversary in accordance with this proviso); provided, further, that
the Issuer will promptly notify S&P of any material events affecting any such Collateral
Obligation if the Collateral Manager reasonably determines that such notice is required in
accordance with S&P’s published criteria for credit estimates titled “Credit FAQ:
Anatomy of A Credit Estimate: What It Means And How We Do It” dated January 14,
2021 (as the same may be amended or updated from time to time);
(iii)with respect to a DIP Collateral Obligation, if the S&P Rating
cannot otherwise be determined pursuant to this definition, the S&P Rating of such
Collateral Obligation will be “CCC-”;
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(iv)with respect to a Collateral Obligation that is not a Defaulted
Obligation or a Current Pay Obligation, the S&P Rating of such Collateral Obligation
will at the election of the Issuer (at the direction of the Collateral Manager) be “CCC-”;
provided, that (A) the Collateral Manager expects the Obligor in respect of such
Collateral Obligation to continue to meet its payment obligations under such Collateral
Obligation, (B) neither the issuer of such Collateral Obligation nor any of its Affiliates
are subject to any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings, (C) the issuer has not
defaulted on any payment obligation in respect of any debt security or other obligation of
the issuer at any time within the two year period ending on such date of determination,
(D) all such debt securities and other obligations of the issuer that are pari passu with or
senior to the Collateral Obligation are current and the Collateral Manager reasonably
expects them to remain current and (E) after giving effect to such election, the Aggregate
Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations with respect to which such election is then
in effect does not exceed 10% of the Aggregate Principal Balance; provided, further that,
the Issuer shall provide S&P with all available Required S&P Credit Estimate
Information with respect to any Collateral Obligation with a rating determined pursuant
to this clause 1.1(c)(iv) and shall notify S&P of any material events affecting such
Collateral Obligation if the Collateral Manager reasonably determines that such notice is
required in accordance with S&P’s published criteria for credit estimates titled “Credit
FAQ: Anatomy of A Credit Estimate: What It Means And How We Do It”, dated January
14, 2021 (as the same may be amended or updated from time to time); and
(ae)with respect to a Current Pay Obligation, the S&P Rating of such
Collateral Obligation will be the higher of its issue rating and “CCC”;
provided, that for purposes of the determination of the S&P Rating, (x) if the applicable rating
assigned by S&P to an obligor or its obligations is on “credit watch positive” by S&P, such
rating will be treated as being one subcategory above such assigned rating and (y) if the
applicable rating assigned by S&P to an obligor or its obligations is on “credit watch negative”
by S&P, such rating will be treated as being one subcategory below such assigned rating.
“S&P Rating Condition”: With respect to any action taken or to be taken by or on behalf
of the Issuer, a condition that is satisfied if S&P has specifically confirmed in writing, including
by electronic messages, facsimile, press release or posting to its internet website (or has declined
to undertake the review of such action by such means), to the Issuer, the Trustee or the Collateral
Manager that no immediate withdrawal or reduction with respect to its then current rating of any
Class of Secured Debt will occur as a result of such action; provided that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to any event or circumstance that requires satisfaction of the S&P Rating
Condition, such S&P Rating Condition shall be deemed inapplicable if no Class of Secured Debt
then rated by S&P are then Outstanding; provided, further, that such rating condition shall be
deemed inapplicable with respect to such event or circumstance if (i) S&P has given written
notice to the effect that it will no longer review events or circumstances of the type requiring
satisfaction of the S&P Rating Condition for purposes of evaluating whether to confirm the then-
current ratings (or initial ratings) of obligations rated by S&P; or (ii) S&P has given written
notice to the Issuer, the Collateral Manager or the Trustee (or their counsel) that it will not
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review such event or circumstance for purposes of evaluating whether to confirm the then-
current ratings (or initial ratings) of the Debt then rated by S&P.
“S&P Rating Factor”: For each Collateral Obligation, the number set forth to the right of
the applicable S&P Rating of such Collateral Obligation:
S&P Rating | S&P Rating Factor |
AAA | 13.51 |
AA+ | 26.75 |
AA | 46.36 |
AA- | 63.90 |
A+ | 99.50 |
A | 146.35 |
A- | 199.83 |
BBB+ | 271.01 |
BBB | 361.17 |
BBB- | 540.42 |
BB+ | 784.92 |
BB | 1233.63 |
BB- | 1565.44 |
B+ | 1982.00 |
B | 2859.50 |
B- | 3610.11 |
CCC+ | 4641.40 |
CCC | 5293.00 |
CCC- | 5751.10 |
CC | 10,000.00 |
“S&P Recovery Amount”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, an amount equal to
(i) the applicable S&P Recovery Rate multiplied by (ii) the outstanding Principal Balance of
such Collateral Obligation.
“S&P Recovery Rate”: With respect to a Collateral Obligation, the recovery rate
determined in the manner set forth in Section 1 of Schedule 4.
“S&P Recovery Rating”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, the corporate
recovery rating assigned by S&P (i.e., the S&P Recovery Rate) to such Collateral Obligation.
“S&P Region Classification”: With respect to a Collateral Obligation, the applicable
classification set forth in the table titled “S&P Region Classifications” in Section 2 of Schedule
4.
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“S&P Weighted Average Life”: As of any date of determination with respect to all
Collateral Obligations other than Defaulted Obligations, the number of years following such date
obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of (i) the number of years (rounded to the
nearest one-hundredth thereof) from such date of determination to the stated maturity of each
such Collateral Obligation multiplied by (ii) the outstanding principal balance of such Collateral
Obligation by (b) the aggregate remaining principal balance at such time of all Collateral
Obligations other than Defaulted Obligations.
“S&P Weighted Average Rating Factor”: The quotient equal to ‘A divided by B’, where:
A = the sum of the products, for all S&P CLO Specified Assets of (i) the principal
balance of the Collateral Obligation and (ii) the S&P Rating Factor of the
Collateral Obligation; and
B = the Aggregate Principal Balance of all S&P CLO Specified Assets.
“Sale”: The meaning specified in Section 5.17.
“Sale Notice”: The meaning specified in Section 5.4.
“Sale Proceeds”: All proceeds (excluding accrued interest, if any) received with respect
to Assets as a result of sales of such Assets in accordance with the restrictions described in
Article XII (or Article V, if applicable) less any reasonable expenses incurred by the Collateral
Manager, the Collateral Administrator, the Loan Agent or the Trustee (other than amounts
payable as Administrative Expenses) in connection with such sales. Sale Proceeds will include
Principal Financed Accrued Interest and Principal Financed Capitalized Interest received in
respect of such sale.
“Secured Debt”: The Class A Debt, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes authorized
by, and authenticated (if applicable) and delivered under, this Indenture (as specified in Section
2.3) or, as applicable, the Class A-L Loan Agreement, together with any additional Secured Debt
issued pursuant to and in accordance with this Indenture or incurred pursuant to the Class A-L
Loan Agreement.
“Scheduled Distribution”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, each payment of
principal and/or interest scheduled to be made by the related Obligor under the terms of such
Collateral Obligation (determined in accordance with the assumptions specified in Section 1.3
hereof) after (a) in the case of the initial Collateral Obligations, the Closing Date or (b) in the
case of Collateral Obligations added after the Closing Date, the related Cut-Off Date, as adjusted
pursuant to the terms of the related Underlying Documents.
“Second Lien Loan”: Any Loan or assignment of or Participation Interest in a Loan that:
(a) is not (and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in right of payment to any other
obligation of the Obligor of the Loan (other than with respect to trade claims, capitalized leases
or similar obligations) but which is subordinated (with respect to liquidation preferences with
respect to pledged collateral) to a Senior Secured Loan of the Obligor; (b) is secured by a valid
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second-priority perfected security interest or lien in, to or on specified collateral (subject to
customary exceptions for permitted Liens, including, without limitation, any tax liens) securing
the Obligor’s obligations under the Second Lien Loan the value of which is adequate (in the
commercially reasonable judgment of the Collateral Manager) to repay the Loan in accordance
with its terms and to repay all other Loans of equal or higher seniority secured by a lien or
security interest in the same collateral and (c) is not secured solely or primarily by common stock
or other equity interests; provided, that the limitation set forth in this clause (c) shall not apply
with respect to a Loan made to a parent entity that is secured solely or primarily by the stock of
one or more of the subsidiaries of such parent entity to the extent that the granting by any such
subsidiary of a lien on its own property would violate law or regulations applicable to such
subsidiary (whether the obligation secured is such Loan or any other similar type of indebtedness
owing to third parties).
“Secured Notes”: The Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes authorized
by, and authenticated and delivered under, this Indenture (as specified in Section 2.3), together
with any additional Secured Notes issued pursuant to and in accordance with this Indenture.
“Secured Parties”: The meaning specified in the Granting Clauses.
“Securities Account Control Agreement”: The Securities Account Control Agreement
dated as of the Closing Date among the Issuer, the Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association,
as custodian.
“Securities Act”: The United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Intermediary”: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC.
“Securitization Regulation”: The EU Securitization Regulation and/or the UK
Securitization Regulation.
“Security Entitlement”: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC.
“Selling Institution”: The entity obligated to make payments to the Issuer under the terms
of a Participation Interest.
“Senior Secured Loan”: Any Loan or assignment of or Participation Interest in a Loan
that: (a) other than to the extent provided in the definition of “First-Lien Last-Out Loan,” is not
(and cannot by its terms become) subordinate in right of payment to any other obligation of the
obligor of the Loan (subject to customary exceptions for Loans secured by a first-priority
perfected security interest, including for Super-Priority Revolving Facilities); (b) is secured by a
valid first-priority perfected security interest or lien in, to or on specified collateral securing the
obligor’s obligations under the Loan (subject to customary exceptions for permitted Liens,
including, without limitation, any tax liens); (c) the value of the collateral securing the Loan at
the time of purchase together with other attributes of the obligor (including, without limitation,
its general financial condition, ability to generate cash flow available for debt service and other
demands for that cash flow) is adequate (in the commercially reasonable judgment of the
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Collateral Manager) to repay the Loan in accordance with its terms and to repay all other Loans
of equal seniority secured by a first lien or security interest in the same collateral and (d) is not
secured solely or primarily by common stock or other equity interests; provided, that the
limitation set forth in this clause (d) shall not apply with respect to a Loan made to a parent entity
that is secured solely or primarily by the stock of one or more of the subsidiaries of such parent
entity to the extent that the granting by any such subsidiary of a lien on its own property would
violate law or regulations applicable to such subsidiary (whether the obligation secured is such
Loan or any other similar type of indebtedness owing to third parties).
“Significant Event”: A “significant event” for the purposes of Article 7(1)(g) of the EU
Securitization Regulation.
“Similar Law”: Any federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other law or regulation that could
cause the underlying assets of the Issuer to be treated as assets of the investor in any Debt (or any
interest therein) by virtue of its interest therein and thereby subject the Issuer or the Collateral
Manager (or other Persons responsible for the investment and operation of the Issuer’s assets) to
Other Plan Law.
“Single Tax Owner”: A beneficial owner of Subordinated Notes that (x) is not and will
not be treated as a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes or (y) is a partnership, grantor trust or S corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes and less than 40% of the assets of which are and will be represented, directly or
indirectly, by the Subordinated Notes (and any other equity interests in the Issuer).
“SOFR”: With respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published
for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark,
(or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.
“Special Priority of Payments”: The meaning specified in Section 11.1(a)(iii).
“Special Redemption”: A redemption of the Secured Debt in accordance with
Section 9.6.
“Special Redemption Amount”: The meaning specified in Section 9.6.
“Special Redemption Date”: The meaning specified in Section 9.6.
“Specified Amendment”: With respect to any Collateral Obligation, any amendment,
waiver or modification which would:
(a)modify the amortization schedule with respect to such Collateral
Obligation in a manner that (i) reduces the dollar amount of any Scheduled Distribution
by more than the greater of (x) 25% and (y) U.S.$250,000, (ii) postpones any Scheduled
Distribution by more than two payment periods or (iii) causes the Weighted Average Life
of the applicable Collateral Obligation to increase by more than 25%;
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(af)reduce or increase the cash interest rate payable by the Obligor thereunder
by more than 100 basis points (excluding any increase in an interest rate arising by
operation of a default or penalty interest clause under a Collateral Obligation or as a
result of an increase in the interest rate index for any reason other than such amendment,
waiver or modification);
(ag)extend the stated maturity date of such Collateral Obligation by more than
24 months or beyond the earliest Stated Maturity;
(ah)contractually or structurally subordinate such Collateral Obligation by
operation of a priority of payments, turnover provisions, the transfer of assets in order to
limit recourse to the related Obligor or the granting of Liens (other than Permitted Liens)
on any of the underlying collateral securing such Collateral Obligation;
(ai)release any party from its obligations under such Collateral Obligation, if
such release would have a material adverse effect on the Collateral Obligation;
(aj)reduce the principal amount of the applicable Collateral Obligation;
(ak)release any material Obligor; or
(al)release any collateral securing the Collateral Obligation.
“Specified Equity Securities”: (i) Securities or interests (including any Margin Stock)
resulting from the exercise of a warrant, option, right of conversion, pre-emptive right, rights
offering, credit bid or similar right in connection with the workout or restructuring of a Collateral
Obligation or (ii) an equity security or interest received in connection with the workout or
restructuring of a Collateral Obligation. The acquisition of Specified Equity Securities will not
be required to satisfy the Investment Criteria.
“Specified Obligor Information”: The meaning specified in Section 14.15(b).
“Standby Directed Investment”: Initially, Morgan Stanley US Dollar Liquidity –
Institutional (which investment is, for the avoidance of doubt, an Eligible Investment); provided
that the Issuer, or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer, may by written notice to the
Trustee change the Standby Directed Investment to any other Eligible Investment of the type
described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Eligible Investments” maturing not later than the
earlier of (i) 30 days after the date of such investment (unless putable at par to the issuer thereof)
or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date (or such shorter
maturities expressly provided herein).
“Stated Maturity”: With respect to the Debt of any Class, the date specified as such in
Section 2.3 or as otherwise specified herein with respect to such Class of Debt.
“Step-Down Obligation”: An obligation or security which by the terms of the related
Underlying Documents provides for a decrease in the per annum interest rate on such obligation
or security (other than by reason of any change in the applicable index or benchmark rate used to
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determine such interest rate) or in the spread over the applicable index or benchmark rate, solely
as a function of the passage of time; provided that an obligation or security providing for
payment of a constant rate of interest at all times after the date of acquisition by the Issuer shall
not constitute a Step-Down Obligation.
“Step-Up Obligation”: An obligation or security which by the terms of the related
Underlying Documents provides for an increase in the per annum interest rate on such obligation
or security, or in the spread over the applicable index or benchmark rate, solely as a function of
the passage of time; provided that an obligation or security providing for payment of a constant
rate of interest at all times after the date of acquisition by the Issuer shall not constitute a Step-
Up Obligation.
“Structured Finance Obligation”: Any obligation issued by a special purpose vehicle and
secured directly by, referenced to, or representing ownership of, a pool of receivables or other
financial assets of any Obligor, including collateralized debt obligations and mortgage-backed
securities.
“Sub-Advisor”: Churchill Asset Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Subordinated Notes”: The Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture and
having the characteristics specified in Section 2.3.
“Successor Entity”: The meaning specified in Section 7.10.
“Supermajority”: With respect to any Class of Notes, the holders of at least 66-2/3% of
the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes of such Class.
“Super-Priority Revolving Facility”: With respect to a Collateral Obligation, a senior
secured revolving facility incurred by the same Obligor that is prior in right of payment to such
Collateral Obligation; provided that the outstanding principal balance and unfunded
commitments of such senior secured revolving facility do not exceed 20% of the sum of (x) the
outstanding principal balance and unfunded commitments of such revolving facility, plus (y) the
outstanding principal balance of such Collateral Obligation, plus (z) the outstanding principal
balance of any other debt for borrowed money incurred by such Obligor that is pari passu with
such Collateral Obligation.
“Synthetic Security”: A security or swap transaction, other than a Participation Interest,
that has payments associated with either payments of interest on and/or principal of a reference
obligation or the credit performance of a reference obligation.
“Target Initial Par Amount”: U.S.$400,000,000.
“Target Initial Par Condition”: A condition satisfied as of the Effective Date if the
Aggregate Principal Balance of Collateral Obligations (i) that are held by the Issuer and (ii) of
which the Issuer has committed to purchase on such date, together with the amount of any
proceeds of prepayments, maturities or redemptions of Collateral Obligations purchased by the
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Issuer prior to such date, without duplication, will equal or exceed the Target Initial Par Amount;
provided that for purposes of this definition, any Collateral Obligation that becomes a Defaulted
Obligation prior to the Determination Date preceding the first Payment Date shall be treated as
having a Principal Balance equal to its S&P Collateral Value.
“Tax”: Any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment, deduction, withholding or fee of
any nature (including interest, penalties and additions thereto) imposed by any governmental
taxing authority.
“Tax Event”: (i)(x) Any Obligor under any Collateral Obligation being required to deduct
or withhold from any payment under such Collateral Obligation to the Issuer for or on account of
any Tax for whatever reason and such Obligor is not required to pay to the Issuer such additional
amount as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the Issuer (free and
clear of Taxes, whether assessed against such Obligor or the Issuer) will equal the full amount
that the Issuer would have received had no such deduction or withholding occurred and (y) the
total amount of such deductions or withholdings on the Assets results in a payment by, or charge
or tax burden to, the Issuer that results or will result in the withholding of 5% or more of
Scheduled Distributions for any Collection Period, or (ii) any jurisdiction imposing net income,
profits or similar Tax on the Issuer (including, for this purpose, any Tax required to be withheld
under Section 1446 of the Code) in an aggregate amount in any Collection Period in excess of
U.S.$1,000,000.
“Tax Jurisdiction”: The Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman
Islands or the Channel Islands so long as each such tax advantaged jurisdiction is rated at least
“A-1” by S&P and any other tax advantaged jurisdiction as may be notified by the Collateral
Manager to S&P from time to time so long as each such other tax advantaged jurisdiction is rated
at least “A-1” by S&P.
“Tax Redemption”: The meaning specified in Section 9.3(a) hereof.
“Term SOFR Administrator”: CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited, or a
successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Collateral Manager
with notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator.
“Term SOFR Rate”: For any Interest Accrual Period, the greater of (a) zero and (y) the
Term SOFR Reference Rate for the Corresponding Tenor, as such rate is published by the Term
SOFR Administrator on the related Interest Determination Date; provided that the Term SOFR
Rate for the first Interest Accrual Period following the Closing Date shall equal the rate
determined by interpolating between the rate published by the Term SOFR Administrator for the
next shorter period of time for which rates are available and the rate published by the Term
SOFR Administrator for the next longer period of time for which rates are available on the
related Interest Determination Date; provided further, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on any Interest Determination Date the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the Corresponding
Tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator, then the Term SOFR Rate will
be (x) the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the Corresponding Tenor as published by the Term
SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which
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such Term SOFR Reference Rate for the Corresponding Tenor was published by the Term SOFR
Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not
more than five Business Days prior to such Interest Determination Date or (y) if the Term SOFR
Reference Rate cannot be determined in accordance with clause (x) of this proviso, the Term
SOFR Rate shall be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as determined on the previous Interest
Determination Date.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate”: The forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Third Party Credit Exposure”: As of any date of determination, the principal balance of
each Collateral Obligation that consists of a Participation Interest.
“Third Party Credit Exposure Limits”: Limits that shall be satisfied if the Third Party
Credit Exposure with counterparties having the ratings below from S&P do not exceed the
percentage of the Collateral Principal Amount specified below:
S&P’s credit rating of Selling Institution | Aggregate Percentage Limit | Individual Percentage Limit |
AAA | 20% | 20% |
AA+ | 10% | 10% |
AA | 10% | 10% |
AA- | 10% | 10% |
A+ | 5% | 5% |
A | 5% | 5% |
Below A | 0% | 0% |
provided that a Selling Institution having an S&P credit rating of “A” must also have a short-
term S&P rating of “A-1” otherwise its Aggregate Percentage Limit (as indicated in the table
above) and Individual Percentage Limit (as indicated in the table above) shall be 0%.
“Trading Plan”: The meaning specified in Section 12.2(b).
“Trading Plan Period”: The meaning specified in Section 12.2(b).
“Transaction Documents”: This Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement the Collateral
Management Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, the Master Transfer
Agreement, the EU/UK Retention Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement and the
Purchase Agreement.
“Transfer Agent”: The Person or Persons, which may be the Issuer, authorized by the
Issuer to exchange or register the transfer of Debt.
“Transparency Reports”: The meaning specified in Section 10.9(a).
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“Treasury Regulations”: The United States Department of Treasury regulations
promulgated under the Code.
“Trust Officer”: When used with respect to the Trustee or the Loan Agent, any officer of
such entity including any vice president, assistant vice president or officer of the Trustee or the
Loan Agent customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at
the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at
the Corporate Trust Office because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject and, in each case, having direct responsibility for the administration of this
transaction. When used with respect to the Collateral Administrator, any officer of such entity
including any vice president, assistant vice president or officer of the Collateral Administrator
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall
be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred at the Corporate
Trust Office because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject
and, in each case, having direct responsibility for the administration of the Collateral
Administration Agreement.
“Trustee”: The meaning specified in the first sentence of this Indenture.
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day”: Any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a
Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for
purposes of trading in United States government securities as indicated on the Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association website.
“U.S. person”: The meaning specified in Regulation S.
“U.S. Retention Holder”: Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund, a Delaware
statutory trust, in its capacity as U.S. retention holder.
“U.S. Risk Retention Rules”: Section 15G of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or, if
different, the political subdivision of the United States that governs the perfection of the relevant
security interest, as amended from time to time.
“UK Securitization Regulation”: The EU Securitization Regulation (as applicable on
December 31, 2020) as retained as part of the domestic law of the UK by virtue of the European
Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended), and as amended by the Securitisation (Amendment)
(EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (and as further amended from time to time).
“UK Transparency Requirements”: The transparency requirements under Article 7 of the
UK Securitization Regulation, as may be amended, varied or substituted from time to time.
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“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement Rate”: A Benchmark Replacement Rate that does
not include a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment.
“Uncertificated Security”: The meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC.
“Underlying Document”: The loan agreement, credit agreement, indenture or other
customary agreement pursuant to which an Asset has been created or issued and each other
agreement that governs the terms of or secures the obligations represented by such Asset or of
which the holders of such Asset are the beneficiaries.
“United States” or “U.S.”: The United States of America, its territories and its
possessions.
“Unregistered Securities”: The meaning specified in Section 5.17(c).
“Unsecured Loan”: A senior unsecured Loan obligation of any Person which is not (and
by its terms is not permitted to become) subordinate in right of payment to any other debt for
borrowed money incurred by the Obligor under such Loan.
“Volcker Rule”: Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act and the related implementing
regulations, as amended from time to time.
“Warehouse Agreement”: The credit agreement, dated as of April 19, 2022, by and
among the Issuer, as borrower, each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, Nuveen
Churchill Private Capital Income Fund, as servicer, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent, sole lead arranger and sole book manager, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National
Association, as collateral administrator and U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral
custodian, as amended by the amendment no. 1 to credit agreement dated as of October 4, 2022,
and as may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Weighted Average Coupon”: As of any Measurement Date, the number obtained by
dividing:
(a)the amount equal to the Aggregate Coupon; by
(am)an amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of all Fixed Rate
Obligations as of such Measurement Date (in each case including, for any Permitted
Deferrable Obligation, only the required current cash interest required by the Underlying
Documents thereon).
“Weighted Average Floating Spread”: As of any Measurement Date, the number obtained
by dividing: (a) the amount equal to (A) the Aggregate Funded Spread plus (B) the Aggregate
Unfunded Spread by (b) an amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of all Floating Rate
Obligations as of such Measurement Date.
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“Weighted Average Life”: As of any date of determination with respect to all Collateral
Obligations other than Defaulted Obligations, the number of years following such date obtained
by summing the products obtained by multiplying:
(a)the Average Life at such time of each such Collateral Obligation by (b) the
outstanding principal balance of such Collateral Obligation
and dividing such sum by:
(an)the aggregate outstanding principal balance at such time of all such
Collateral Obligations.
“Weighted Average Life Test”: A test satisfied on any date of determination if the
Weighted Average Life of the Collateral Obligations as of such date is less than or equal to the
value in the column entitled “Weighted Average Life Value” in the table below corresponding to
the immediately preceding Payment Date (or prior to the first Payment Date, the Closing Date).
Date (Closing Date or Payment Date in) | Weighted Average Life Value |
Closing Date | 8.00 |
January 2025 | 7.48 |
April 2025 | 7.23 |
July 2025 | 6.98 |
October 2025 | 6.73 |
January 2026 | 6.48 |
April 2026 | 6.23 |
July 2026 | 5.98 |
October 2026 | 5.73 |
January 2027 | 5.48 |
April 2027 | 5.23 |
July 2027 | 4.98 |
October 2027 | 4.73 |
January 2028 | 4.48 |
April 2028 | 4.23 |
July 2028 | 3.98 |
October 2028 | 3.73 |
January 2029 | 3.48 |
April 2029 | 3.23 |
July 2029 | 2.98 |
October 2029 | 2.73 |
January 2030 | 2.48 |
April 2030 | 2.23 |
July 2030 | 1.98 |
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October 2030 | 1.73 |
January 2031 | 1.48 |
April 2031 | 1.23 |
July 2031 | 0.98 |
October 2031 | 0.73 |
January 2032 | 0.48 |
April 2032 | 0.23 |
July 2032 (and thereafter) | 0.00 |
“Weighted Average Equivalent Rating Factor”: As of any date of determination, the
number, (rounded up to the nearest whole number) determined by: (a) summing the products of
(i) the Principal Balance of each Collateral Obligation multiplied by (ii) the Equivalent Rating
Factor of such Collateral Obligation and (b) dividing such sum by the Principal Balance of all
such Collateral Obligations.
“Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate”: As of any date of determination, the number,
expressed as a percentage, obtained by summing the products obtained by multiplying the
Principal Balance of each Collateral Obligation by its corresponding recovery rate as determined
in accordance with Section 1 of Schedule 4 hereto, dividing such sum by the Aggregate
Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations, and rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent.
“Workout Loan”: Any debt obligation acquired by the Issuer resulting from, or received
or issued in connection with, an insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, default, workout or
restructuring or similar event of or with respect to an obligor or Collateral Obligation that, in
each case, (x) meets the requirements of the definition of “Collateral Obligation” (other than
clauses (ii), (iv), (viii), (xiv), (xv), (xvii) and (xxiv) thereof) as determined by the Collateral
Manager, (y) is no more junior in right of payment than the related Collateral Obligation that was
subject to insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, default, workout or restructuring or similar
event and (z) at the time of such acquisition (or commitment to acquire), the Collateral Manager
reasonably believes (not to be called into question as a result of subsequent events) that making
such investment will (i) minimize material losses in connection with the related Collateral
Obligation or (ii) otherwise improve recovery prospects with respect to the related obligor or
Collateral Obligation. Except to the extent provided above, the acquisition of Workout Loans
will not be required to satisfy the Investment Criteria. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary in this Indenture, a Workout Loan will be treated as a Defaulted Obligation for all
purposes under this Indenture; provided that on any Business Day as of which such Workout
Loan satisfies the definition of “Collateral Obligation” (as tested on such date and without giving
effect to any carve-outs set forth in this definition), the Collateral Manager may designate (by
written notice to the Issuer and the Collateral Administrator) such Workout Loan as a “Collateral
Obligation,” and thereafter, such Workout Loan shall be treated as a Collateral Obligation for all
purposes under this Indenture.
“Workout Loan Payment Condition”: A condition that is satisfied on any date of
determination if (i) the aggregate amount of Principal Proceeds (other than proceeds from a
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Contribution designated as Principal Proceeds) used to acquire a Workout Loan does not exceed
1.5% of the Target Initial Par Amount per annum, (ii) the aggregate amount of Principal
Proceeds (other than proceeds from a Contribution designated as Principal Proceeds) used to
acquire a Workout Loan, measured cumulatively since the Closing Date (or the date of any
Refinancing of all Outstanding Classes of Notes in full, as applicable), does not exceed 7.5% of
the Target Initial Par Amount, (iii) the Adjusted Collateral Principal Amount will be greater than
the Reinvestment Target Par Balance, and (iv) all Coverage Tests are satisfied.
“Zero Coupon Bond”: Any debt security that by its terms (a) does not bear interest for all
or part of the remaining period that it is outstanding, (b) provides for periodic payments of
interest in Cash less frequently than semi-annually or (c) pays interest only at its stated maturity.
Section I.2Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Indenture, the singular
includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any gender include the other
genders; references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of
reproducing words in a visible form; references to agreements and other contractual instruments
include all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered
into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this Indenture; references to
Persons include their permitted successors and assigns; and the term “including” means
“including without limitation.” For the avoidance of doubt, (i) references to the “redemption” of
Debt will be understood to refer, in the case of the Class A-L Loans, to repayment of the Class
A-L Loans by the Issuer and (ii) references to the “issuance” of Debt or the “execution”,
“authentication” and/or “delivery” of Debt will be understood to refer, in the case of the Class A-
L Loans, to the incurrence by the Issuer of the Class A-L Loans, pursuant to the Class A-L Loan
Agreement and this Indenture.
Section I.3Assumptions as to Assets. In connection with all calculations required to
be made pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Scheduled Distributions on any Asset, or any
payments on any other assets included in the Assets, with respect to the sale of and reinvestment
in Collateral Obligations, and with respect to the income that can be earned on Scheduled
Distributions on such Assets and on any other amounts that may be received for deposit in the
Collection Account, the provisions set forth in this Section 1.3 shall be applied. The provisions
of this Section 1.3 shall be applicable to any determination or calculation that is covered by this
Section 1.3, whether or not reference is specifically made to Section 1.3, unless some other
method of calculation or determination is expressly specified in the particular provision.
(a)All calculations with respect to Scheduled Distributions on the Assets
securing the Secured Debt shall be made on the basis of information as to the terms of each such
Asset and upon reports of payments, if any, received on such Asset that are furnished by or on
behalf of the issuer of such Asset and, to the extent they are not manifestly in error, such
information or reports may be conclusively relied upon in making such calculations.
(b)For purposes of calculating the Coverage Tests, except as otherwise
specified in the Coverage Tests, such calculations will not include scheduled interest and
principal payments on Defaulted Obligations unless or until such payments are actually made.
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(c)For each Collection Period and as of any date of determination, the
Scheduled Distribution on any Asset (including Current Pay Obligations but excluding Defaulted
Obligations, which, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be assumed to have a Scheduled
Distribution of zero, except to the extent any payments have actually been received) shall be the
sum of (i) the total amount of payments and collections to be received during such Collection
Period in respect of such Asset (including the proceeds of the sale of such Asset received and, in
the case of sales which have not yet settled, to be received during the Collection Period and not
reinvested in additional Collateral Obligations or Eligible Investments or retained in the
Collection Account for subsequent reinvestment pursuant to Section 12.2) that, if paid as
scheduled, will be available in the Collection Account at the end of the Collection Period and (ii)
any such amounts received by the Issuer in prior Collection Periods that were not disbursed on a
previous Payment Date.
(d)Each Scheduled Distribution receivable with respect to an Asset shall be
assumed to be received on the applicable Due Date, and each such Scheduled Distribution shall
be assumed to be immediately deposited in the Collection Account to earn interest at the
Assumed Reinvestment Rate. All such funds shall be assumed to continue to earn interest until
the date on which they are required to be available in the Collection Account for application, in
accordance with the terms hereof, to payments of principal of or interest on the Debt or other
amounts payable pursuant to this Indenture. For purposes of the applicable determinations
required by Section 10.8(b)(iv), Article XII and the definition of “Interest Coverage Ratio”, the
expected interest on the Secured Debt and Floating Rate Obligations will be calculated using the
then-current interest rates applicable thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, all amounts calculated
pursuant to this Section 1.3(d) are estimates and may differ from the actual amounts available to
make distributions hereunder, and no party shall have any obligation to make any payment
hereunder due to the assumed amounts calculated under this Section 1.3(d) being greater than the
actual amounts available.
(e)References in Section 11.1(a) to calculations made on a “pro forma basis”
shall mean such calculations after giving effect to all payments, in accordance with the Priority
of Payments described herein, that precede (in priority of payment) or include the clause in
which such calculation is made.
(f)For purposes of calculating all Concentration Limitations, in both the
numerator and the denominator of any component of the Concentration Limitations, Defaulted
Obligations will be treated as having a Principal Balance equal to the Defaulted Obligation
Balance.
(g)If a Collateral Obligation included in the Assets would be deemed a
Current Pay Obligation but for the applicable percentage limitation in the proviso to the
definition of “Defaulted Obligation”, then the Current Pay Obligations with the lowest Market
Value (expressed as a percentage of the Principal Balance of such Current Pay Obligations as of
the date of determination) shall be deemed Defaulted Obligations. Each such Defaulted
Obligation will be treated as a Defaulted Obligation for all purposes until such time as the
aggregate principal balance of Current Pay Obligations would not exceed, on a pro forma basis
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including such Defaulted Obligation, the applicable percentage of the Collateral Principal
Amount as set forth in the proviso to the definition of “Defaulted Obligation.”
(h)Except where expressly referenced herein for inclusion in such
calculations, Defaulted Obligations will not be included in the calculation of the Collateral
Quality Test.
(i)For purposes of calculating compliance with the Investment Criteria, upon
the direction of the Collateral Manager by notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator,
any Eligible Investment representing Principal Proceeds received upon the sale or other
disposition of a Collateral Obligation shall be deemed to have the characteristics of such
Collateral Obligation until reinvested in an additional Collateral Obligation. Such calculations
shall be based upon the principal amount of such Collateral Obligation, except in the case of
Defaulted Obligations and Credit Risk Obligations, in which case the calculations will be based
upon the Principal Proceeds received on the disposition or sale of such Defaulted Obligation or
Credit Risk Obligation.
(j)For the purposes of calculating compliance with each of the Concentration
Limitations all calculations will be rounded to the nearest 0.1%. All other calculations, unless
otherwise set forth herein or the context otherwise requires, shall be rounded to the nearest ten
thousandth if expressed as a percentage (other than the Reference Rate, which shall be rounded
to the nearest hundred thousandth), and to the nearest one hundredth if expressed otherwise.
(k)For purposes of calculating the Collateral Quality Tests, DIP Collateral
Obligations will be treated as having an S&P Recovery Rate equal to the S&P Recovery Rate for
Senior Secured Loans.
(l)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, all
monetary calculations under this Indenture shall be in Dollars.
(m)Any reference herein to an amount of the Trustee’s or the Collateral
Administrator’s fees calculated with respect to a period at a per annum rate shall be computed on
the basis of the actual number of days in the applicable Collection Period divided by 360 and
shall be based on the Fee Basis Amount (but including the par amount of all Restructured Loans,
Defaulted Obligations, Equity Securities, Specified Equity Securities and interest only strips),
measured as of the first day of the Collection Period relating to each Payment Date.
(n)For purposes of calculating compliance with any tests under this
Indenture, the trade date (and not the settlement date) with respect to any acquisition or
disposition of a Collateral Obligation or Eligible Investment shall be used to determine whether
and when such acquisition or disposition has occurred.
(o)For all purposes where expressly used in this Indenture, the “outstanding
principal balance” shall exclude capitalized interest, if any.
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(p)Except as expressly set forth herein, the “principal balance” of a
Revolving Collateral Obligation or a Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation shall include all
unfunded commitments that have not been irrevocably reduced or withdrawn.
(q)For purposes of calculating the Sale Proceeds of a Collateral Obligation in
sale transactions, Sale Proceeds will include any Principal Financed Accrued Interest and
Principal Financed Capitalized Interest received in respect of such sale.
(r)To the extent of any ambiguity in the interpretation of any definition or
term contained in this Indenture or to the extent more than one methodology can be used to make
any of the determinations or calculations set forth therein, in each case as reasonably determined
by a Trust Officer of the Collateral Administrator or the Trustee, the Collateral Administrator
shall request direction from the Collateral Manager as to the interpretation and/or methodology
to be used, and the Collateral Administrator shall follow such direction, and together with the
Trustee, shall be entitled to conclusively rely thereon without any responsibility or liability
therefor.
(s)To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, whenever in this Indenture the Collateral
Manager is permitted or required to make a decision in its “sole discretion,” “reasonable
discretion” or “discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Collateral
Manager shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its
own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or
factors affecting the Issuer, Holders or any other Person. The intent of granting authority to act in
its “discretion” to the Collateral Manager is that no other express consent of another party is
required to be obtained by the Collateral Manager when acting pursuant to such grant of
authority under this Indenture; provided that any action taken pursuant to such grant of discretion
is consistent with the legal, contractual and fiduciary duties owed by the Collateral Manager.
(t)With respect to any notice period set forth herein, such period may be
shortened with the consent of each party required to receive such notice.
(u)If withholding tax is imposed on amendment fees, waiver fees, consent
fees, extension fees, commitment fees or other similar fees, the calculations of the Weighted
Average Floating Spread, the Weighted Average Coupon and the Interest Coverage Test (and all
component calculations of such calculations and tests, including when such a component
calculation is calculated independently), as applicable, will be made on a net basis after taking
into account such withholding, unless the Obligor is required to make “gross-up” payments to the
Issuer that cover the full amount of any such withholding tax on an after-tax basis pursuant to the
Underlying Document with respect thereto.
(v)All calculations related to Maturity Amendments, Collateral Obligations,
Discount Obligations and the Investment Criteria (and definitions related to Maturity
Amendments, Collateral Obligations, Discount Obligations and the Investment Criteria) that
would otherwise be calculated cumulatively will be reset at zero on the date of any Refinancing
of all Outstanding Classes of Secured Debt in full.
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(w)Any direction or Issuer Order required hereunder relating to the purchase,
acquisition, sale, disposition or other transfer of any Asset may be in the form of a trade ticket,
confirmation of trade, trade blotter, instruction to post or to commit to the trade or similar
instrument or document or other written instruction (including by email or other electronic
communication or file transfer protocol) from the Collateral Manager on which the Trustee may
rely as to whether any related conditions have been satisfied.
ARTICLE I
THE DEBT
Section I.1Forms Generally. The Notes and the Trustee’s or Authenticating Agent’s
certificate of authentication thereon (the “Certificate of Authentication”) shall be in substantially
the forms required by this Article, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon, as
may be consistent herewith, determined by the Officer of the Issuer executing such Notes as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth
on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. Each Class
A-L Loan will be evidenced by a physical certificate to the extent requested by the Class A-L
Lender pursuant to the Class A-L Loan Agreement.
Section I.2Forms of Notes. (a) The forms of the Notes shall be as set forth in the
applicable part of Exhibit A hereto.
(a)Notes.
(i)The Secured Notes of each Class sold to Qualified Purchasers that
are not U.S. Persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S shall each be
issued initially in the form of one permanent Global Note per Class in definitive, fully
registered form without interest coupons substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-1
hereto (each, a “Regulation S Global Note”), and shall be deposited on behalf of the
subscribers for such Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for, and
registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of, DTC for the respective accounts of
Euroclear and Clearstream, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent as hereinafter provided.
(ii)Other than as set forth in the following sentence, the Secured Notes
of each Class sold to a Person that, at the time of acquisition, purported acquisition or
proposed acquisition of any such Note, are QIB/QPs shall each be issued initially in the
form of one or more permanent Global Note per Class in definitive, fully registered form
without interest coupons substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-1 hereto (each, a
“Rule 144A Global Note”) and shall be deposited on behalf of the subscribers for such
Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for, and registered in the name of
Cede & Co., a nominee of, DTC, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent as hereinafter provided.
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(iii)[Reserved].
(iv)The Secured Notes sold to persons that are IAI/QPs (or a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (other than a trust),
each shareholder, partner, member or other equity owner of which is a QP) shall be
issued in the form of one or more definitive, fully registered notes without coupons
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-2 hereto (a “Certificated Secured Note”)
which shall be registered in the name of the beneficial owner or a nominee thereof, duly
executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent as
hereinafter provided.
(v)The Subordinated Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more
definitive, fully registered notes without coupons substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit A-3 hereto (a “Certificated Subordinated Note”) which shall be registered in the
name of the beneficial owner or a nominee thereof, duly executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent as hereinafter provided.
(vi)The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes
and the Rule 144A Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee or DTC or its nominee, as the case may
be, as hereinafter provided.
(b)Book Entry Provisions. This Section 2.2(c) shall apply only to Global
Notes deposited with or on behalf of DTC.
The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” of
Euroclear and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Participants” of Clearstream,
respectively, will be applicable to the Global Notes insofar as interests in such Global Notes are
held by the Agent Members of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be.
Agent Members shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any
Global Notes held on their behalf by the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, and DTC may be treated
by the Issuer, the Trustee, and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of
such Note for all payment purposes whatsoever, and for all other purposes except as provided in
Section 14.2(e). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the
Trustee, or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder
of any Note.
(c)CUSIPs. As an administrative convenience or in connection with a Re-
Pricing of the Notes, the Issuer or the Issuer’s agent may obtain a separate CUSIP or separate
CUSIPs (or similar identifying numbers) for all or a portion of any Class of Notes.
Section I.3Authorized Amount; Stated Maturity; Denominations. The aggregate
principal amount of Debt that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture or the
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Class A-L Loan Agreement is limited to U.S.$398,700,000 (except for (i) Debt authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt pursuant to
Section 2.5, Section 2.6, Section 2.12 or Section 8.5 of this Indenture, (ii) additional securities
issued in accordance with Sections 2.13 and 3.2 or additional loans incurred pursuant to the Class
A-L Loan Agreement and (iii) Deferred Interest with respect to the Class C Notes).
Such Debt shall be divided into the Classes, having the designations, original principal
amounts and other characteristics as follows:
Class Designation | Class A Notes | Class A-L Loans | Class B Notes | Class C Notes | Subordinated Notes |
Original Principal Amount(1) | U.S. $197,000,000 | U.S. $35,000,000(2) | U.S.$48,000,000 | U.S.$26,000,000 | U.S.$92,700,000 |
Stated Maturity | Payment Date in July 2036 | Payment Date in July 2036 | Payment Date in July 2036 | Payment Date in July 2036 | Payment Date in July 2036 |
Interest Rate(3): | Reference Rate + 1.70% | Reference Rate + 1.70% | Reference Rate + 1.95% | Reference Rate + 2.55% | N/A |
Initial S&P Rating: | “AAA (sf)” | “AAA (sf)” | “AA (sf)” | “A (sf)” | N/A |
Priority Class(es) | None | None | A, A-L | A, A-L, B | A, A-L, B, C |
Junior Class(es) | B, C, Subordinated | B, C, Subordinated | C, Subordinated | Subordinated | None |
Pari Passu Class(es) | A-L(4) | A(4) | None | None | None |
Interest deferrable | No | No | No | Yes | N/A |
Re-Pricing Eligible Notes | No | No | No | Yes | N/A |
ERISA Restricted Notes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Reg S Eligible | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Form | Book-Entry (Physical for IAIs) | Registered Loans | Book-Entry (Physical for IAIs) | Book-Entry (Physical for IAIs) | Physical |
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(1) As of the Closing Date.
(2)The Class A-L Loans shall not be exchangeable or convertible into Class A Notes and the Class A Notes shall not be
exchangeable or convertible into Class A-L Loans at any time.
(3) The Reference Rate for calculating interest on the Secured Debt will initially be the Term SOFR Rate, and will be calculated
as set forth under Section 2.7 hereof. An Alternative Rate may be adopted as a replacement for the Term SOFR Rate
following a Benchmark Transition Event. From and after any such Alternative Rate is adopted, all references to the “Term
SOFR Rate” in respect of determining the Interest Rate on the Secured Debt will be deemed to be such Alternative Rate.
The spread over the Reference Rate with respect to the Re-Pricing Eligible Debt may be reduced in connection with a Re-
Pricing of such Class of Debt, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 9.7.
(4)Interest on the Class A Debt will be pari passu. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default and an
acceleration (that has not been rescinded and annulled) of the Secured Debt as provided herein, or to the extent payments are
made in accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence, principal of the Class A Debt will be pari passu.
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The Debt shall be held in the Minimum Denominations. Debt shall only be transferred or
resold in compliance with the terms of this Indenture (and/or the Class A-L Loan Agreement, as
applicable).
Section I.4Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Notes shall be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by one of its Officers. The signature of such Officer on the
Notes may be manual, facsimile or electronic.
Notes bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of individuals who were at
the time of execution Officers of the Issuer, shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding the fact that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of issuance of such Notes.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Issuer may deliver Notes executed by the Issuer to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for
authentication and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, upon Issuer Order, shall authenticate
and deliver such Notes as provided herein and not otherwise.
Each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent upon
Issuer Order on the Closing Date shall be dated as of the Closing Date. All other Notes that are
authenticated and delivered after the Closing Date for any other purpose under this Indenture
shall be dated the date of their authentication.
Notes issued upon transfer, exchange or replacement of other Notes shall be issued in
authorized denominations reflecting the original Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Notes so
transferred, exchanged or replaced, but shall represent only the current Aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Notes so transferred, exchanged or replaced. If any Note is divided into more than
one Note in accordance with this Article II, the original principal amount of such Note shall be
proportionately divided among the Notes delivered in exchange therefor and shall be deemed to
be the original Aggregate Outstanding Amount of such subsequently issued Notes.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a Certificate of Authentication, substantially in
the form provided for herein, executed by the Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the
manual signature of one of their authorized signatories, and such Certificate of Authentication
upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section I.5Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Issuer
shall cause to be kept a register (the “Note Register”) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for
the registration of Notes (including the principal amount and stated interest thereon) and the
registration of transfers of Notes. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed “Note Registrar” for
the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of such Notes with respect to the Note Register
maintained in the United States as herein provided. Upon any resignation or removal of the Note
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Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor or, in the absence of such appointment,
assume the duties of Note Registrar.
If a Person other than the Trustee is appointed by the Issuer as Note Registrar, the Issuer
will give the Trustee prompt written notice of the appointment of a Note Registrar and of the
location, and any change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Trustee shall have the
right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to obtain copies thereof and the
Trustee shall have the right to rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by
an Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the principal or
face amounts and numbers of such Notes. Upon request at any time the Note Registrar shall
provide to the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the Initial Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent or
any Holder a current list of Holders as reflected in the Note Register.
Subject to this Section 2.5 and Section 2.12, upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 7.2, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, or cause the Authenticating Agent to
authenticate, and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Notes of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal or face amount. At
any time, upon request of the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the Initial Purchaser, the Co-
Placement Agent, the Trustee shall provide such requesting Person a list of Holders of the Notes,
and each Holder is deemed to agree by acceptance of its Note that the Note Registrar shall not
have any liability with respect to the release of any information with respect to such Holder to
any such requesting Person.
In addition, when permitted under this Indenture, the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Collateral Manager shall be entitled to rely upon any certificate of ownership provided to the
Trustee by a beneficial owner of a Note (including a Beneficial Ownership Certificate or a
certificate in the form of Exhibit D) and/or other forms of reasonable evidence of such ownership
as to the names and addresses of such beneficial owner and the Classes, principal amounts and
CUSIP numbers of Notes beneficially owned thereby. At any time, upon request of the Issuer,
the Collateral Manager, the Initial Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent, the Trustee shall provide
such requesting Person a copy of each Beneficial Ownership Certificate that the Trustee has
received (unless otherwise directed by such beneficial owner).
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for Notes of like terms, in any
authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Note is surrendered for exchange, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, or request the Authenticating Agent to
authenticate, and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Notes issued, authenticated and delivered upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt (to the
extent they evidence debt), and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Note
Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing with
such signature guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities
Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as
may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Exchange Act.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Notes, but the Trustee or the Note Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any transfer, tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Trustee or
the Note Registrar shall be permitted to request such evidence reasonably satisfactory to it
documenting the identity, authority, and/or signatures of the transferor and transferee.
(a)No Note may be sold or transferred (including, without limitation, by
pledge or hypothecation) unless such sale or transfer is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, is exempt from the registration requirements under applicable
state securities laws and will not cause either of the Issuer to become subject to the requirement
that it register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
(b)No transfer of any Subordinated Note (or any interest therein) will be
effective, and no such transfer will be recognized, if after giving effect to such transfer 25% or
more of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Subordinated Notes would be held by Persons
who are Benefit Plan Investors as calculated pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as
modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (the “25% Limitation”). For purposes of these calculations
and all other calculations required by this sub-section, any Notes of the Issuer held by a Person
(other than a Benefit Plan Investor) who is a Controlling Person shall be disregarded and not
treated as Outstanding. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely exclusively upon the information set
forth on the face of the transfer certificates received pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.5 and
Section 2.12 and only Notes that a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so held shall
be so disregarded.
(c)[Reserved].
(d)Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Trustee
shall not be responsible for ascertaining whether any transfer complies with, or for otherwise
monitoring or determining compliance with, the registration provisions of or any exemptions
from the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws or the applicable laws of any other
jurisdiction, ERISA, the Code, the 1940 Act, or the terms hereof; provided that if a transfer
certificate is specifically required by the terms of this Section 2.5 and Section 2.12 to be
provided to the Trustee by a prospective transferor or transferee, the Trustee shall be under a
duty to receive and examine the same to determine whether or not the certificate substantially
conforms on its face to the applicable requirements of this Indenture and shall promptly notify
the party delivering the same and the Issuer if such certificate does not comply with such terms.
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(e)Transfers of Global Notes shall only be made in accordance with
Section 2.2(b), this Section 2.5(f) and Section 2.12.
(i)Rule 144A Global Note to Regulation S Global Note. If a holder of
a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note deposited with DTC wishes at any time
to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Global Note for an interest in the
corresponding Regulation S Global Note, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A
Global Note to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in
the corresponding Regulation S Global Note, such holder (provided that such holder or,
in the case of a transfer, the transferee is a Qualified Purchaser that is not a U.S. person)
may, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of
DTC, exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer of, such interest for an
equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Note. Upon
receipt by the Note Registrar of (A) instructions given in accordance with DTC’s
procedures from an Agent Member directing the Note Registrar to credit or request to be
credited a beneficial interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Note, but not less
than the Minimum Denomination applicable to such holder’s Notes, in an amount equal
to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note to be exchanged or transferred,
(B) a written order given in accordance with DTC’s procedures containing information
regarding the participant account of DTC and the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be
credited with such increase, (C) a certificate in the form of Exhibit B-1 attached hereto
given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating that the exchange or transfer of such
interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the
Global Notes, including that the holder or the transferee, as applicable, is a Qualified
Purchaser that is not a U.S. person and is purchasing such beneficial interest in reliance
on Regulation S, and (D) a written certification in the form of Exhibit B-7 attached hereto
given by the transferee in respect of such beneficial interest stating, among other things,
that such transferee is a Qualified Purchaser that is not a U.S. person and is purchasing
such beneficial interest outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S, then the
Note Registrar shall confirm the instructions at DTC to reduce the principal amount of
the Rule 144A Global Note and to increase the principal amount of the Regulation S
Global Note by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A
Global Note to be exchanged or transferred, and to credit or request to be credited to the
securities account of the Agent Member specified in such instructions a beneficial interest
in the corresponding Regulation S Global Note equal to the reduction in the principal
amount of the Rule 144A Global Note.
(ii)Regulation S Global Note to Rule 144A Global Note. If a holder of
a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note deposited with DTC wishes at any
time to exchange its interest in such Regulation S Global Note for an interest in the
corresponding Rule 144A Global Note or to transfer its interest in such Regulation S
Global Note to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in
the corresponding Rule 144A Global Note, such holder may, subject to the immediately
succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of Euroclear, Clearstream and/or DTC,
as the case may be, exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer of, such
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interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Note.
Upon receipt by the Note Registrar of (A) instructions from Euroclear, Clearstream and/
or DTC, as the case may be, directing the Note Registrar to request to be credited a
beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Note in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Note, but not less than the Minimum
Denomination applicable to such holder’s Notes to be exchanged or transferred, such
instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with DTC to be
credited with such increase, (B) a certificate in the form of Exhibit B-4 attached hereto
given by the holder of such beneficial interest and stating, among other things, that, in the
case of a transfer, the Person transferring such interest in such Regulation S Global Note
reasonably believes that the Person acquiring such interest in a Rule 144A Global Note is
a QIB/QP, is obtaining such beneficial interest in a transaction meeting the requirements
of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the
United States or any other jurisdiction and (C) a written certification in the form of
Exhibit B-6 attached hereto given by the transferee in respect of such beneficial interest
stating, among other things, that such transferee is a QIB/QP, then the Note Registrar will
approve the instructions at DTC to reduce, or request to be reduced, the Regulation S
Global Note by the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation
S Global Note to be transferred or exchanged and the Note Registrar shall instruct DTC,
concurrently with such reduction, to credit or request to be credited to the securities
account of the Agent Member specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the
corresponding Rule 144A Global Note equal to the reduction in the principal amount of
the Regulation S Global Note.
(iii)Global Note to Certificated Note. Subject to Section 2.10(a), if a
holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note deposited with DTC wishes at any time to
exchange its interest or transfer its interest in such Global Note to a Person who wishes to
take delivery thereof in the form of a corresponding Certificated Note, such holder may,
subject to the immediately succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of
Euroclear, Clearstream and/or DTC, as the case may be, transfer, or cause the transfer of,
such interest for a Certificated Note. Upon receipt by the Note Registrar of (A)
certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 attached hereto executed by the
transferee and (B) appropriate instructions from DTC, if required, the Note Registrar will
confirm the instructions at DTC to reduce, or request to be reduced, the Global Note by
the aggregate principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be
transferred and record the transfer in the Note Register in accordance with Section 2.5(a)
and upon execution by the Issuer, authentication by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent and delivery by the Trustee of one or more corresponding Certificated Notes,
registered in the names specified in the instructions described in clause (B) above, in
principal amounts designated by the transferee (the aggregate of such principal amounts
being equal to the aggregate principal amount of the interest in such Global Note
transferred by the transferor), and in authorized denominations.
(f)Transfers of Certificated Notes shall only be made in accordance with
Section 2.2(b), this Section 2.5(g) and Section 2.12.
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(i)Certificated Notes to Rule 144A Global Notes or Regulation S
Global Notes. If a Holder of a Certificated Note wishes at any time to exchange its
interest in such Certificated Note for a beneficial interest in a corresponding Rule 144A
Global Note or Regulation S Global Note or to transfer such Certificated Note to a Person
who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a corresponding
Rule 144A Global Note or Regulation S Global Note, such Holder may, subject to the
immediately succeeding sentence and the rules and procedures of Euroclear, Clearstream
and/or DTC, as the case may be, exchange or transfer, or cause the exchange or transfer
of, such Certificated Note for a beneficial interest in a corresponding Rule 144A Global
Note or Regulation S Global Note. Upon receipt by the Note Registrar of (A) a Holder’s
Certificated Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee, (B) a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-4 (as applicable) attached hereto
executed by the transferor and a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-6 or
Exhibit B-7 (as applicable) attached hereto executed by the transferee, (C) instructions
given in accordance with Euroclear, Clearstream or DTC’s procedures, as the case may
be, from an Agent Member to instruct DTC to request to be credited a beneficial interest
in the applicable Rule 144A Global Notes or Regulation S Global Notes in an amount
equal to the Certificated Notes to be transferred or exchanged, and (D) a written order
given in accordance with DTC’s procedures containing information regarding the Agent
Member’s account at DTC and/or Euroclear or Clearstream to be credited with such
increase, the Note Registrar shall cancel such Certificated Note in accordance with
Section 2.9, record the transfer in the Note Register in accordance with Section 2.5(a) and
confirm the instructions at DTC, concurrently with such cancellation, to credit or request
to be credited to the securities account of the Agent Member specified in such
instructions a beneficial interest in the corresponding Rule 144A Global Note or
Regulation S Global Note equal to the principal amount of the Certificated Note
transferred or exchanged.
(ii)[Reserved].
(iii)Certificated Notes to Certificated Notes. If a Holder of a
Certificated Note wishes at any time to exchange such Certificated Note for one or more
Certificated Notes or to transfer such Certificated Note to a Person who wishes to take
delivery thereof in the form of a Certificated Note, such Holder may exchange or transfer,
or cause the exchange or transfer of, such Certificated Note. Upon receipt by the Note
Registrar of (A) a Holder’s Certificated Note properly endorsed for assignment to the
transferee, and (B) certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 and, in the case of
a transfer or exchange of ERISA Restricted Notes, Exhibit B-3 and Exhibit B-5 attached
hereto executed by the transferee, the Note Registrar shall cancel such Certificated Note
in accordance with Section 2.9, record the transfer in the Note Register in accordance
with Section 2.5(a) and upon execution by the Issuer, authentication by the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent and delivery by the Trustee, deliver one or more Certificated Notes
bearing the same designation as the Certificated Note endorsed for transfer, registered in
the names specified in the assignment described in clause (A) above, in principal amounts
designated by the transferee (the aggregate of such principal amounts being equal to the
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aggregate principal amount of the Certificated Note surrendered by the transferor), and in
authorized denominations.
(g)If Notes are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes
bearing the applicable legends set forth in the applicable part of Exhibit A hereto, and if a request
is made to remove such applicable legend on such Notes, the applicable legend shall not be
removed unless there is delivered to the Trustee and the Issuer such satisfactory evidence, which
may include an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to them, as may be reasonably required by the
Issuer (and which shall by its terms permit reliance by the Trustee), to the effect that neither such
applicable legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that
transfers thereof comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the 1940 Act, ERISA or the
Code. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Trustee or its Authenticating Agent, at
the written direction of the Issuer shall, after due execution by the Issuer authenticate and deliver
Notes that do not bear such applicable legend.
(h)Each Person who becomes a beneficial owner of Notes represented by an
interest in a Global Note will be deemed to have represented and agreed as follows (except as
may be expressly agreed in writing between such Person and the Issuer, if such Person is an
initial purchaser, which writing shall be provided to the Trustee):
(i)In connection with the purchase of such Notes: (A) none of the Issuer, the
Collateral Manager, the Initial Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent, the Trustee, the Collateral
Administrator or any of their respective affiliates is acting as a fiduciary or financial or
investment adviser for such beneficial owner; (B) such beneficial owner is not relying (for
purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon any advice, counsel or
representations (whether written or oral) of the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee, the
Loan Agent, the Initial Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent, the Collateral Administrator or any
of their respective affiliates other than any statements in the final Offering Circular for such
Notes, and such beneficial owner has read and understands such final Offering Circular
(including, without limitation, the descriptions therein of the structure of the transaction in which
the Notes are being issued and the risks to purchasers of the Notes); (C) such beneficial owner
has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial and accounting
advisors to the extent it has deemed necessary and has made its own investment decisions
(including decisions regarding the suitability of any transaction pursuant to this Indenture) based
upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisors as it has deemed necessary and
not upon any view expressed by the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee, the Initial
Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent, the Collateral Administrator or any of their respective
affiliates; (D) such beneficial owner is either (1) (in the case of a beneficial owner of an interest
in a Rule 144A Global Note) both (a) a QIB that is not a broker-dealer which owns and invests
on a discretionary basis less than U.S.$25,000,000 in securities of issuers that are not affiliated
persons of the dealer and is not a plan referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(d) or (a)(1)(e) of Rule 144A
or a trust fund referred to in paragraph (a)(1)(f) of Rule 144A that holds the assets of such a plan,
if investment decisions with respect to the plan are made by beneficiaries of the plan and (b) a
“qualified purchaser” for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act or an entity (other than a
trust) owned exclusively by “qualified purchasers” or (2) (in the case of a beneficial owner of an
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interest in a Regulation S Global Note) a Qualified Purchaser and is acquiring the Notes in
reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S; (E) such beneficial owner
is acquiring its interest in such Notes for its own account and not with a view to the resale,
distribution or other disposition thereof in violation of the Securities Act; (F) such beneficial
owner was not formed for the purpose of investing in such Notes; (G) such beneficial owner
understands that the Issuer may receive a list of participants holding interests in the Notes from
one or more book-entry depositories, (H) such beneficial owner will hold and transfer at least the
Minimum Denomination of such Notes; (I) such beneficial owner is a sophisticated investor and
is purchasing the Notes with a full understanding of all of the terms, conditions and risks thereof,
and is capable of and willing to assume those risks; and (J) such beneficial owner will provide
notice of the relevant transfer restrictions, representations, warranties and agreements to
subsequent transferees.
(i)Such beneficial owner represents, warrants and agrees that for the
Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, (A) if it is, or is acting on behalf
of, a Benefit Plan Investor, its acquisition, transfer, holding and disposition of such Notes
(or any interest therein) will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and (B) if such
Person is a governmental, non-electing church, non-U.S. or other plan subject to any
Other Plan Law, such Person’s acquisition, transfer, holding and disposition of such
Notes (or any interest therein) will not constitute or result in a violation of any such Other
Plan Law.
(ii)If such beneficial owner is a Benefit Plan Investor, then it is
deemed to represent, warrant and agree that: (i) none of the Issuer, the Initial Purchaser,
the Co-Placement Agent, the Collateral Manager, the Retention Holder, the Trustee or the
Collateral Administrator, nor any of their respective affiliates, has provided any
individualized investment advice to it, or any fiduciary or other person investing the
assets of the Benefit Plan Investor (“Plan Fiduciary”), in connection with its decision to
invest in the Notes, and they are not otherwise undertaking to act as a fiduciary, as
defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA or Section 4975(e)(3) of the Code, to the Benefit Plan
Investor or the Plan Fiduciary in connection with the Benefit Plan Investor’s acquisition
of Notes; and (ii) the Plan Fiduciary is exercising its own independent judgment in
evaluating the transaction.
(iii)Such beneficial owner understands that such Notes are being
offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within
the meaning of the Securities Act, such Notes have not been and will not be registered
under the Securities Act, and, if in the future such beneficial owner decides to offer,
resell, pledge or otherwise transfer such Notes, such Notes may be offered, resold,
pledged or otherwise transferred only in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture
and the legend on such Notes. Such beneficial owner acknowledges that no representation
has been made as to the availability of any exemption under the Securities Act or any
state securities laws for resale of such Notes. Such beneficial owner understands that
none of the Issuer or the pool of Assets has been registered under the 1940 Act, and that
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the Issuer is exempt from registration as such by virtue of Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940
Act.
(iv)Such beneficial owner is aware that, except as otherwise provided
herein, any Notes being sold to it in reliance on Regulation S will be represented by one
or more Regulation S Global Notes and that beneficial interests therein may be held only
through DTC for the respective accounts of Euroclear or Clearstream.
(v)Such beneficial owner agrees to the provisions of Section 2.12, to
the extent applicable to such beneficial owner.
(vi)[Reserved].
(vii)Such beneficial owner agrees not to institute or seek to institute
against, or join any other person in instituting against, the Issuer a bankruptcy proceeding
before a year and a day has elapsed since the payment in full to the Holders of the Debt
issued pursuant to this Indenture or, if longer, the applicable preference period (plus one
day) then in effect.
(viii)Such beneficial owner agrees that (a)(i) the express terms of this
Indenture govern the rights of the holders to direct the commencement of a Proceeding
against any Person, (ii) this Indenture contains limitations on the rights of the holders to
direct the commencement of any such Proceeding, and (iii) each beneficial owner shall
comply with such express terms if it seeks to direct the commencement of any such
Proceeding, (b) there are no implied rights under this Indenture to direct the
commencement of any such Proceeding, and (c) notwithstanding any provision of this
Indenture, or any provision of the Notes, the Collateral Administration Agreement or of
any other agreement, the Issuer shall be under no duty or obligation of any kind to the
Holders (or of any interest therein), or any of them, to institute any legal or other
proceedings of any kind, against any person or entity, including, without limitation, the
Trustee, the Collateral Manager, the Collateral Administrator or the Calculation Agent.
(ix)Such beneficial owner agrees that the Issuer, or the Re-Pricing
Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, may enter into binding commitments to sell and
transfer all Notes of a Re-Priced Class held by non-consenting holders pursuant to this
Indenture, and if such beneficial owner is a non-consenting holder, it agrees to sell and
transfer its Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and hereby
irrevocably appoints the Issuer, or the Re-Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, as
its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution) in its name,
place and stead and at its expense, in connection with such sale and transfer, and agrees
to cooperate with the Issuer, the Re-Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, or the
Trustee to effect such sale and transfers.
(x)Such beneficial owner will provide notice to each Person to whom
it proposes to transfer any interest in the Notes of the transfer restrictions, representations,
warranties and agreements set forth in this Indenture.
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(xi)[Reserved].
(xii)Each Person who becomes an owner of a Certificated Note will be
required to make the representations and agreements set forth in Exhibit B-2 or Exhibit
B-3, as applicable.
(j)Each purchaser or transferee of a Subordinated Note (or any interest
therein) will be required to represent and warrant (A) whether or not, for so long as it holds such
Notes or interest therein, it is, or is acting on behalf of, a Benefit Plan Investor or a Controlling
Person and (B) that (1) if it is, or is acting on behalf of, a Benefit Plan Investor, its acquisition,
transfer, holding and disposition of such Notes (or any interest therein) will not constitute or
result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code or (2) if it is a governmental, non-electing church, non-U.S. or other plan, (i) it is not, and
for so long as it holds such Notes or interest therein will not be, subject to Similar Law, and (ii)
its acquisition, transfer, holding and disposition of such Notes (or any interest therein) will not
constitute or result in a violation of any Other Plan Law.
(k)Any purported transfer of a Note not in accordance with this Section 2.5
shall be null and void and shall not be given effect for any purpose whatsoever.
(l)To the extent required by the Issuer, as determined by the Issuer or the
Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer, the Issuer may, upon written notice to the Trustee,
impose additional transfer restrictions on the Notes to comply with the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001 or the Code and other similar laws or regulations, including, without
limitation, requiring each transferee of a Note to make representations to the Issuer in connection
with such compliance.
(m)The Note Registrar, the Trustee and the Issuer shall be entitled to
conclusively rely on the information set forth on the face of any purchaser, transferor and
transferee certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 2.5 and shall be able to presume
conclusively the continuing accuracy thereof, in each case without further inquiry or
investigation. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, the Trustee shall not be
required to obtain any certificate specifically required by the terms of this Section 2.5 if the
Trustee is not notified of or in a position to know of any transfer requiring such a certificate to be
presented by the proposed transferor or transferee.
(n)For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to
the contrary, each of the Initial Purchaser and the Co-Placement Agent may hold a position in a
Regulation S Global Note prior to the distribution of the applicable Notes represented by such
position.
Section I.6Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Note. If (a) any mutilated
or defaced Note is surrendered to a Transfer Agent, or if there shall be delivered to the Issuer, the
Trustee and the relevant Transfer Agent evidence to their reasonable satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (b) there is delivered to the Issuer, the Trustee and such
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Transfer Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Trustee or such Transfer Agent that
such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and, upon Issuer
Order, the Trustee shall authenticate, or cause the Authenticating Agent to authenticate, and
deliver to the Holder, in lieu of any such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new
Note, of like tenor (including the same date of issuance) and equal principal or face amount,
registered in the same manner, dated the date of its authentication, bearing interest from the date
to which interest has been paid on the mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Note and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If, after delivery of such new Note, a protected purchaser of the predecessor Note
presents for payment, transfer or exchange such predecessor Note, the Issuer, the Transfer Agent
and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such new Note from the Person to whom it was
delivered or any Person taking therefrom, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or
indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Transfer Agent in connection therewith.
In case any such mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become due and
payable, the Issuer in their discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note pay such Note without
requiring surrender thereof except that any mutilated or defaced Note shall be surrendered.
Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.6, the Issuer may require the
payment by the Holder thereof of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses
of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.6 in lieu of any mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Issuer and such new Note shall be entitled, subject to the second paragraph of this Section 2.6, to
all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes of the
same Class duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 2.6 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful)
all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
Section I.7Payment of Principal and Interest and Other Amounts; Principal and
Interest Rights Preserved. (a) The Debt of each Class shall accrue interest during each Interest
Accrual Period at the applicable Interest Rate and such interest will be payable in arrears on each
Payment Date on the Aggregate Outstanding Amount (and, with respect to the Class C Notes,
any Deferred Interest thereon, as applicable, as described below) thereof on the first day of the
related Interest Accrual Period (after giving effect to payments of principal thereof on such date)
at the applicable Interest Rate from the Closing Date, and shall accrue for each period (including
the first and last days thereof) specified in the definition of the term Interest Accrual Period and
be payable in arrears on each Payment Date, except as otherwise set forth below. Payment of
interest on each Class of Debt (other than the Class A Debt) (and payments of available Interest
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Proceeds to the Holders of the Subordinated Notes) will be subordinated to the payment of
interest on each related Priority Class as provided in Section 11.1. So long as any Priority Class
is Outstanding with respect to the Class C Notes, any payment of interest due on the Class C
Notes which is not available to be paid (“Deferred Interest”) in accordance with the Priority of
Payments on any Payment Date shall not be considered “due and payable” for the purposes of
Section 5.1(a) (and the failure to pay such interest shall not be an Event of Default) until the
earliest of (i) the Payment Date on which funds are available to pay such Deferred Interest in
accordance with the Priority of Payments, (ii) the Redemption Date with respect to the
Deferrable Notes and (iii) the Stated Maturity of the Deferrable Notes. Deferred Interest on the
Class C Notes shall be payable on the first Payment Date on which funds are available to be used
for such purpose in accordance with the Priority of Payments, but in any event no later than the
earlier of the Payment Date (i) which is the Redemption Date with respect to the Class C Notes
and (ii) which is the Stated Maturity of the Class C Notes. Regardless of whether any Priority
Class is Outstanding with respect to the Class C Notes, to the extent that funds are not available
on any Payment Date (other than the Redemption Date with respect to, or Stated Maturity of, the
Class C Notes) to pay previously accrued Deferred Interest, such previously accrued Deferred
Interest will not be due and payable on such Payment Date and any failure to pay such previously
accrued Deferred Interest on such Payment Date will not be an Event of Default. Interest will
cease to accrue on the Debt, or in the case of a partial repayment, on such repaid part, from the
date of repayment. To the extent lawful and enforceable, interest on any interest that is not paid
when due on any Class A Debt or Class B Notes, or if no Class A Debt or Class B Notes are
Outstanding, any Class C Notes shall accrue at the Interest Rate for such Class until paid as
provided herein.
(a)The principal of each Class of Secured Debt matures at par and is due and
payable on the date of the Stated Maturity for the applicable Class, unless such principal has
been previously repaid or unless the unpaid principal of such Secured Debt becomes due and
payable at an earlier date by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payment of principal of each Class of Secured Debt (and
distributions of Principal Proceeds to the Holders of the Subordinated Notes) may only occur in
accordance with the Priority of Payments. Payments of principal on any Class of Secured Debt
(and distributions on Principal Proceeds to the Holders of the Subordinated Notes) which are not
paid, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, on any Payment Date (other than the Payment
Date which is the Stated Maturity of such Class of Secured Debt or any Redemption Date),
because of insufficient funds therefor shall not be considered “due and payable” for purposes of
Section 5.1(a) until the Payment Date on which such principal may be paid in accordance with
the Priority of Payments or all Priority Classes with respect to such Class have been paid in full.
(b)Principal payments on the Debt will be made in accordance with the
Priority of Payments and Article IX.
(c)The Paying Agent shall require the previous delivery of properly
completed and signed applicable tax certifications (generally, in the case of U.S. federal income
tax, an IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a “United States person” as
defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or, in the case of the Secured Debt, the appropriate
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IRS Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) (together with all appropriate attachments) in the
case of a Person that is not a “United States person” as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code) or other certification acceptable to it to enable the Issuer, the Trustee and any Paying
Agent to determine their duties and liabilities with respect to any taxes or other charges that they
may be required to pay, deduct or withhold from payments in respect of such Debt or the Holder
or beneficial owner of such Debt under any present or future law or regulation of the United
States, any other jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein or to
comply with any reporting or other requirements under any such law or regulation and the
delivery of any information required under FATCA to determine if payments by the Issuer are
subject to withholding. The Issuer shall not be obligated to pay any additional amounts to the
Holders or beneficial owners of the Debt as a result of deduction or withholding for or on
account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges with respect
to the Debt. Nothing herein shall be construed to obligate the Paying Agent or the Trustee to
determine the duties or liabilities of the Issuer or any other paying agent with respect to any tax
certification or withholding requirements, or any tax certification or withholding requirements of
any jurisdiction, political subdivision or taxing authority outside the United States.
(d)Payments in respect of interest on and principal of any Secured Notes and
any payment with respect to any Subordinated Note shall be made by the Trustee in Dollars to
DTC or its designee with respect to a Global Note, to the Holder or its nominee with respect to a
Certificated Note, by wire transfer, as directed by such Person, in immediately available funds to
a Dollar account maintained by DTC or its nominee with respect to a Global Note, to the Holder
or its nominee with respect to a Certificated Note; provided that in the case of a Certificated Note
(1) the Holder thereof shall have provided written wiring instructions to the Trustee on or before
the related Record Date and (2) if appropriate instructions for any such wire transfer are not
received by the related Record Date, then such payment shall be made by check drawn on a U.S.
bank mailed to the address of the Holder specified in the Note Register. Upon final payment due
on the Maturity of any Notes, the Holder thereof shall present and surrender such Note at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the office of any Paying Agent on or prior to such
Maturity; provided that if the Trustee and the Issuer shall have been furnished such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless and an undertaking
thereafter to surrender such certificate, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee
that the applicable Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, such final payment shall be
made without presentation or surrender. None of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the
Collateral Manager, nor any Paying Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspects
of the records (or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing such records) maintained by DTC,
Euroclear, Clearstream or any of the Agent Members or any of their nominees relating to or for
payments made thereby on account of beneficial interests in a Global Note. In the case where any
final payment of principal and interest is to be made on any Debt (other than on the Stated
Maturity thereof), the Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable, in the name and at the expense of
the Issuer shall prior to the date on which such payment is to be made, mail (by first class mail,
postage prepaid) to the Persons entitled thereto at their addresses appearing in the applicable
Register, a notice which shall specify the date on which such payment will be made and the place
where such Debt may, as applicable, be presented and surrendered for such payment.
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(e)Payments of principal to Holders of the Secured Debt of each Class shall
be made in the proportion that the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Secured Debt of such
Class registered in the name of each such Holder on the applicable Record Date bears to the
Aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Secured Debt of such Class on such Record Date.
Payments to the Holders of the Subordinated Notes from Interest Proceeds and Principal
Proceeds shall be made in the proportion that the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Subordinated Notes registered in the name of each such Holder on the applicable Record Date
bears to the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Subordinated Notes on such Record Date.
(f)Interest accrued with respect to the Secured Debt shall be calculated on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the applicable Interest Accrual Period divided by
360.
(g)All reductions in the principal amount of any Debt (or one or more
predecessor Debt instruments, as applicable) effected by payments of installments of principal
made on any Payment Date or Redemption Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of such
Debt and of any Debt issued or incurred upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Debt instrument.
(h)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the Class A-L
Loan Agreement, the obligations of the Issuer under the Debt and this Indenture and the Class A-
L Loan Agreement are limited recourse obligations of the Issuer payable solely from the Assets
and following realization of the Assets, and application of the proceeds thereof in accordance
with this Indenture, all obligations of and any claims against the Issuer hereunder or in
connection herewith after such realization shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive.
No recourse shall be had against any officer, director, manager, partner, member, employee,
shareholder, authorized Person or incorporator of either the Issuer, the Collateral Manager or
their respective affiliates, successors or assigns for any amounts payable under the Debt or this
Indenture. It is understood that the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (i) shall not (i) prevent
recourse to the Assets for the sums due or to become due under any security, instrument or
agreement which is part of the Assets or (ii) constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any
indebtedness or obligation evidenced by the Debt or secured by this Indenture until such Assets
have been realized. It is further understood that the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (i)
shall not limit the right of any Person to name the Issuer as a party defendant in any Proceeding
or in the exercise of any other remedy under the Debt or this Indenture or the Class A-L Loan
Agreement, so long as no judgment in the nature of a deficiency judgment or seeking personal
liability shall be asked for or (if obtained) enforced against any such Person or entity. The
Subordinated Notes are not secured hereunder.
(i)Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7, each Note
delivered under this Indenture and upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any other Note shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and principal (or other applicable amount)
that were carried by such other Note.
Section I.8Persons Deemed Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee, and any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee shall treat as the owner of any Debt the Person in whose name such Debt is
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registered in the Note Register or Loan Register, as applicable, on the applicable Record Date for
the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest on such Debt and on, other than as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, any other date for all other purposes whatsoever
(whether or not such Debt are overdue), and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee, or any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section I.9Cancellation. All Debt surrendered for payment, registration of transfer,
exchange or redemption, or deemed lost or stolen, shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee and
may not be reissued or resold. No Debt may be surrendered (including any surrender in
connection with any abandonment thereof) except for payment as provided by the Constituting
Documents, or for registration of transfer or exchange in accordance with this Article II or
redemption in accordance with Article IX hereof (and, in the case of Special Redemption, a
Mandatory Redemption, or an Optional Redemption in part by Class, only to the extent that such
Special Redemption, Mandatory Redemption, Clean-Up Call Redemption or Optional
Redemption results in payment in full of the applicable Class of Debt), or for replacement in
connection with any Debt deemed lost or stolen. The Issuer may not purchase any of the Debt;
provided that such prohibition shall not be deemed to limit the Issuer’s rights or obligations
relating to any redemption of the Debt permitted or required hereunder. Any Debt surrendered
for cancellation as permitted by this Section 2.9 shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee or the Loan Agent, be delivered to the Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable. No
Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes canceled as provided in this
Section 2.9, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Debt held by the
Trustee or the Loan Agent shall be destroyed or held by the Trustee or the Loan Agent, as
applicable, in accordance with its standard retention policy unless the Issuer shall direct by an
Issuer Order received prior to destruction that they be returned to it.
Section I.10DTC Ceases to be Depository. (a) Any Global Note deposited with DTC
pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be transferred in the form of a corresponding Certificated Note to
the beneficial owners thereof (as instructed by DTC) only if (A) such transfer complies with
Section 2.5 of this Indenture and (B) either (x)(i) DTC notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as depository for such Global Note, or (ii) DTC ceases to be a Clearing
Agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a successor depository is not
appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after receiving notice of such event or (y) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and such transfer is requested by any beneficial owner of
an interest in such Global Note.
(a)Any Global Note that is transferable in the form of a corresponding
Certificated Note to the beneficial owner thereof pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be
surrendered by DTC to the Trustee’s Corporate Trust Office to be so transferred, in whole or
from time to time in part, without charge, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate, or cause the Authenticating Agent to authenticate, and deliver, upon such transfer
of each portion of such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive physical
certificates (pursuant to the instructions of DTC) in authorized denominations. Any Certificated
Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or Regulation S Global
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Note shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.5, bear the legends set forth in the
applicable Exhibit A and shall be subject to the transfer restrictions referred to in such legends.
(b)Subject to the provisions of sub-section (b) of this Section 2.10, the Holder
of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which
such Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(c)In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in sub-section
(a) of this Section 2.10, the Issuer will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable
supply of Certificated Notes.
If Certificated Notes are not so issued by the Issuer to such beneficial owners of
interests in Global Notes as required by sub-section (a) of this Section 2.10, the Issuer expressly
acknowledges that the beneficial owners shall be entitled to pursue any remedy that the Holders
of a Global Note would be entitled to pursue in accordance with ARTICLE V of this Indenture
(but only to the extent of such beneficial owner’s interest in the Global Note) as if corresponding
Certificated Notes had been issued; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any
certificate of ownership provided by such beneficial owners (including a certificate in the form
of Exhibit D) and/or other forms of reasonable evidence of such ownership.
Neither the Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall be liable for any delay in the
delivery of directions from the DTC, as depository, and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
fully protected in relying on, such direction as to the names of the beneficial owners in whose
names such Certificated Notes shall be registered or as to delivery instructions for such
Certificated Notes.
Section I.11Non-Permitted Holders. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
elsewhere herein, any transfer of a beneficial interest in any Notes to (i) a U.S. person that is not
a QIB/QP (other than, solely in the case of Notes issued as Certificated Notes, a U.S. person that
is an Institutional Accredited Investor and is also a Qualified Purchaser (or a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity (other than a trust), each shareholder,
partner, member or other equity owner of which is a Qualified Purchaser) and solely in the case
of the Subordinated Notes, other Accredited Investors that are Knowledgeable Employees with
respect to the Issuer), (ii) a non-U.S. person that is not a Qualified Purchaser or (iii) in the case of
the Subordinated Notes, a person not treated as a “United States person” as defined in section
7701(a)(30) of the Code, shall in either case be null and void and any such purported transfer of
which the Issuer or the Trustee shall have notice may be disregarded by the Issuer and the
Trustee for all purposes. In addition, the acquisition of Notes by a Non-Permitted Holder under
Section 2.11(b) shall be null and void ab initio.
(a)If any (i) U.S. person that is not a QIB/QP (other than (x) solely in the
case of Notes issued as Certificated Notes, a U.S. person that is an Institutional Accredited
Investor and is also a Qualified Purchaser (or a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity (other than a trust), each shareholder, partner, member or other equity
owner of which is a Qualified Purchaser) and (y) solely in the case of Subordinated Notes, a U.S.
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person that is an Accredited Investor that is also a Knowledgeable Employee with respect to the
Issuer) or (ii) non-U.S. person that is not a Qualified Purchaser shall, in either case, become the
Holder or beneficial owner of an interest in any Notes (any such Person a “Non-Permitted
Holder”), the acquisition of such Notes by such Holder shall be null and void ab initio. The
Issuer (or the Collateral Manager acting on behalf of the Issuer) shall, promptly after discovery
that such Person is a Non-Permitted Holder by the Issuer or the Trustee (or upon notice to the
Issuer from the Trustee if a Trust Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge), send notice to
such Non-Permitted Holder demanding that such Non-Permitted Holder transfer its interest in the
Notes held by such Non-Permitted Holder to a Person that is not a Non-Permitted Holder within
30 days after the date of such notice. If such Non-Permitted Holder fails to so transfer such
Notes, the Issuer or the Collateral Manager acting for the Issuer shall have the right, without
further notice to the Non-Permitted Holder, to sell such Notes or interest in such Notes to a
purchaser selected by the Issuer that is not a Non-Permitted Holder on such terms as the Issuer
may choose. The Issuer, or the Collateral Manager acting on behalf of the Issuer, may, but is not
required to, select the purchaser by soliciting one or more bids from one or more brokers or other
market professionals that regularly deal in securities similar to the Notes and selling such Notes
to the highest such bidder; provided that the Collateral Manager, its Affiliates and accounts,
funds, clients or portfolios established and controlled by the Collateral Manager shall be entitled
to bid in any such sale. However, the Issuer or the Collateral Manager may select a purchaser by
any other means determined by it in its sole discretion. The Holder of each Note, the Non-
Permitted Holder and each other Person in the chain of title from the Holder to the Non-
Permitted Holder, by its acceptance of an interest in the Notes, agrees to cooperate with the
Issuer, the Collateral Manager and the Trustee to effect such transfers. The proceeds of such sale,
net of any commissions, expenses and taxes due in connection with such sale shall be remitted to
the Non-Permitted Holder. The terms and conditions of any sale under this sub-section shall be
determined in the sole discretion of the Issuer, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee or the
Collateral Manager shall be liable to any Person having an interest in the Notes sold as a result of
any such sale or the exercise of such discretion.
(b)If any Person shall become the beneficial owner of a Note (or any interest
therein) who has made or is deemed to have made a prohibited transaction, Benefit Plan Investor,
Controlling Person, Similar Law or Other Plan Law representation required by Section 2.5 that is
subsequently shown to be false or misleading or whose beneficial ownership otherwise causes a
violation of the 25% Limitation (any such Person a “Non-Permitted ERISA Holder”), the Issuer
(or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer) shall, promptly after discovery that such
Person is a Non-Permitted ERISA Holder by the Issuer or upon notice to the Issuer from the
Trustee (if a Trust Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge, in which case the Trustee
agrees to notify the Issuer of such discovery), send notice to such Non-Permitted ERISA Holder
demanding that such Non-Permitted ERISA Holder transfer all or any portion of the Notes (or
any interest therein) held by such Person to a Person that is not a Non-Permitted ERISA Holder
within 10 days after the date of such notice. If such Non-Permitted ERISA Holder fails to so
transfer such Notes (or its interest therein), the Issuer shall have the right, without further notice
to the Non-Permitted ERISA Holder, to sell such Non-Permitted ERISA Holder’s Notes (or
interest therein) to a purchaser selected by the Issuer that is not a Non-Permitted ERISA Holder
on such terms as the Issuer may choose. The Issuer, or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the
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Issuer, may, but is not required to, select the purchaser by soliciting one or more bids from one or
more brokers or other market professionals that regularly deal in securities similar to the Notes
and selling such Notes (or interest therein) to the highest such bidder. The Holder of each Note
(or any interest therein), the Non-Permitted ERISA Holder and each other Person in the chain of
title from the Holder to the Non-Permitted ERISA Holder, by its acceptance of the Notes (or any
interest therein), agrees to cooperate with the Issuer and the Trustee to effect such transfers. The
proceeds of such sale, net of any commissions, expenses and taxes due in connection with such
sale shall be remitted to the Non-Permitted ERISA Holder. The terms and conditions of any sale
under this sub-section shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Issuer, and none of the
Issuer, the Trustee, the Loan Agent or the Collateral Manager shall be liable to any Person
having an interest in the Notes sold as a result of any such sale or the exercise of such discretion.
Section I.12Tax Treatment and Tax Certifications.
(a)Each Holder will treat the Issuer and the Notes as described in the
“Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” section of the Offering Circular for all U.S.
federal, state and local income tax purposes and will take no action inconsistent with such
treatment unless required by law.
(b)Each Holder will timely furnish the Issuer, the Trustee and their respective
agents with any tax forms or certifications (including, without limitation, IRS Form W-9, an
applicable IRS Form W-8 (together with all applicable attachments), or any successors to such
IRS forms) that the Issuer or its agents reasonably request (A) to permit the Issuer, the Trustee
and their respective agents to make payments to the Holder without, or at a reduced rate of,
deduction or withholding, (B) to enable the Issuer and its agents to qualify for a reduced rate of
withholding or deduction in any jurisdiction from or through which they receive payments, and
(C) to enable the Issuer, the Trustee and their respective agents to satisfy reporting and other
obligations under any applicable law or regulation (including any cost basis reporting
obligation), and will update or replace such tax forms or certifications in accordance with their
terms or subsequent amendments. Each Holder acknowledges that the failure to provide, update
or replace any such tax forms or certifications may result in the imposition of withholding or
back-up withholding on payments to the Holder.
(c)Each Holder of a Note (or interest therein) will be deemed (and may be
required) to represent and agree that:
(i)in the case of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes or the Class C
Notes, if it is not a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code),
(A)it:
(1)is not a bank (or an entity affiliated with a bank)
extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary
course of its trade or business (within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A)
of the Code);
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(2)is not a “10 percent shareholder” with respect to the
Issuer (or, for so long as the Subordinated Notes are held by a single
Holder, such Holder of the Subordinated Notes) within the meaning of
Section 871(h)(3) or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code; and
(3)is not a “controlled foreign corporation” that is
related to any Holders of the Subordinated Notes within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; or
(B)it has provided an IRS Form W-8ECI representing that all
payments received or to be received by it from the Issuer are effectively
connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States and
includible in its gross income; or
(C)it is eligible for benefits under an income tax treaty with the
United States that eliminates U.S. federal income tax of payments on the Notes;
and
(ii)it will provide the Issuer and the Trustee with certifications
necessary to establish that it is not subject to U.S. federal withholding tax under FATCA;
and
(iii)if it is a Holder of Notes, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is
not a member of an “expanded group” (as defined in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.385-1(c)(4)) with respect to which a Holder of Subordinated Notes is a
“covered member” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.385-1(c)(2)), except to
the extent that the Issuer or its agents have provided such Holder with an express waiver
of this representation; and
(iv)in the case of the Subordinated Notes:
(A)it is a “United States person” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, and will provide a properly completed and
signed IRS Form W-9 (or applicable successor form). It understands and
acknowledges that failure to provide the Issuer or the Trustee with the applicable
tax certifications may result in withholding or back-up withholding from
payments to it in respect of the Subordinated Notes; and
(B)it acknowledges and agrees that no Subordinated Note (or
interest therein) may be acquired, and no Holder of a Subordinated Note may sell,
transfer, assign, participate, pledge or otherwise dispose of, transfer or convey in
any manner a Subordinated Note (or any interest therein) or other equity interest
in the Issuer or cause a Subordinated Note or other equity interest in the Issuer to
be marketed, (1) on or through (x) a United States national, regional or local
securities exchange, (y) a foreign securities exchange or (z) an interdealer
quotation system that regularly disseminates firm buy or sell quotations or (2) if
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such acquisition would cause the combined number of Holders of Subordinated
Notes and any equity interests in the Issuer to be held by more than 90 persons;
and
(C)it acknowledges and agrees that it will not enter into any
financial instrument the payments on which are, or the value of which is,
determined in whole or in part by reference to such Notes or other equity interests
in the Issuer (including the amount of distributions on such Notes or such equity
interests, the value of the Issuer’s assets, or the result of the Issuer’s operations),
or any contract that otherwise is described in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.7704-1(a)(2)(i)(B); and
(D)it acknowledges and agrees that no Subordinated Note (or
interest therein) may be acquired or owned by any person that is classified for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a partnership, subchapter S corporation or
grantor trust unless (1)(x) none of the direct or indirect Holders of any interest in
such person have more than 40% of the value of its interest in such person
attributable to the aggregate interest of such person in the combined value of the
Subordinated Notes and any other equity interests of the Issuer held by such
person and (y) a principal purpose of the arrangement involving the investment of
such person in any Subordinated Notes (or any other equity interests in the Issuer)
is not and will not be to permit any partnership to satisfy the 100 partner
limitation of Section 1.7704-1(h)(1)(ii) of the regulations under the Code; or (2)
the Issuer must otherwise determine that the Holder will not cause the Issuer to be
unable to rely on the “private placement” safe harbor of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.7704-1(h); and
(E)it may not transfer all or any portion of the Subordinated
Notes unless: (1) the person to which it transfers such Subordinated Notes agrees
to be bound by the restrictions, conditions, representations, warranties, and
covenants set forth in this Indenture and this clause (iv), and (2) such transfer does
not violate this clause (iv).
Any transfer made in violation of this clause (iv), or that otherwise
would cause the Issuer to be unable to rely on the “private placement” safe harbor
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h), will be void and of no force or
effect, and shall not bind or be recognized by the Issuer or any other person, and
no person to which such Subordinated Notes are transferred shall become a
Holder unless such person agrees to be bound by this clause (iv). However,
notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, a transfer in violation of
provisions (B), (C), (D), or (E) shall be permitted if the Issuer obtains written
advice of Winston & Strawn LLP, or receives an opinion of another nationally
recognized tax counsel, that the transfer will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a
“publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
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(d)In the event such beneficial owner owns less than 100% of the
Subordinated Notes, it will not acquire Subordinated Notes if such acquisition would cause it to
own 100% of the Subordinated Notes.
(e)In the event such beneficial owner owns 100% of the Subordinated Notes,
such beneficial owner will not sell, transfer, assign, participate, pledge or otherwise dispose of
any Note unless it obtains written advice of Winston & Strawn LLP, or an opinion of another
nationally recognized tax counsel, that such sale, transfer, assignment, participation, pledge or
disposition will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(f)Each Holder of Subordinated Notes hereby agrees to take any and all
actions, and to furnish any and all information, requested by the Issuer in order to permit the
Issuer to minimize any tax liability that would otherwise be imposed on the Issuer under
Section 6225 of the Code, or any successor provision, including (if requested by the Issuer) by (i)
filing amended tax returns to take into account any adjustment to the amount of any item of
income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the Holder, or of any Person’s distributive share
thereof, and (ii) providing the Issuer with any information necessary for the Issuer to (x)
establish the amount of any tax liability resulting from any such adjustment and (y) elect (in
accordance with Section 6226 of the Code, or any successor provision) for each Holder to take
any such adjustment into account directly. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder of
Subordinated Notes hereby agrees to indemnify the Issuer for the Holder’s allocable share of any
applicable tax liability of any type whatsoever (including any liability for penalties, additions to
tax or interest) attributable to such Holder’s share of the income of the Issuer or attributable to
distributions to such Holder.
Section I.13Additional Issuance. (a) At any time during the Reinvestment Period (or,
in the case of a Risk Retention Issuance or an issuance solely of additional Subordinated Notes
and/or Junior Mezzanine Notes, at any time), the Issuer may issue and sell (i) additional Debt of
each Class (on a pro rata basis with respect to each Class of Debt or, if additional Class A Debt
is not being issued, on a pro rata basis for all Classes that are subordinate to the Class A Debt)
and/or (ii) additional Subordinated Notes and/or additional debt of any one or more new classes
of Debt that are fully subordinated to the existing Secured Debt (or to the most junior class of
securities of the Issuer (other than the Subordinated Notes) issued pursuant to this Indenture, if
any class of securities issued pursuant to this Indenture other than the Secured Debt and the
Subordinated Notes is then Outstanding) (such additional notes described in clause (ii), the
“Junior Mezzanine Notes”); provided that the following conditions are met:
(i)(A) each of the Collateral Manager and the Retention Holder
consents to such issuance, (B) if additional Class A Debt is being issued, a Majority of
the Class A Debt consents to such issuance and (C) such issuance is approved by a
Majority of the Subordinated Notes; provided that no consent pursuant to clause (A) or
(B) shall be required with respect to any additional issuance if (x) such additional
issuance is effected, in the sole discretion of the Collateral Manager, in order to permit
the Collateral Manager or the sponsor of the Issuer under the Risk Retention Rules to
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comply with the Risk Retention Rules and (y) such additional debt is held by the sponsor
of the Issuer or such sponsor’s majority-owned affiliate (as each such term is defined in
the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) (such issuance, a “Risk Retention Issuance”)
(ii)except in connection with a Risk Retention Issuance, the aggregate
principal amount of Debt of any Class issued in all additional issuances shall not exceed
100% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Debt of such Class on the Closing
Date;
(iii)the terms of the Debt issued must be identical to the respective
terms of previously issued Debt of the applicable Class (except that the interest due on
additional Secured Debt will accrue from the issue date of such additional Secured Debt
and the spread over the Reference Rate and the price of such additional Secured Debt do
not have to be identical to those of the initial Secured Debt of that Class; provided that
the Interest Rate on such additional Secured Debt must not exceed the Interest Rate
applicable to the initial Secured Debt of that Class unless the S&P Rating Condition is
satisfied);
(iv)the proceeds of any additional Secured Debt (net of fees and
expenses incurred in connection with such issuance) will be treated as Principal Proceeds
and the proceeds of any additional Subordinated Notes and/or Junior Mezzanine Notes
(net of fees and expenses incurred in connection with such issuance and any concurrent
Refinancing or Re-Pricing) will be treated as Principal Proceeds, and in each case where
so treated, used to purchase additional Collateral Obligations or as otherwise permitted
hereunder, or, solely with respect to the proceeds of any Junior Mezzanine Notes or any
additional Subordinated Notes, be treated as Interest Proceeds (if so designated by the
Collateral Manager as permitted hereunder) or applied in accordance with any other
Permitted Use;
(v)except in connection with a Risk Retention Issuance, the
Overcollateralization Ratio with respect to each Class of Debt is not reduced after giving
effect to such issuance;
(vi)written advice of Winston & Strawn LLP or an opinion of tax
counsel of nationally recognized standing in the United States experienced in such
matters will be delivered to the Issuer (with a copy to the Trustee and the Loan Agent), in
form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Manager, to the effect that (1) such
additional issuance will not result in the Issuer becoming subject to U.S. federal tax with
respect to its net income (including any withholding tax liability under Section 1446 of
the Code) or becoming a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes and (2) any additional Class A Notes, Class A-L Loans,
Class B Notes and Class C Notes will be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income
tax purposes; provided that the opinion described above in clause (2) will not be required
with respect to any additional Debt that bears a different securities identifier from the
Debt of the same Class that is Outstanding at the time of the additional issuance;
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(vii)such issuance is accomplished in a manner that allows the
Independent accountants of the Issuer to accurately provide the tax information relating
to original issue discount required to be provided to the holders of Secured Notes
(including the additional Notes that constitute Secured Notes);
(viii)prior notice of such additional issuance has been provided by the
Issuer to S&P;
(ix)the Retention Holder commits to acquire such additional
Subordinated Notes as may be required to satisfy the Risk Retention Rules following the
additional issuance;
(x)except in connection with a Risk Retention Issuance, no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(xi)an officer’s certificate of the Issuer is delivered to the Trustee
stating that the foregoing conditions (i) through (x) have been satisfied.
(a)Unless such additional issuance is a Risk Retention Issuance, any
additional Debt of any Class issued as described above will, to the extent reasonably practicable,
be offered first to Holders of that Class in such amounts as are necessary to preserve their pro
rata holdings of Debt of such Class.
(b)Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, the Issuer may
also issue additional debt in connection with a Refinancing of all Classes of Secured Debt, which
issuance will not be subject to the conditions of this Section 2.13 but will be subject only to the
requirements described under Section 9.2 hereof. Additional Debt in the form of Class A-L
Loans will be incurred under the Class A-L Loan Agreement, and not issued hereunder.
Section I.14Conversion of Class A-L Loans to Class A Notes. The Class A-L
Lenders may not convert or exchange any portion of the Class A-L Loans into Class A Notes and
the Class A Notes shall not be exchangeable or convertible into Class A-L Loans at any time.
ARTICLE II
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section II.1Conditions to Issuance of Debt on Closing Date. The Notes to be issued
on the Closing Date may be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent and delivered by the Trustee upon Issuer Order and upon receipt by the Trustee of the
following:
(a)Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer Regarding Corporate Matters. An
Officer’s certificate of the Issuer (i) evidencing the authorization by Issuer Resolution of the
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execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement, the Collateral
Management Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement and related transaction
documents and the execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes applied for by it and the
incurrence of the Class A-L Loans, (ii) specifying the Stated Maturity, principal amount and
Interest Rate, as applicable, of each Class of Debt to be authenticated and delivered, and (iii)
certifying that (A) the attached copy of the Issuer Resolution is a true and complete copy thereof,
(B) such Issuer Resolution has not been rescinded and is in full force and effect on and as of the
Closing Date and (C) the Officers authorized to execute and deliver such documents hold the
offices and have the signatures indicated thereon.
(b)Governmental Approvals. From the Issuer either (i) a certificate of the
Issuer or other official document evidencing the due authorization, approval or consent of any
governmental body or bodies, at the time having jurisdiction in the premises, together with an
Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer that no other authorization, approval or consent of any
governmental body is required for the valid issuance of the Debt or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel of
the Issuer that no such authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required
for the valid issuance of such Debt except as has been given.
(c)Opinions. Opinions of (i) Nixon Peabody LLP, counsel to the Trustee and
the Collateral Administrator, (ii) Winston & Strawn LLP, special U.S. counsel to the Issuer, the
Collateral Manager and the Retention Holder, and (iii) Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.,
Delaware counsel to the Issuer, each dated the Closing Date.
(d)Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer Regarding Indenture. An Officer’s
certificate of the Issuer stating that, to the best of the signing Officer’s knowledge, the Issuer is
not in default under this Indenture and that the issuance of the Debt will not result in a default or
a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, its
organizational documents, any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party
or by which it is bound, or any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any
Proceeding to which it is a party or by which it may be bound or to which it may be subject; that
all conditions precedent provided herein relating to the authentication and delivery of the Debt
applied for by it have been complied with; and that all expenses due or accrued with respect to
the Offering of such Debt or relating to actions taken on or in connection with the Closing Date
have been paid or reserves therefor have been made. The Officer’s certificate of the Issuer shall
also state that, to the best of the signing Officer’s knowledge, all of the Issuer’s representations
and warranties contained herein are true and correct as of the Closing Date.
(e)Transaction Documents. An executed counterpart of each of this
Indenture, the Collateral Management Agreement, the Securities Account Control Agreement,
the Collateral Administration Agreement and the EU/UK Retention Agreement.
(f)Certificate of the Collateral Manager. A Responsible Officer’s certificate
of the Collateral Manager, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that immediately before the
Delivery of the Collateral Obligations on the Closing Date:
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(i)each Collateral Obligation satisfies the requirements of the
definition of “Collateral Obligation”; and
(ii)the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligations
which the Issuer owns as of the Closing Date or for which the Issuer has entered into
binding commitments to purchase on or prior to the Closing Date is at least the amount
indicated in the Closing Date Certificate.
(g)Grant of Collateral Obligations. Contemporaneously with the issuance and
sale of the Debt on the Closing Date, the Grant pursuant to the Granting Clauses of this Indenture
of all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral Obligations pledged to the
Trustee for inclusion in the Assets on the Closing Date shall be effective, and Delivery of such
Collateral Obligations (including each promissory note and all other Underlying Documents
related thereto to the extent received by the Issuer) as contemplated by Section 3.3 shall have
been effected.
(h)Certificate of the Issuer Regarding Assets. An Officer’s certificate of the
Issuer, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i)in the case of each Collateral Obligation pledged to the Trustee for
inclusion in the Assets, on the Closing Date and immediately prior to the Delivery thereof
(or immediately after Delivery thereof, in the case of clause (E)(2) below) on the Closing
Date:
(A)the Issuer is the owner of such Collateral Obligation free
and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever except
for (1) those which are being released on the Closing Date; (2) those Granted
pursuant to this Indenture and (3) any other Permitted Liens;
(B)the Issuer has acquired its ownership in such Collateral
Obligation in good faith without notice of any adverse claim, except as described
in clause (A) above;
(C)the Issuer has not assigned, pledged or otherwise
encumbered any interest in such Collateral Obligation (or, if any such interest has
been assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered, it has been released) other than
interests Granted pursuant to this Indenture and the Securities Account Control
Agreement;
(D)the Issuer has full right to Grant a security interest in and
assign and pledge such Collateral Obligation to the Trustee;
(E)(1) based on the certificate of the Collateral Manager
delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(f), each Collateral Obligation included in the
Assets satisfies the requirements of the definition of “Collateral Obligation” and
(2) the requirements of Section 3.1(g) have been satisfied;
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(F)upon the Grant by the Issuer, the Trustee has a first priority
perfected security interest in the Collateral Obligations and other Assets, except as
permitted by this Indenture;
(ii)based on the certificate of the Collateral Manager delivered
pursuant to Section 3.1(f), the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligations
which the Issuer owns as of the Closing Date or for which the Issuer has entered into
binding commitments to purchase on or prior to the Closing Date is at least the amount
indicated in the Closing Date Certificate; and
(iii)it has received a letter signed by S&P confirming that each Class
of Secured Debt has been assigned the applicable Initial Rating and that such ratings are
in effect on the Closing Date.
(i)Accounts. Evidence of the establishment of each of the Accounts.
(j)Issuer Order for Deposit of Funds into Accounts. An Issuer Order signed
in the name of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer, dated as of the Closing Date, specifying the
amounts to be deposited from the proceeds of the issuance of the Debt into (a) the Ramp-Up
Account for use pursuant to Section 10.3(c), (b) the Expense Reserve Account for use pursuant
to Section 10.3(d), (c) the Interest Reserve Account for use pursuant to Section 10.5 and (d) the
Revolver Funding Account for use pursuant to Section 10.4.
(k)Other Documents. Such other documents as the Trustee may reasonably
require; provided that nothing in this clause (l) shall imply or impose a duty on the part of the
Trustee to require any other documents.
The Trustee shall be entitled to assume the genuineness of each certificate,
instrument, report, opinion and other document described in or delivered pursuant to this
Section 3.1, and to assume the genuineness and due authorization of each signature, other than
any signature of the Trustee, appearing thereon.
Section II.2Conditions to Additional Issuance. Any additional Notes to be issued in
accordance with Section 2.13 may be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent and delivered by the Trustee upon Issuer Order (setting forth registration, delivery and
authentication instructions) upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 2.13 and
upon receipt by the Trustee of the following:
(a)Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer Regarding Corporate Matters. An
Officer’s certificate of the Issuer (i) evidencing the authorization by Issuer Resolution of the
execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes applied for by it and the incurrence of the
Class A-L Loans, (ii) specifying the Stated Maturity, principal amount and Interest Rate of each
Class of Debt to be authenticated and delivered and (ii) certifying that (A) the attached copy of
the Issuer Resolution is a true and complete copy thereof, (B) such Issuer Resolution has not
been rescinded and is in full force and effect on and as of the date of issuance and (C) the
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Officers authorized to execute and deliver such documents hold the offices and have the
signatures indicated thereon.
(b)Governmental Approvals. From the Issuer either (i) a certificate of the
Issuer or other official document evidencing the due authorization, approval or consent of any
governmental body or bodies, at the time having jurisdiction in the premises, together with an
Opinion of Counsel of the Issuer that no other authorization, approval or consent of any
governmental body is required for the valid issuance of the additional Debt or (ii) an Opinion of
Counsel of the Issuer that no such authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body
is required for the valid issuance of such additional Debt except as has been given.
(c)Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer Regarding Indenture. An Officer’s
certificate of the Issuer stating that, to the best of the signing Officer’s knowledge, the Issuer is
not in default under this Indenture and that the issuance of the additional Debt applied for by it
will not result in a default or a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, its organizational documents, any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order of any court or
administrative agency entered in any Proceeding to which it is a party or by which it may be
bound or to which it may be subject; that the provisions of Section 2.13 and all conditions
precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of the additional
Debt applied for by it have been complied with; and that all expenses due or accrued with respect
to the Offering of such Debt or relating to actions taken on or in connection with the additional
issuance have been paid or reserves therefor have been made. The Officer’s certificate of the
Issuer shall also state that, to the best of the signing Officer’s knowledge, all of the Issuer’s
representations and warranties contained herein are true and correct as of the date of additional
issuance.
(d)Supplemental Indenture. A fully executed counterpart of the supplemental
indenture making such changes to this Indenture as shall be necessary to permit such additional
issuance.
(e)[Reserved].
(f)Rating Agency Notice. Notice shall have been provided by the Issuer to
S&P.
(g)Issuer Order for Deposit of Funds into Accounts. An Issuer Order signed
in the name of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer, dated as of the date of the additional
issuance, authorizing the deposit of the net proceeds of the issuance into the Principal Collection
Subaccount for use pursuant to Section 10.2.
(h)Evidence of Required Consents. Satisfactory evidence of the consent of
the Collateral Manager and the Retention Holder to such issuance.
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(i)Other Documents. Such other documents as the Trustee may reasonably
require; provided that nothing in this clause (i) shall imply or impose a duty on the part of the
Trustee to require any other documents.
The Trustee shall be entitled to assume the genuineness of each certificate, instrument,
report, opinion and other document described in or delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2, and to
assume the genuineness and due authorization of each signature, other than any signature of the
Trustee, appearing thereon.
Section II.3Custodianship; Delivery of Collateral Obligations and Eligible
Investments. (a) The Collateral Manager, on behalf of the Issuer, shall deliver or cause to be
delivered, on or prior to the Closing Date (with respect to the initial Collateral Obligations) and
within five (5) Business Days after the related Cut-Off Date (with respect to any additional
Collateral Obligations) to a custodian appointed by the Issuer, which shall be a Securities
Intermediary (the “Custodian”) or the Trustee, as applicable, all Assets in accordance with the
definition of “Deliver”. The Custodian appointed hereby shall act as custodian for the Issuer and
as custodian and agent for the Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting
the Trustee’s security interest in those Assets in which a security interest is perfected by Delivery
of the related Assets to the Custodian. Initially, the Custodian shall be U.S. Bank National
Association. Any successor custodian shall be a state or national bank or trust company that (i)
has (A) capital and surplus of at least U.S.$200,000,000, and (B) a long term issuer rating of at
least “A” and a short term issuer rating of at least “A-1” by S&P (or a long term issuer rating of
at least “A+” by S&P if such institution has no short-term rating), and (ii) is a Securities
Intermediary. Subject to the limited right to relocate Assets as provided in Section 7.5(b), the
Trustee or the Custodian, as applicable, shall hold (i) all Collateral Obligations, Eligible
Investments, Cash and other investments purchased in accordance with this Indenture and (ii)
any other property of the Issuer otherwise Delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian, as
applicable, by or on behalf of the Issuer, in the relevant Account established and maintained
pursuant to Article X as to which in each case the Trustee shall have entered into the Securities
Account Control Agreement with the Custodian providing, inter alia, that the establishment and
maintenance of such Account will be governed by a law of a jurisdiction satisfactory to the
Issuer and the Trustee.
(a)Each time that the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer directs or
causes the acquisition of any Collateral Obligation, Eligible Investment or other investment, the
Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Issuer) shall, if the Collateral Obligation, Eligible
Investment or other investment is required to be, but has not already been, transferred to the
relevant Account, cause the Collateral Obligation, Eligible Investment or other investment to be
Delivered to the Custodian to be held in the Custodial Account (or in the case of any such
investment that is not a Collateral Obligation, in the Account in which the funds used to purchase
the investment are held in accordance with Article X or Section 2.04 of the Class A-L Loan
Agreement, as the case may be) for the benefit of the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture.
The security interest of the Trustee in the funds or other property used in connection with the
acquisition shall, immediately and without further action on the part of the Trustee, be released.
The security interest of the Trustee shall nevertheless come into existence and continue in the
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Collateral Obligation, Eligible Investment or other investment so acquired, including all interests
of the Issuer in and to any contracts related to and proceeds of such Collateral Obligation,
Eligible Investment or other investment.
ARTICLE III
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section III.1Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall be
discharged and shall cease to be of further effect except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer
and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights
of Holders to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) the rights,
obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities
of the Collateral Manager hereunder and under the Collateral Management Agreement, (vi) the
rights, protections, indemnities and immunities of the Collateral Administrator hereunder and
under the Collateral Administration Agreement, (vii) the rights, obligations and immunities of
the Loan Agent hereunder and under the class A-L Loan Agreement and (viii) the rights of
Holders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property deposited with the Trustee and
payable to all or any of them (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture)
when either:
(a)(i)either:
(A)all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered to Holders
(other than (1) Notes which have been mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.6 and (2) Notes for
whose payment Money has theretofore irrevocably been deposited and thereafter
repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such deposit, as provided in Section 7.3)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and all Class A-L Loans have
been repaid in full in accordance with the Class A-L Loan Agreement; or
(B)all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation: (1) have become due and payable, or (2) will become due and
payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (3) are to be called for
redemption pursuant to Article IX under an arrangement satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 9.4 (and all Class A-L Loans have been repaid in full in accordance with
the Class A-L Loan Agreement) and, in each case, the Issuer has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, for such purpose, Cash or
non-callable direct obligations of the United States; provided that the obligations
are entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States or are debt obligations
which are rated “AAA” by S&P, in an amount sufficient, as verified by a firm of
Independent certified public accountants which are nationally recognized, to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit
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(in the case of Debt which have become due and payable), or to their Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, and shall have Granted to the
Trustee a valid perfected security interest in such Eligible Investment that is of
first priority and free of any adverse claim, as applicable, and shall have furnished
an Opinion of Counsel with respect thereto; provided that this sub-section (B)
shall not apply if an election to act in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.5(a) shall have been made and not rescinded, it being understood that
the requirements of this clause (a) may be satisfied as set forth in Section 5.7;
(i)the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then due and
payable hereunder and under the Class A-L Loan Agreement (including, without
limitation, any amounts then due and payable pursuant to the Collateral Management
Agreement and the Collateral Administration Agreement, without regard to the
Administrative Expense Cap) by the Issuer and no other amounts are scheduled to be due
and payable by the Issuer other than Dissolution Expenses, it being understood that the
requirements of this clause (ii) may be satisfied as set forth in Section 5.7; and
(ii)the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee and the Loan Agent
Officer’s certificates and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with; or
(b)upon final disposition of all Assets and distribution of the proceeds thereof
in accordance with the terms hereof, and:
(i)the Trustee confirms to the Issuer that no Assets (other than (1) the
Collateral Management Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement and the
Securities Account Control Agreement and (2) Cash in an amount not greater than the
Dissolution Expenses) are on deposit in or to the credit of the Accounts;
(ii)the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee and the Loan Agent a
certificate stating that (A) there are no Assets (other than (1) the Collateral Management
Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement, and the Securities Account Control
Agreement and (2) Cash in an amount not greater than the Dissolution Expenses) that
remain subject to the lien of this Indenture, and (B) all funds on deposit in the Accounts
have been distributed in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or have otherwise
been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee for such purpose; and
(iii)the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee and the Loan Agent
Officer’s certificates and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the rights and
obligations of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Manager and, if applicable,
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the Holders, as the case may be, under Sections 2.7, 4.2, 5.4(d), 5.9, 5.18, 6.1, 6.3, 6.6, 6.7, 7.1,
7.3, 13.1, 14.10, 14.11, and 14.12 shall survive.
Section III.2Application of Deposited Money. All Cash and obligations deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held for the benefit of the Secured Parties and
applied by it in accordance with the provisions of the Debt, the Class A-L Loan Agreement and
this Indenture, including, without limitation, the Priority of Payments, either directly or through
any Paying Agent, as the Trustee may determine; and such Cash and obligations shall be held in
a segregated account identified as being held for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Section III.3Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Debt, all Monies then held by any
Paying Agent other than the Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of
the Issuer, be paid to the Trustee to be held and applied pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof and in
accordance with the Priority of Payments and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released
from all further liability with respect to such Monies.
Section III.4Limitation on Obligation to Incur Administrative Expenses. If at any
time, the sum of (i) Eligible Investments, (ii) Cash and (iii) amounts reasonably expected to be
received by the Issuer in Cash during the current Collection Period (as certified by the Collateral
Manager in its reasonable judgment) is less than the sum of Dissolution Expenses and any
accrued and unpaid Administrative Expenses, then notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall no longer be required to incur Administrative Expenses as otherwise
required by this Indenture to any Person other than the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral
Administrator and their respective Affiliates, and failure to pay such amounts shall not constitute
a Default hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section IV.1Events of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(a)a default in the payment, when due and payable, of (i) any interest on any
Class A Debt or any Class B Note and, in each case, the continuation of any such default for ten
Business Days after a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge or receives notice from
any Holder of Debt of such payment default, or (ii) any principal of, or interest or Deferred
Interest on, or any Redemption Price in respect of, any Secured Debt at its Stated Maturity or any
Redemption Date with respect to such Secured Debt, as applicable; provided that the failure to
effect any Optional Redemption which is withdrawn by the Issuer in accordance with this
Indenture or with respect to which any Refinancing fails to occur shall not constitute an Event of
Default and provided, further, that, in the case of a failure to disburse funds due to an
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administrative error or omission by the Collateral Manager, the Trustee, the Collateral
Administrator or any Paying Agent, such failure continues for ten Business Days after a Trust
Officer of the Trustee receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such administrative
error or omission;
(b)unless otherwise permitted or required by applicable law, the failure on
any Payment Date to disburse amounts available in the Payment Account in excess of U.S.
$100,000 in accordance with the Priority of Payments and continuation of such failure for a
period of seven Business Days or, in the case of a failure to disburse due to an administrative
error or omission by the Trustee, the Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Manager or any
Paying Agent, such failure continues for fifteen Business Days after a Trust Officer of the
Trustee receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such administrative error or omission;
(c)either the Issuer or the Assets becomes an investment company required to
be registered under the 1940 Act and that status continues for 45 consecutive days;
(d)except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.1, a default in a material
respect in the performance, or breach in a material respect, of any other covenant of the Issuer
herein (it being understood, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that (i) any failure to
meet any Concentration Limitation, Collateral Quality Test or Coverage Test is not an Event of
Default, except to the extent provided in clause (e) below, and (ii) the failure of the Issuer to
satisfy the requirements of Section 7.18 will not constitute an Event of Default), or the failure of
any material representation or warranty of the Issuer made herein or in any certificate or other
writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith to be correct in each case in all
material respects when the same shall have been made and such default, breach or failure has a
material adverse effect on the Debtholders, and the continuation of such default, breach or failure
for a period of 45 days after notice to the Issuer and the Collateral Manager by registered or
certified mail or overnight delivery service, by the Trustee at the direction of the Holders of at
least a Supermajority of the Controlling Class, specifying such default, breach or failure and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;
provided that, if the Issuer (as notified to the Trustee by the Collateral Manager in writing) has
commenced curing such default, breach or failure during the 45-day period specified above, such
default, breach or failure shall not constitute an Event of Default under this clause (d) unless it
continues for a period of 60 days (rather than, and not in addition to, such 45-day period
specified above) after notice to the Issuer and the Collateral Manager by email transmission and
registered or certified mail or overnight courier, by the Trustee, the Issuer or the Collateral
Manager, or to the Issuer, the Collateral Manager and the Trustee by a Supermajority of the
Controlling Class, specifying such default, breach or failure and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under this Indenture; provided, further that, the
delivery of a certificate or other report which corrects any inaccuracy contained in a previous
report or certification shall be deemed to cure such inaccuracy as of the date of delivery of such
updated report or certificate and any and all inaccuracies arising from the continuation of such
initial inaccurate report or certificate and the sale or other disposition of any asset that did not at
the time of its acquisition satisfy the Investment Criteria shall cure any breach or failure arising
therefrom as of the date of such failure;
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(e)on any Measurement Date as of which the Class A Debt is Outstanding,
failure of the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to (1) the
Collateral Principal Amount plus (2) the aggregate Market Value of all Defaulted Obligations on
such date and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the
Class A Debt, to equal or exceed 102.5%;
(f)the entry of a decree or order by a court having competent jurisdiction
adjudging the Issuer as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Issuer under the Bankruptcy Code
or any other applicable law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, or sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Issuer or of any substantial part of its property, respectively, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs and the continuance of any such decree or
order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(g)the institution by the shareholders of the Issuer of Proceedings to have the
Issuer adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the shareholders of the Issuer to the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency Proceedings against the Issuer, or the filing by the Issuer
of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Bankruptcy Code or
any other similar applicable law, or the consent by the Issuer to the filing of any such petition or
to the appointment in a Proceeding of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Issuer or of any substantial part of its property, respectively, or the
making by the Issuer of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Issuer
in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of any
action by the Issuer in furtherance of any such action.
Upon an Officer, Responsible Officer or Trust Officer (as applicable) obtaining
knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default, each of (i) the Issuer, (ii) the Trustee and
(iii) the Collateral Manager shall notify each other. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall promptly (and in no event later than
three Business Days thereafter) notify the Noteholders (as their names appear in the Note
Register), the Class A-L Lenders (as their names appear on the Loan Register), each Paying
Agent and S&P of such Event of Default in writing (unless such Event of Default has been
waived as provided in Section 5.14).
Section IV.2Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. (a) If an Event
of Default occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(f) or
(g)), the Trustee may, and shall, upon the written direction of a Supermajority of the Controlling
Class, by notice to the Issuer and S&P, declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest
on all the Secured Debt to be immediately due and payable, and upon any such declaration such
principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and other amounts payable
hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(f) or (g) occurs, all unpaid principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, of all the Debt, and other amounts payable thereunder and hereunder, shall
automatically become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the
Trustee or any Debtholder.
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(a)At any time after such a declaration of acceleration of maturity has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the Money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article V, a Majority of the Controlling Class by written
notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences
if:
(i)The Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay:
(A)all unpaid installments of interest and principal then due on
the Debt (other than any principal amounts due to the occurrence of an
acceleration);
(B)to the extent that the payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon any Deferred Interest at the applicable Interest Rate; and
(C)all unpaid taxes and Administrative Expenses of the Issuer
and other sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder or by the Collateral
Administrator under the Collateral Administration Agreement or hereunder,
accrued and unpaid Aggregate Collateral Management Fees then due and owing
and any other amounts then payable by the Issuer hereunder prior to such
Administrative Expenses and such Aggregate Collateral Management Fees; or
(ii)It has been determined that all Events of Default, other than the
nonpayment of the interest on or principal of the Debt that has become due solely by such
acceleration, have:
(A)been cured; and
(I)in the case of an Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(e), the Holders of at least a Majority of the Class A Debt, by
written notice to the Trustee, have agreed with such determination (which
agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld); or
(II)in the case of any other Event of Default, the
Holders of at least a Majority of each Class of Secured Debt (voting
separately by Class), in each case, by written notice to the Trustee, have
agreed with such determination (which agreement shall not be
unreasonably withheld); or
(B)been waived as provided in Section 5.14.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(b)Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.2 to the contrary, the Debt will
not be subject to acceleration by the Trustee solely as a result of the failure to pay any amount
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due on the Debt that are not of the Controlling Class other than any failure to pay interest due on
the Class B Notes.
Section IV.3Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The
Issuer covenants that if a default shall occur in respect of the payment of any principal of or
interest when due and payable on any Debt, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to
the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holder of such Debt, the whole amount, if any, then due and
payable on such Debt for principal and interest with interest upon the overdue principal and, to
the extent that payments of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments
of interest, at the applicable Interest Rate, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its agents and counsel.
If the Issuer fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its
own name and as trustee of an express trust, may, and shall, subject to the terms of this Indenture
(including Sections 6.1(c)(iv) and 6.3(e)) upon direction of a Majority of the Controlling Class,
institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such
Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Secured Debt and collect the Monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law out of the Assets.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion, and
shall, subject to the terms of this Indenture (including Sections 6.1(c)(iv) and 6.3(e)) upon
written direction of the Majority of the Controlling Class, proceed to protect and enforce its
rights and the rights of the Secured Parties by such appropriate Proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual (if no such direction is received by the Trustee) or as the Trustee may be
directed by the Majority of the Controlling Class, to protect and enforce any such rights, whether
for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement herein or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in
the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
In case there shall be pending Proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the Secured Debt under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of
the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or its property, or in case of any other comparable
Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Debt, or the creditors or property of
the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, regardless of whether the principal of any Debt shall
then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and regardless of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.3,
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:
(a)to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt upon direction by a Majority of the Controlling
Class and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee
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and each predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for
reimbursement of all reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the
Debtholders allowed in any Proceedings relative to the Issuer or to the creditors or property of
the Issuer;
(b)unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of
the Debtholders upon the direction of a Majority of the Controlling Class, in any election of a
trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or
insolvency Proceedings or Person performing similar functions in comparable Proceedings; and
(c)to collect and receive any Monies or other property payable to or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims
of the Debtholders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver or liquidator,
custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Debtholders to make
payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to
the Debtholders to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Debtholders , any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debt or any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Debtholders, as
applicable, in any such Proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in
bankruptcy or similar Person.
In any Proceedings brought by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Debt
(and any such Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the
Debt.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 to the contrary, the Trustee may not
sell or liquidate the Assets or institute Proceedings in furtherance thereof pursuant to this
Section 5.3 except according to the provisions specified in Section 5.5(a).
Section IV.4Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and
the Debt had been declared due and payable and such declaration and its consequences have not
been rescinded and annulled, the Issuer agrees that the Trustee may, and shall, subject to the
terms of this Indenture (including Sections 6.1(c)(iv) and 6.3(e)), upon written direction of a
Majority of the Controlling Class, to the extent permitted by applicable law, exercise one or more
of the following rights, privileges and remedies:
(i)institute Proceedings for the collection of all amounts then payable
on the Debt or otherwise payable under this Indenture, whether by declaration or
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otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect from the Assets any Monies
adjudged due;
(ii)sell or cause the sale of all or a portion of the Assets or rights or
interests therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any
manner permitted by law and in accordance with Section 5.17 hereof;
(iii)institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or partial
foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Assets;
(iv)exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take
any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Trustee
and the Holders of the Debt hereunder (including exercising all rights of the Trustee
under the Securities Account Control Agreement); and
(v)exercise any other rights and remedies that may be available at law
or in equity;
provided that the Trustee may not sell or liquidate the Assets or institute Proceedings in
furtherance thereof pursuant to this Section 5.4 except according to the provisions of
Section 5.5(a).
The Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion or advice of an
Independent investment banking firm of national reputation (the reasonable cost of which shall
be payable as an Administrative Expense) in structuring and distributing securities similar to the
Debt, which may be the Initial Purchaser or the Co-Placement Agent, as to the feasibility of any
action proposed to be taken in accordance with this Section 5.4 and as to the sufficiency of the
proceeds and other amounts receivable with respect to the Assets to make the required payments
of principal of and interest on the Debt which opinion shall be conclusive evidence as to such
feasibility or sufficiency.
(a)If an Event of Default as described in Section 5.1(d) hereof shall have
occurred and be continuing the Trustee may, and at the direction of the Holders of not less than
25% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class shall, subject to the terms of
this Indenture (including Sections 6.1(c)(iv) and 6.3(e)), institute a Proceeding solely to compel
performance of the covenant or agreement or to cure the representation or warranty, the breach
of which gave rise to the Event of Default under such Section, and enforce any equitable decree
or order arising from such Proceeding.
(b)Upon any sale, whether made under the power of sale hereby given or by
virtue of judicial Proceedings, any Secured Party, the BDC Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or any
Affiliate of the Issuer may bid for and purchase the Assets or any part thereof and, upon
compliance with the terms of sale, may hold, retain, possess or dispose of such property in its or
their own absolute right without accountability.
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If the Trustee is required, or is otherwise directed by a Majority of the Controlling
Class, in accordance with the terms hereof, to sell all or any part of the Assets at a public or
private sale, prior to offering such Assets for sale, the Trustee will send written notice specifying
that it is required or has been directed to do so, which written notice shall set forth the date of the
proposed offer of sale (such written notice, a “Sale Notice”) to the Holders of the Subordinated
Notes, and the Holders of a Majority of the Subordinated Notes may exercise a right of first
refusal to purchase the Assets, in whole or in part as specified by such Majority of the
Subordinated Notes in a notice to the Trustee delivered no later than one (1) Business Day after
its receipt of the Sale Notice, at a purchase price that is not less than the greater of (i) all amounts
then due (or, in the case of interest, accrued) and unpaid on the Secured Debt for principal and
interest (including accrued and unpaid Deferred Interest), and all other amounts that, pursuant to
the Priority of Payments, are required to be paid prior to such payments on such Secured Debt
(including any amounts due and owing (or anticipated to be due and owing) as Administrative
Expenses (without regard to the Administrative Expense Cap) and any due and unpaid Aggregate
Collateral Management Fees) and (ii) the Market Value (disregarding clause (iv) thereof) of such
Assets as determined by the Collateral Manager in its commercially reasonable judgment in
accordance with its internal policies and procedures; provided that, the Holders of a Majority of
the Subordinated Notes shall complete such purchase no later than three Business Days after the
date of its receipt of the Sale Notice.
Upon any sale, whether made under the power of sale hereby given or by virtue of
judicial Proceedings, the receipt of the Trustee, or of the Officer making a sale under judicial
Proceedings, shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers at any sale for its or
their purchase Money, and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obliged to see to the
application thereof.
Any such sale, whether under any power of sale hereby given or by virtue of
judicial Proceedings, shall bind the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt, shall operate
to divest all right, title and interest whatsoever, either at law or in equity, of each of them in and
to the property sold, and shall be a perpetual bar, both at law and in equity, against each of them
and their successors and assigns, and against any and all Persons claiming through or under
them.
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, none of the
Trustee, the Secured Parties or the Debtholders may, prior to the date which is one year and one
day (or if longer, any applicable preference period then in effect plus one day) after the payment
in full of all Debt, institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Issuer any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, winding-up, moratorium or liquidation
Proceedings, or other similar Proceedings under U.S. federal or state bankruptcy or similar laws.
Nothing in this Section 5.4 shall preclude, or be deemed to stop, the Trustee (i) from taking any
action prior to the expiration of the aforementioned period in (A) any case or Proceeding
voluntarily filed or commenced by the Issuer or (B) any involuntary insolvency Proceeding filed
or commenced by a Person other than the Trustee, or (ii) from commencing against the Issuer or
any of its properties any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency, moratorium, liquidation or similar Proceeding.
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Section IV.5Optional Preservation of Assets. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein (but subject to the right of the Collateral Manager to direct the Trustee to sell
Collateral Obligations or Equity Securities in strict compliance with Section 12.1), if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall retain the Assets securing the
Debt intact, collect and cause the collection of the proceeds thereof and make and apply all
payments at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and deposit and maintain all accounts in
respect of the Assets and the Debt in accordance with the Priority of Payments and the provisions
of Article X, Article XII and Article XIII unless:
(i)the Trustee, pursuant to Section 5.5(c), determines that the
anticipated proceeds of a sale or liquidation of all or any portion of the Assets (after
deducting the anticipated reasonable expenses of such sale or liquidation) would be
sufficient to discharge in full the amounts then due (or, in the case of interest, accrued)
and unpaid on the Secured Debt for principal and interest (including accrued and unpaid
Deferred Interest), and all other amounts that, pursuant to the Priority of Payments, are
required to be paid prior to such payments on such Secured Debt (including any amounts
due and owing (or anticipated to be due and owing) as Administrative Expenses (without
regard to the Administrative Expense Cap) and any due and unpaid Aggregate Collateral
Management Fees) and a Majority of the Controlling Class agrees with such
determination;
(ii)in the case of an Event of Default specified in (A) Section 5.1(a)
due to failure to pay interest on the Class A Debt or the Class B Notes in accordance with
Section 11.1(a)(i) or Section 11.1(a)(ii), (B) Section 5.1(e), or (C) Sections 5.1(f) or (g),
the Holders of at least a Majority of the Controlling Class direct the sale and liquidation
of the Assets (without regard to whether another Event of Default has occurred prior,
contemporaneously or subsequent to such Event of Default); or
(iii)in the case of any other Event of Default, the Holders of at least a
Majority of each Class of Secured Debt (voting separately by Class) direct the sale and
liquidation of the Assets.
So long as such Event of Default is continuing, any such retention pursuant to this Section 5.5(a)
may be rescinded at any time when the conditions specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) exist.
(a)Nothing contained in Section 5.5(a) shall be construed to require the
Trustee to sell the Assets securing the Secured Debt if the conditions set forth in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) of Section 5.5(a) are not satisfied. Nothing contained in Section 5.5(a) shall be construed to
require the Trustee to preserve the Assets securing the Secured Debt if prohibited by applicable
law.
(b)In determining whether the condition specified in Section 5.5(a)(i) exists,
the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts to obtain, with the cooperation of the Collateral Manager,
bid prices with respect to each Asset from two nationally recognized dealers (as specified by the
Collateral Manager in writing) at the time making a market in such Assets and shall compute the
anticipated proceeds of sale or liquidation on the basis of the lower of such bid prices for each
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such Asset. In the event that the Trustee, with the cooperation of the Collateral Manager, is only
able to obtain bid prices with respect to each Asset from one nationally recognized dealer at the
time making a market in such Assets, the Trustee shall compute the anticipated proceeds of the
sale or liquidation on the basis of such one bid price for each such Asset. In addition, for the
purposes of determining issues relating to the execution of a sale or liquidation of the Assets and
the execution of a sale or other liquidation thereof in connection with a determination whether
the condition specified in Section 5.5(a)(i) exists, the Trustee may retain and rely on an opinion
or advice of an Independent investment banking firm of national reputation or other appropriate
advisors (the cost of which shall be payable as an Administrative Expense).
The Trustee shall deliver to the Debtholders and the Collateral Manager a report
stating the results of any determination required pursuant to Section 5.5(a)(i) no later than 10
days after such determination is made. The Trustee shall make the determinations required by
Section 5.5(a)(i) within 30 days after an Event of Default and at the request of a Majority of the
Controlling Class at any time during which the Trustee retains the Assets pursuant to
Section 5.5(a)(i).
The Trustee shall deliver written notice to S&P upon the occurrence of the events
pursuant to Section 5.5(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) to liquidate and sell the Assets.
Section IV.6Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt. All rights of
action and claims under this Indenture or under any of the Debt may be prosecuted and enforced
by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Debt or the production thereof in any trial or
other Proceeding relating thereto, and any such action or Proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall be applied as set forth in Section 5.7 hereof.
Section IV.7Application of Money Collected. Any Money collected by the Trustee
with respect to the Debt pursuant to this Article V and any Money that may then be held or
thereafter received by the Trustee with respect to the Debt hereunder shall be applied, subject to
Section 13.1 and in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.1(a)(iii), at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee. Upon the final distribution of all proceeds of any liquidation effected
hereunder, the provisions of Sections 4.1(a)(i) and (ii) shall be deemed satisfied for the purposes
of discharging this Indenture pursuant to Article IV.
Section IV.8Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Debt shall have any right to
institute any Proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a)such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of an Event
of Default;
(b)the Holders of not less than 25% of the then-Aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Debt of the Controlling Class shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute Proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and such Holder or Holders have provided the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
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Trustee against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and
liabilities which might reasonably be incurred by it in compliance with such request;
(c)the Trustee, for 30 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
provision of such indemnity, has failed to institute any such Proceeding; and
(d)no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Trustee during such 30-day period by a Majority of the Controlling Class; it being understood
and intended that no one or more Holders of Debt shall have any right in any manner whatever
by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of any other Holders of Debt of the same Class or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority
or preference over any other Holders of the Debt of the same Class or to enforce any right under
this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all
the Holders of Debt of the same Class subject to and in accordance with Section 13.1 and the
Priority of Payments.
In the event the Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and
indemnity pursuant to this Section 5.8 from two or more groups of Holders of the Controlling
Class, each representing less than a Majority of the Controlling Class, the Trustee shall act in
accordance with the request specified by the group of Holders with the greatest percentage of the
Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Controlling Class, notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Indenture. If all such groups represent the same percentage, the Trustee, in its sole
discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall be taken.
Section IV.9Unconditional Rights of Secured Debtholders to Receive Principal and
Interest. Subject to Section 2.7(i), but notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
Holder of any Secured Debt shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and interest on such Secured Debt, as such principal, interest and
other amounts become due and payable in accordance with the Priority of Payments and
Section 13.1, as the case may be, and, subject to the provisions of Sections 5.4 and 5.8, to
institute Proceedings for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Holder. Holders of Secured Debt ranking junior to Secured
Debt still Outstanding shall have no right to institute Proceedings to request the Trustee to
institute proceedings for the enforcement of any such payment until such time as no Secured
Debt ranking senior to such Secured Debt remains Outstanding, which right shall be subject to
the provisions of Sections 5.4 and 5.8, and shall not be impaired without the consent of any such
Holder.
Section IV.10Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Debtholder
has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined
adversely to the Trustee or to such Debtholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Trustee and the Debtholder shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Debtholder shall continue as though no such
Proceeding had been instituted.
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Section IV.11Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Debtholders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative
and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
Section IV.12Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or
any Holder of Secured Debt to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein or of a subsequent Event of Default. Every right and remedy given by this
Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Secured Debt may be exercised from
time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of the
Secured Debt.
Section IV.13Control by Majority of Controlling Class. A Supermajority of the
Controlling Class shall have the right following the occurrence, and during the continuance of,
an Event of Default to cause the institution of and direct the time, method and place of
conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture; provided that:
(a)such direction shall not conflict with any rule of law or with any express
provision of this Indenture;
(b)the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is
not inconsistent with such direction; provided that subject to Section 6.1, the Trustee need not
take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or expense (unless the Trustee has
received the indemnity as set forth in (c) below);
(c)the Trustee shall have been provided with an indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it; and
(d)notwithstanding the foregoing, any direction to the Trustee to undertake a
Sale of the Assets shall be by the Holders of Debt representing the requisite percentage of the
Aggregate Outstanding Amount of Debt specified in Section 5.4 and/or Section 5.5.
Section IV.14Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the time a judgment or decree for
payment of the Money due has been obtained by the Trustee, as provided in this Article V, a
Majority of the Controlling Class may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt waive any past
Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default or an Event of Default:
(a)in the payment of the principal of any Secured Debt (which may be
waived only with the consent of the Holder of such Secured Debt);
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(b)in the payment of interest on any Secured Debt (which may be waived
only with the consent of the Holder of such Secured Debt);
(c)in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under Section 8.2 cannot
be modified or amended without the waiver or consent of the Holder of any Outstanding Debt
materially and adversely affected thereby (which may be waived only with the consent of each
such Holder); or
(d)in respect of a representation contained in Section 7.19.
In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto. The
Trustee shall promptly forward written notice of any such waiver to S&P, the Collateral Manager
and each Holder. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture.
Section IV.15Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each
Holder of any Debt by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, or omitted by it as Trustee,
the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and
that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Debtholder, or group of
Debtholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of
the Controlling Class, or to any suit instituted by any Debtholder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Debt on or after the applicable Stated Maturity (or,
in the case of redemption which has resulted in an Event of Default, on or after the applicable
Redemption Date).
Section IV.16Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent
that they may lawfully do so) that they shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any
valuation, appraisement, redemption or marshalling law or rights, in each case wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants, the performance of or any
remedies under this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law or rights, and covenant that they shall
not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted or
rights created.
Section IV.17Sale of Assets. (a) The power to effect any sale (a “Sale”) of any portion
of the Assets pursuant to Sections 5.4 and 5.5 shall not be exhausted by any one or more Sales
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as to any portion of such Assets remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until the entire
Assets shall have been sold or all amounts secured by the Assets shall have been paid. The
Trustee may upon notice to the Debtholders, and shall, upon direction of a Majority of the
Controlling Class, from time to time postpone any Sale by public announcement made at the
time and place of such Sale. The Trustee hereby expressly waives its rights to any amount fixed
by law as compensation for any Sale; provided that the Trustee shall be authorized to deduct the
reasonable costs, charges and expenses (including but not limited to costs and expenses of
counsel) incurred by it in connection with such Sale from the proceeds thereof notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 6.7 or other applicable terms hereof.
(a)The Trustee may bid for and acquire any portion of the Assets in
connection with a public Sale thereof, and may pay all or part of the purchase price by crediting
against amounts owing on the Secured Debt or other amounts secured by the Assets or other
amounts secured by the Assets, all or part of the net proceeds of such Sale after deducting the
reasonable costs, charges and expenses (including but not limited to costs and expenses of
counsel) incurred by the Trustee in connection with such Sale notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 6.7 hereof or other applicable terms hereof. The Secured Debt need not be produced in
order to complete any such Sale, or in order for the net proceeds of such Sale to be credited
against amounts owing on the Debt. The Trustee may hold, lease, operate, manage or otherwise
deal with any property so acquired in any manner permitted by law in accordance with this
Indenture.
(b)If any portion of the Assets consists of securities issued without
registration under the Securities Act (“Unregistered Securities”), the Trustee may seek an
Opinion of Counsel, or, if no such Opinion of Counsel can be obtained and with the consent of a
Majority of the Controlling Class, seek a no action position from the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other relevant federal or State regulatory authorities, regarding the legality of
a public or private Sale of such Unregistered Securities.
(c)The Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument of
conveyance transferring its interest in any portion of the Assets in connection with a Sale thereof,
without recourse, representation or warranty. In addition, the Trustee is hereby irrevocably
appointed the agent and attorney in fact of the Issuer to transfer and convey its interest in any
portion of the Assets in connection with a Sale thereof, and to take all action necessary to effect
such Sale. No purchaser or transferee at such a sale shall be bound to ascertain the Trustee’s
authority, to inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of
any Monies.
Section IV.18Action on the Debt. The Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on
the Debt or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking or obtaining of or
application for any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this
Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Trustee or the Debtholders shall be impaired by the
recovery of any judgment by the Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under
such judgment upon any portion of the Assets or upon any of the assets of the Issuer.
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ARTICLE V
THE TRUSTEE
Section V.1Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during the continuance
of an Event of Default known to the Trustee:
(i)the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth herein, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii)in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; provided that in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they substantially conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture and
shall promptly, but in any event within three Business Days in the case of an Officer’s
certificate furnished by the Collateral Manager, notify the party delivering the same if
such certificate or opinion does not conform. If a corrected form shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 15 days after such notice from the Trustee, the Trustee
shall so notify the Debtholders.
(a)In case an Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions, if any, from a Majority of the
Controlling Class, or such other percentage as permitted by this Indenture, exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person’s own affairs.
(b)No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i)this sub-section shall not be construed to limit the effect of sub-
section (a) of this Section 6.1;
(ii)the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it shall be proven that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii)the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Issuer or the
Collateral Manager in accordance with this Indenture and/or a Majority (or such other
percentage as may be required by the terms hereof) of the Controlling Class (or other
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Class if required or permitted by the terms hereof), relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;
(iv)no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial or other liability in the performance
of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers
contemplated hereunder, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it unless such risk or liability relates to the performance of its
ordinary services, including mailing of notices under this Indenture; and
(v)in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive
or consequential loss or damage (including lost profits) even if the Trustee has been
advised of the likelihood of such damages and regardless of such action.
(c)For all purposes under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to
have notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default described in Sections 5.1(c), (d),
(e), (f) or (g) unless a Trust Officer assigned to and working in the Corporate Trust Office has
actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such an Event of
Default or Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice
references the Debt generally, the Issuer or this Indenture. For purposes of determining the
Trustee’s responsibility and liability hereunder, whenever reference is made herein to such an
Event of Default or a Default, such reference shall be construed to refer only to such an Event of
Default or Default of which the Trustee is deemed to have notice as described in this Section 6.1.
(d)Upon the Trust Officer receiving written notice from the Collateral
Manager stating that an event constituting “Cause” as defined in the Collateral Management
Agreement has occurred, the Trustee shall, not later than five Business Days thereafter, forward
such notice to the Noteholders (as their names appear in the Note Register), the Class A-L
Lenders) as their names appear in the Loan Register).
(e)Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1.
(f)The Trustee shall, upon reasonable (but no less than three Business Days’)
prior written notice to the Trustee, permit any representative of a Holder of Debt, during the
Trustee’s normal business hours, to examine all books of account, records, reports and other
papers of the Trustee (other than items protected by attorney-client privilege or in violation of
any confidentiality provisions contained therein) relating to the Debt, to make copies and extracts
therefrom (the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in making any such copies or extracts
to be reimbursed to the Trustee by such Holder) and to discuss the Trustee’s actions, as such
actions relate to the Trustee’s duties with respect to the Debt, with the Trust Officers and
employees responsible for carrying out the Trustee’s duties with respect to the Debt.
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Section V.2Notice of Event of Default. Promptly (and in no event later than three
Business Days) after the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known to a Trust Officer of
the Trustee or after any declaration of acceleration has been made or delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.2, the Trustee shall provide written notice to the Collateral Manager, S&P
and all Holders (as their names and addresses appear in the Note Register and/or Loan Register,
as applicable), of all Event of Defaults hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived.
Section V.3Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.1:
(a)the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, note or other paper, electronic communication or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party
or parties; provided that any electronically signed document delivered via electronic mail or
other transmission method from a person purporting to be an Officer shall be considered signed
or executed by such Officer on behalf of the applicable Person, and the Trustee shall have no
duty to inquire into or investigate the authenticity or authorization of any such electronic
signature and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such electronic signature without any
liability with respect thereto;
(b)any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order, as the case may be;
(c)whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall (i) deem
it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s certificate or Issuer Order or (ii) be
required to determine the value of any Assets or funds hereunder or the cash flows projected to
be received therefrom, the Trustee may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely on reports of
nationally recognized accountants (which may or may not be the Independent accountants
appointed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.11 hereunder), investment bankers or other
Persons qualified to provide the information required to make such determination, including
nationally recognized dealers in Assets of the type being valued, securities quotation services,
loan pricing services and loan valuation agents;
(d)as a condition to the taking or omitting of any action by it hereunder, the
Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e)the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise or to honor any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have provided to the Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses (including reasonable
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attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities which might reasonably be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(f)the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, note or other paper, electronic communication or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may, and upon the written direction of a Majority of the
Controlling Class or of S&P shall (subject to the right hereunder to be reasonably satisfactorily
indemnified for associated expense and liability), make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit or as it shall be directed, and the Trustee shall be entitled,
on reasonable prior notice to the Issuer and the Collateral Manager, to examine the books and
records relating to the Debt and the Assets, personally or by agent or attorney, during the Issuer’s
or the Collateral Manager’s normal business hours; provided that the Trustee shall, and shall
cause its agents to, hold in confidence all such information, except (i) to the extent disclosure
may be required by law by any regulatory, administrative or Governmental Authority and (ii) to
the extent that the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine that such disclosure is consistent
with its obligations hereunder; provided, further, that the Trustee may disclose on a confidential
basis any such information to its agents, attorneys and auditors in connection with the
performance of its responsibilities hereunder;
(g)the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys; provided that the
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent
appointed or attorney appointed, with due care by it hereunder;
(h)the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in
good faith that it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers hereunder,
including actions or omissions to act at the direction of the Collateral Manager;
(i)nothing herein shall be construed to impose an obligation on the part of
the Trustee to monitor, recalculate, evaluate or verify or independently determine the accuracy of
any report, certificate or information received from the Issuer or Collateral Manager (unless and
except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein);
(j)to the extent any defined term hereunder, or any calculation required to be
made or determined by the Trustee hereunder, is dependent upon or defined by reference to
generally accepted accounting principles (as in effect in the United States) (“GAAP”), the
Trustee shall be entitled to request and receive (and rely upon) instruction from the Issuer or the
accountants identified in the Accountants’ Report (and in the absence of its receipt of timely
instruction therefrom, which may or may not be the Independent accountants appointed by the
Issuer pursuant to Section 10.11 hereunder, shall be entitled to obtain from an Independent
accountant at the expense of the Issuer) as to the application of GAAP in such connection, in any
instance;
(k)the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions or omissions of, or any
inaccuracies in the records of, the Collateral Manager, the Issuer any Paying Agent (other than
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the Trustee), DTC, Euroclear, Clearstream, or any other clearing agency or depository or for the
actions or omissions of any such Person (including compliance with Rule 17g-5 requirements in
accordance with Section 14.16 hereunder) and without limiting the foregoing, the Trustee shall
not be under any obligation to monitor, evaluate or verify compliance by the Collateral Manager
with the terms hereof or of the Collateral Management Agreement, or to verify or independently
determine the accuracy of information received by the Trustee from the Collateral Manager (or
from any selling institution, agent bank, trustee or similar source) with respect to the Assets;
(l)notwithstanding any term hereof (or any term of the UCC that might
otherwise be construed to be applicable to a “securities intermediary” as defined in the UCC) to
the contrary, none of the Trustee, the Custodian or the Securities Intermediary shall be under a
duty or obligation in connection with the acquisition or Grant by the Issuer to the Trustee of any
item constituting the Assets, or to evaluate the sufficiency of the documents or instruments
delivered to it by or on behalf of the Issuer in connection with its Grant or otherwise, or in that
regard to examine any Underlying Document, in each case, in order to determine compliance
with applicable requirements of and restrictions on transfer in respect of such Assets;
(m)in the event the Bank (in its individual capacity or as Trustee), U.S. Bank
National Association or any Affiliate is also acting in the capacity of Paying Agent, Note
Registrar, Transfer Agent, Loan Agent, Custodian, Calculation Agent, Authenticating Agent, or
Securities Intermediary, the rights, protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities afforded to
the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI shall also be afforded to the Bank, U.S. Bank National
Association or such other Affiliate acting in such capacities; provided that such rights,
protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities shall be in addition to any rights, immunities
and indemnities provided in the Class A-L Loan Agreement, Securities Account Control
Agreement or any other documents to which the Bank, U.S. Bank National Association or such
other Affiliate in such capacity is a party; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be
construed to impose upon the Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Transfer Agent, Loan Agent,
Custodian, Calculation Agent, Authenticating Agent, or Securities Intermediary any of the duties
or standard of care (including, without limitation, any duties of a prudent person) of the Trustee;
(n)any permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking actions
enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty;
(o)the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of
the execution of this Indenture or otherwise;
(p)the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any matter
unless a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice thereof is received
by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the Debt generally, the
Issuer, the Class A-L Loan Agreement or this Indenture. Whenever reference is made herein to a
Default or an Event of Default such reference shall, insofar as determining any liability on the
part of the Trustee is concerned, be construed to refer only to a Default or an Event of Default of
which the Trustee is deemed to have knowledge in accordance with this paragraph;
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(q)the Trustee shall not be responsible for delays or failures in performance
resulting from circumstances beyond its control (such circumstances include but are not limited
to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer
(hardware or software) or communication services);
(r)to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, the
Trustee will obtain, verify, and record information that identifies individuals or entities that
establish a relationship or open an account with the Trustee. The Trustee will ask for the name,
address, tax identification number and other information that will allow the Trustee to identify
the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account. The Trustee
may also ask for formation documents such as organizational documents, an offering
memorandum, or other identifying documents to be provided;
(s)in making or disposing of any investment permitted by this Indenture, the
Trustee is authorized to deal with itself (in its individual capacity) or with any one or more of its
Affiliates, in each case on an arm’s-length basis, whether it or such Affiliate is acting as a
subagent of the Trustee or for any third party or dealing as principal for its own account. If
otherwise qualified, obligations of the Bank or any of its Affiliates shall qualify as Eligible
Investments hereunder;
(t)the Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive additional
compensation that could be deemed to be in the Trustee’s economic self-interest for (i) serving as
investment adviser, administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or subcustodian with
respect to certain of the Eligible Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain
Eligible Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Eligible Investments. Such
compensation is not payable or reimbursable under Section 6.7 of this Indenture;
(u)the Trustee shall have no duty (i) to see to any recording, filing, or
depositing of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or any financing statement or
continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such
recording, filing or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof or (ii)
to maintain any insurance;
(v)neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Administrator shall be responsible
for determining (i) if a Collateral Obligation meets the criteria or eligibility restrictions imposed
by this Indenture or (ii) if the Collateral Manager has not provided it with the information
necessary for making such determination whether the conditions specified in the definition of
“Deliver,” “Delivered,” or “Delivery” have been complied with;
(w)the Collateral Administrator shall have the same rights, privileges and
indemnities afforded to the Trustee in this Article VI; provided, that such rights, protections,
benefits, immunities and indemnities shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any rights,
protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities provided in the Collateral Administration
Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be construed to impose upon the
Collateral Administrator any of the duties or standard of care (including, without limitation, any
duties of a prudent person) of the Trustee;
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(x)the Trustee is hereby authorized and directed by the Issuer to execute the
EU/UK Retention Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee has no responsibility for
the contents of the EU/UK Retention Agreement or its sufficiency for any purpose. Nothing
herein shall be construed to impose any liability or obligation on the part of the Trustee to
monitor compliance by any person with the U.S. Risk Retention Rules or the EU/UK Risk
Retention Requirements, nor will the Trustee be deemed to have any knowledge of any failure to
comply with the U.S. Risk Retention Rules or the EU/UK Risk Retention Requirements unless a
Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact
such failure to comply with the U.S. Risk Retention Rules or the EU/UK Risk Retention
Requirements is received by a Trust Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and
such notice references this Indenture;
(y)[reserved]; and
(z)the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator shall be entitled to
conclusively rely on the Collateral Manager with respect to whether or not a Collateral
Obligation meets the criteria specified in the definition thereof and for the characterization,
classification, designation or categorization of each Collateral Obligation to the extent such
characterization, classification, designation or categorization is subjective or judgmental in
nature or based on information not readily available to the Trustee and Collateral Administrator.
Section V.4Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt. The recitals contained
herein and in the Debt, other than the Certificate of Authentication thereon, shall be taken as the
statements of the Issuer; and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture (except as may
be made with respect to the validity of the Trustee’s obligations hereunder), the Assets or the
Debt. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of the Debt or
the proceeds thereof or any Money paid to the Issuer pursuant to the provisions hereof.
Section V.5May Hold Debt. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Loan Agent, Note
Registrar, Loan Registrar or any other agent of the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity,
may become the owner or pledgee of Debt and/or additional Debt issued pursuant to Sections
2.13 and 3.2, if any, and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any of their Affiliates with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Loan Agent, Note Registrar,
Loan Registrar or such other agent.
Section V.6Money Held for the Benefit of the Secured Debtholders. Money held
by the Trustee hereunder shall be held for the benefit of the Secured Debtholders to the extent
required herein. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any Money received by it
hereunder except to the extent of income or other gain on investments which are deposits in or
certificates of deposit of the Bank in its commercial capacity and income or other gain actually
received by the Trustee on Eligible Investments.
Section V.7Compensation and Reimbursement. (a) The Issuer agrees:
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(i)to pay the Trustee (and the Bank, U.S. Bank National Association
and any Affiliate thereof in each of their other capacities under the Transaction
Documents) on each Payment Date reasonable compensation, as set forth in a separate
fee schedule, for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(ii)except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee (and the Bank, U.S. Bank National Association and any Affiliate thereof in each
of their other capacities under the Transaction Documents) in a timely manner upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee, the Bank, U.S. Bank National Association or any Affiliate in each of their other
capacities under the Transaction Documents in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture or other Transaction Document (including, without limitation, securities
transaction charges and the reasonable compensation and expenses and disbursements of
its agents and legal counsel and of any accounting firm or investment banking firm
employed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.4, 5.5, 6.3(c) or 10.8, except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith) but with respect to securities transaction charges, only to the
extent any such charges have not been waived during a Collection Period due to the
Trustee’s receipt of a payment from a financial institution with respect to certain Eligible
Investments, as specified by the Collateral Manager;
(iii)to indemnify the Trustee, the Bank, U.S. Bank National
Association and any Affiliate thereof in each of their other capacities under the
Transaction Documents and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for,
and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad
faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Indenture or the performance of its duties hereunder or the any of the other
Transaction Documents, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) against any claim or liability whether
brought by or involving any party to the Transaction Documents or any third party in
connection with the administration exercise or performance of any of their powers or
duties hereunder and under any other agreement or instrument related hereto or the
enforcement of any provision under any Transaction Document; and
(iv)to pay the Trustee reasonable additional compensation together
with its expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) for any collection or enforcement
action taken pursuant to Section 6.13 or Article V, respectively.
(a)The Trustee shall receive amounts pursuant to this Section 6.7 and any
other amounts payable to it under this Indenture or in any of the Transaction Documents to
which the Trustee is a party only as provided in Sections 11.1(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) but only to the
extent that funds are available for the payment thereof. Subject to Section 6.9, the Trustee shall
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continue to serve as Trustee under this Indenture notwithstanding the fact that the Trustee shall
not have received amounts due it hereunder; provided that nothing herein shall impair or affect
the Trustee’s rights under Section 6.9. No direction by the Debtholders shall affect the right of
the Trustee to collect amounts owed to it under this Indenture. If, on any date when a fee or an
expense shall be payable to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, insufficient funds are available
for the payment thereof, any portion of a fee or an expense not so paid shall be deferred and
payable on such later date on which a fee or an expense shall be payable and sufficient funds are
available therefor.
(b)The Trustee hereby agrees not to cause the filing of a petition in
bankruptcy against the Issuer for the non-payment to the Trustee of any amounts provided by this
Section 6.7 until at least one year and one day, or, if longer, the applicable preference period then
in effect plus one day, after the payment in full of all Debt issued under this Indenture and the
Class A-L Loan Agreement.
(c)The Issuer’s payment obligations to the Trustee under this Section 6.7
shall be secured by the lien of this Indenture payable in accordance with the Priority of
Payments, and shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the
Trustee.
Section V.8Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder which shall be an Independent organization or entity organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, authorized under such laws
to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.
$200,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, having a long
term issuer rating of at least “BBB+” by S&P and having an office within the United States, and
who makes the representations contained in Section 6.17. If such organization or entity publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.8, the combined
capital and surplus of such organization or entity shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent published report of condition. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.8, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VI.
Section V.9Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this
Article VI shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
under Section 6.10.
(a)The Trustee may resign at any time by giving not less than 30 days’
written notice thereof to the Issuer (and, subject to Section 14.3(c), the Issuer shall provide notice
to S&P if S&P is still rating a Class of Secured Debt), the Collateral Manager and the Holders of
the Debt. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee or trustees satisfying the requirements of Section 6.8 by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by an Officer of the Issuer, one copy of which shall be delivered to the
Trustee so resigning and one copy to the successor Trustee or Trustees, together with a copy to
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each Holder of the Secured Debt, each Holder of the Subordinated Notes and the Collateral
Manager; provided that such successor Trustee shall be appointed only upon the Act of a
Majority of the Debt of each Class, voting together or, at any time when an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, by an Act of a Majority of the Controlling Class. If no
successor Trustee shall have been appointed and an instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice
of resignation, the resigning Trustee or any Holder, on behalf of itself and all others similarly
situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.8.
(b)The Trustee may be removed at any time upon 30 days’ written notice by
Act of a Majority of the Controlling Class, a Majority of the Subordinated Notes and a Majority
of each other Class of Debt, voting together or, when an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing by an Act of a Majority of the Controlling Class, delivered to the Trustee and
to the Issuer.
(c)If at any time:
(i)the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.8 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder; or
(ii)the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
as bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver or liquidator of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then, in
any such case (subject to Section (a)), (A) the Issuer, by Issuer Order, may remove the
Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 5.15, any Holder may, on behalf of itself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d)If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if
a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any reason (other than resignation), the
Issuer, by Issuer Order, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If the Issuer shall fail to
appoint a successor Trustee within 60 days after such resignation, removal or incapability or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee may be appointed by a Majority of the
Controlling Class by written instrument delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee. The
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become
the successor Trustee and supersede any successor Trustee proposed by the Issuer. If no
successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or a Majority of the Controlling
Class and shall have accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, subject to
Section 5.15, the Trustee or any Holder may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e)The Issuer shall give prompt notice of each resignation and removal of the
Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee by providing notice of such event to the
Collateral Manager, S&P, the Loan Agent and the Holders of the Notes (as their names and
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addresses appear in the Note Register) and to the Class A-L Lender (as their names and
addresses appear in the Loan Register). Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. If the Issuer fails to provide such notice
within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee
shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the Issuer.
(f)Any resignation or removal of the Trustee under this Section 6.9 shall be
an effective resignation or removal of the Bank, U.S. Bank National Association and any
Affiliate thereof in each of their other capacities under this Indenture and as Collateral
Administrator under the Collateral Administration Agreement and in any other applicable
capacity under the Transaction Documents.
Section V.10Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor Trustee
appointed hereunder shall meet the requirements of Section 6.8, shall make the representations
and warranties contained in Section 6.17, and shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Issuer and the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment. In addition, so long as
the entity serving as the retiring Trustee is the same institution as the Collateral Administrator,
unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Issuer, the successor and the retiring institutions,
such successor Trustee shall automatically become, and hereby so agrees to be, the Collateral
Administrator pursuant to Section 7(f) of the Collateral Administration Agreement and shall
assume the duties of the Collateral Administrator under the terms and conditions of the Collateral
Administration Agreement in its acceptance of appointment as successor Trustee until such time,
if any, as it is replaced as Collateral Administrator by the Issuer pursuant to the Collateral
Administration Agreement. Upon delivery of the required instruments, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and obligations of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Issuer or a Majority of any Class of
Debt or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges then
unpaid, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee or successor
Collateral Administrator, as applicable, all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee,
and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and Money held
by such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.
Section V.11Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of
Trustee. Any organization or entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any organization or entity resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any organization or entity
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided that such organization or entity shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article VI, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any of the Notes has been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
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deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Notes.
Section V.12Co-Trustees. At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal
requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Assets may at the time be located, the
Issuer and the Trustee shall have power to appoint one or more Persons to act as co-trustee (with
notice to S&P), jointly with the Trustee, of all or any part of the Assets, with the power to file
such proofs of claim and take such other actions pursuant to Section 5.6 herein and to make such
claims and enforce such rights of action on behalf of the Holders, as such Holders themselves
may have the right to do, subject to the other provisions of this Section 6.12.
The Issuer shall join with the Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all
instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint a co-trustee. If the Issuer does not
join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by them of a request to do so, the
Trustee shall have the power to make such appointment.
Should any written instrument from the Issuer be required by any co-trustee so appointed,
more fully confirming to such co-trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such
instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Issuer. The Issuer
agrees to pay, to the extent funds are available therefor under Section 11.1(a)(i)(A), for any
reasonable fees and expenses in connection with such appointment.
Every co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be
appointed subject to the following terms:
(a)the Notes shall be authenticated and delivered and all rights, powers,
duties and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, Cash and other personal
property held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be
exercised solely by the Trustee;
(b)the rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee in respect of any property covered by the appointment of a co-trustee shall be
conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee or by the Trustee and such
co-trustee jointly as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee;
(c)the Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing executed by it, with
the concurrence of the Issuer evidenced by an Issuer Order, may accept the resignation of or
remove any co-trustee appointed under this Section 6.12, and in case an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall have the power to accept the resignation of, or
remove, any such co-trustee without the concurrence of the Issuer. A successor to any co-trustee
so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section 6.12;
(d)no co-trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or
omission of the Trustee hereunder;
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(e)the Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act or omission of a co-
trustee; and
(f)any Act of the Holders delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been delivered to each co-trustee.
Section V.13Certain Duties of Trustee Related to Delayed Payment of Proceeds. If
the Trustee shall not have received a payment with respect to any Asset on its Due Date, (a) the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Collateral Manager in writing and (b) unless
within three Business Days (or the end of the applicable grace period for such payment, if any)
after such notice (x) such payment shall have been received by the Trustee or (y) the Issuer, in its
absolute discretion (but only to the extent permitted by Section 10.2(a)), shall have made
provision for such payment satisfactory to the Trustee in accordance with Section 10.2(a), the
Trustee shall, not later than the Business Day immediately following the last day of such period
and in any case upon request by the Collateral Manager, request the issuer of such Asset, the
trustee under the related Underlying Document or a paying agent designated by either of them, as
the case may be, to make such payment not later than three Business Days after the date of such
request. If such payment is not made within such time period, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of clause (iv) of Section 6.1(c), shall take such action as the Collateral Manager shall
direct. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of
Default under this Indenture. If the Issuer or the Collateral Manager requests a release of an
Asset under this Indenture, such release shall be subject to Section 10.10 of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuer or its designee
any payment with respect to any Asset received after the Due Date thereof to the extent the
Issuer previously made provisions for such payment satisfactory to the Trustee in accordance
with this Section 6.13 and such payment shall not be deemed part of the Assets.
Reasonably promptly after receipt thereof, the Trustee will notify and provide to the
Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer a copy of any documents, financial reports, legal
opinions or any other information including, without limitation, any notices, reports, requests for
waiver, consent requests or any other requests or communications relating to the Assets or any
Obligor or to actions affecting the Assets or any Obligor. Upon reasonable request by the
Collateral Manager or the Collateral Administrator, the Trustee further agrees to provide to the
Collateral Manager from time to time, on a timely basis, any information in its possession
relating to the Collateral Obligations, the Equity Securities and the Eligible Investments as
requested so as to enable the Collateral Manager to perform its duties hereunder, under the
Collateral Administration Agreement or under the Collateral Management Agreement.
Section V.14Authenticating Agents. Upon the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall,
and if the Trustee so chooses the Trustee may, appoint one or more Authenticating Agents with
power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in connection
with issuance, transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 8.5, as fully to all intents
and purposes as though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized by such
Sections to authenticate such Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication of
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Notes by an Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section 6.14 shall be deemed to be the
authentication of Notes by the Trustee.
Any Person into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, consolidation or
conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such
Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of
the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor Person.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation
to the Trustee and the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and
the Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the Trustee
shall, upon the written request of the Issuer, promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent
and shall give written notice of such appointment to the Issuer.
Unless the Authenticating Agent is also the same entity as the Trustee, the Issuer agrees
to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services,
and reimbursement for its reasonable expenses relating thereto as an Administrative Expense.
The provisions of Sections 2.8, 6.4 and 6.5 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.
Section V.15Withholding. If any withholding tax is imposed by applicable law on the
Issuer’s payment (or allocations of income) under the Debt, such tax shall reduce the amount
otherwise distributable to the relevant Holder. The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to
retain from amounts otherwise distributable to any Holder sufficient funds for the payment of
any tax that is legally owed or required to be withheld by the Issuer or may be withheld because
of a failure by a Holder to provide any information required under Sections 1441, 1442, 1445,
1446 and 1471-1474 of the Code or any other provisions of any applicable law and to timely
remit such amounts to the appropriate taxing authority. Such authorization shall not prevent the
Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and withholding payment of
such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings. The amount of any
withholding tax imposed with respect to any Debt shall be treated as Cash distributed to the
relevant Holder at the time it is withheld by the Trustee. If there is a possibility that withholding
tax is payable with respect to a distribution, the Paying Agent or the Trustee may, in its sole
discretion, withhold such amounts in accordance with this Section 6.15. If any Holder or
beneficial owner wishes to apply for a refund of any such withholding tax, the Trustee shall
reasonably cooperate with such Person in providing readily available information so long as such
Person agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred. Nothing herein
shall impose an obligation on the part of the Trustee to determine the amount of any tax or
withholding obligation on the part of the Issuer or in respect of the Debt.
Section V.16Representative for Debtholders Only; Agent for each other Secured
Party. With respect to the security interest created hereunder, the delivery of any item of Asset
to the Trustee is to the Trustee as representative of the Debtholders and agent for each other
Secured Party. In furtherance of the foregoing, the possession by the Trustee of any Asset, and
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the endorsement to or registration in the name of the Trustee of any Asset (including without
limitation as entitlement holder of the Custodial Account) are all undertaken by the Trustee in its
capacity as representative of the Debtholders, and agent for each other Secured Party.
Section V.17Representations and Warranties of the Bank. The Bank hereby
represents and warrants as follows, in its individual capacity and in its capacities as described
below (and any Person that becomes a successor Trustee pursuant to Sections 6.9, 6.10, or 6.11,
or a co-trustee pursuant to Section 6.12, represents and warrants as follows in its individual
capacity and in its capacity as Trustee where applicable):
(a)Organization. The Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing as
a national banking association with trust powers under the laws of the United States and has the
power to conduct its business and affairs as a trustee, paying agent, registrar, transfer agent,
custodian and calculation agent.
(b)Authorization; Binding Obligations. The Bank has the corporate power
and authority to perform the duties and obligations of Trustee, Paying Agent, Note Registrar,
Transfer Agent and Calculation Agent under this Indenture. The Bank has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Indenture, and all of
the documents required to be executed by the Bank pursuant hereto. This Indenture has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Bank enforceable in accordance with its terms subject, as to enforcement, (i) to
the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting generally the enforcement of
creditors’ rights as such laws would apply in the event of any bankruptcy, receivership,
insolvency or similar event applicable to the Bank and (ii) to general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(c)Eligibility. The Bank is eligible under Section 6.8 to serve as Trustee
hereunder.
(d)No Conflict. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this
Indenture, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture, (i) is
prohibited by, or requires the Bank to obtain any consent, authorization, approval or registration
under, any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree that is
binding upon the Bank or any of its properties or assets, or (ii) will violate any provision of,
result in any default or acceleration of any obligations under, result in the creation or imposition
of any lien pursuant to, or require any consent under, any material agreement to which the Bank
is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
Section VI.1Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will duly and punctually
pay the principal of and interest on the Secured Debt, the Class A-L Loan Agreement, in
accordance with the terms of such Secured Notes and this Indenture pursuant to the Priority of
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Payments. The Issuer will, to the extent funds are available pursuant to the Priority of Payments,
duly and punctually pay all required distributions on the Subordinated Notes, in accordance with
the Subordinated Notes and this Indenture.
Amounts properly withheld under the Code or other applicable law by any Person from a
payment under any Debt shall be considered as having been paid by the Issuer to the relevant
Holder for all purposes of this Indenture and the Class A-L Loan Agreement, as applicable.
Section VI.2Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer hereby appoints the
Trustee as a Paying Agent for payments on the Debt. Notes may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or its agent designated for
purposes of surrender, transfer or exchange. The Issuer hereby appoints Corporation Service
Company, 19 West 44th Street, Suite 200, New York, New York 10036, as agent upon whom
process or demands may be served in any action arising out of or based on this Indenture or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
The Issuer may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the appointment of
any such agent or appoint any additional agents for any or all of such purposes; provided,
however, that the Issuer shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an
office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of such Debt, the
Class A-L Loan Agreement and this Indenture may be served and, subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto, an office or agency outside of the United States where Notes may
be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, further, that no paying agent shall be
appointed in a jurisdiction which would cause payments on the Notes to be subject to aggregate
withholding tax in excess of any withholding tax that was imposed on such payments
immediately before the appointment. The Issuer shall at all times cause a duplicate copy of the
Note Register to be maintained at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The Issuer shall give
written notice as soon as reasonably practicable to the Trustee, the Holders, and S&P of the
appointment or termination of any such agent and of the location and any change in the location
of any such office or agency.
If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or outside the United States, or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, presentations and surrenders may be made (subject
to the limitations described in the preceding paragraph) at, notices and demands may be served
on the Issuer, and Notes may be presented and surrendered for payment to the appropriate Paying
Agent at its main office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the same as their agent to receive such
respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Section VI.3Money for Debt Payments to be Held for the Benefit of the Holders.
All payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Debt that are to be made from
amounts withdrawn from the Payment Account shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the
Trustee or a Paying Agent with respect to payments or distributions on the Debt.
When the Issuer shall have a Paying Agent that is not also the Note Registrar and the
Loan Registrar, they shall furnish, or cause the Note Registrar or Loan Registrar to furnish, as
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applicable, no later than the fifth calendar day after each Record Date a list, if necessary, in such
form as such Paying Agent may reasonably request, of the names and addresses of the Holders
and of the certificate numbers of individual Notes (or loan notes, as applicable) held by each
such Holder.
Whenever the Issuer shall have a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Issuer shall, on
or before the Business Day next preceding each Payment Date and on any Redemption Date, as
the case may be, direct the Trustee to deposit on such Payment Date or such Redemption Date, as
the case may be, with such Paying Agent, if necessary, an aggregate sum sufficient to pay the
amounts then becoming due (to the extent funds are then available for such purpose in the
Payment Account), such sum to be held for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act. Any Monies deposited with a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) in excess of
an amount sufficient to pay the amounts then becoming due on the Debt with respect to which
such deposit was made shall be paid over by such Paying Agent to the Trustee for application in
accordance with Article XI.
The initial Paying Agent shall be as set forth in Section 7.2. Any additional or successor
Paying Agents shall be appointed by Issuer Order with written notice thereof to the Trustee;
provided that so long as the Debt of any Class is rated by S&P with respect to any additional or
successor Paying Agent, either (i) such Paying Agent has a long-term issuer rating of “A+” or
higher by S&P or a short-term issuer rating of “A-1” by S&P or (ii) notice shall have been
provided to S&P. If such successor Paying Agent ceases to have the ratings described in the
immediately preceding sentence, the Issuer shall promptly remove such Paying Agent and
appoint a successor Paying Agent. The Issuer shall not appoint any Paying Agent that is not, at
the time of such appointment, a depository institution or trust company subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities. The Issuer shall cause each Paying
Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such
Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee and if the Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so
agrees, subject to the provisions of this Section 7.3, that such Paying Agent will:
(a)allocate all sums received for payment to the Holders of Debt for which it
acts as Paying Agent on each Payment Date and any Redemption Date among such Persons in
the proportion specified in the applicable Distribution Report to the extent permitted by
applicable law;
(b)hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the
Notes for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons
or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein
provided;
(c)if such Paying Agent is not the Trustee, immediately resign as a Paying
Agent and forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Debt if at
any time it ceases to meet the standards set forth above required to be met by a Paying Agent at
the time of its appointment;
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(d)if such Paying Agent is not the Trustee, immediately give the Trustee
notice of any default by the Issuer in the making of any payment required to be made; and
(e)if such Paying Agent is not the Trustee, during the continuance of any
such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer Order direct any Paying
Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held for the benefit of the Secured Parties by the Issuer or
such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms as those upon
which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such Money.
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, any Money deposited with the
Trustee, the Loan Agent or any Paying Agent for any payment on any Debt and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Issuer on Issuer Order; and the Holder of such Debt shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment of such amounts (but only to the extent of the
amounts so paid to the Issuer) and all liability of the Trustee, such Loan Agent or such Paying
Agent with respect to such deposited Money shall thereupon cease. The Trustee, the Loan Agent
or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such release of payment, may, but shall
not be required to, adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer any reasonable means of
notification of such release of payment, including, but not limited to, providing notice of such
release to Holders whose Debt has been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or
whose right to or interest in Monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the
records of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record of each such Holder.
Section VI.4Existence of the Issuer. (a) The Issuer shall, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, maintain in full force and effect their existence and rights as
companies formed or organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and shall obtain and
preserve their qualification to do business as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in which
such qualifications are or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this
Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement, the Debt or any of the Assets.
(a)The Issuer shall ensure that all corporate or other formalities regarding its
existence (including, to the extent required by applicable law, holding regular board of directors’,
members’, partners’ and shareholders’ or other similar meetings) are followed. The Issuer shall
not take any action, or conduct its affairs in a manner, that is likely to result in its separate
existence being ignored or in its assets and liabilities being substantively consolidated with any
other Person in a bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding. Without limiting
the foregoing, (i) the Issuer shall not have any subsidiaries (except as permitted in this Indenture)
and shall not permit to be enacted, or engage in, any division or plan of division under Delaware
law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws), (ii) the Issuer shall not (A)
have any employees (other than its directors, members or managers, as applicable, to the extent
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any thereof is deemed to be an employee), (B) except as contemplated by the Collateral
Management Agreement, the Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company
Agreement, engage in any transaction with any shareholder or member, as applicable, that would
constitute a conflict of interest or (C) pay dividends other than in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement, the Certificate of Formation and Limited
Liability Company Agreement and (iii) the Issuer shall (A) maintain books and records separate
from any other Person, (B) maintain its accounts separate from those of any other Person, (C) not
commingle its assets with those of any other Person, (D) conduct its own business in its own
name, (E) maintain separate financial statements (if any), (F) pay its own liabilities out of its own
funds, (G) maintain an arm’s length relationship with its Affiliates, (H) use separate stationery,
invoices and checks, (I) hold itself out as a separate Person and (J) correct any known
misunderstanding regarding its separate identity.
Section VI.5Protection of Assets. (a) The Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer
will cause the taking of such action within the Collateral Manager’s control as is reasonably
necessary in order to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Trustee in
the Assets; provided that the Collateral Manager shall be entitled to rely on any Opinion of
Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 7.6 and any Opinion of Counsel with respect to the same
subject matter delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(c) to determine what actions are reasonably
necessary, and shall be fully protected in so relying on such an Opinion of Counsel, unless the
Collateral Manager has actual knowledge that the procedures described in any such Opinion of
Counsel are no longer adequate to maintain such perfection and priority. The Issuer shall from
time to time execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and file or
authorize the filing of all such Financing Statements, continuation statements, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments, and shall take such other action as may be necessary or
advisable or desirable to secure the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder and to:
(i)Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Assets;
(ii)maintain, preserve and perfect any Grant made or to be made by
this Indenture including, without limitation, the first priority nature of the lien or carry
out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(iii)perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made
or to be made by this Indenture (including, without limitation, any and all actions
necessary or desirable as a result of changes in law or regulations);
(iv)enforce any of the Assets or other instruments or property included
in the Assets;
(v)preserve and defend title to the Assets and the rights therein of the
Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Assets against the claims of all
Persons and parties; or
(vi)pay or cause to be paid any and all taxes levied or assessed upon
all or any part of the Assets.
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The Issuer hereby designates the Trustee as its agent and attorney in fact to file and
hereby authorizes the filing of any Financing Statement, continuation statement and all other
instruments, prepared and delivered to it, and take all other actions, required pursuant to this
Section 7.5. Such designation shall not impose upon the Trustee, or release or diminish, the
Issuer’s and the Collateral Manager’s obligations under this Section 7.5. The Issuer further
authorizes and shall cause the Issuer’s counsel to file without the Issuer’s signature an initial
Financing Statement on the Closing Date that names the Issuer as debtor and the Trustee, on
behalf of the Secured Parties, as secured party and that describes “all personal property of the
Debtor now owned or hereafter acquired” as the Assets in which the Trustee has a Grant.
(a)The Trustee shall not, except in accordance with Section 5.5 or
Section 10.10(a), (b) and (c) and Section 12.1, as applicable, permit the removal of any portion
of the Assets or transfer any such Assets from the Account to which it is credited, or cause or
permit any change in the Delivery made pursuant to Section 3.3 with respect to any Assets, if,
after giving effect thereto, the jurisdiction governing the perfection of the Trustee’s security
interest in such Assets is different from the jurisdiction governing the perfection at the time of
delivery of the most recent Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 7.6 (or, if no Opinion of
Counsel has yet been delivered pursuant to Section 7.6, the Opinion of Counsel delivered at the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.1(c)) unless the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the lien and security interest created by this Indenture with respect to
such property and the priority thereof will continue to be maintained after giving effect to such
action or actions.
(b)The Issuer shall make an entry with respect to the security interest created
under this Indenture in the register of mortgages and charges at the Issuer’s registered office in
Delaware.
Section VI.6Opinions as to Assets. On or before each five-year anniversary of the
Closing Date, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee and S&P an Opinion of Counsel relating to
the continued perfection of the security interest granted by the Issuer to the Trustee, stating that,
as of the date of such opinion, the lien and security interest created by this Indenture with respect
to the Assets remain perfected and that no further action (other than as specified in such opinion)
needs to be taken to ensure the continued perfection of such lien over the next five years.
Section VI.7Performance of Obligations. (a) The Issuer, each as to itself, shall not
take any action, and will use their best efforts not to permit any action to be taken by others, that
would release any Person from any of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any
instrument included in the Assets, except in the case of enforcement action taken with respect to
any Defaulted Obligation in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Class A-L Loan
Agreement, and actions by the Collateral Manager under the Collateral Management Agreement
and in conformity therewith or with this Indenture, as applicable, or as otherwise required hereby
or deemed necessary or advisable by the Collateral Manager in accordance with the Collateral
Management Agreement.
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(a)The Issuer shall notify S&P within 10 Business Days after it has received
notice from any Debtholders or the Trustee of any material breach of any Transaction Document,
following any applicable cure period for such breach.
Section VI.8Negative Covenants. (a) The Issuer will not from and after the Closing
Date:
(i)sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of, or pledge,
mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise encumber (or permit such to occur or suffer such to
exist), any part of the Assets, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, the Class
A-L Loan Agreement and the Collateral Management Agreement;
(ii)claim any credit on, make any deduction from, or dispute the
enforceability of payment of the principal or interest payable (or any other amount) in
respect of the Debt (other than amounts withheld or deducted in accordance with the
Code or any applicable laws of any other applicable jurisdiction);
(iii)(A) incur or assume or guarantee any indebtedness, other than the
Debt, this Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby or (B)(1) issue any additional class of Debt except in accordance with
Section 2.13 and 3.2 or incur any additional class of Debt except in accordance herewith
and with the Class A-L Loan Agreement or (2) issue any additional ordinary shares;
(iv)(A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture or any
Grant hereunder to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended,
hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be
released from any covenants or obligations with respect to this Indenture, the Class A-L
Loan Agreement or the Debt except as may be permitted hereby or by the Collateral
Management Agreement, (B) except as permitted by this Indenture, permit any lien,
charge, adverse claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the
lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden any
part of the Assets, any interest therein or the proceeds thereof, or (C) except as permitted
by this Indenture, take any action that would permit the lien of this Indenture not to
constitute a valid first priority security interest in the Assets;
(v)amend the Collateral Management Agreement except pursuant to
the terms thereof and Article XV of this Indenture;
(vi)dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part, except as permitted
hereunder or required by applicable law;
(vii)pay any Cash distributions other than in accordance with the
Priority of Payments;
(viii)permit the formation of any subsidiaries (except as provided in this
Indenture);
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(ix)conduct business under any name other than its own;
(x)have any employees (other than its officers, if any, and managers
to the extent such officers or managers might be considered employees);
(xi)sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of Assets, or enter into
an agreement or commitment to do so or enter into or engage in any business with respect
to any part of the Assets, except as expressly permitted by both this Indenture and the
Collateral Management Agreement; and
(xii)permit the transfer of any of its membership interests so long as
any Secured Debt is Outstanding.
(a)The Issuer shall not be party to any agreements without including
customary “non-petition” and “limited recourse” provisions therein (and shall not amend or
eliminate such provisions in any agreement to which it is party), except for any agreements
related to the purchase and sale of any Assets which contain customary (as determined by the
Collateral Manager in its sole discretion) purchase or sale terms or which are documented using
customary (as determined by the Collateral Manager in its sole discretion) loan trading
documentation.
(b)Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Issuer may
not acquire any of the Notes; provided that this Section 7.8(c) shall not be deemed to limit any
redemption pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
(c)The Issuer shall not fail to maintain an independent director (the
“Independent Director”), which independent director, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be
Independent of the Collateral Manager.
Section VI.9Statement as to Compliance. On or before April 30th in each calendar
year commencing in 2025, or promptly after an Officer of the Issuer becomes aware thereof if
there has been a Default under this Indenture or the Class A-L Loan Agreement and prior to the
issuance of any additional Debt pursuant to Section 2.13, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee
and the Loan Agent (to be forwarded by the Trustee to the Collateral Manager, each Debtholder
making a written request therefor and S&P) an Officer’s certificate of the Issuer that, having
made reasonable inquiries of the Collateral Manager, and to the best of the knowledge,
information and belief of the Issuer, there did not exist, as at a date not more than five days prior
to the date of the certificate, nor had there existed at any time prior thereto since the date of the
last certificate (if any), any Default hereunder or, if such Default did then exist or had existed,
specifying the same and the nature and status thereof, including actions undertaken to remedy the
same, and that the Issuer has complied with all of its obligations under this Indenture and the
Class A-L Loan Agreement or, if such is not the case, specifying those obligations with which it
has not complied.
Section VI.10The Issuer May Consolidate, etc.
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The Issuer (the “Merging Entity”) shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
Person or, except as permitted under this Indenture, transfer or convey all or substantially all of
its assets to any Person, unless permitted by Delaware law and unless:
(a)the Merging Entity shall be the surviving entity, or the Person (if other
than the Merging Entity) formed by such consolidation or into which the Merging Entity is
merged or to which all or substantially all of the assets of the Merging Entity are transferred (the
“Successor Entity”) (A) if the Merging Entity is the Issuer, shall be a company organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware or such other jurisdiction approved by a Majority of the
Controlling Class; provided that no such approval shall be required in connection with any such
transaction undertaken solely to effect a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation pursuant to
Section 7.4, and (B) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto and an omnibus
assumption agreement, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the Loan Agent, each Holder, the
Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Manager, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and interest on all Secured Debt, the payments or distributions on the Subordinated
Notes and the performance and observance of every covenant of this Indenture and of each other
Transaction Document on its part to be performed or observed, all as provided herein or therein,
as applicable;
(b)the S&P Rating Condition shall have been satisfied;
(c)if the Merging Entity is not the Successor Entity, the Successor Entity
shall have agreed with the Trustee (i) to observe the same legal requirements for the recognition
of such formed or surviving entity as a legal entity separate and apart from any of its Affiliates as
are applicable to the Merging Entity with respect to its Affiliates and (ii) not to consolidate or
merge with or into any other Person or, except as permitted by this Indenture, transfer or convey
the Assets or all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person except in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 7.10;
(d)if the Merging Entity is not the Successor Entity, the Successor Entity
shall have delivered to the Trustee, the Loan Agent and S&P an Officer’s certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel each stating that such Person is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing in the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized; that such Person has sufficient
power and authority to assume the obligations set forth in sub-section (a) above and to execute
and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto and an omnibus assumption agreement for the
purpose of assuming such obligations; that such Person has duly authorized the execution,
delivery and performance of a supplemental indenture hereto and an omnibus assumption
agreement for the purpose of assuming such obligations and that such supplemental indenture is
a valid, legal and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject only to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(e)if the Merging Entity is the Issuer, that, immediately following the event
which causes such Successor Entity to become the successor to the Issuer, (i) such Successor
Entity has title, free and clear of any lien, security interest or charge, other than the lien and
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security interest of this Indenture and any other Permitted Liens, to the Assets securing all of the
Debt and (ii) the Trustee continues to have a valid perfected first priority security interest in the
Assets securing all of the Secured Debt; and in each case as to such other matters as the Trustee,
the Loan Agent or any Debtholder may reasonably require; provided that nothing in this clause
shall imply or impose a duty on the Trustee to require such other documents;
(f)immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(g)the Merging Entity shall have notified S&P of such consolidation, merger,
transfer or conveyance and shall have delivered to the Trustee, the Loan Agent and each
Debtholder an Officer’s certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, transfer or conveyance and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article VII and that all conditions precedent in this Article VII relating to such transaction have
been complied with;
(h)the Merging Entity shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that after giving effect to such transaction, neither of the Issuer (or, if applicable,
the Successor Entity) will not be required to register as an investment company under the 1940
Act;
(i)immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the Merging Entity or
Successor Entity, as applicable, is not treated as an association or publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or otherwise subject to U.S. federal
income tax on a net income basis (including any withholding tax liability under Section 1446 of
the Code);
(j)the fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee (including any reasonable legal
fees and expenses) associated with the matters addressed in this Section 7.10 shall have been
paid by the Merging Entity (or, if applicable, the Successor Entity) or otherwise provided for to
the satisfaction of the Trustee; and
(k)if the Merging Entity is the Issuer, unanimous consent of the designated
manager of the Issuer and the independent manager of the Issuer, has been obtained.
Section VI.11Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or transfer or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in accordance with Section 7.10
in which the Merging Entity is not the surviving entity, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and
be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Merging Entity under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein. In the
event of any such consolidation, merger, transfer or conveyance, the Person named as the
“Issuer” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor which shall theretofore have
become such in the manner prescribed in this Article VII may be dissolved, wound up and
liquidated at any time thereafter, and such Person thereafter shall be released, without further
action by any Person, from its liabilities as obligor and maker on all the Debt and from its
obligations under this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
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Section VI.12No Other Business. The Issuer shall not have any employees (other than
its officers, if any, and managers to the extent such officers or managers might be considered
employees) and shall not engage in any business or activity other than issuing, selling, paying,
redeeming and refinancing the Debt and any additional Debt pursuant to this Indenture, incurring
the Class A-L Loans pursuant to the Class A-L Loan Agreement acquiring, holding, selling,
exchanging, redeeming and pledging, solely for its own account, the Assets and other incidental
activities thereto, including entering into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The
Issuer may amend or permit the amendment of the provisions of the Certificate of Formation and
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Issuer (or any other organizational document
thereof), respectively, only if such amendment would satisfy the S&P Rating Condition.
Section VI.13[Reserved].
Section VI.14Annual Rating Review. (a) So long as any Secured Debt of any Class
remain Outstanding, on or before April 20, 2025, the Issuer shall request and pay for an annual
review of the rating of each such Class of Secured Debt from S&P. The Issuer shall promptly
notify the Trustee. The Loan Agent and the Collateral Manager in writing (and the Trustee and
the Loan Agent shall each promptly provide the applicable Holders with a copy of such notice) if
at any time the Issuer is notified or has actual knowledge that the then-current rating of any such
Class of Secured Debt has been, or is known will be, changed or withdrawn.
(a)The Issuer shall request and pay for an annual review of (i) any Collateral
Obligation that has an S&P Rating or an S&P Rating determined pursuant to clause 1.1(c)(ii) of
the definition of “S&P Rating” and (ii) any DIP Collateral Obligation.
Section VI.15Reporting. At any time when the Issuer is not subject to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act and are not exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder or beneficial owner of any Debt that completes a
Beneficial Ownership Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D, the Issuer shall promptly
furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information to such Holder or beneficial owner, to a
prospective purchaser of such Note designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, or to the
Trustee for delivery upon an Issuer Order to such Holder or beneficial owner or a prospective
purchaser designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, in order to permit
compliance by such Holder or beneficial owner with Rule 144A in connection with the resale of
such Note. “Rule 144A Information” shall be such information as is specified pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto).
Section VI.16Calculation Agent. (a) The Issuer hereby agrees that for so long as any
Secured Debt remains Outstanding there will at all times be an agent appointed by the Issuer
(which does not control or is not controlled or under common control with the Issuer or its
Affiliates or the Collateral Manager or its Affiliates) to calculate the Reference Rate for each
Interest Accrual Period on the Interest Determination Date or, if the Reference Rate is not the
Term SOFR Rate, the time determined by the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Issuer) and
adopted in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes (the “Calculation
Agent”). The Issuer hereby appoints the Collateral Administrator as Calculation Agent. The
Calculation Agent may be removed by the Issuer or the Collateral Manager, on behalf of the
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Issuer, at any time. If the Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is removed
by the Issuer or the Collateral Manager, on behalf of the Issuer, the Issuer or the Collateral
Manager, on behalf of the Issuer, will promptly appoint a replacement Calculation Agent which
does not control or is not controlled by or under common control with the Issuer or its Affiliates
or the Collateral Manager or its Affiliates and provide notice thereof to the Trustee and the
Collateral Administrator. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties or be removed without
a successor having been duly appointed.
(a)The Calculation Agent shall be required to agree (and the Collateral
Administrator as Calculation Agent does hereby agree) that, as soon as possible after 5:00 a.m.
Chicago time on each Interest Determination Date, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m. New
York time on the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following each Interest
Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the Interest Rate applicable to each
Class of Secured Debt during the related Interest Accrual Period and the Debt Interest Amount
(in each case, rounded to the nearest cent, with half a cent being rounded upward) payable on the
related Payment Date in respect of such Class of Secured Debt in respect of the related Interest
Accrual Period. At such time, the Calculation Agent will communicate such rates and amounts to
the Issuer, the Trustee, the Loan Agent, each Paying Agent, DTC, the Collateral Manager,
Euroclear and Clearstream. The Calculation Agent will also notify the Issuer before 5:00 p.m.
New York time on every Interest Determination Date if it has not determined and is not in the
process of determining any such Interest Rate or Debt Interest Amount together with its reasons
therefor. The Calculation Agent’s determination of the foregoing rates and amounts for any
Interest Accrual Period will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding upon all
parties. Neither the Calculation Agent nor the Loan Agent nor the Trustee shall have any
responsibility or liability for the selection of an alternative base rate (including a Reference Rate,
an Alternative Rate, a Fallback Rate and/or a Benchmark Replacement Rate) or determination
thereof, or any liability for any failure or delay in performing its duties hereunder as a result of
the unavailability of a “base rate” in accordance herewith.
(b)Neither the Calculation Agent nor the Collateral Manager shall have any
liability for any interest rate published by any publication that is the source for determining the
interest rates of the Secured Debt, including but not limited to rates published by the Federal
Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or on the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York’s Website.
(c)The Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the
Calculation Agent shall have no obligation, responsibility or liability for (i) monitoring,
determining or verifying the unavailability or cessation of the Term SOFR Rate (or other
Reference Rate), or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other
transaction party of the occurrence of, a Benchmark Transition Event or Benchmark
Replacement Date, (ii) the designation, determination, selection, identification or adoption of an
Alternative Rate (including any Benchmark Replacement Rate, Designated Base Rate, Fallback
Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR Rate, Benchmark Replacement Rate Adjustment or any other reference
rate component or modifier thereto and any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes) as a
successor or replacement benchmark to the Term SOFR Rate or determining whether any such
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rate is a Benchmark Replacement Rate or Fallback Rate or whether the conditions to the
designation of such rate or the adoption of a Reference Rate Amendment have been satisfied
(subject to, and except as otherwise provided in, this Indenture) and shall be entitled to rely upon
any designation, determination or selection of such rate by the Collateral Manager or (iii)
determining whether or what Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes or Reference Rate
Amendment, if any, are necessary or advisable in connection with any of the foregoing or, with
respect to each Floating Rate Obligation, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Administrator
shall have any responsibility or liability to (w) monitor the status of the Term SOFR Rate or
other applicable reference rate, (x) determine whether a substitute index or reference rate should
or could be selected, (y) determine the selection of any such substitute reference rate and (z)
exercise any right related to the foregoing on behalf of the Issuer, the Holders or any other
Person.
(d)The Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the
Calculation Agent shall have no liability for any inability, failure or delay in the performance of
its duties hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents as a result of the unavailability or
disruption of “Term SOFR Rate” or other Reference Rate (including any inability to calculate the
Alternative Rate selected by the Collateral Manager) and absence of an alternate or replacement
reference rate, including as a result of any inability, delay, error or inaccuracy on the part of any
other transaction party, including without limitation the Collateral Manager, in providing any
direction, instruction, notice or information required or contemplated by the terms of this
Indenture and reasonably required for the performance of such duties.
(e)None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Collateral Administrator or the
Calculation Agent shall have any liability for any interest rate published by any publication that
is the source for determining the Interest Rates of the Secured Debt, or for any rates compiled by
the LSTA or ARRC or any successors thereto, or for any rates published on any publicly
available source, or in any of the foregoing cases for any delay, error or inaccuracy in the
publication of any such rates, or for any subsequent correction or adjustment thereto.
Section VI.17Certain Tax Matters. (a) The Issuer will treat the Issuer and the Debt as
described in the “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” section of the Offering
Circular for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes and will take no action
inconsistent with such treatment unless required by law.
(a)The Issuer will prepare and file (or will hire accountants and the
accountants will prepare and file) for each taxable year of the Issuer any U.S. federal, state and
local tax returns and reports required under the Code or any other applicable law, and will
provide (or cause to be provided) to each Holder (including, for purposes of this Section 7.17,
any beneficial owner of Debt) any information that such Holder reasonably requests in order for
such Holder to comply with its U.S. federal, state or local tax return filing and information
reporting obligations.
(b)Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Issuer shall take,
any and all reasonable actions that may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the Issuer
satisfies any and all withholding and tax payment obligations under Code Sections 1441, 1442,
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1445, 1446, 1471, 1472, and any other provision of the Code or other applicable law. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) Issuer may withhold any amount that it or any advisor
retained by the Trustee on its behalf determines is required to be withheld from any amounts
otherwise distributable to any Person and (ii) if reasonably able to do so, the Issuer shall deliver
or cause to be delivered an IRS W-9 or successor applicable form and other properly completed
and executed documentation, as it determines is necessary to permit the Issuer to receive
payments without withholding or deduction or at a reduced rate of withholding or deduction.
(c)Upon the Issuer’s or the Trustee’s receipt of a written request of a Holder
or written request of a Person certifying that it is an owner of a beneficial interest in Debt,
delivered in accordance with the notice procedures of Section 14.3, for the information described
in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1275-3(b)(1)(i) that is applicable to such Holder,
the Issuer shall promptly cause its Independent accountants to provide such information to the
Trustee, and the Trustee shall promptly provide such information to the requesting Holder.
(d)The Collateral Manager will be the initial “partnership representative” (the
“Partnership Representative”) (or, if not eligible under the Code to be the Partnership
Representative, the agent and attorney-in-fact of the Partnership Representative) and may
designate the Partnership Representative from time to time with respect to any taxable year of the
Issuer during which the Collateral Manager holds or has held any Subordinated Notes (and if
such designee is not eligible under the Code to be the Partnership Representative, it shall be the
agent and attorney-in-fact of the Partnership Representative); provided, that during any other
period or if the Collateral Manager declines to so designate a Partnership Representative, the
Issuer (after consultation with the Collateral Manager) shall designate the Partnership
Representative from among any beneficial owners of Subordinated Notes (and if such designee is
not eligible under the Code to be the Partnership Representative, it shall be the agent and
attorney-in-fact of the Partnership Representative). The Partnership Representative (or, if
applicable, its agent and attorney in fact), shall sign the Issuer’s tax returns and is authorized to
make tax elections on behalf of the Issuer in its reasonable discretion, to determine the amount
and characterization of any allocations or tax items described in this Indenture in its reasonable
discretion, and to take all actions and do such things as required or as it shall deem appropriate
under the Code, at the Issuer’s sole expense, including representing the Issuer before taxing
authorities and courts in tax matters affecting the Issuer and the beneficial owners of
Subordinated Notes (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) in their capacity as
partners in the Issuer. Any action taken by the Partnership Representative in connection with
audits of the Issuer under the Code will, to the extent permitted by law, be binding upon the
“equity owners” (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of the Issuer. Each such beneficial owner
agrees that it will treat any Issuer item on such beneficial owner’s income tax returns consistently
with the treatment of the item on the Issuer’s tax return and that such beneficial owner will not
independently act with respect to tax audits or tax litigation affecting the Issuer, unless
previously authorized to do so in writing by the Partnership Representative (or, if applicable, its
agent and attorney-in-fact), which authorization may be withheld in the complete discretion of
the Partnership Representative (or, if applicable, its agent and attorney in fact). The Issuer will,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, reimburse and indemnify the Partnership Representative
and any agent and attorney-in-fact of such Partnership Representative in connection with any
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expenses reasonably incurred in connection with its performance of its duties as or on behalf of
the Partnership Representative. For the avoidance of doubt, any indemnity or reimbursement
provided pursuant to the immediately foregoing sentence shall be treated as an Administrative
Expense pursuant to the definition thereof.
(e)The Partnership Representative shall establish and maintain or cause to be
established and maintained on the books and records of the Issuer an individual capital account
for each Holder of Subordinated Notes (which, for purposes of this Section 7.17(f) and
Section 7.17(g) through (j) and (m), shall include any “partner” of the Issuer (as determined for
U.S. federal income tax purposes)), in accordance with Section 704(b) of the Code and Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).
(f)After giving effect to Section 7.17(h) and Section 7.17(i), all Issuer items
of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the Holders of Subordinated Notes
in a manner such that, after the allocation, each such Holder’s capital account is equal (as nearly
as possible) to the amount that such Holder would receive from the Issuer if the Issuer (i) sold all
of its assets for their Book Values, (ii) applied the proceeds to discharge Issuer liabilities at face
amount, and (iii) distributed the remaining proceeds in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture (other than this Section 7.17), minus the sum of such Holder’s share of “partnership
minimum gain” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2)) and “partner
nonrecourse debt minimum gain” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704¬2(i)(3)).
(g)(i) This Section 7.17(h)(i) incorporates by reference, as if fully set forth
herein, the “minimum gain chargeback” requirement contained in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f), the “partner minimum gain chargeback” requirement contained in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i), and the “qualified income offset” requirement contained in
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
(i)In the event that any Holder of Subordinated Notes has a deficit
capital account at the end of any Issuer taxable year that is in excess of the amount such
Holder is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of
Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Holder will be
allocated items of Issuer income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as
possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an allocation pursuant to this Section 7.17(h)(ii)
will be made only if and to the extent that such Holder would have a deficit capital
account in excess of such amount after all other allocations provided for in this
Section 7.17 have been tentatively made as if this Section 7.17 did not include this
Section 7.17(h)(ii) or the “qualified income offset” requirement of Section 7.17(h)(i).
(i)Nonrecourse deductions (within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) will be specially allocated to the Holders of
Subordinated Notes in the same manner as if they were not nonrecourse deductions.
(ii)No Holder of Subordinated Notes will be allocated items of loss or
deduction under Section 7.17(g) or Section 7.17(i) if such allocation would cause or
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increase a deficit balance in such Holder’s capital account as of the end of the Issuer
taxable year to which such allocation relates, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
(h)It is the intent of the Issuer that, to the extent possible, all special
allocations made pursuant to Section 7.17(h) be offset either with other special allocations made
pursuant to Section 7.17(h) or with special allocations made pursuant to this Section 7.17(i).
Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7.17 (other than Section 7.17(h)),
offsetting special allocations of Issuer items of income, gain, loss and deduction will be made so
that, after such offsetting allocations are made, the capital account balance of each Holder of
Subordinated Notes is, to the extent possible, equal to the capital account balance such Holder
would have had if the special allocations made pursuant to Section 7.17(h) were not part of this
Section 7.17 and all Issuer items of income, gain, loss and deduction were allocated pursuant to
Section 7.17(g).
(i)For U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, items of Issuer
income, gain, loss, and deduction will be allocated among the Holders of Subordinated Notes in
accordance with the allocations of the corresponding items for capital account purposes under
this Section 7.17(j), except that items with respect to which there is a difference between
adjusted tax basis and Book Value will be allocated in accordance with Section 704(c) of the
Code using a method chosen by the Partnership Representative as described in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-3.
(j)The Partnership Representative is authorized to amend the allocations
described in this Section 7.17 as necessary to ensure that all allocations made pursuant to this
Section 7.17 are treated as having “substantial economic effect” within the meaning of
Section 704 of the Code.
(k)In connection with a Re-Pricing or a Reference Rate Amendment
constituting a significant modification for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Issuer will, and
will cause its Independent accountants to, comply with any requirements under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1273-2(f)(9) (or any successor provision), including (i) determining
whether Debt of the Re-Priced Class or Debt replacing the Re-Priced Class or the Debt subject to
the Reference Rate Amendment, as applicable, are traded on an established market, (ii) if so
traded, causing its Independent accountants to determine the fair market value of such Debt, and
(iii) making available such fair market value determination available to Holders in a
commercially reasonable fashion, including by electronic publication, within 90 days of the date
that the new Debt are issued.
(l)If the IRS, in connection with an audit governed by the tax audit rules that
apply to partnerships that are contemplated by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the
“Partnership Tax Audit Rules”), proposes an adjustment greater than $25,000 in the amount of
any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit of the Issuer, or any partner’s distributive
share thereof, and such adjustment results in an “imputed underpayment” as described in
Section 6225(b) of the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, together with
any guidance issued thereunder or successor provisions (a “Covered Audit Adjustment”), the
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Partnership Representative will use commercially reasonable efforts (taking into account whether
the Partnership Representative has received any needed information on a timely basis from the
Holders of the Subordinated Notes), to apply the alternative method provided by Section 6226 of
the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, together with any guidance issued
thereunder or successor provisions (the “Alternative Method”). In the event the proposed
adjustment is equal to or less than $25,000, the Partnership Representative may in its sole
discretion elect to have the Issuer pay such adjustment. To the extent that the Partnership
Representative does not (or is unable to) elect the Alternative Method with respect to a Covered
Audit Adjustment and such Covered Audit Adjustment is material as to the Issuer (determined in
the Partnership Representative’s sole discretion), the Partnership Representative shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to (i) to the extent not economically or administratively
burdensome or onerous, make reasonable modifications available under Sections 6225(c)(3), (4)
and (5) of the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, together with any
guidance issued thereunder or successor provisions, to the extent that such modifications are
available (taking into account whether the Partnership Representative has received any needed
information on a timely basis from the Holders of the Subordinated Notes) and would reduce any
taxes payable by the Issuer with respect to the Covered Audit Adjustment, and (ii) if reasonably
requested by a Holder of a Subordinated Note, provide to such Holder available information
allowing such Holder to file an amended U.S. federal income tax return, as described in
Section 6225(c)(2) of the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, together with
any guidance issued thereunder or successor provisions, to the extent that such amended return
and payment of any related U.S. federal income taxes would reduce any taxes payable by the
Issuer with respect to the Covered Audit Adjustment (after taking into account any modifications
described in clause (i)). Similar procedures shall be followed in connection with any state or
local income tax audit governed by the Partnership Tax Audit Rules. Any U.S. federal income
taxes (and any related interest and penalties) paid by the Issuer (or any diminution in
distributable proceeds resulting from an adjustment under Partnership Tax Audit Rules) may be
allocated in the reasonable discretion of the Issuer to those Holders to whom such amounts are
specifically attributable (whether as a result of their status, actions, inactions or otherwise), as
determined in the reasonable discretion of the Issuer. The Issuer shall not elect or cause any
election to be made to apply the Partnership Tax Audit Rules to the Issuer prior to the generally
applicable effective date of such legislation, unless the Issuer, in good faith, reasonably
determines that such an election would be in the best interests of the Issuer and all Holders of the
Notes.
(m)Each Holder of any Subordinated Notes (or an interest therein) represents,
or is deemed to represent, that it will not Transfer such Notes (i) to anyone other than a U.S. Tax
Person and (ii) unless it obtains prior written confirmation from the Collateral Manager, acting
on behalf of the Issuer, that the acquisition or transfer will not cause the Subordinated Notes to
be held in the aggregate by more than 90 Single Tax Owners unless (A) such Holder transfers all
of its interest in the Subordinated Notes to a Single Tax Owner or (B) the Collateral Manager,
after having received written advice of Winston & Strawn LLP, or an opinion of other nationally
recognized U.S. tax counsel experienced in such matters, to the effect that the acquisition or
transfer of such Notes will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a publicly traded partnership
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taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, provides the Holder with a written
waiver of this provision.
(n)No more than 50% of the debt obligations (as determined for U.S. federal
income tax purposes) held by the Issuer may at any time consist of real estate mortgages as
determined for purposes of Section 7701(i) of the Code unless, based on written advice of
Winston & Strawn LLP, or a written opinion of other tax counsel of nationally recognized
standing in the United States experienced in such matters, the ownership of such debt obligations
will not cause the Issuer to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool for U.S. federal income tax
purposes; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 7.17(m) shall be
construed to permit the Issuer to purchase real estate mortgages.
Section VI.18Effective Date; Purchase of Additional Collateral Obligations. (a) The
Issuer will use commercially reasonable efforts to purchase, on or before December 20, 2024
Collateral Obligations (i) such that the Target Initial Par Condition is satisfied and (ii) that
satisfy, as of the Effective Date, the Concentration Limitations, the Collateral Quality Test and
the Coverage Tests.
(a)During the period from the Closing Date to and including the Effective
Date, the Issuer will use funds to purchase additional Collateral Obligations in the following
order: (i) to pay for the principal portion of any Collateral Obligation, first, any amounts on
deposit in the Ramp-Up Account, and second, any Principal Proceeds on deposit in the
Collection Account and (ii) to pay for accrued interest on any such Collateral Obligation, first,
any amounts on deposit in the Ramp-Up Account and second, any Principal Proceeds on deposit
in the Collection Account. In addition, the Issuer will use commercially reasonable efforts to
acquire such Collateral Obligations that will satisfy, on the Effective Date, the Concentration
Limitations, the Collateral Quality Test and each Overcollateralization Ratio Test.
(b)Within 30 Business Days after the Effective Date (but in no event later
than the Determination Date immediately preceding the first Payment Date), (i) the Issuer will
provide, or cause the Collateral Manager to provide, to the Trustee, an accountants’ report: (x)
confirming the identity of the obligor (it being understood that the same obligor may be referred
to differently due to the use of abbreviations or shorthand references by different record keepers),
principal balance, coupon/spread, stated maturity, S&P Rating and country of Domicile with
respect to each Collateral Obligation as of the Effective Date and the information provided by the
Issuer with respect to every other asset included in the Assets, by reference to such sources as
shall be specified therein (such report, the “Accountants’ Effective Date Comparison AUP
Report”) and (y) recalculating and comparing as of the Effective Date the level of compliance
with, or satisfaction or non-satisfaction of the Effective Date Specified Tested Items and
specifying the procedures undertaken by them to review data and computations relating to such
report (the “Accountants’ Effective Date Recalculation AUP Report”), and (ii) the Issuer will
cause the Collateral Administrator to compile and deliver to S&P a report (the “Effective Date
Report”), determined as of the Effective Date, containing (A) the information required in a
Monthly Report, (B) the results of calculations indicating satisfaction of the Effective Date
Specified Tested Items and (C) a calculation of the Aggregate Principal Balance that indicates
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whether the Aggregate Principal Balance equals or exceeds the Target Initial Par Amount in
satisfaction of the Target Initial Par Condition. For the avoidance of doubt, the Effective Date
Report shall not include or refer to the Accountants’ Report and no Accountants’ Report shall be
provided to or otherwise shared with S&P.
(c)In accordance with SEC Release No. 34-72936, Form 15-E, only in its
complete and unedited form which includes the Accountants’ Effective Date Comparison AUP
Report as an attachment, will be provided by the Independent accountants to the Issuer who will
post such Form 15-E, except for the redaction of any sensitive information, on the 17g-5
Website. Copies of the Accountants’ Effective Date Recalculation AUP Report or any other
accountants’ report provided by the Independent accountants to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Loan
Agent, the Collateral Manager or the Collateral Administrator will not be provided to any other
party including S&P (other than as provided in an access letter between the accountants and such
party).
(d)If (1) the Effective Date Condition has not been satisfied prior to the date
that is 30 Business Days after the Effective Date (but in no event later than the Determination
Date immediately preceding the first Payment Date) and (2) S&P has not provided written
confirmation (which may take the form of a press release or other written communication) of its
initial rating of the Secured Debt by the date 30 Business Days following the Effective Date, then
the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) shall request S&P to provide written
confirmation of its Initial Ratings (which may take the form of a press release or other written
communication). In such case, if S&P does not provide written confirmation of its Initial Ratings
on or prior to the Determination Date immediately preceding the first Payment Date, then the
Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) will instruct the Trustee to transfer
amounts from the Interest Collection Subaccount to the Principal Collection Subaccount (and
may, prior to the first Payment Date, use such funds on behalf of the Issuer for the purchase of
additional Collateral Obligations) sufficient to obtain from S&P written confirmation of its Initial
Ratings; provided that in lieu of complying with this paragraph, the Issuer (or the Collateral
Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) may take such action, including, but not limited to, a Special
Redemption and/or transferring amounts from the Interest Collection Subaccount to the Principal
Collection Subaccount as Principal Proceeds (for use in a Special Redemption), sufficient to
enable the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) to obtain written
confirmation from S&P, of its Initial Ratings.
(e)The Issuer hereby directs the Trustee to deposit the amount specified in
the Closing Date Certificate to the Ramp-Up Account on the Closing Date. At the direction of
the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer), the Trustee shall apply amounts
held in the Ramp-Up Account to purchase additional Collateral Obligations from the Closing
Date to and including the Effective Date as described in clause (b) above. If on the Effective
Date, any amounts on deposit in the Ramp-Up Account have not been applied to purchase
Collateral Obligations, such amounts shall be applied as described in Section 10.3(c).
(f)Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate; S&P CDO Monitor. On or prior
to the later of (x) the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date and (y) the Effective Date, the Collateral
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Manager will elect the S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate that will apply on and after such date
to the Collateral Obligations for purposes of determining compliance with the Minimum
Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate Test, and the Collateral Manager will so notify the
Trustee and the Collateral Administrator. Thereafter, at any time on written notice to the Trustee,
the Collateral Administrator and S&P, the Collateral Manager may elect a different S&P CDO
Monitor Recovery Rate to apply to the Collateral Obligations; provided, that if (i) the Collateral
Obligations are currently in compliance with the Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate case
then applicable to the Collateral Obligations but the Collateral Obligations would not be in
compliance with the S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate case to which the Collateral Manager
desires to change, then such changed case shall not apply or (ii) the Collateral Obligations are not
currently in compliance with the Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate case then applicable to
the Collateral Obligations and would not be in compliance with any other S&P CDO Monitor
Recovery Rate case, the S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate to apply to the Collateral Obligations
shall be the lowest S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate in Schedule 4. If the Collateral Manager
does not notify the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator that it will alter the S&P CDO
Monitor Recovery Rate in the manner set forth in this Indenture, the S&P CDO Monitor
Recovery Rate chosen as of the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date or the Effective Date, as
applicable, shall continue to apply.
(g)Compliance with the S&P CDO Monitor Test will be measured by the
Collateral Manager on each Measurement Date on or after the Effective Date and on or prior to
the last day of the Reinvestment Period; provided, however, that on each Measurement Date
occurring on and after the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, after receipt by the Issuer of the
S&P CDO Monitor, the Collateral Manager will be required to provide to the Trustee and the
Collateral Administrator a report on the portfolio of Collateral Obligations containing such
information as shall be reasonably necessary to permit the Collateral Administrator to calculate
the Class Default Differential with respect to the Highest Ranking S&P Class on such
Measurement Date. In the event that the Collateral Manager’s measurement of compliance and
the Collateral Administrator’s measurement of compliance show different results, the Collateral
Manager and the Collateral Administrator shall be required to cooperate promptly in order to
reconcile such discrepancy.
(h)[Reserved].
(i)The failure of the Issuer to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.18
will not constitute an Event of Default unless such failure constitutes an Event of Default under
Section 5.1(d) hereof and the Issuer, or the Collateral Manager acting on behalf of the Issuer, has
acted in bad faith.
Section VI.19Representations Relating to Security Interests in the Assets. (a) The
Issuer hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date (which representations and
warranties shall survive the execution of this Indenture and be deemed to be repeated on each
date on which an Asset is Granted to the Trustee hereunder):
(i)The Issuer owns each Asset free and clear of any lien, claim or
encumbrance of any Person, other than such as are being released on the Closing Date
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contemporaneously with the sale of the Debt on the Closing Date or on the related Cut-
Off Date contemporaneously with the purchase of such Asset on the Cut-Off Date,
created under, or permitted by, this Indenture and any other Permitted Liens.
(ii)Other than the security interest Granted to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Indenture, except as permitted by this
Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or
otherwise conveyed any of the Assets. The Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is
not aware of any Financing Statements against the Issuer that include a description of
collateral covering the Assets other than any Financing Statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated; the Issuer is not
aware of any judgment, PBGC liens or tax lien filings against the Issuer.
(iii)All Assets constitute Cash, accounts (as defined in
Section 9-102(a)(2) of the UCC), Instruments, general intangibles (as defined in
Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC), uncertificated securities (as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC), Certificated Securities or security entitlements to
financial assets resulting from the crediting of financial assets to a “securities
account” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC).
(iv)All Accounts constitute “securities accounts” under
Section 8-501(a) of the UCC.
(v)This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as
defined in Section 1-201(37) of the UCC) in such Assets in favor of the Trustee, for the
benefit and security of the Secured Parties, which security interest is prior to all other
liens, claims and encumbrances (except as permitted otherwise herein), and is enforceable
as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer.
(a)The Issuer hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date
(which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Indenture and be
deemed to be repeated on each date on which an Asset is Granted to the Trustee hereunder), with
respect to Assets that constitute Instruments:
(i)Either (x) the Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten
days after the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate Financing Statements in the
proper office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the
security interest in the Instruments granted to the Trustee, for the benefit and security of
the Secured Parties or (y)(A) all original executed copies of each promissory note or
mortgage note that constitutes or evidences the Instruments have been delivered to the
Trustee or the Issuer has received written acknowledgement from a custodian that such
custodian is holding the mortgage notes or promissory notes that constitute evidence of
the Instruments solely on behalf of the Trustee and for the benefit of the Secured Parties
and (B) none of the Instruments that constitute or evidence the Assets has any marks or
notations indicating that they are pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person
other than the Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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(ii)The Issuer has received all consents and approvals required by the
terms of the Assets to the pledge hereunder to the Trustee of its interest and rights in the
Assets.
(b)The Issuer hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date
(which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Indenture and be
deemed to be repeated on each date on which an Asset is Granted to the Trustee hereunder), with
respect to the Assets that constitute Security Entitlements:
(i)All of such Assets have been and will have been credited to one of
the Accounts which are securities accounts within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the
UCC. The Securities Intermediary for each Account has agreed to treat all assets credited
to such Accounts as “financial assets” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the
UCC.
(ii)The Issuer has received all consents and approvals required by the
terms of the Assets to the pledge hereunder to the Trustee of its interest and rights in the
Assets.
(iii)(x) The Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days after
the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate Financing Statements in the proper office in
the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest
granted to the Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties, hereunder and
(y)(A) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee a fully executed Securities Account Control
Agreement pursuant to which the Custodian has agreed to comply with all Entitlement
Orders and other instructions originated by the Trustee relating to the Accounts without
further consent by the Issuer or (B) the Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the
Custodian to identify in its records the Trustee as the Person having a security entitlement
against the Custodian in each of the Accounts.
(iv)The Accounts are not in the name of any Person other than the
Issuer or the Trustee. The Issuer has not consented to the Custodian to comply with the
Entitlement Order of any Person other than the Trustee (and the Issuer (or the Collateral
Manager on behalf of the Issuer) prior to a notice of exclusive control being provided by
the Trustee, which notice the Trustee agrees it shall not deliver except after the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default).
(c)The Issuer hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date
(which representations and warranties shall survive the execution of this Indenture and be
deemed to be repeated on each date on which an Asset is Granted to the Trustee hereunder), with
respect to Assets that constitute general intangibles:
(i)The Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the
Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate Financing Statements in the proper filing office
in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security
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interest in the Assets granted to the Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Secured
Parties, hereunder.
(ii)The Issuer has received, or will receive, all consents and approvals
required by the terms of the Assets to the pledge hereunder to the Trustee of its interest
and rights in the Assets.
(d)The Issuer agrees to notify the Collateral Manager and S&P promptly if it
becomes aware of the breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in this
Section 7.19 and shall not, without satisfaction of the S&P Rating Condition, waive any of the
representations and warranties in this Section 7.19 or any breach thereof.
Section VI.20Limitation on Certain Maturity Amendments. The Issuer (or the
Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) may agree to any amendment, waiver or other
modification to any Collateral Obligation that would extend the stated maturity date thereof;
provided, that neither the Issuer nor the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf may agree to
any Maturity Amendment unless, as determined by the Collateral Manager, both (x) the stated
maturity of the related Collateral Obligation is not extended beyond the earliest Stated Maturity
and (y) (1) the Weighted Average Life Test will be satisfied after giving effect to such Maturity
Amendment or (2) if the Weighted Average Life Test was not satisfied immediately prior to
giving effect to such Maturity Amendment, the level of compliance with the Weighted Average
Life Test will be improved or maintained after giving effect to such Maturity Amendment;
provided further that the Issuer may enter into any Maturity Amendment that does not meet the
requirements described in the first proviso above if (a) in the Collateral Manager’s reasonable
judgment such Maturity Amendment is necessary (i) to prevent the related Collateral Obligation
from becoming a Defaulted Obligation or (ii) due to the materially adverse financial condition of
the related Obligor, to minimize material losses on the related Collateral Obligation (any such
Maturity Amendment described in this clause (a), a “Credit Amendment”), (b) the stated
maturity of any Collateral Obligation subject to a Credit Amendment is not extended to more
than 24 months beyond the Stated Maturity, (c) immediately following such amendment or
modification, not more than 2.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount consists of Collateral
Obligations subject to a Credit Amendment that does not meet the requirements described in
clause (x) of the first proviso above, (d) immediately following such amendment or modification,
the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations subject to a Credit Amendment that
does not meet the requirements described in clause (x) of the first proviso above since the
Closing Date is not more than 5.0% of the Target Initial Par Amount and (e) immediately
following such amendment or modification, not more than 12% of the Collateral Principal
Amount consists of Collateral Obligations subject to a Credit Amendment that does not meet the
requirements described in either clause (x) or clause (y) of the first proviso above; provided,
further, that, the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) may vote in favor of
any Maturity Amendment without regard to clause (x) or (y) above, so long as the Issuer has
entered into a binding commitment to sell such Collateral Obligation within 30 days after the
effective date of the Maturity Amendment and reasonably believes that any such sale will be
completed prior to the end of such 30-day period.
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The Issuer will not be in violation of the restriction in the preceding paragraph with
respect to any Maturity Amendment that is effected in violation of clause (y) above so long as
the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer) has refused to consent to such
Maturity Amendment.
ARTICLE VII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section VII.1Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders of Debt.
Without the consent of the Holders of any Debt (except as may be expressly required herein) but
with the written consent of the Collateral Manager at any time and from time to time, subject to
Section 8.3, and without an Opinion of Counsel being provided to the Issuer or the Trustee or the
Loan Agent, as applicable, as to whether any Class of Notes would be materially and adversely
affected thereby (except as may be expressly required herein), the Issuer and the Trustee may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for
any of the following purposes:
(i)to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer and the
assumption by any such successor Person of the covenants of the Issuer in the
Constituting Documents and in the Debt;
(ii)to add to the covenants of the Issuer, the Loan Agent or the Trustee
for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
(iii)to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or
with the Trustee or add to the conditions, limitations or restrictions on the authorized
amount, terms and purposes of the issue, authentication and delivery of the Debt;
(iv)to evidence and provide for (x) the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by
more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Sections 6.9, 6.10 and 6.12 hereof
and (y) the acceptance of appointment under the Class A-L Loan Agreement by a
successor Loan Agent and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Class A-L
Loan Agreement as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the Class A-L
Loan Agreement by more than one Loan Agent, pursuant to the requirements of the
Constituting Documents;
(v)to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time
subject to the Lien of this Indenture, or to better assure, convey and confirm unto the
Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture
(including, without limitation, any and all actions necessary or desirable as a result of
changes in law or regulations, whether pursuant to Section 7.5 or otherwise) or to subject
to the Lien of this Indenture any additional property;
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(vi)to modify the restrictions on and procedures for resales and other
transfers of Debt to reflect any changes in ERISA or other applicable law or regulation
(or the interpretation thereof) or to enable the Issuer to rely upon any exemption from
registration under the Securities Act or the 1940 Act or otherwise comply with any
applicable securities law;
(vii)to remove restrictions on resale and transfer of any Secured Debt to
the extent not required under clause (vi) above;
(viii)to make such changes as shall be necessary or advisable in order
for the Debt to be or remain listed on any exchange;
(ix)to correct any inconsistent or defective provisions in the
Constituting Documents or to cure any ambiguity, omission or errors therein;
(x)to conform the provisions of the Constituting Documents to the
final Offering Circular;
(xi)to take any action necessary or helpful (1) to prevent the Issuer, the
holders of any Debt, the Loan Agent or the Trustee from becoming subject to (or
otherwise to minimize) any withholding or other taxes or assessments (including any tax
liability under Sections 1446 or 6221 of the Code) and (2) to prevent the Issuer from
becoming a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax purposes;
(xii)(A) with the consent of the Collateral Manager and the Retention
Holder, to permit the Issuer to issue additional debt in accordance herewith; or (B) at the
direction of the Collateral Manager with the consent of the Retention Holder, to permit
the Issuer to issue replacement securities in connection with a Refinancing or to reduce
the Interest Rate of a Class of Debt in connection with a Re-Pricing, in each case in
accordance herewith (including, in connection with (x) a Refinancing of less than all
Classes of Secured Debt or a Re-Pricing, with the consent the Collateral Manager,
modifications to establish a non-call period for the obligations providing such
Refinancing or Re-Pricing or prohibit a future Refinancing or Re-Pricing of such
obligations providing such Refinancing or Re-Pricing or (y) a Refinancing of all Classes
of Secured Debt in full, modifications to (a) effect an extension of the end of the
Reinvestment Period, (b) establish a non-call period or prohibit a future Refinancing, (c)
modify the Weighted Average Life Test, (d) provide for a stated maturity of the
obligations or loans or other financial arrangements issued or entered into in connection
with such Refinancing that is later than the Stated Maturity of the Secured Debt, (e) effect
an extension of the Stated Maturity of the Subordinated Notes or (f) any other changes to
the Transaction Documents, in the case of each of (a) through (f), as consented to by the
Collateral Manager and a Majority of the Subordinated Notes); provided, further that any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this clause (xii), without the consent of any holders of
any Classes of Debt, may make any modification or amendment determined by the
Collateral Manager (based on the advice of Winston & Strawn LLP or other nationally
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recognized counsel) to be necessary in order for a Re-Pricing or Refinancing not to be
subject to, or not cause the Collateral Manager or any other “sponsor” (as defined for
purposes of the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) to violate, the U.S. Risk Retention Rules;
(xiii)to modify the procedures herein relating to compliance with Rule
17g-5 under the Exchange Act or to permit compliance, or reduce the costs to the Issuer
(including as amounts payable to the Collateral Manager) of compliance, with the Dodd-
Frank Act (as amended from time to time) and any rules or regulations thereunder
applicable to the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the BDC Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or
the Debt;
(xiv)to conform to ratings criteria and other guidelines (including,
without limitation, any alternative methodology published by S&P or any use of S&P’s
credit models or guidelines for ratings determination) relating to collateral debt
obligations in general published or otherwise communicated by S&P; provided that, the
Issuer shall not execute any such supplemental indenture without the consent of the
Retention Holder;
(xv)following receipt by the Issuer of written advice (which may be
email) of counsel of national reputation experienced in such matters and with the consent
of the Retention Holder, to amend, modify or otherwise accommodate changes to the
Constituting Documents to comply with any statute, rule, regulation, or technical or
interpretive guidance enacted, effective, or issued by regulatory agencies of the United
States federal government or any Member State of the European Economic Area or
otherwise under European law, after the Closing Date that are applicable to the Issuer, the
Debt or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or by the Offering Circular,
including, without limitation, any applicable Risk Retention Rules, any applicable EU
and UK disclosure requirements under the Securitization Regulation, securities laws or
the Dodd-Frank Act and all rules, regulations, and technical or interpretive guidance
thereunder;
(xvi)to modify any provision to facilitate an exchange of one debt
instrument for another debt instrument that has substantially identical terms except
transfer restrictions, including to effect any serial designation relating to the exchange;
(xvii)to evidence any waiver or modification by S&P as to any
requirement or condition, as applicable, of S&P set forth in the Constituting Documents;
(xviii)to accommodate the settlement of the Debt in book-entry form
through the facilities of DTC or otherwise;
(xix)to change the date within the month on which reports are required
to be delivered hereunder;
(xx)with the written consent of a Majority of the Controlling Class, to
modify (A) the definitions of “Credit Improved Obligation,” “Credit Risk Obligation,”
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“Defaulted Obligation,” “Equity Security” or “Concentration Limitations”, (B) the
restrictions on the sales of Collateral Obligations or the Investment Criteria or (C) the
restrictions described in Section 7.20, in each case, in a manner that would not materially
adversely affect any Holder of the Debt, as evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Collateral Manager or an opinion of counsel delivered to the Trustee and
the Loan Agent (which may be supported as to factual (including financial and capital
markets) matters by any relevant certificates and other documents necessary or advisable
in the judgment of counsel delivering the opinion);
(xxi)to enter into any additional agreements not expressly prohibited by
this Indenture as well as any amendment, modification or waiver; provided that, any such
additional agreements include customary limited recourse and non-petition provisions;
(xxii)following receipt by the Issuer of written advice (which may be
email) of counsel of national reputation experienced in such matters, to make any
modification determined by the Collateral Manager necessary or advisable to comply
with the U.S. Risk Retention Rules or the Securitization Regulations, including (without
limitation) in connection with a Refinancing, Re-Pricing, additional issuance of debt or
other amendment;
(xxiii)to change the base rate in respect of the Secured Debt from the
then current Reference Rate to an Alternative Rate and make such other amendments as
are necessary or advisable in the sole discretion of the Collateral Manager to facilitate
such change (any amendment pursuant to this clause (xxiii), a “Reference Rate
Amendment”) or, with the consent of a Majority of the Controlling Class and a Majority
of the Subordinated Notes, to modify the definition of the terms “Benchmark
Replacement Rate” and/or “Fallback Rate” set forth herein; provided that, for the
avoidance of doubt, any amendment that is necessary or advisable in the sole discretion
of the Collateral Manager to facilitate a Reference Rate Amendment pursuant to this
clause (xxiii) shall, notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Section 8.1 or in
Section 8.2, be subject only to the requirements of this clause (xxiii); provided further
that, a Reference Rate Amendment will not be required for purposes of a change to the
Reference Rate pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event;
(xxiv)to implement any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes;
(xxv)with the written consent of a Majority of the Controlling Class, to
modify (i) any Collateral Quality Test, (ii) any defined term identified herein utilized in
the determination of any Collateral Quality Test, or (iii) any defined term herein or any
schedule thereto that begins with or includes the word “S&P” solely to conform to
applicable ratings criteria, in each case, in a manner that would not materially adversely
affect any Holder of Notes, as evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
Collateral Manager or an opinion of counsel delivered to the Trustee (which may be
supported as to factual (including financial and capital markets) matters by any relevant
certificates and other documents necessary or advisable in the judgment of counsel
delivering the opinion);
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(xxvi)to change the name of the Issuer in connection with the change in
name or identity of the Collateral Manager or as otherwise required pursuant to a
contractual obligation or to avoid the use of a trade name or trademark in respect of
which the Issuer does not have a license;
(xxvii)to change the day of the month on which reports are required to be
delivered hereunder; provided that such change does not decrease the frequency with
which such reports are required to be delivered;
(xxviii) to amend, modify or otherwise accommodate changes to the
Constituting Documents to comply with any rule or regulation enacted by regulatory
agencies of the United States federal government after the Closing Date that are
applicable to the Debt or the transactions contemplated hereby;
(xxix)to authorize the appointment of any listing agent, transfer agent,
paying agent or additional registrar for any Class of Debt required or advisable in
connection with the listing of any Class of Debt on any stock exchange, and otherwise to
amend this Indenture to incorporate any changes required or requested by any
governmental authority, stock exchange authority, listing agent, transfer agent, paying
agent or additional registrar for any Class of Debt in connection therewith; or
(xxx)to make any modification or amendment as necessary or advisable
(A) for any Class of Notes to not be considered an “ownership interest” in a “covered
fund” as defined for purposes of the Volcker Rule or (B) for the Issuer to not be
considered a “covered fund” as defined for purposes of the Volcker Rule; or
(xxxi)to make such other changes not described in clause (i) – (xxx)
above as the Issuer deems appropriate and that do not materially adversely affect the
interests of any holder of the Debt, as evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible Officer
of the Collateral Manager or an opinion of counsel delivered to the Trustee (which may
be supported as to factual (including financial and capital markets) matters by any
relevant certificates and other documents necessary or advisable in the judgment of
counsel delivering the opinion).
To the extent the Issuer executes a supplemental indenture for purposes of conforming
the Constituting Documents to the final Offering Circular pursuant to clauses (ix) or (x) above
and one or more other amendment provisions described above also applies, such supplemental
indenture will be deemed to be a supplemental indenture to conform the Constituting Documents
to the final Offering Circular pursuant to clause (ix) or (x) above, as applicable, regardless of the
applicability of any other provision regarding supplemental indentures set forth in the
Constituting Documents.
Section VII.2Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders of Debt. The
Issuer, the Trustee (in the case hereof) and the Loan Agent (in the case of the Class A-L Loan
Agreement), as applicable, may, with the consent of a Majority of each Class of Secured Debt
materially and adversely affected thereby, if any, and of a Majority of the Subordinated Notes if
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materially and adversely affected thereby (and with prior notice to all Holders pursuant to
Section 8.3(e)) and with the consent of the Collateral Manager and of the Retention Holder, with
notice to S&P and subject to Section 8.3, execute one or more indentures supplemental to the
Constituting Documents to add provisions to, or change in any manner or eliminate any of the
provisions of, the Constituting Documents or modify in any manner the rights of the Holders of
the Debt of any Class under the Constituting Documents; provided that notwithstanding anything
herein or in the Class A-L Loan Agreement to the contrary, no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of each Holder of Outstanding Debt of each Class materially and
adversely affected thereby:
(i)change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or the due date of
any installment of interest on any Secured Debt, reduce the principal amount thereof or
the rate of interest thereon (except in connection with a Re-Pricing or Reference Rate
Amendment) or, except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Constituting Documents,
the Redemption Price with respect to any Debt, or change the earliest date on which Debt
of any Class may be redeemed or re-priced, extend the Reinvestment Period, change the
provisions of the Constituting Documents relating to the application of proceeds of any
Assets to the payment of principal of or interest on the Secured Debt, or distributions on
the Subordinated Notes or change any place where, or the coin or currency in which,
Debt or the principal thereof or interest or any distribution thereon is payable, or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the applicable Redemption
Date);
(ii)reduce the percentage of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of
Holders of each Class whose consent is required for the authorization of any such
supplemental indenture or for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the
Constituting Documents or certain defaults hereunder or their consequences provided for
in the Constituting Documents;
(iii)impair or adversely affect the Assets except as otherwise permitted
in the Constituting Documents;
(iv)except as otherwise permitted by this Indenture, permit the creation
of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to
any part of the Assets or terminate such lien on any property at any time subject hereto or
deprive the Holder of any Secured Debt of the security afforded by the lien of this
Indenture;
(v)reduce the percentage of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of
Holders of any Class of Secured Debt whose consent is required to request the Trustee to
preserve the Assets or rescind the Trustee’s election to preserve the Assets pursuant to
Section 5.5 or to sell or liquidate the Assets pursuant to Section 5.4 or 5.5;
(vi)modify any of the provisions of the Constituting Documents with
respect to (x) entering into supplemental indentures requiring the consent of the holders
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of a Majority of each Class of Debt or of the holder of Outstanding Debt of each Class,
except to increase the percentage of Outstanding Notes the consent of the Holders of
which is required for any such action or to provide that certain other provisions of the
Constituting Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder
of Outstanding Debt affected thereby or (y) entering into supplemental indentures without
the consent of such holders or the requirements relating to the execution of such
supplemental indentures;
(vii)modify the definition of the term “Outstanding” or the Priority of
Payments set forth in Section 11.1(a);
(viii)modify any of the provisions of the Constituting Documents in
such a manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or
principal on any Secured Debt or any amount available for distribution to the
Subordinated Notes, or to affect the rights of the Holders of any Debt to the benefit of
any provisions for the redemption of such Debt contained herein; or
(ix)result in the Issuer becoming subject to U.S. federal tax with
respect to its net income (including any withholding tax liability under Section 1446 of
the Code) or becoming a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
Section VII.3Execution of Supplemental Indentures. (a) The Collateral Manager
shall not be bound to follow any amendment or supplement to the Constituting Documents
unless it has consented thereto in accordance with this Article VIII and with the Class A-L Loan
agreement, if applicable. The Issuer hereby agrees that it shall not permit to become effective any
supplemental indenture unless the Collateral Manager has been given prior written notice of such
amendment and the Collateral Manager has expressly consented thereto in writing.
(a)The Issuer shall provide notice of any supplemental indenture entered into
pursuant to Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 to S&P.
(b)The Loan Agent and the Trustee shall, as applicable, join in the execution
of any such supplemental indenture or amendment to a Class A-L Loan Agreement (as
applicable) and shall make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be
therein contained, but neither the applicable Loan Agent nor the Trustee shall be obligated to
enter into any such supplemental indenture or amendment which adversely affects such entity’s
own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement
or otherwise, except to the extent required by law.
(c)The Trustee and the Loan Agent may conclusively rely on an Opinion of
Counsel (which may be supported as to factual (including financial and capital markets) matters
by any relevant certificates and other documents necessary or advisable in the judgment of
counsel delivering the opinion) or a Responsible Officer’s certificate of the Collateral Manager
as to whether the interests of any Holder of Debt would be materially and adversely affected by
the modifications set forth in any supplemental indenture, it being expressly understood and
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agreed that the Trustee and the Loan Agent shall have no obligation to make any determination
as to the satisfaction of the requirements related to any supplemental indenture which may form
the basis of such Opinion of Counsel or such Responsible Officer’s certificate; provided that if a
Majority of the Holders of any Class of Debt has provided to the Trustee at least five (5)
Business Days prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture a written certification that
such Class would be materially and adversely affected thereby, setting forth its reasonable basis
for such determination, the Trustee shall not be entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel or
Responsible Officer’s certificate of the Collateral Manager as to whether or not the Holders of
such Class would be materially and adversely affected by such supplemental indenture and the
Trustee shall not enter into such supplemental indenture without the consent of a Majority of
such Class. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all present and future holders.
Neither the Trustee nor the Loan Agent shall be liable for any such determination made in good
faith and in reliance upon an Opinion of Counsel or such a Responsible Officer’s certificate
delivered to such entity as described herein. For the avoidance of doubt, no Holder who would
not constitute a Holder after giving effect to a Refinancing or Re-Pricing shall be materially and
adversely affected by any provision of any supplemental indenture that becomes effective after
such Refinancing or Re-Pricing or otherwise have any right to object to any such Refinancing or
Re-Pricing.
(d)At the cost of the Issuer, for so long as any Debt shall remain Outstanding,
not later than 15 Business Days (or 5 Business Days if in connection with an additional issuance,
Re-Pricing or Refinancing or a Reference Rate Amendment which does not require the consent
of a Majority of the Class A Debt) prior to the execution of any proposed supplemental
indenture, the Trustee and/or the Loan Agent, as applicable, shall deliver to the Collateral
Manager, the Collateral Administrator, the Debtholders and S&P, a copy of such proposed
supplemental indenture or amendment to the applicable Class A-L Loan Agreement. At the cost
of the Issuer, the Trustee or the applicable Loan Agent, as applicable, shall provide to S&P and
the Holders (in the manner described in Section 14.4) a copy of the executed supplemental
indenture or amendment to the Class A-L Loan Agreement after its execution. Any failure of the
Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable, to publish or deliver such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or
amendment to the Class A-L Loan Agreement.
(e)It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture or amendment to the Class A-L Loan Agreement,
but it shall be sufficient, if the consent of any Holders to such proposed supplemental indenture
or amendment to the Class A-L Loan Agreement is required, that such Act shall approve the
substance thereof.
(f)Following delivery of any proposed supplemental indenture to the
applicable holders (other than a supplemental indenture that effects a Refinancing of all Classes
of Secured Debt), if any changes are made to such supplemental indenture other than changes of
a technical nature or to correct typographical errors or to adjust formatting, then at the expense of
the Issuer, not later than five Business Days (or three Business Days if in connection with an
additional issuance, Re-Pricing or Refinancing or a Reference Rate Amendment which does not
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require the consent of a Majority of the Class A Debt) prior to the execution of such proposed
supplemental indenture, the Trustee, shall deliver to the applicable holders a copy of such
supplemental indenture as revised, indicating the changes that were made. Any consent given to
a proposed supplemental indenture by a holder will be irrevocable and binding on such holder
and all future holders or beneficial owners of that Debt, irrespective of the execution date of the
supplemental indenture. If the required consent to a proposed supplemental indenture is received
from the applicable Holders prior to the end of the relevant notice period, the supplemental
indenture may be executed prior to the end of such period. If the holders of less than the
Requisite Voting Percentage consents to such proposed supplemental indenture within the
relevant notice period, on the first Business Day following such period, the Trustee or the Loan
Agent, as applicable will provide copies of consents received to the Issuer and the Collateral
Manager so that they may determine which holders have consented to the proposed supplemental
indenture and which holders (and, to the extent such information is available to the Trustee or the
Loan Agent, as applicable, which beneficial owners (unless otherwise directed by such beneficial
owner)) have not consented to the proposed supplemental indenture. In addition, if a holder
notifies the Trustee or the Loan Agent, as applicable prior to the conclusion of the relevant notice
period that it will not consent to the proposed supplemental indenture, the Trustee or the Loan
Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Collateral Manager of the identity
of such holder (and, to the extent such information is available to the Trustee or the Loan Agent,
as applicable, its beneficial owners (unless otherwise directed by such beneficial owner)).
(g)[Reserved].
(h)[Reserved].
(i)In executing or accepting the additional trusts created by any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article VIII or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Issuer shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Sections 6.1 and 6.3) shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon, an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted
by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent thereto have been satisfied. The Trustee and
the Loan Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture
which affects such entity’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Constituting Documents or
otherwise.
(j)Except to the extent required by applicable law, no amendment to the
Constituting Documents shall be effective against the Collateral Administrator if such
amendment would adversely affect the Collateral Administrator, including, without limitation,
any amendment or supplement that would increase the duties or liabilities of, or adversely
change the economic consequences to, the Collateral Administrator, unless the Collateral
Administrator consents in writing thereto.
Notwithstanding any other provision relating to supplemental indentures herein, at
any time after the expiration of the Non-Call Period, if any Class of Debt has been or
contemporaneously with the effectiveness of any supplemental indenture will be paid in full in
accordance with this Indenture or the Class A-L Loan Agreement, as applicable, as so
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supplemented or amended (including, without limitation, in connection with a Refinancing), the
written consent of any Holder of any Debt of such Class will not be required with respect to such
supplemental indenture.
Section VII.4Effect of Supplemental Indentures or Amendments. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture or amendment to the Class A-L Loan Agreement under
this Article VIII, this Indenture or the applicable Class A-L Loan Agreement, as applicable, shall
be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture or amendment to such
Class A-L Loan Agreement shall form a part of this Indenture or the Class A-L Loan Agreement,
as applicable, for all purposes; and every Holder of Debt theretofore and thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section VII.5Reference in Debt to Supplemental Indentures. Debt authenticated and
delivered as part of a transfer, exchange or replacement pursuant to Article II or Debt originally
issued hereunder after the execution of any supplemental indenture or amendment pursuant to
this Article VIII may, and if required by the Issuer shall, bear a notice in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture or amendment. If the Issuer
shall so determine, new Notes, so modified as to conform in the opinion of the Issuer to any such
supplemental indenture or amendment, may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt.
ARTICLE VIII
REDEMPTION OF DEBT
Section VIII.1Mandatory Redemption. If a Coverage Test is not met on any
Determination Date on which such Coverage Test is applicable, the Issuer shall apply available
amounts in the Payment Account to make payments on the Debt on the applicable Payment Date
pursuant to the Priority of Payments.
Section VIII.2Optional Redemption. (a) The Secured Debt may be redeemed by the
Issuer, at the written direction of a Majority of the Subordinated Notes with the consent of the
Collateral Manager and the Retention Holder or of the Collateral Manager with the consent of
the Retention Holder as follows: (i) in whole (with respect to all Classes of Secured Debt) but not
in part on any Business Day after the end of the Non-Call Period from Sale Proceeds and/or
Refinancing Proceeds or (ii) in part by Class from Refinancing Proceeds and Partial Refinancing
Interest Proceeds on any Business Day after the end of the Non-Call Period as long as the
Secured Debt to be redeemed represent not less than the entire Class of such Secured Debt. In
connection with any such Optional Redemption, the Secured Debt shall be redeemed at the
applicable Redemption Prices and a Majority of the Subordinated Notes or the Collateral
Manager, as applicable, must provide the above described written direction to the Issuer, the
Loan Agent and the Trustee not later than 15 Business Days (or such shorter period of time as
the Trustee and/or the Loan Agent the Collateral Manager find reasonably acceptable) prior to
the Business Day on which such redemption is to be made; provided that all Secured Debt to be
redeemed must be redeemed simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the Class A Notes and
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the Class A-L Loans will be treated as one Class for purposes of an Optional Redemption (other
than a Refinancing).
(a)Upon receipt of a copy of any direction for a redemption of Secured Debt
in whole pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(i), the Collateral Manager in its sole discretion shall direct
the sale (and the manner thereof) of all or part of the Collateral Obligations and other Assets in
an amount sufficient that the proceeds from such sale and all other funds available for such
purpose in the Collection Account and the Payment Account will be at least sufficient to pay the
Redemption Prices of the Secured Debt to be redeemed and to pay all Administrative Expenses
(without regard to the Administrative Expense Cap) and Aggregate Collateral Management Fees
due and payable under the Priority of Payments. If such proceeds of such sale and all other funds
available for such purpose in the Collection Account and the Payment Account would not be
sufficient to redeem all Secured Debt and to pay such fees and expenses, the Debt may not be
redeemed. The Collateral Manager, in its sole discretion, may effect the sale of all or any part of
the Collateral Obligations or other Assets through the direct sale of such Collateral Obligations
or other Assets or by participation or other arrangement.
(b)[Reserved].
(c)In addition to (or in lieu of) a sale of Collateral Obligations and/or Eligible
Investments in the manner provided in Section 9.2(b), the Secured Debt may be redeemed in
whole from Sale Proceeds and/or Refinancing Proceeds or in part by Class from Refinancing
Proceeds and Partial Refinancing Interest Proceeds by obtaining a loan or an issuance of
replacement securities, whose terms in each case will be negotiated by the Issuer or, upon request
of the Issuer, by the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer, from one or more financial
institutions or purchasers; provided that the terms of such Refinancing and any financial
institutions acting as lenders thereunder or purchasers thereof must be acceptable to the
Collateral Manager and a Majority of the Subordinated Notes, if the Subordinated Notes are
materially and adversely affected thereby, and such Refinancing otherwise satisfies the
conditions described below. Any obligations providing the Refinancing will be first offered to
the Collateral Manager and the U.S. Retention Holder, in such amount that such person has
determined on the basis of advice of counsel is required for the Risk Retention Rules to be
satisfied.
(d)In the case of a Refinancing upon a redemption of the Secured Debt in
whole but not in part pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(i), such Refinancing will be effective only if (i)
the Refinancing Proceeds (including any amounts available for such purpose in the Permitted
Use Account), all Sale Proceeds from the sale of Collateral Obligations and Eligible Investments
in accordance with the procedures set forth herein, and all other available funds will be at least
sufficient to redeem simultaneously the Secured Debt then required to be redeemed at the
respective Redemption Prices thereof (subject to any election by Holders of 100% of the
Aggregate Outstanding Amount of any Class of Secured Debt to receive less than 100% of the
Redemption Price as noted below), in whole but not in part, and to pay all accrued and unpaid
Administrative Expenses (without regard to the Administrative Expense Cap), including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees, costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Issuer, the Trustee,
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the Loan Agent, the Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Manager (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with such Refinancing, (ii) the Sale Proceeds,
Refinancing Proceeds and other available funds are used (to the extent necessary) to make such
redemption, (iii) the agreements relating to the Refinancing contain limited recourse and non-
petition provisions equivalent (mutatis mutandis) to those contained in Section 13.1(b) and
Section 2.7(i) and (iv) (A) neither the Issuer nor any “sponsor” (as defined in the U.S. Risk
Retention Rules) of the Issuer will fail to be in compliance with the U.S. Risk Retention Rules as
a result of such Refinancing, (B) there has been no change in the U.S. Risk Retention Rules that
would require any “sponsor” (as defined in the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) of the Issuer to hold
more than 5% of the credit risk collateralizing the Refinancing Obligations and (C) unless it
consents to do so, none of the Collateral Manager, the U.S. Retention Holder, any Affiliate of the
Collateral Manager or any “sponsor” (as defined in the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) of the Issuer
will be required to purchase any Refinancing Obligations.
(e)In the case of a Refinancing upon a redemption of the Secured Debt in part
by Class pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(ii), such Refinancing will be effective only if: (i) the Trustee
and/or the Loan Agent, as applicable, (at the direction of the Issuer or the Collateral Manager on
behalf of the Issuer) shall have given prior written notice of the Refinancing to S&P, (ii) the
Refinancing Proceeds (including any amounts available for such purpose in the Permitted Use
Account) will be at least sufficient to pay in full the aggregate Redemption Prices of the entire
Class or Classes of Secured Debt subject to Refinancing, (iii) the Refinancing Proceeds are used
(to the extent necessary) to make such redemption, (iv) the agreements relating to the
Refinancing contain limited recourse and non-petition provisions equivalent (mutatis mutandis)
to those contained herein, (v) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any obligations
providing the Refinancing for a given Class is no greater than the Aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the corresponding Class of Debt being redeemed with the proceeds of such
obligations plus, subject to satisfaction of the S&P Rating Condition, an amount equal to the
reasonable fees, costs, charges and expenses incurred in connection with such Refinancing, (vi)
the stated maturity of each class of obligations providing the Refinancing is the same as the
Stated Maturity of each Class of Secured Debt being refinanced, (vii) the reasonable fees, costs,
charges and expenses incurred in connection with such Refinancing have been paid or will be
adequately provided for on or prior to the second Payment Date immediately following such
Refinancing from the Refinancing Proceeds (except for expenses owed to Persons that the
Collateral Manager informs the Trustee and/or the Loan Agent, as applicable, will be paid solely
as Administrative Expenses payable in accordance with the Priority of Payments), (viii) the
spread over the Reference Rate or the fixed interest rate, as applicable, of each class of
obligations providing the Refinancing will not be greater than the spread over the Reference Rate
or the fixed interest rate, as applicable, of the Secured Debt of the corresponding Class being
refinanced by such new class of obligations or the weighted average of the spread over the
Reference Rate and the fixed rates payable in respect of all of the obligations providing the
Refinancing is less than or equal to the weighted average of the spread over the Reference Rate
and the fixed rate payable on all of the Classes of Secured Debt being refinanced (determined
based on the respective spreads over the Reference Rate or the fixed interest rate, as applicable,
of such Classes of Secured Debt); provided that any Class of Secured Debt may be refinanced
with obligations that bear interest at a fixed rate so long as (x) the fixed rate of the obligations
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comprising the Refinancing is less than the applicable Reference Rate plus the relevant spread
with respect to such Class of Secured Debt on the date of such Refinancing and (y) the S&P
Rating Condition is satisfied with respect to the Secured Debt not subject to such Refinancing;
provided, further that, if more than one Class of Secured Debt is subject to a Refinancing, the
spread over the Reference Rate or the fixed interest rate, as applicable, of the obligations
providing the Refinancing for a Class of Secured Debt may be greater than the spread over the
Reference Rate or the fixed interest rate, as applicable, for such Class of Secured Debt subject to
Refinancing so long as (x) the weighted average (based on the aggregate principal amount of
each Class of Secured Debt subject to Refinancing) of the spread over the Reference Rate and
the fixed interest rate of the obligations comprising the Refinancing shall be less than the
weighted average (based on the aggregate principal amount of each such Class) of the spread
over the Reference Rate and the fixed interest rate with respect to all Classes of Secured Debt
subject to such Refinancing as of the date of such Refinancing and (y) the S&P Rating Condition
is satisfied with respect to the Secured Debt not subject to such Refinancing, (ix) the obligations
providing the Refinancing are subject to the Priority of Payments and do not rank higher in
priority pursuant to the Priority of Payments than the corresponding Class of Debt being
refinanced, (x) either the Majority of the Subordinated Notes with the consent of the Collateral
Manager and the Retention Holder or the Collateral Manager with the consent of the Retention
Holder directs the Issuer to effect such Refinancing, (xi) the Issuer shall have obtained written
advice of Winston & Strawn LLP or an opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such Refinancing will not result in the Issuer
becoming subject to U.S. federal tax with respect to its net income (including any withholding
tax liability under Section 1446 of the Code) or becoming a publicly traded partnership taxable
as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (xii) (A) neither the Issuer nor any
“sponsor” (as defined in the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) of the Issuer will fail to be in compliance
with the U.S. Risk Retention Rules as a result of such Refinancing, (B) there has been no change
in the U.S. Risk Retention Rules that would require any “sponsor” (as defined in the U.S. Risk
Retention Rules) of the Issuer to hold more than 5% of the credit risk collateralizing the
Refinancing Obligations and (C) unless it consents to do so, none of the Collateral Manager, the
U.S. Retention Holder, any Affiliate of the Collateral Manager or any “sponsor” (as defined in
the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) of the Issuer will be required to purchase any Refinancing
Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms of the issuance providing the Refinancing
may either (i) contain a make-whole fee in the case of an early repayment of such issuance or (ii)
provide that the non-call period applicable to such issuance may be extended beyond the Non-
Call Period; provided, that any such make-whole fee (x) shall be paid solely with Interest
Proceeds and (y) shall not cause nonpayment of interest on the next succeeding Payment Date.
(f)The Holders of the Subordinated Notes will not have any cause of action
against the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the Collateral Administrator, the Loan Agent or the
Trustee for any failure to obtain a Refinancing. If a Refinancing is obtained meeting the
requirements specified above pursuant to Section 9.2(e) or Section 9.2(f) as certified by the
Collateral Manager, the Issuer and, at the direction of the Issuer, the Trustee and/or the Loan
Agent, as applicable, shall amend this Indenture and/or the Class A-L Loan Agreement, as
applicable, to the extent necessary to reflect the terms of the Refinancing and no consent for such
amendments shall be required from the Holders of any other Class of Debt. Neither the Trustee
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nor the Loan Agent shall be obligated to enter into any amendment that, in its view, adversely
affects its duties, obligations, liabilities or protections under the Constituting Documents, and the
Trustee and the Loan Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel as to matters of law (which may be supported as to factual (including
financial and capital markets) matters by any relevant certificates and other documents necessary
or advisable in the judgment of counsel delivering such Opinion of Counsel) provided by the
Issuer to the effect that such amendment meets the requirements specified above, is authorized or
permitted under the Constituting Documents and that all conditions precedents thereto have been
complied with (except that such officer or counsel shall have no obligation to certify or opine as
to the sufficiency of the Refinancing Proceeds or the sufficiency of the Accountants’ Report or
other accountants’ certificates or other information under the Constituting Documents).
(g)To the extent that Refinancing Proceeds are not applied to redeem the
Class or Classes of Debt subject to a Refinancing or to pay expenses in connection with the
Refinancing, such proceeds will be treated as Principal Proceeds. If a Class or Classes of Debt is
redeemed in connection with a Refinancing upon a redemption of the Debt in part by Class,
Refinancing Proceeds, together with Partial Refinancing Interest Proceeds, will be applied on the
related Redemption Date to pay the Redemption Price(s) of such Class or Classes of Debt in
accordance with the Priority of Partial Refinancing Proceeds.
(h)In the event of any redemption pursuant to this Section 9.2, the Issuer
shall, at least 10 Business Days (or such shorter period of time as the Trustee and/or the Loan
Agent, as applicable, and the Collateral Manager find reasonably acceptable) prior to the
Redemption Date, notify the Trustee and/or the Loan Agent, as applicable, in writing of such
Redemption Date, the applicable Record Date, the principal amount of Secured Debt to be
redeemed on such Redemption Date and the applicable Redemption Prices; provided, that failure
to effect any Optional Redemption which is withdrawn by the Issuer in accordance with this
Indenture or with respect to which a Refinancing fails to occur shall not constitute an Event of
Default.
(i)In connection with any Optional Redemption of the Secured Debt in
whole or of any Class of the Secured Debt in connection with a Refinancing of such Class,
Holders of 100% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of any such Class of Secured Debt may
elect to receive less than 100% of the Redemption Price that would otherwise be payable to the
Holders of such Class of Secured Debt by notifying the Trustee, the Loan Agent (if applicable)
and the Issuer in writing of such election prior to the Redemption Date.
(j)The Issuer may redeem the Subordinated Notes at their Redemption Price,
in whole but not in part, on any Business Day upon five Business Days’ notice to the Trustee on
or after the Optional Redemption or repayment of the Secured Debt in full, at the direction of the
Collateral Manager or at the direction of a Majority of the Subordinated Notes (with the consent
of the Collateral Manager).
(k)If a Refinancing of all Secured Debt occurs, the Collateral Manager may
designate Principal Proceeds in an amount up to the Excess Par Amount as Interest Proceeds
(such designated amount, the “Designated Excess Par”), and direct the Trustee to apply such
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Designated Excess Par on such Redemption Date or up to the first Payment Date after such
Redemption Date as Interest Proceeds in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
Section VIII.3Tax Redemption. (a) The Debt shall be redeemed in whole but not in
part (any such redemption, a “Tax Redemption”) on any Payment Date at its applicable
Redemption Price at the written direction (delivered to the Trustee and/or the Loan Agent, as
applicable) of (x) a Majority of any Affected Class or (y) a Majority of the Subordinated Notes,
in either case following the occurrence and continuation of a Tax Event.
(a)In connection with any Tax Redemption, Holders of 100% of the
Aggregate Outstanding Amount of any Class of Secured Debt may elect to receive less than
100% of the Redemption Price that would otherwise be payable to the Holders of such Class of
Secured Debt by notifying the Trustee and the Loan Agent (if applicable) in writing of such
election prior to the Redemption Date.
(b)Upon its receipt of such written direction directing a Tax Redemption, the
Trustee and/or the Loan Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Collateral Manager, the
Holders and the S&P thereof.
(c)If an Officer of the Collateral Manager obtains actual knowledge of the
occurrence of a Tax Event, the Collateral Manager shall promptly notify the Issuer and the
Trustee and the Loan Agent thereof, and upon receipt of such notice the Trustee shall promptly
notify the Holders of the Notes and S&P thereof, and the Loan Agent shall notify the applicable
Class A-L Lenders thereof. Until the Trustee and/or the Loan Agent, as applicable, receives
written notice from the Collateral Manager or otherwise, neither the Trustee nor the Loan Agent
shall be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Tax Event.
Section VIII.4Redemption Procedures. (a) In the event of any redemption pursuant to
Section 9.2, the written direction of a Majority of the Subordinated Notes with the consent of the
Collateral Manager and the Retention Holder, or the written direction of the Collateral Manager
with the consent of the Retention Holder, as applicable, shall be provided to the Issuer, the
Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Collateral Manager not later than 15 Business Days (or such
shorter period of time as the Trustee and/or the Loan Agent and the Collateral Manager find
reasonably acceptable) prior to the Business Day on which such redemption is to be made (which
date shall be designated in such notice). In the event of any redemption pursuant to Section 9.2,
9.3 or 9.8, a notice of redemption shall be provided by the Trustee (or the Loan Agent, if
applicable) not later than nine Business Days prior to the applicable Redemption Date, to each
Holder of Debt, at such Holder’s address in the Note Register or the Loan Register, as applicable,
and S&P.
(a)All notices of redemption delivered pursuant to Section 9.4(a) shall state:
(i)the applicable Redemption Date;
(ii)the Redemption Prices of the Debt to be redeemed;
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(iii)all of the Debt that is to be redeemed is to be redeemed in full and
that interest on such Debt shall cease to accrue on the Payment Date specified in the
notice; and
(iv)the place or places where Debt is to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Prices, which shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or of the
Loan Agent, in the case of loan notes, if any, in connection with the Class A-L Loan).
(b)The Issuer may (at the direction of the Collateral Manager) withdraw any
notice of redemption delivered pursuant to Section 9.2 at any time prior to 10:00 a.m. New York
time on the Business Day immediately preceding the scheduled Redemption Date. In addition,
the Issuer may withdraw any notice of Tax Redemption if the conditions required hereunder for
such redemption are not satisfied at any time prior to 10:00 a.m. New York time on the
scheduled Redemption Date. The Issuer shall provide notice of any such withdrawal to S&P and
to each of the Trustee and the Loan Agent (who shall each forward such notice to the applicable
Holders).
(c)Notice of redemption pursuant to Section 9.2, 9.3 or 9.8 shall be given by
the Issuer or, upon an Issuer Order, by the Trustee (and the Loan Agent, if applicable) in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of redemption, or any defect therein,
to any Holder of any Debt selected for redemption shall not impair or affect the validity of the
redemption of any other Debt.
(d)Unless Refinancing Proceeds are being used to redeem the Secured Debt
in whole or in part, in the event of any redemption pursuant to Section 9.2, 9.3 or 9.8, no Secured
Debt may be optionally redeemed unless (i) at least one Business Day before the scheduled
Redemption Date the Collateral Manager shall have furnished to the Trustee (and the Loan
Agent, if applicable) a certification, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (and the
Loan Agent, if applicable), that the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer has entered into a
binding agreement or agreements with (x) a financial or other institution or institutions or (y) a
special purpose entity meeting all then-current S&P bankruptcy-remoteness criteria to purchase
(directly or by participation or other arrangement), not later than the Business Day immediately
preceding the scheduled Redemption Date in immediately available funds, all or part of the
Assets at a purchase price at least sufficient, together with the Eligible Investments maturing,
redeemable or putable to the issuer thereof at par on or prior to the scheduled Redemption Date,
to pay all Administrative Expenses (without regard to the Administrative Expense Cap) and
Aggregate Collateral Management Fees payable in connection with such Optional Redemption,
Tax Redemption or Clean-Up Call Redemption prior to any distributions with respect to the
Subordinated Notes, in each case, as applicable and in accordance with the Priority of Payments,
and redeem the applicable Class or Classes of Secured Debt on the scheduled Redemption Date
at the applicable Redemption Prices (including, without limitation, any such amount that the
Holders of such Class or Classes have elected to receive, where Holders of such Class or Classes
have elected to receive less than 100% of the Redemption Price that would otherwise be payable
to the Holders of such Class or Classes), or (ii) prior to selling any Collateral Obligations and/or
Eligible Investments, the Collateral Manager shall certify to the Trustee that, in its judgment
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(which may be based on the Issuer having entered into an agreement to sell such Assets to
another special purpose entity that has committed financing or has priced but has not yet closed
its securities offering), the aggregate sum of (A) expected proceeds from the sale of Eligible
Investments, and (B) the aggregate Market Value of the Collateral Obligations shall exceed the
sum of (x) the aggregate Redemption Prices of the applicable Class of Secured Debt (including,
without limitation, any such amount that the Holders of such Class have elected to receive, where
Holders of such Class have elected to receive less than 100% of the Redemption Price that would
otherwise be payable to the Holders of such Class) and (y) all Administrative Expenses (without
regard to the Administrative Expense Cap) and Aggregate Collateral Management Fees payable
in connection with such Optional Redemption, Tax Redemption or Clean-Up Call Redemption,
in each case, as applicable and in accordance with the Priority of Payments. Any certification
delivered by the Collateral Manager pursuant to this Section 9.4(e) shall include (1) the prices of,
and expected proceeds from, the sale (directly or by participation or other arrangement) of any
Collateral Obligations and/or Eligible Investments and (2) all calculations required by this
Section 9.4(e). Any holder of Debt, the Collateral Manager, the Retention Holder or any of their
respective affiliates or accounts managed thereby or by any of their respective affiliates may,
subject to the same terms and conditions afforded to other bidders, bid on Assets to be sold as
part of an Optional Redemption or Tax Redemption.
Section VIII.5Debt Payable on Redemption Date. (a) Notice of redemption pursuant to
Section 9.4 having been given as aforesaid, the Debt to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption
Date, subject to Section 9.4(e) and the right or obligation to withdraw any notice of redemption
pursuant to Section 9.4(c), become due and payable at the Redemption Prices therein specified,
and from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the
Redemption Prices and accrued interest) all such Debt shall cease to bear interest on the
Redemption Date. Upon final payment on any Debt to be so redeemed, the Holder shall present
and surrender such Debt at the place specified in the notice of redemption on or prior to such
Redemption Date; provided that if there is delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (and the Loan
Agent, as applicable) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save such party
harmless and an undertaking thereafter to surrender such Debt, then, in the absence of notice to
the Issuer or the Trustee that the applicable Debt instrument has been acquired by a protected
purchaser, such final payment shall be made without presentation or surrender. Payments of
interest on Debt so to be redeemed which are payable on or prior to the Redemption Date shall
be payable to the Holders of such Debt, or one or more predecessor Debt instruments, registered
as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to the terms and
provisions of Section 2.7(e).
(a)If any Secured Debt called for redemption shall not be paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption
Date at the applicable Interest Rate for each successive Interest Accrual Period such Secured
Debt remains Outstanding; provided that the reason for such non-payment is not the fault of such
Debtholder.
Section VIII.6Special Redemption. Principal payments on the Secured Debt shall be
made in part in accordance with the Priority of Payments on any Payment Date or, with respect
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to a redemption pursuant to clause (ii), as otherwise described in Section 7.18, (i) during the
Reinvestment Period, if the Collateral Manager in its sole discretion notifies the Trustee (and the
Loan Agent, if applicable) at least five Business Days prior to the applicable Special Redemption
Date that it has been unable, for a period of at least 20 consecutive Business Days, to identify
additional Collateral Obligations that are deemed appropriate by the Collateral Manager in its
sole discretion and which would satisfy the Investment Criteria in sufficient amounts to permit
the investment or reinvestment of all or a portion of the funds then in the Collection Account that
are to be invested in additional Collateral Obligations, (ii) if the Collateral Manager elects to
direct a Special Redemption to the extent necessary to enable the Issuer (or the Collateral
Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) to (1) confirm to S&P that the Effective Date Condition has been
satisfied or (2) obtain from S&P written confirmation of its Initial Ratings of the Secured Debt,
or (iii) if an EU/UK Retention Deficiency exists to the extent necessary to reduce such EU/UK
Retention Deficiency to zero. On the first Payment Date (and all subsequent Payment Dates)
following the Collection Period in which such notice is given (a “Special Redemption Date”), the
amount in the Collection Account representing, as applicable, (x) Principal Proceeds that the
Collateral Manager has determined (with written notice to the Trustee and the Collateral
Administrator) cannot be reinvested in additional Collateral Obligations, (y) Interest Proceeds
and Principal Proceeds available therefor in accordance with the Priority of Payments on each
Payment Date until the Issuer obtains written confirmation from S&P of its Initial Ratings of the
Secured Debt (provided such confirmation is not required if the Effective Date Condition has
been satisfied), or (z) Principal Proceeds necessary to reduce any outstanding EU/UK Retention
Deficiency to zero (such amount, a “Special Redemption Amount”). In addition, in connection
with a redemption pursuant to clause (ii), the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf may elect
to direct a Special Redemption on any Business Day other than a Payment Date as described in
Section 7.18 (such date also a “Special Redemption Date” and the applicable amount paid as a
redemption thereunder, also a “Special Redemption Amount”). Notice of payments pursuant to
this Section 9.6 shall be provided by the Trustee (and the Loan Agent, if applicable) in the name
and at the expense of the Issuer not less than three Business Days prior to the applicable Special
Redemption Date to each Holder of Debt affected thereby at such Holder’s facsimile number,
email address or mailing address in the Note Register or Loan Register, as applicable, and to
S&P.
Section VIII.7Optional Re-Pricing.
(a)On any Business Day after the Non-Call Period, at the written direction of
either (i) the Collateral Manager with the consent of the Retention Holder or (ii) a Majority of the
Subordinated Notes with the consent of the Collateral Manager and the Retention Holder, the
Issuer shall reduce the spread over the Reference Rate with respect to any Class of Secured Debt,
where such Class of Debt constitutes Re-Pricing Eligible Debt (such reduction with respect to
any such Class of Debt, a “Re-Pricing” and any Class of Debt to be subject to a Re-Pricing, a
“Re-Priced Class”); provided that the Issuer shall not effect any Re-Pricing unless each condition
specified in this Section 9.7 is satisfied with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, no terms
of any Debt other than the Interest Rate applicable thereto may be modified or supplemented in
connection with a Re-Pricing. In connection with any Re-Pricing, the Issuer may engage a
broker-dealer (the “Re-Pricing Intermediary”) upon the recommendation and subject to the
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approval of a Majority of the Subordinated Notes and such Re-Pricing Intermediary shall assist
the Issuer in effecting the Re-Pricing.
(b)At least 15 Business Days (or such shorter period of time as the Trustee
(and the Loan Agent, if applicable) and the Collateral Manager find reasonably acceptable) prior
to the Business Day fixed by the Collateral Manager or a Majority of the Subordinated Notes, as
applicable, for any proposed Re-Pricing (the “Re-Pricing Date”), the Issuer, or the Re-Pricing
Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, shall deliver a notice in writing to the Trustee (who shall
promptly forward a copy of such notice to each Holder of the proposed Re-Priced Class, the
Collateral Manager, the Loan Agent, if applicable, and S&P), which notice shall:
(i)specify the proposed Re-Pricing Date and the revised spread over
the Reference Rate or range of spreads over the Reference Rate to be applied with respect
to such Class (the “Re-Pricing Rate”);
(ii)request each Holder of the Re-Priced Class to approve the
proposed Re-Pricing; and
(iii)specify the price at which Debt of any Holder of the Re-Priced
Class which does not approve the Re-Pricing may be sold and transferred pursuant to
Section 9.7(c), which, for purposes of such Re-Pricing, shall be the Redemption Price
after giving effect on a pro forma basis to all payments to be made pursuant to the
Priority of Payments on the Re-Pricing Date if such date is a Payment Date.
(c)In the event any Holders of the Re-Priced Class do not deliver written
consent to the proposed Re-Pricing on or before the date that is five (5) Business Days after the
date of such notice, the Issuer, or the Re-Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, shall
deliver written notice thereof to the Trustee (who shall promptly forward a copy of such notice to
the consenting Holders of the Re-Priced Class) and the Loan Agent, if applicable, specifying the
Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Debt of the Re-Priced Class held by such non-consenting
Holders, and shall request each such consenting Holder provide written notice to the Issuer, the
Trustee (and the Loan Agent, if applicable), the Collateral Manager and the Re-Pricing
Intermediary if such Holder would like to purchase all or any portion of the Debt of the Re-
Priced Class held by the non-consenting Holders (each such notice, an “Exercise Notice”) within
five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice. In the event the Issuer shall receive Exercise
Notices with respect to more than the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Debt of the Re-
Priced Class held by non-consenting Holders, the Issuer, or the Re-Pricing Intermediary on
behalf of the Issuer, shall cause the sale and transfer of such Debt, without further notice to the
non-consenting Holders thereof (for settlement on the Re-Pricing Date) to the Holders delivering
Exercise Notices with respect thereto, pro rata based on the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of
the Debt such Holders indicated an interest in purchasing pursuant to their Exercise Notices. In
the event the Issuer shall receive Exercise Notices with respect to less than the Aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Debt of the Re-Priced Class held by non-consenting Holders, the
Issuer, or the Re-Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, shall cause the sale and transfer of
such Debt, without further notice to the non-consenting Holders thereof (for settlement on the
Re-Pricing Date) to the Holders delivering Exercise Notices with respect thereto, and any excess
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Debt of the Re-Priced Class held by non-consenting Holders shall be sold (for settlement on the
Re-Pricing Date) to one or more transferees designated by the Re-Pricing Intermediary on behalf
of the Issuer. All sales of Debt to be effected pursuant to this clause (c) shall be made at the
Redemption Price after giving effect on a pro forma basis to all payments to be made pursuant to
the Priority of Payments on the Re-Pricing Date if such date is a Payment Date, and shall be
effected only if the related Re-Pricing is effected in accordance with the provisions hereof. The
Holder of any Debt, by its acceptance of an interest in the Debt, agrees that the Issuer, or the Re-
Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, may enter into binding commitments to sell and
transfer all Debt of a Re-Priced Class held by non-consenting Holders in accordance with this
Section 9.7 and, if it is a non-consenting Holder, hereby irrevocably appoints the Issuer, or the
Re-Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact
(with full power of substitution) in its name, place and stead and at its expense, in connection
with such sale and transfer, and agrees to sell and transfer its Debt in accordance with this
Section 9.7 and to cooperate with the Issuer, the Re-Pricing Intermediary and the Trustee (and
the Loan Agent, if applicable) to effectuate such sale and transfers. The Issuer, or the Re-Pricing
Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, shall deliver written notice to the Trustee and the Collateral
Manager not later than one Business Day prior to the proposed Re-Pricing Date confirming that
the Issuer has received written commitments to purchase all Debt of the Re-Priced Class held by
non-consenting Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, such Re-Pricing will apply to all the Debt
of the Re-Priced Class, including the Debt of the Re-Priced Class held by non-consenting
Holders.
(d)The Issuer shall not effect any proposed Re-Pricing unless: (i) the Issuer
and the Trustee (and the Loan Agent, if applicable) shall have entered into a supplemental
indenture dated as of the Re-Pricing Date to decrease (x) the spread over the Reference Rate or
(y) the fixed rate of interest, as applicable, for the Re-Priced Class in accordance with
Section 8.1; (ii) the Issuer, or the Re-Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, has received
written commitments to purchase all Debt of the Re-Priced Class held by non-consenting
Holders; (iii) S&P shall have been notified of such Re-Pricing; (iv) the Issuer has obtained
written advice of Winston & Strawn LLP or an opinion of nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such Re-Pricing will not result in the Issuer
becoming subject to U.S. federal tax with respect to its net income (including any withholding
tax liability under Section 1446 of the Code) or becoming a publicly traded partnership taxable
as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (v) in the case of any Re-Pricing directed
by a Majority of the Subordinated Notes, the written consent of the Collateral Manager and the
Retention Holder, and in the case of any Re-Pricing directed by the Collateral Manager, the
written consent of the Retention Holder, shall have been obtained; (vi) all expenses of the Issuer
and the Trustee, along with the fees of the Re-Pricing Intermediary and fees of counsel, and the
Loan Agent, as applicable, incurred in connection with the Re-Pricing shall not exceed the
amount of Interest Proceeds available after taking into account all amounts required to be paid
pursuant to the Priority of Payments on the subsequent Payment Date prior to distributions to the
Holders of the Subordinated Notes, unless such expenses shall have been paid (including from
proceeds of any additional issuance of Subordinated Notes) or shall be adequately provided for
by an entity other than the Issuer and (vii) (A) neither the Issuer nor any “sponsor” (as defined in
the U.S. Risk Retention Rules) of the Issuer will fail to be in compliance with the U.S. Risk
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Retention Rules as a result of such Re-Pricing, (B) there has been no change in the U.S. Risk
Retention Rules that would require any “sponsor” (as defined in the U.S. Risk Retention Rules)
of the Issuer to hold more than 5% of the credit risk collateralizing the debt issued in connection
with the Re-Pricing and (C) unless it consents to do so, none of the Collateral Manager, the U.S.
Retention Holder, any Affiliate of the Collateral Manager or any “sponsor” (as defined in the
U.S. Risk Retention Rules) of the Issuer will be required to purchase any debt issued in
connection with the Re-Pricing. If the Trustee receives written notice from the Issuer that a
proposed Re-Pricing is not effectuated by the proposed Re-Pricing Date, the Trustee shall post
notice to the Trustee’s website and notify the Holders of the Debt and S&P that such proposed
Re-Pricing was not effectuated.
(e)Any notice of a Re-Pricing may be withdrawn by the Collateral Manager
on or prior to the Business Day prior to the scheduled Re-Pricing Date by written notice to the
Issuer and the Trustee for any reason. Upon receipt of such notice of withdrawal, the Trustee
shall send such notice to the Holders of Debt and S&P.
(f)The Issuer shall direct the Trustee to segregate payments and take other
reasonable steps to effect the Re-Pricing and the Trustee shall have the authority to take such
actions as may be directed by the Issuer or the Collateral Manager as the Issuer, or the Re-
Pricing Intermediary on behalf of the Issuer, or the Collateral Manager shall deem necessary or
desirable to effect a Re-Pricing. In order to give effect to the Re-Pricing, the Issuer may, to the
extent necessary or desirable, obtain and assign a separate CUSIP or CUSIPs to the Debt of each
Class held by such consenting or non-consenting Holder(s). The Trustee (and the Loan Agent, if
applicable) shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the Re-Pricing is authorized or permitted by this Indenture or the Class A-L
Loan Agreement, as applicable, and that all conditions precedent thereto have been complied
with. The Trustee (and the Loan Agent, as applicable) may request and rely on an Issuer Order
providing direction and any additional information requested by the Trustee (and the Loan
Agent, as applicable) in order to effect a Re-Pricing.
Section VIII.8Clean-Up Call Redemption. (a) At the written direction of the Collateral
Manager delivered to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Loan Agent not later than 15 Business Days
prior to the proposed Redemption Date specified in such direction, the Debt will be subject to
redemption by the Issuer, in whole but not in part (a “Clean-Up Call Redemption”), at the
Redemption Price therefor, on any Payment Date after the Non-Call Period on which the
Collateral Principal Amount is less than 20% of the Target Initial Par Amount.
(a)Upon receipt of notice directing the Issuer to effect a Clean-Up Call
Redemption, the Issuer (or, at the written direction of the Issuer, the Trustee on its behalf) will
offer the Collateral Manager, the holders of the Subordinated Notes and any other Person
identified by the Issuer or the Collateral Manager the right to bid to purchase the Collateral
Obligations at a price not less than the Clean-Up Call Purchase Price. Any Clean-Up Call
Redemption is subject to (i) the sale of the Collateral Obligations by the Issuer to the highest
bidder or bidders therefor pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence on or prior to the third
Business Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date, for a purchase price or
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purchase prices in cash (the “Clean-Up Call Purchase Price”) payable on or prior to the third
Business Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date at least equal to the greater of
(1) the sum of (a) the sum of the Redemption Prices of the Secured Debt, plus (b) the aggregate
of all other amounts owing by the Issuer on the date of such redemption that are payable in
accordance with the Priority of Payments prior to distributions in respect of the Subordinated
Notes (without regard to the Administrative Expense Cap), minus (c) all other Assets available
for application in accordance with the Priority of Payments on the Redemption Date and (2) the
Market Value of such Assets being purchased, and (ii) the receipt by the Trustee from the
Collateral Manager, prior to such purchase(s), of certification from the Collateral Manager that
the sum expected to be so received satisfies clause (i). Upon receipt by the Trustee of the
certification referred to in the preceding sentence, the Trustee (pursuant to written direction from
the Issuer) and the Issuer shall take all actions necessary to sell, assign and transfer the Assets to
the applicable holder of Subordinated Notes, the Collateral Manager or such other Person upon
payment in immediately available funds of the Clean-Up Call Purchase Price. The Trustee shall
deposit such payment into the applicable sub-account of the Collection Account in accordance
with the instructions of the Collateral Manager. Any sale, assignment and/or transfer pursuant to
this Section 9.8(b) shall be carried out in accordance with the restrictions of Section 12.4(a)
hereof.
(b)Upon receipt from the Collateral Manager of a direction in writing to
effect a Clean-Up Call Redemption, the Issuer shall set the related Redemption Date (as specified
in such direction) and give written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral
Manager and S&P not later than 15 Business Days prior to the proposed Redemption Date.
(c)Any notice of Clean-Up Call Redemption may be withdrawn by the Issuer
up to two Business Days prior to the related scheduled Redemption Date by written notice to the
Trustee, the Collateral Manager and S&P only if amounts equal to the Clean-Up Call Purchase
Price are not received in full in immediately available funds by the third Business Day
immediately preceding such Redemption Date.
(d)On the Redemption Date related to any Clean-Up Call Redemption, the
Clean-Up Call Purchase Price and all other Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds available for
distribution on such date shall be distributed pursuant to the Priority of Payments (without regard
to the Administrative Expense Cap).
ARTICLE IX
ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES
Section IX.1Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without
intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all Money and other property
payable to or receivable by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, including all payments due on
the Assets, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Assets. The Trustee shall
segregate and hold (or cause the Custodian to segregate and hold) all such Money and property
received by it for the benefit of Holders of the Debt and shall apply it as provided herein. Each
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Account shall be established and maintained (a) with a federal or state-chartered depository
institution that has a long-term issuer credit rating of at least “A” and a short-term issuer credit
rating of “A-1” (or in the absence of a short-term issuer credit rating, a long-term issuer credit
rating of at least “A+”) by S&P, and if such institution’s rating falls below such ratings, the
assets held in such Account shall be moved by the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on the
Issuer’s behalf) no later than 31 calendar days after such event to another institution that has such
ratings or (b) in segregated accounts with the corporate trust department of a federal or state-
chartered depository institution that has a long-term issuer credit rating of at least “A” and a
short-term issuer credit rating of “A-1” (or in the absence of a short-term issuer credit rating, a
long-term issuer credit rating of at least “A+”) by S&P (and if such institution’s rating falls
below such ratings, the assets held in such Account shall be moved by the Issuer (or the
Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf) no later than 31 calendar days after such event to
another institution that has such ratings) and is subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds
on deposit similar to Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 9.10. Such institution
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.$200,000,000. All Cash deposited in the
Accounts shall be invested only in Eligible Investments or Collateral Obligations in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture. The accounts established by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article X may include any number of subaccounts deemed necessary for convenience in
administering the Assets.
Section IX.2Collection Account. (a) In accordance with this Indenture and the
Securities Account Control Agreement, the Issuer shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, cause
the Trustee to establish at the Custodian two segregated accounts, one of which will be
designated the “Interest Collection Subaccount” and one of which will be designated the
“Principal Collection Subaccount” (and which together will comprise the Collection Account),
each held in the name of the Issuer subject to the Lien of this Indenture and each of which shall
be maintained with the Custodian in accordance with the Securities Account Control Agreement.
The Trustee shall from time to time deposit into the Interest Collection Subaccount, in addition
to the deposits required pursuant to Section 10.7(a), immediately upon receipt thereof or upon
transfer from the Expense Reserve Account or the Payment Account, all Interest Proceeds
(unless simultaneously reinvested in additional Collateral Obligations in accordance with
Article XII). The Trustee shall deposit immediately upon receipt thereof or upon transfer from
the Expense Reserve Account or the Revolver Funding Account all other amounts remitted to the
Collection Account into the Principal Collection Subaccount, including in addition to the
deposits required pursuant to Section 10.7(a), (i) any funds designated as Principal Proceeds by
the Collateral Manager in accordance with this Indenture, (ii) the net proceeds from the issuance
of any additional Debt and (iii) all other Principal Proceeds (unless simultaneously reinvested in
additional Collateral Obligations in accordance with Article XII or in Eligible Investments). The
Issuer may, but under no circumstances shall be required to, deposit from time to time into the
Collection Account, in addition to any amount required hereunder to be deposited therein, such
Monies received from external sources for the benefit of the Secured Parties or the Issuer (other
than payments on or in respect of the Collateral Obligations, Eligible Investments or other
existing Assets) as the Issuer deems, in its sole discretion, to be advisable and to designate them
as Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds. All Monies deposited from time to time in the
Collection Account pursuant to this Indenture shall be held by the Trustee as part of the Assets
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and shall be applied to the purposes herein provided. Subject to Section 10.2(d), amounts in the
Collection Account shall be reinvested pursuant to Section 10.7(a).
(a)The Trustee, within one Business Day after receipt of any distribution or
other proceeds in respect of the Assets which are not Cash, shall so notify the Issuer and the
Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer) shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to, within five Business Days after receipt of such notice from the Trustee (or as soon as
practicable thereafter), sell such distribution or other proceeds for Cash in an arm’s length
transaction and deposit the proceeds thereof in the Collection Account; provided that the Issuer
(i) need not sell such distributions or other proceeds if it delivers an Issuer Order or an Officer’s
certificate to the Trustee certifying that such distributions or other proceeds constitute Collateral
Obligations, Equity Securities or Eligible Investments or (ii) may otherwise retain such
distribution or other proceeds for up to two years from the date of receipt thereof if it delivers an
Officer’s certificate to the Trustee certifying that (x) it will sell such distribution within such
two-year period and (y) retaining such distribution is not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
(b)At any time when reinvestment is permitted pursuant to Article XII, the
Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer may by Issuer Order direct the Trustee to, and upon
receipt of such Issuer Order the Trustee shall, withdraw funds on deposit in the Principal
Collection Subaccount representing Principal Proceeds (together with any Principal Financed
Accrued Interest and Principal Financed Capitalized Interest) and reinvest (or invest, in the case
of funds referred to in Section 7.18) such funds in additional Collateral Obligations, in each case
in accordance with the requirements of Article XII and such Issuer Order. At any time, the
Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer may by Issuer Order direct the Trustee to, and upon
receipt of such Issuer Order the Trustee shall, withdraw funds on deposit in the Principal
Collection Subaccount representing Principal Proceeds and deposit such funds in the Revolver
Funding Account to meet funding requirements on Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligations or
Revolving Collateral Obligations.
(c)The Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer may by Issuer Order direct
the Trustee to, and upon receipt of such Issuer Order the Trustee shall, pay from amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account on any Business Day during any Interest Accrual Period (i)
any amount required to purchase additional Collateral Obligations, and (ii) from Interest
Proceeds only, (x) any Administrative Expenses (such payments to be counted against the
Administrative Expense Cap for the applicable period and to be subject to the order of priority as
stated in the definition of Administrative Expenses) and/or (y) to exercise a warrant or right to
acquire securities held in the Assets in accordance with the requirements of Article XII and such
Issuer Order; provided that the aggregate Administrative Expenses paid pursuant to this
Section 10.2(d) during any Collection Period shall not exceed the Administrative Expense Cap
for the related Payment Date; provided, further, that the Trustee shall be entitled (but not
required) without liability on its part, to refrain from making any such payment of an
Administrative Expense pursuant to this Section 10.2 on any day other than a Payment Date if, in
its reasonable determination, the payment of such amount is likely to leave insufficient funds
available to pay in full each of the items described in Section 11.1(a)(i)(A) as reasonably
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anticipated to be or become due and payable on the next Payment Date, taking into account the
Administrative Expense Cap.
(d)The Trustee shall transfer to the Payment Account, from the Collection
Account for application pursuant to Section 11.1(a), on the Business Day immediately preceding
each Payment Date, the amount set forth to be so transferred in the Distribution Report for such
Payment Date.
(e)Subject to Section 12.2(f), the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer
may direct the Trustee to withdraw Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds from the Collection
Account on any Business Day during any Interest Accrual Period in any amount required to
acquire a Workout Loan.
(f)The Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer may direct the Trustee to
transfer from amounts on deposit in the Interest Collection Subaccount to the Principal
Collection Subaccount, amounts necessary for application as described under Section 7.18. In
addition, the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer may direct the Trustee to deposit from
the Principal Collection Subaccount into the Revolver Funding Account amounts that are
required to meet funding requirements with respect to Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligations
and Revolving Collateral Obligations.
Section IX.3Transaction Accounts.
(a)Payment Account. In accordance with this Indenture and the Securities
Account Control Agreement, the Issuer shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, cause the Trustee
to establish at the Custodian a single, segregated non-interest bearing account held in the name of
the Issuer, subject to the Lien of this Indenture, which shall be designated as the Payment
Account, which shall be maintained with the Custodian in accordance with the Securities
Account Control Agreement. Except as provided in Section 11.1(a), the only permitted
withdrawal from or application of funds on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Payment
Account shall be to pay amounts due and payable on the Debt in accordance with their terms and
the provisions of this Indenture and, upon Issuer Order, to pay Administrative Expenses, fees and
other amounts due and owing to the Collateral Manager under the Collateral Management
Agreement and other amounts specified herein, each in accordance with the Priority of
Payments. The Issuer shall not have any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the Payment
Account other than in accordance with this Indenture (including the Priority of Payments) and
the Securities Account Control Agreement. Amounts in the Payment Account shall remain
uninvested.
(b)Custodial Account. In accordance with this Indenture and the Securities
Account Control Agreement, the Issuer shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, cause the Trustee
to establish at the Custodian a single, segregated non-interest bearing account held in the name of
the Issuer, subject to the Lien of this Indenture, which shall be designated as the Custodial
Account, which shall be maintained with the Custodian in accordance with the Securities
Account Control Agreement. All Collateral Obligations, Workout Loans, Restructured Loans and
Specified Equity Securities shall be credited to the Custodial Account. The only permitted
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withdrawals from the Custodial Account shall be in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture. The Trustee agrees to give the Issuer immediate notice if (to the actual knowledge of a
Trust Officer of the Trustee) the Custodial Account or any assets or securities on deposit therein,
or otherwise to the credit of the Custodial Account, shall become subject to any writ, order,
judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process. The Issuer shall not have any
legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the Custodial Account other than in accordance with this
Indenture and the Priority of Payments. Amounts in the Custodial Account shall remain
uninvested.
(c)Ramp-Up Account. In accordance with this Indenture and the Securities
Account Control Agreement, the Issuer shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, cause the Trustee
to establish at the Custodian a single, segregated non-interest bearing account held in the name of
the Issuer, subject to the Lien of this Indenture, which shall be designated as the Ramp-Up
Account, which shall be maintained with the Custodian in accordance with the Securities
Account Control Agreement. The Issuer hereby directs the Trustee to deposit the amount
specified in Section 3.1(j) to the Ramp-Up Account on the Closing Date. In connection with any
purchase of an additional Collateral Obligation, the Trustee will apply amounts held in the
Ramp-Up Account as provided by Section 7.18(b) and Section 7.18(f). Any income earned on
amounts deposited in the Ramp-Up Account will be deposited in the Interest Collection
Subaccount. All other amounts on deposit in the Ramp-Up Account will be deemed to represent
Principal Proceeds. On the Effective Date (and excluding any proceeds that will be used to settle
binding commitments entered into prior to that date), the Trustee will deposit from amounts
remaining in the Ramp-Up Account: (x) an amount designated by the Collateral Manager (the
“Designated Ramp-Up Proceeds”) not greater than 0.5% of the Target Initial Par Amount (the
“Designated Deposit Cap”) into the Interest Collection Subaccount as Interest Proceeds;
provided that, before and after giving effect to such deposit, (i) the Target Initial Par Condition
would be satisfied if determined as of such time, (ii) each Coverage Test is satisfied, (iii) the
Collateral Quality Test is satisfied, (iv) the Concentration Limitations are satisfied and (v) no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and (y) any remaining amounts (after any
deposit pursuant to clause (x) above) into the Principal Collection Subaccount as Principal
Proceeds. Following the Effective Date and on or prior to the Determination Date related to the
first Payment Date after the Closing Date, the Collateral Manager may make a one-time
designation of Principal Proceeds received by the Issuer as Interest Proceeds (the “Designated
Principal Proceeds”), so long as, after giving effect to such designation (i) the aggregate amount
of Designated Ramp-Up Proceeds and Designated Principal Proceeds will not exceed the
Designated Deposit Cap, (ii) each Coverage Test is satisfied, (iii) the Collateral Quality Test is
satisfied, (iv) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (v) the Concentration
Limitations are satisfied and (vi) the Target Initial Par Condition would be satisfied if determined
as of such time.
(d)Expense Reserve Account. In accordance with this Indenture and the
Securities Account Control Agreement, the Issuer shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, cause
the Trustee to establish at the Custodian a single, segregated non-interest bearing account held in
the name of the Issuer, subject to the Lien of this Indenture, which shall be designated as the
Expense Reserve Account. The Issuer shall direct the Trustee to deposit the amount specified in
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Section 3.1(j) to the Expense Reserve Account. On any Business Day from the Closing Date to
and including the Determination Date relating to the third Payment Date following the Closing
Date, the Trustee shall apply funds from the Expense Reserve Account, as directed by the
Collateral Manager, (i) to pay expenses of the Issuer incurred in connection with the
establishment of the Issuer, the structuring and consummation of the Offering and the issuance of
the Debt or (ii) to the Collection Account as Principal Proceeds. By the Determination Date
relating to the third Payment Date following the Closing Date, all funds in the Expense Reserve
Account (after deducting any expenses paid on such Determination Date) will be deposited in the
Collection Account as Interest Proceeds (or Principal Proceeds if directed by the Collateral
Manager in its sole discretion) and the Expense Reserve Account will be closed. Any income
earned on amounts deposited in the Expense Reserve Account will be deposited in the Interest
Collection Subaccount as Interest Proceeds as it is received.
(e)Permitted Use Account. In accordance with this Indenture and the
Securities Account Control Agreement, the Issuer shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, cause
the Trustee to establish at the Custodian a single, segregated non-interest bearing account in the
name of the Issuer, subject to the Lien of this Indenture, which shall be designated as the
Permitted Use Account. Contributions made as described in Section 10.6 hereof will be
deposited into the Permitted Use Account and transferred to the Collection Account for a
Permitted Use designated by the Collateral Manager. In addition, amounts designated for deposit
into the Permitted Use Account pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i) and/or the proceeds of the issuance
of Junior Mezzanine Notes or additional Subordinated Notes designated for deposit into the
Permitted Use Account will be deposited into the Permitted Use Account and transferred to the
Collection Account at the direction of the Collateral Manager to be applied for a Permitted Use.
Amounts on deposit in the Permitted Use Account will be invested in the Standby Directed
Investment until such time as the Trustee receives written direction from the Collateral Manager
(which direction may be in the form of standing instructions) to invest such amounts in other
Eligible Investments. Any income earned on amounts deposited in the Permitted Use Account
will be deposited in the Interest Collection Subaccount as Interest Proceeds.
Section IX.4The Revolver Funding Account. Upon the purchase or acquisition of any
Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or Revolving Collateral Obligation identified by
written notice to the Trustee, funds in an amount equal to the undrawn portion of such obligation
shall be withdrawn first from the Ramp-Up Account (if prior to the Effective Date) and, if
necessary, from the Principal Collection Subaccount and deposited in a single, segregated
account established (in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities Account Control
Agreement) in the name of the Issuer subject to the Lien of this Indenture (the “Revolver
Funding Account”). The Issuer hereby directs the Trustee to deposit the amount specified in
Section 3.1(j) to the Revolver Funding Account on the Closing Date. Upon initial purchase or
acquisition of any such obligations, funds deposited in the Revolver Funding Account in respect
of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or Revolving Collateral Obligation will be
treated as part of the purchase price therefor. Amounts on deposit in the Revolver Funding
Account will be invested in overnight funds that are Eligible Investments selected by the
Collateral Manager pursuant to Section 10.7 and earnings from all such investments will be
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deposited in the Interest Collection Subaccount as Interest Proceeds. All other amounts held in
the Revolver Funding Account will be deemed to represent Principal Proceeds.
The Issuer shall, at all times, maintain sufficient funds on deposit in the Revolver
Funding Account such that the sum of the amount of funds on deposit in the Revolver Funding
Account shall be equal to or greater than the sum of the unfunded funding obligations under all
such Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligations and Revolving Collateral Obligations then
included in the Assets. Funds shall be deposited in the Revolver Funding Account upon the
purchase of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or Revolving Collateral Obligation
and upon the receipt by the Issuer of any Principal Proceeds with respect to a Revolving
Collateral Obligation as directed by the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer. In the event
of any shortfall in the Revolver Funding Account, the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the
Issuer) may direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee thereafter shall, transfer funds in an amount
equal to such shortfall from the Principal Collection Subaccount to the Revolver Funding
Account.
Any funds in the Revolver Funding Account (other than earnings from Eligible
Investments therein) will be treated as Principal Proceeds and will be available solely to cover
any drawdowns on the Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligations and Revolving Collateral
Obligations; provided, that any excess of (A) the amounts on deposit in the Revolver Funding
Account over (B) the sum of the unfunded funding obligations under all Delayed Drawdown
Collateral Obligations and Revolving Collateral Obligations that are included in the Assets
(which excess may occur for any reason, including upon (i) the sale or maturity of a Delayed
Drawdown Collateral Obligation or Revolving Collateral Obligation, (ii) the occurrence of an
event of default with respect to any such Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or Revolving
Collateral Obligation or (iii) any other event or circumstance which results in the irrevocable
reduction of the undrawn commitments under such Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or
Revolving Collateral Obligation) may be transferred by the Trustee (at the written direction of
the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer) from time to time as Principal Proceeds to the
Principal Collection Subaccount.
Section IX.5The Interest Reserve Account. The Issuer will, on or prior to the Closing
Date, cause the Trustee to establish a single, segregated non-interest bearing account in the name
of the Issuer subject to the Lien of this Indenture which will be designated as the “Interest
Reserve Account.” On the Closing Date, the Issuer will deposit an amount equal to the Interest
Reserve Amount into the Interest Reserve Account. On or before the Determination Date in the
first Collection Period, the Collateral Manager may direct that any portion of the Interest Reserve
Amount be transferred to the Collection Account and included as Interest Proceeds or Principal
Proceeds for such Collection Period; provided that the purchase of Collateral Obligations with
such funds shall not cause an EU/UK Retention Deficiency. On the first Payment Date, all
amounts on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account will be transferred to the Payment Account
and applied as Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds (as directed by the Collateral Manager) in
accordance with the Priority of Payments, and the Trustee will close the Interest Reserve
Account.
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Section IX.6Contributions. At any time during the Reinvestment Period, any Holder
of Subordinated Notes (each such person, a “Contributor”) may provide a contribution notice
(“Contribution Notice”) to the Issuer (with a copy to the Collateral Manager) and the Trustee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, and make a subsequent contribution of cash to the
Issuer (each, a “Contribution”); provided, that each Contribution shall be in an aggregate amount
equal to at least $750,000 (counting all Contributions made on the same day as one Contribution
for this purpose). The Collateral Manager, on behalf of the Issuer, may accept or reject any
Contribution in its sole discretion and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such acceptance.
Each accepted Contribution shall be received into the Permitted Use Account and applied by the
Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer to a Permitted Use as directed by the Collateral
Manager at the time such Contribution is made. No Contribution or portion thereof shall be
returned to the Contributor at any time (other than by operation of the Priority of Payments) and
no additional equity interest in the Issuer shall be issued or other rights against the Issuer shall be
credited in favor of the Contributor as a result of such Contribution. The Trustee shall post a
copy of any such Contribution Notice to the Trustee’s website promptly after such Contribution
is made.
Section IX.7Reinvestment of Funds in Accounts; Reports by Trustee. (a) By Issuer
Order (which may be in the form of standing instructions), the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager
on behalf of the Issuer) shall at all times direct the Trustee to, and, upon receipt of such Issuer
Order, the Trustee shall, invest all funds remaining on deposit in the Collection Account, the
Ramp-Up Account, the Revolver Funding Account, the Expense Reserve Account, the Permitted
Use Account and the Interest Reserve Account, as so directed in Eligible Investments having
stated maturities no later than the Business Day preceding the next Payment Date (or such other
maturities expressly provided herein). If prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer
shall not have given any such investment directions, the Trustee shall seek instructions from the
Collateral Manager within three Business Days after transfer of any funds to such accounts. If
the Trustee does not thereafter receive written instructions from the Collateral Manager within
five Business Days after transfer of such funds to such accounts, it shall invest and reinvest the
funds held in such accounts, as fully as practicable, in the Standby Directed Investment or other
Eligible Investments of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Eligible
Investments” maturing no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment
Date (or such other maturities expressly provided herein), as selected by the Issuer or the
Collateral Manager on its behalf. If after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer shall
not have given such investment directions to the Trustee for three consecutive days, the Trustee
shall invest and reinvest such Monies as fully as practicable in the Standby Directed Investment
unless and until contrary investment instructions as provided in the preceding sentence are
received or the Trustee receives a written instruction from the Issuer, or the Collateral Manager
on behalf of the Issuer, changing the Standby Directed Investment. Except to the extent expressly
provided otherwise herein, all interest and other income from such investments shall be
deposited in the Interest Collection Subaccount, any gain realized from such investments shall be
credited to the Principal Collection Subaccount upon receipt, and any loss resulting from such
investments shall be charged to the Principal Collection Subaccount. The Trustee shall not in any
way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency of such accounts which results from any loss
relating to any such investment; provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Bank of (i) its
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obligations or liabilities under any security or obligation issued by the Bank or any Affiliate
thereof or (ii) liability for any loss resulting from gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud
on the part of the Bank or any Affiliate thereof. Except as expressly provided herein, the Trustee
shall not otherwise be under any duty to invest (or pay interest on) amounts held hereunder from
time to time.
(a)The Trustee agrees to give the Issuer immediate notice if any Trust Officer
has actual knowledge that any Account or any funds on deposit in any Account, or otherwise to
the credit of an Account, shall become subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant of
attachment, execution or similar process.
(b)The Trustee shall supply, in a timely fashion, to the Issuer, S&P, the
Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Manager any information regularly maintained by the
Trustee that the Issuer, S&P, the Collateral Administrator or the Collateral Manager may from
time to time reasonably request with respect to the Assets, the Accounts and the other Assets and
provide any other requested information reasonably available to the Trustee by reason of its
acting as Trustee hereunder and required to be provided by Section 10.8 or to permit the
Collateral Manager to perform its obligations under the Collateral Management Agreement or
the Issuer’s obligations hereunder that have been delegated to the Collateral Manager. The
Trustee shall promptly forward to the Collateral Manager copies of notices and other writings
received by it from the Obligor or issuer of any Asset or from any Clearing Agency with respect
to any Asset which notices or writings advise the holders of such Asset of any rights that the
holders might have with respect thereto (including, without limitation, requests to vote with
respect to amendments or waivers and notices of prepayments and redemptions) as well as all
periodic financial reports received from such Obligor or issuer and Clearing Agencies with
respect to such Obligor or issuer.
Section IX.8Accountings.
(a)Monthly. Not later than the 27th calendar day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day) of each calendar month (other than January,
April, July and October in each year) and commencing in September 2024, the Issuer shall
compile (or cause to be compiled) and give to the Collateral Manager, the Loan Agent and the
Trustee (who shall make available to S&P so long as the guidelines of such exchange so require),
Moody’s Analytics, Inc., the Initial Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent, any other Holder shown
in the Registers for any Debt, any beneficial owner of any Debt who has delivered a Beneficial
Ownership Certificate to the Trustee and the Investor Information Services by posting such
report to its website), a monthly report on a trade date basis (each such report a “Monthly
Report”). As used herein, the “Monthly Report Determination Date” with respect to any calendar
month will be the seventh day of such calendar month; provided, that if such seventh day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day. The Monthly Report for a calendar month shall
contain the following information with respect to the Collateral Obligations and Eligible
Investments included in the Assets, based on information provided by the Collateral Manager,
and shall be determined as of the close of business on the Monthly Report Determination Date
for such calendar month:
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(i)Aggregate Principal Balance of Collateral Obligations, the
aggregate unfunded commitments of the Collateral Obligations, any capitalized interest
on the Collateral Obligations and Eligible Investments representing Principal Proceeds.
(ii)Adjusted Collateral Principal Amount of Collateral Obligations.
(iii)Collateral Principal Amount of Collateral Obligations.
(iv)A list of Collateral Obligations, including, with respect to each
such Collateral Obligation, the following information:
(A)The obligor thereon (including the issuer ticker, if any);
(B)The number, identity, Bloomberg Loan ID, FIGI, ISIN,
Loan/X, CUSIP or security identifier thereof (as applicable);
(C)The Principal Balance thereof (other than any accrued
interest that was purchased with Principal Proceeds) and any unfunded
commitment pertaining thereto;
(D)The percentage of the aggregate Collateral Principal
Amount represented by such Collateral Obligation;
(E)(x) The related interest rate or spread (in the case of a
Reference Rate Floor Obligation, calculated both with and without regard to the
excess of any applicable specified “floor” rate per annum over the Reference Rate
in effect for the current Interest Accrual Period), (y) if such Collateral Obligation
is a Reference Rate Floor Obligation, the related reference rate floor and (z) the
identity of any Collateral Obligation that is not a Reference Rate Floor Obligation
and for which interest is calculated with respect to any index other than the
Reference Rate;
(F)The stated maturity thereof;
(G)The related S&P Industry Classification;
(H)For each Collateral Obligation with an S&P Rating derived
from a Moody’s Rating, the Moody’s Rating, unless such rating is based on a
credit estimate unpublished by Moody’s (and, in the event of a downgrade or
withdrawal of the applicable Moody’s Rating, the prior rating and the date such
Moody’s Rating was changed);
(I)[Reserved];
(J)[Reserved];
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(K)The S&P Rating, unless such rating is based on a credit
estimate or is a private or confidential rating from S&P;
(L)[Reserved];
(M)The country of Domicile;
(N)An indication as to whether each such Collateral Obligation
is (1) a Senior Secured Loan, (2) a Second Lien Loan, (3) a Defaulted Obligation,
(4) a Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation, (5) a Revolving Collateral
Obligation, (6) a Participation Interest (indicating the related Selling Institution, if
applicable, and its ratings by S&P), (7) a Permitted Deferrable Obligation, (8) a
Fixed Rate Obligation, (9) a Current Pay Obligation, (10) a Discount Obligation,
(11) a Discount Obligation purchased in the manner described in clause (y) of the
proviso to the definition “Discount Obligation”, (12) a DIP Collateral Obligation,
(13) a First-Lien Last-Out Loan, (14) a Cov-Lite Loan, (15) a Credit Improved
Obligation, (16) a Credit Risk Obligation and (17) a Workout Loan designated as
a Collateral Obligation;
(O)With respect to each Collateral Obligation that is a
Discount Obligation purchased in the manner described in clause (i) of the
proviso to the definition “Discount Obligation”,
(I)the identity of the Collateral Obligation (including
whether such Collateral Obligation was classified as a Discount Obligation
at the time of its original purchase) the proceeds of whose sale are used to
purchase the purchased Collateral Obligation;
(II)the purchase price (as a percentage of par) of the
purchased Collateral Obligation and the sale price (as a percentage of par)
of the Collateral Obligation the proceeds of whose sale are used to
purchase the purchased Collateral Obligation; and
(III)the Aggregate Principal Balance of Collateral
Obligations that have been excluded from the definition of “Discount
Obligation” and relevant calculations indicating whether such amount is in
compliance with the limitations described in clauses (ii)(x) and (ii)(y) of
the proviso to the definition of “Discount Obligation;”
(P)The S&P Recovery Rate; and
(Q)The most recently calculated EBITDA for the related
Obligor (as provided by the Collateral Manager to the Trustee).
(v)If the Monthly Report Determination Date occurs on or after the
Effective Date, for each of the limitations and tests specified in the definitions of
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Concentration Limitations and Collateral Quality Test (including, for this purpose only,
the Diversity Score), (1) the result, (2) the related minimum or maximum test level and
(3) if such Monthly Report Determination Date occurs on or prior to the last day of the
Reinvestment Period, a determination as to whether such result satisfies the related test.
(vi)The calculation of each of the following:
(A)Each Interest Coverage Ratio (and setting forth the
percentage required to satisfy each Interest Coverage Test); and
(B)Each Overcollateralization Ratio (and setting forth the
percentage required to satisfy each Overcollateralization Ratio Test).
(vii)The calculation specified in Section 5.1(e).
(viii)The identity of each Defaulted Obligation, the S&P Collateral
Value and Market Value of each such Defaulted Obligation and date of default thereof.
(ix)The identity of each Collateral Obligation with an S&P Rating of
“CCC+” or below and, if the CCC Excess is greater than zero, the Market Value of each
such Collateral Obligation.
(x)The identity of each Deferring Obligation, the S&P Collateral
Value and Market Value of each Deferring Obligation, and the date on which interest was
last paid in full in Cash thereon.
(xi)The identity of each Current Pay Obligation, the Market Value of
each such Current Pay Obligation, and the percentage of the Collateral Principal Amount
comprised of Current Pay Obligations.
(xii)The identity of each Workout Loan not designated as a Collateral
Obligation, Restructured Loan, Specified Equity Security and Equity Security held by the
Issuer.
(xiii)The Weighted Average Coupon, the Weighted Average Floating
Spread, the Weighted Average Life, the Weighted Average S&P Recovery Rate, the S&P
Weighted Average Rating Factor.
(xiv)The results of the S&P CDO Monitor Test (with a statement as to
whether it is passing or failing), including the Class Default Differentials, the Class
Break-even Default Rates and the Class Scenario Default Rate for the Highest Ranking
S&P Class of Debt, and, after the S&P CDO Monitor Election Date, the Weighted
Average Floating Spread that is calculated for purposes of the S&P CDO Monitor Test,
the characteristics of the Current Portfolio and the S&P CDO Monitor Benchmarks.
(xv)A copy of the notice provided by the Collateral Manager pursuant
to Section 12.2(b) hereof setting forth the details of any Trading Plan (including the
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proposed amendments and/or proposed investments identified by the Collateral Manager
for acquisition or entry, as applicable, as part of such Trading Plan (which details shall be
reported by providing a copy of the notice from the Collateral Manager on a dedicated
page of the Monthly Report)).
(xvi)[Reserved].
(xvii)The identity of each Collateral Obligation subject to a Maturity
Amendment during the related calendar month and the details of any such Maturity
Amendment (which details shall be reported on a dedicated page of the Monthly Report)
and confirmation that not more than 5.0% of the Collateral Principal Amount consists of
Collateral Obligations subject to a Credit Amendment that does not meet the requirement
described in the first proviso to Section 7.20(a) (as provided by the Collateral Manager to
the Trustee).
(xviii)With respect to the EU/UK Retention Interests: (A) confirmation
that the Collateral Administrator has received written confirmation from the EU/UK
Retention Holder that (x) it continues to hold the EU/UK Retention Interest and (y) it has
not sold, hedged or otherwise mitigated its credit risk under or associated with the EU/
UK Retention Interest or the underlying portfolio of Collateral Obligations, except to the
extent permitted in accordance with the EU/UK Risk Retention Requirements; (B) as
calculated by the Collateral Manager, the calculation of 5% of the EU/UK Retention
Basis Amount as of the most recent Determination Date for the purposes of the Collateral
Manager’s determination of whether an EU/UK Retention Deficiency has occurred; and
(C) confirmation from the Collateral Manager as to whether, since the last Monthly
Report Determination Date, an actual or potential EU/UK Retention Deficiency has
prohibited the Collateral Manager from reinvesting in any Collateral Obligations.
(xix)The balance of all Eligible Investments and cash in each of the
Accounts.
(xx)The name of the financial institution that holds each Account and
the applicable ratings by S&P required under Section 10.1 for such institution.
(xxi)On a dedicated page of the Monthly Report, the amount of any
Contributions received by the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.6 since the previous Monthly
Report Determination Date.
(xxii)Such other information as S&P or the Collateral Manager may
reasonably request and as may be reasonably available to the Collateral Administrator at
no undue burden or expense.
For each instance in which the Market Value is reported pursuant to the foregoing, the
Monthly Report shall also indicate the manner in which such Market Value was determined and
the source(s) (if applicable) used in such determination (as provided by the Collateral Manager to
the Collateral Administrator).
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Upon receipt of each Monthly Report, the Trustee shall compare the information
contained in such Monthly Report to the information contained in its records with respect to the
Assets and shall, within three Business Days after receipt of such Monthly Report, notify the
Issuer (and the Issuer shall notify S&P), the Collateral Administrator and the Collateral Manager
if the information contained in the Monthly Report does not conform to the information
maintained by the Trustee with respect to the Assets. If any discrepancy exists, the Issuer, or the
Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer, shall attempt to resolve the discrepancy. If such
discrepancy cannot be promptly resolved, the Trustee shall within ten (10) Business Days notify
the Collateral Manager who shall, on behalf of the Issuer, request that the Independent
accountants appointed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.11 review such Monthly Report and
the Trustee’s records to determine the cause of such discrepancy. If such review reveals an error
in the Monthly Report or the Trustee’s records, the Monthly Report or the Trustee’s records shall
be revised accordingly and, as so revised, shall be utilized in making all calculations pursuant to
this Indenture and notice of any error in the Monthly Report shall be sent as soon as practicable
by the Issuer to all recipients of such report which may be accomplished by making a notation of
such error in the subsequent Monthly Report.
(b)Payment Date Accounting. The Issuer shall render (or cause to be
rendered) an accounting (each a “Distribution Report”), determined as of the close of business on
each Determination Date preceding a Payment Date, to the Collateral Manager and the Trustee
(who shall make available such Distribution Report to the Initial Purchaser, the Co-Placement
Agent, S&P, Moody’s Analytics, Inc., any Holder shown in the Registers, any beneficial owner
of any Debt who has delivered a Beneficial Ownership Certificate to the Trustee and the Investor
Information Services by posting such report to its website) not later than the related Payment
Date. The Distribution Report shall contain the following information:
(i)the information required to be in the Monthly Report pursuant to
Section 10.8(a);
(ii)(a) the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Debt of each Class at
the beginning of the Interest Accrual Period and such amount as a percentage of the
original Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Debt of such Class, (b) the amount of
principal payments to be made on the Secured Debt of each Class on the next Payment
Date, the amount of any Deferred Interest on the Class C Notes and the Aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Secured Debt of each Class after giving effect to the principal
payments, if any, on the next Payment Date and such amount as a percentage of the
original Aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Debt of such Secured Debt and (c) the
amount of distributions, if any, to be made on the Subordinated Notes on the next
Payment Date;
(iii)the Interest Rate and accrued interest for each applicable Class of
Debt for such Payment Date;
(iv)the amounts payable pursuant to each clause of Section 11.1(a)(i)
and each clause of Section 11.1(a)(ii) or each clause of Section 11.1(a)(iii), as applicable,
on the related Payment Date;
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(v)for the Collection Account:
(A)the Balance on deposit in the Collection Account at the end
of the related Collection Period;
(B)the amounts payable from the Collection Account to the
Payment Account, in order to make payments pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i) and
Section 11.1(a)(ii) on the next Payment Date (net of amounts which the Collateral
Manager intends to re-invest in additional Collateral Obligations pursuant to
Article XII); and
(C)the Balance remaining in the Collection Account
immediately after all payments and deposits to be made on such Payment Date;
(vi)for each Account, a schedule showing the beginning balance, each
credit or debit specifying the nature, source and amount, and the ending balance;
(vii)a schedule showing for each of the following the beginning
balance, the amount of Interest Proceeds received from the date of determination of the
immediately preceding Distribution Report, and the ending balance for the Determination
Date preceding the current Payment Date:
(A)Interest Proceeds from Collateral Obligations; and
(B)Interest Proceeds from Eligible Investments;
(viii)purchases, prepayments, and sales:
(A)the identity, Principal Balance (other than any accrued
interest that was purchased with Principal Proceeds), unfunded commitment (if
any), capitalized interest (if any), Principal Proceeds and Interest Proceeds
received, and date for (X) each Collateral Obligation that was released for sale or
disposition pursuant to Section 12.1 since the Determination Date immediately
preceding the last Distribution Report and (Y) each prepayment or redemption of
a Collateral Obligation, and in the case of (X), whether such Collateral Obligation
was a Credit Risk Obligation or a Credit Improved Obligation, whether the sale of
such Collateral Obligation was a discretionary sale; and
(B)the identity, Principal Balance (other than any accrued
interest that was purchased with Principal Proceeds), unfunded commitment (if
any), capitalized interest (if any) and Principal Proceeds and Interest Proceeds
expended to acquire each Collateral Obligation acquired pursuant to Section 12.2
since the Determination Date immediately preceding the last Distribution Report;
and
(ix)such other information as the Collateral Manager may reasonably
request.
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Each Distribution Report shall constitute instructions to the Trustee to withdraw funds from the
Payment Account and pay or transfer such amounts set forth in such Distribution Report in the
manner specified and in accordance with the priorities established in Section 11.1 and
Article XIII.
(c)Interest Rate Notice. The Trustee shall include in the Monthly Report a
notice setting forth the Interest Rate for each Class of Secured Debt for the Interest Accrual
Period preceding the next Payment Date.
(d)Failure to Provide Accounting. If the Trustee shall not have received any
accounting provided for in this Section 10.8 on the first Business Day after the date on which
such accounting is due to the Trustee, the Trustee shall notify the Collateral Manager who shall
use all reasonable efforts to obtain such accounting by the applicable Payment Date. To the
extent the Collateral Manager is required to provide any information or reports pursuant to this
Section 10.8 as a result of the failure of the Issuer to provide such information or reports, the
Collateral Manager shall be entitled to retain an Independent certified public accountant in
connection therewith and the reasonable costs incurred by the Collateral Manager for such
Independent certified public accountant shall be paid by the Issuer.
(e)Required Content of Certain Reports. Each Monthly Report and each
Distribution Report sent to any Holder or beneficial owner of an interest in any Debt shall
contain, or be accompanied by, the following notices:
The Debt may be beneficially owned only by Persons that are (a)
Qualified Purchasers that are not “U.S. persons” (as defined in
Regulation S) and are purchasing their beneficial interest outside
of the United States in reliance on Regulation S, (b) both (i)
Qualified Institutional Buyers or, solely in the case of Notes issued
as Certificated Notes, Institutional Accredited Investors and (ii)
Qualified Purchasers (or corporations, partnerships, limited
liability companies or other entities (other than trusts) each
shareholder, partner, member or other equity owner of which is
either a Qualified Purchaser) or (c) solely in the case of
Subordinated Notes issued as Certificated Notes, other Accredited
Investors that are Knowledgeable Employees with respect to the
Issuer. The Issuer has the right to compel any beneficial owner of
an interest in Global Notes that does not meet the qualifications set
forth in the preceding sentence to sell its interest in such Notes, or
may sell such interest on behalf of such owner, pursuant to
Section 2.11 hereof.
Each holder receiving this report agrees to keep all non-public
information herein confidential and not to use such information for
any purpose other than its evaluation of its investment in the Debt;
provided that any holder may provide such information on a
confidential basis to any prospective purchaser of such holder’s
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Debt that is permitted by the terms hereof to acquire such holder’s
Debt and that agrees to keep such information confidential in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(f)The Initial Purchaser and Co-Placement Agent Information. The Issuer,
the Co-Placement Agent and the Initial Purchaser, or any successor to the Initial Purchaser and
the Co-Placement Agent, may post the information contained in a Monthly Report or
Distribution Report to a password-protected internet site accessible only to the Holders of the
Debt and to the Collateral Manager.
(g)Distribution of Reports. On the Closing Date, the Issuer shall cause a
schedule of the Assets owned by the Issuer (on a trade date basis) as of the Closing Date to be
supplied to Moody’s Analytics, Inc. The Trustee will make the Monthly Report and the
Distribution Report available via its website. The Trustee’s website shall initially be located at
https://pivot.usbank.com. The Trustee may change the way such statements are distributed. As a
condition to access to the Trustee’s website, the Trustee may require registration and the
acceptance of a disclaimer. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on but shall not be responsible
for the content or accuracy of any information provided in the Monthly Report and the
Distribution Report which the Trustee disseminates in accordance with this Indenture and may
affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion.
(h)Effective Date Report. The Issuer shall compile (or cause the Collateral
Administrator to compile) and make available to S&P the Effective Date Report based solely on
information contained in the Monthly Reports or provided by the Collateral Manager to the
Collateral Administrator. The Collateral Manager shall cooperate with the Collateral
Administrator in connection with the preparation of the Effective Date Report. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Manager shall supply in a timely fashion any
information maintained by it that the Collateral Administrator may from time to time request
with respect to the Assets and reasonably need to complete the Effective Date Report or required
to permit the Issuer to perform its obligations hereunder. The Collateral Manager shall review
and verify the contents of the aforesaid reports, instructions, statements and certificates and shall
send such reports, instructions, statements and certificates to the Issuer for execution.
(i)Delivery to Moody’s. The Collateral Manager or the Trustee (in each case,
on behalf of the Issuer) shall provide or make available copies of this Indenture and the Offering
Memorandum to be delivered to Moody’s Analytics, Inc.
Section IX.9EU/UK Transparency Requirements. (a) The Issuer hereby agrees that
it shall be designated pursuant to Article 7(2) of each Securitization Regulation as the designated
entity required to fulfill the EU/UK Transparency Requirements (the “Reporting Entity”). As the
Reporting Entity, the Issuer hereby agrees and further covenants that it will make available to the
Holders, potential investors in the Debt, any Competent Authority, the Trustee, the Initial
Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent and the Collateral Manager (together, the “Relevant
Recipients”) the Loan Reports, the Investor Reports and any information or reports in respect of
Significant Events necessary to fulfill any applicable reporting obligations under the EU/UK
Transparency Requirements and the documentation and information referred to in paragraphs
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(1)(b) and (c) of Article 7 of each Securitization Regulation, including the final versions of
certain Transaction Documents and the Offering Circular. The Issuer shall also determine (which
determination may be made in consultation with the Collateral Manager) whether any reports,
data and other information is necessary or essential in connection with the preparation of any
Loan Reports, Investor Reports and any reports in respect of Significant Events that are required
in connection with the proper performance of its obligations pursuant to the EU/UK
Transparency Requirements (such reports, collectively, the “Transparency Reports”). As more
fully described in, and subject to, the Collateral Administration Agreement, the Collateral
Administrator shall cause compilation of the Transparency Reports and provide such reports to
the Issuer (or its designee), which the Issuer shall (through the Collateral Administrator acting on
the Issuer’s behalf and as described below) make available to or provide to the Relevant
Recipients (a) in the case of the Loan Reports and Investor Reports, beginning no later than one
month after the first Payment Date and thereafter on a quarterly basis and within one month of
each subsequent Payment Date or once Revised Templates are available, the Issuer (through the
Collateral Administrator acting on its behalf) may provide information in the form of the Revised
Templates, commencing on a date reasonably determined by the Issuer (which determination
may be made in consultation with the Collateral Manager and no earlier than one month
following the implementation of the Revised Templates unless a shorter period is agreed by the
Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the EU/UK Retention Holder and the Collateral Administrator);
provided that, if the Issuer does not agree to provide information in the form of the Revised
Templates, the Issuer (through the Collateral administrator acting on its behalf) shall continue to
provide the information in the form required prior to the adoption of the Revised Templates in
accordance with this Indenture and (b) in the case of any Significant Events, without delay.
The Issuer shall also be entitled (with the consent of the Collateral Manager at the cost
and expense of the Issuer, subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments) to appoint
a Reporting Agent to prepare, or assist in the preparation of, the Transparency Reports and/or to
make such information available to any Relevant Recipients. The Collateral Administrator will
compile the Transparency Reports on behalf of the Issuer and make available such Transparency
Reports on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with the EU/UK Transparency Requirements via
(i) posting on a website currently located at https://pivot.usbank.com (or such other website as
may be notified in writing by the Collateral Administrator to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Initial
Purchaser, the Co-Placement Agent, the Collateral Manager, the EU/UK Retention Holder and
the Holders) (the “Reporting Website”) accessible to any Relevant Recipient and (ii) such other
method of dissemination as is required by each Securitization Regulation. The Issuer shall, upon
request by the EU/UK Retention Holder and subject to the terms of the Collateral Administration
Agreement, direct the Collateral Administrator to make available the documentation and
information referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) of Article 7 of each Securitization Regulation
on the Closing Date via (i) the Reporting Website and (ii) such other method of dissemination as
is required by each Securitization Regulation.
(a)The Collateral Administrator will not assume any responsibility for the
Issuer’s reporting obligations under the Transaction Documents and shall not have any duty to
verify, investigate or audit any information or data, or to determine or monitor on an independent
basis the veracity, accuracy or completeness of any documentation, in each case provided to it by
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the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, or any other party in connection with the Transparency
Reports or whether or not the provision of such information accords with the EU/UK
Transparency Requirements. The Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on its behalf) shall provide
any necessary instructions to the Collateral Administrator and/or any Reporting Agent, as
applicable, in respect of the compilation, preparation and/or provision of the Transparency
Reports and any other documentation required to be provided by the EU/UK Transparency
Requirements. In providing such services described above, the Collateral Administrator assumes
no responsibility or liability to the Holders, any potential investor in the Debt or any other party
(including for their use and/or onward disclosure of such information or documentation), shall
not be responsible for compliance with the EU/UK Transparency Requirements and shall have
the benefit of the powers, protections and indemnities granted to it under the Transaction
Documents.
Section IX.10Release of Assets. (a) Subject to Article XII, the Issuer may, by Issuer
Order executed by an Officer of the Collateral Manager, delivered to the Trustee at least one
Business Day prior to the settlement date for any sale of an Asset certifying that the sale of such
Asset is being made in accordance with Section 12.1 hereof and such sale complies with all
applicable requirements of Section 12.1 hereof (provided that if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, neither the Issuer nor the Collateral Manager (on behalf of the Issuer) may
direct the Trustee to release or cause to be released such Asset from the lien of this Indenture
pursuant to a sale under Section 12.1(e), Section 12.1(f) or Section 12.1(g) unless the sale of
such Asset is permitted pursuant to Section 12.4(c)), direct the Trustee to release or cause to be
released such Asset from the lien of this Indenture and, upon receipt of such Issuer Order, the
Trustee shall deliver any such Asset, if in physical form, duly endorsed to the broker or
purchaser designated in such Issuer Order or, if such Asset is a Clearing Corporation Security,
cause an appropriate transfer thereof to be made, in each case against receipt of the sales price
therefor as specified by the Collateral Manager in such Issuer Order; provided that the Trustee
may deliver any such Asset in physical form for examination in accordance with industry
custom; provided, further, that, for purposes of this Section 10.10 and Sections 12.1 and 12.2,
Issuer Order shall mean to include the delivery to the Trustee, by email or otherwise in writing,
of a trade ticket, confirmation of trade, trade blotter, instruction to post or to commit to the trade
or similar instrument or document or other written instruction (including by email or other
electronic communication or file transfer protocol) by the Collateral Manager, and shall
constitute a direction and certification that the transaction is in compliance with and satisfies all
applicable provisions of such Sections and Article XII of this Indenture.
(a)Subject to the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee shall upon an Issuer
Order (i) deliver any Asset, and release or cause to be released such Asset from the lien of this
Indenture, which is set for any mandatory call or redemption or payment in full to the appropriate
payor or paying agent, as applicable, on or before the date set for such call, redemption or
payment, in each case against receipt of the call or redemption price or payment in full thereof
and (ii) provide notice thereof to the Collateral Manager.
(b)Upon receiving actual notice of any Offer or any request for a waiver,
direction, consent, amendment or other modification or action with respect to any Asset, the
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Trustee on behalf of the Issuer shall notify the Collateral Manager of any Asset that is subject to
a tender offer, voluntary redemption, exchange offer, conversion or other similar action (an
“Offer”) or such request. Unless the Debt has been accelerated following an Event of Default, the
Collateral Manager may, by Issuer Order, direct (x) the Trustee to accept or participate in or
decline or refuse to participate in such Offer and, in the case of acceptance or participation, to
release from the lien of this Indenture such Asset in accordance with the terms of the Offer
against receipt of payment therefor, or (y) the Issuer or the Trustee to agree to or otherwise act
with respect to such consent, direction, waiver, amendment, modification or action; provided that
in the absence of any such direction, the Trustee shall not respond or react to such Offer or
request.
(c)As provided in Section 10.2(a), the Trustee shall deposit any proceeds
received by it from the disposition or replacement of an Asset in the applicable subaccount of the
Collection Account, unless simultaneously applied to the purchase of additional Collateral
Obligations or Eligible Investments as permitted under and in accordance with the requirements
of this Article X and Article XII.
(d)The Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order at such time as there is
no Debt Outstanding and all obligations of the Issuer hereunder have been satisfied, release any
remaining Assets from the lien of this Indenture.
(e)Any security, Collateral Obligation or amounts that are released pursuant
to Section (a), (b) or (c) shall be released from the lien of this Indenture.
(f)Any amounts paid from the Payment Account to the holders of the
Subordinated Notes in accordance with the Priority of Payments shall be released from the lien
of this Indenture.
Section IX.11Reports by Independent Accountants. (a) At the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall appoint one or more firms of Independent certified public accountants of recognized
international reputation for purposes of reviewing and delivering the reports or certificates of
such accountants required by this Indenture, which may be the firm of Independent certified
public accountants that performs accounting services for the Issuer or the Collateral Manager.
The Issuer may remove any firm of Independent certified public accountants at any time without
the consent of any Holder of Debt. Upon any resignation by such firm or removal of such firm by
the Issuer, the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer) shall promptly appoint
by Issuer Order delivered to the Trustee, the Collateral Administrator and S&P a successor
thereto that shall also be a firm of Independent certified public accountants of recognized
international reputation, which may be a firm of Independent certified public accountants that
performs accounting services for the Issuer or the Collateral Manager. If the Issuer shall fail to
appoint a successor to a firm of Independent certified public accountants which has resigned
within 30 days after such resignation, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee and the
Collateral Administrator of such failure in writing. If the Issuer shall not have appointed a
successor within ten days thereafter, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Collateral Manager,
who shall appoint a successor firm of Independent certified public accountants of recognized
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international reputation. The fees of such Independent certified public accountants and its
successor shall be payable by the Issuer.
(a)On or before the 20th of May of each year, commencing in 2025, the
Issuer shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee a statement from a firm of Independent certified
public accountants for the Distribution Reports prepared in the prior year (i) indicating that the
calculations within those Distribution Reports (excluding the S&P CDO Monitor Test) have been
performed in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and (ii) listing the
Aggregate Principal Balance of the Assets and the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral
Obligations securing the Debt as of the relevant Determination Dates; provided that in the event
of a conflict between such firm of Independent certified public accountants and the Issuer with
respect to any matter in this Section 10.11, the determination by such firm of Independent public
accountants shall be conclusive.
(b)Upon the written request of the Trustee, or any holder of a Subordinated
Note, the Issuer will cause the firm of Independent certified public accountants appointed
pursuant to Section (a) to provide any holder of Subordinated Notes with all of the information
required to be provided by the Issuer or pursuant to Section 7.17 or assist the Issuer in the
preparation thereof.
(c)Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Administrator shall have any
responsibility to make any inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation in respect
of, the terms of any engagement of Independent accountants by the Issuer (or the Collateral
Manager on behalf of the Issuer) or the terms of any agreed upon procedures in respect of such
engagement; provided, however that the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator shall be
authorized, and are hereby directed (and shall have no liability or responsibility), to execute any
acknowledgement, access letter or other agreement with the Independent accountants required
for the Trustee or the Collateral Administrator to receive any of the reports or instructions
provided for herein, which acknowledgement, access letter or agreement may include, among
other things, (i) acknowledgement that the Issuer has agreed that the procedures to be performed
by the Independent accountants are sufficient for the Issuer’s purposes, (ii) releases by each of
the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator (on behalf of itself and/or the Holders) of claims
against the accountants and acknowledgment of any other limitations of liability in favor of the
accountants and (iii) restrictions or prohibitions on the disclosure of information or documents
provided to it by such firm of Independent accountants (including to the Holders).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral Administrator be
required to execute any agreement in respect of the Independent accountants that the Trustee or
the Collateral Administrator reasonably determines adversely affects it. In addition, the Trustee
shall not be required to forward or otherwise disclose to the Holders any report or statement
received by Independent accountants appointed pursuant to this Section 10.11. In the event a
Holder wishes to request any such report or statement, it must do so directly from such
accountants. Upon request, the Trustee shall provide to the requesting Holder the contact
information for such accountants.
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The Trustee shall not have any liability to any Holder relating to such
accountant’s report or statement or the unavailability thereof. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Indenture to the contrary, the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator shall have no liability
or responsibility for taking any action, or omitting to take any action, if such action or omission
is in accordance with this Section 10.11, it being understood and agreed that the Trustee and/or
the Collateral Administrator, as the case may be, will deliver such acknowledgement, agreement
or access letter in conclusive reliance on the foregoing direction of the Issuer, and neither the
Trustee nor the Collateral Administrator shall make any inquiry or investigation as to, or shall
have any obligation in respect of, the validity or correctness of such procedures.
Section IX.12Reports to Rating Agencies and Additional Recipients. In addition to
the information and reports specifically required to be provided to S&P pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture, the Issuer shall provide S&P with such additional information as it may from time
to time reasonably request, and the Issuer shall notify S&P of any Specified Amendment, which
notice of a Specified Amendment shall include (x) a copy of such Specified Amendment, (y) a
brief summary of its purpose and (z) which criteria under the definition of “Collateral
Obligation” are no longer satisfied with respect to such Collateral Obligation after giving effect
to the Specified Amendment, if any. S&P may, at its option, re-determine the credit estimate of
any such Collateral Obligation which is subject to a Specified Amendment. Within 10 Business
Days after the Effective Date, together with each Monthly Report and on each Payment Date, the
Issuer shall provide to S&P at cdo_surveillance@spglobal.com or via the Trustee’s website, a
Microsoft Excel file of the Excel Default Model Input File and, with respect to each Collateral
Obligation, the name of each obligor or issuer thereof, the CUSIP number thereof (if applicable)
and the Priority Category thereof.
Section IX.13Procedures Relating to the Establishment of Accounts Controlled by
the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Trustee agrees that with
respect to each of the Accounts (other than the Class A-L Loan Account), it will cause each
Securities Intermediary establishing such accounts to enter into a securities account control
agreement and, if the Securities Intermediary is the Bank or an Affiliate of the Bank, shall cause
the Bank or such Affiliate to comply with the provisions of such securities account control
agreement. The Trustee shall have the right to open such subaccounts of any such account as it
deems necessary or appropriate for convenience of administration.
Section IX.14Section 3(c)(7) Procedures. For so long as any Debt is Outstanding, the
Issuer shall do the following:
(a)Notification. Each Monthly Report sent or caused to be sent by the Issuer
to the Debtholders will include a notice to the following effect:
“The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”), requires that all holders of the outstanding securities of the
Issuer be “Qualified Purchasers” (“Qualified Purchasers”) as
defined in Section 2(a)(51)(A) of the 1940 Act and related rules.
Under the rules, the Issuer must have a “reasonable belief” that all
holders of its outstanding securities, including transferees, are
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Qualified Purchasers. Consequently, all sales and resales of the
Notes must be made solely to purchasers that are Qualified
Purchasers. Each purchaser of a Note (such Note, a “Restricted
Note”) will be deemed (or required, as the case may be) to
represent at the time of purchase that: (i) the purchaser is a
Qualified Purchaser who is either (w) solely in the case of Notes
issued as Certificated Notes, an institutional accredited investor
(“IAI”) within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (x) a
qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act (“QIB”), (y) except for with respect to the ERISA
Restricted Notes, a non-U.S. person acquiring such notes in an
offshore transaction (as defined in Regulation S under the
Securities Act) in reliance on the exemption from registration
provided by Regulation S under the Securities Act or (z) solely in
the case of Subordinated Notes, a U.S. person that is an Accredited
Investor that is also a Knowledgeable Employee with respect to the
Issuer; (ii) the purchaser is acting for its own account or the
account of another Qualified Purchaser and QIB/IAI/non-U.S.
person (as applicable); (iii) the purchaser is not formed for the
purpose of investing in the Issuer; (iv) the purchaser, and each
account for which it is purchasing, will hold and transfer at least
the Minimum Denominations of the Notes specified herein; (v) the
purchaser understands that the Issuer may receive a list of
participants holding positions in securities from one or more book-
entry depositories; and (vi) the purchaser will provide written
notice of the foregoing, and of any applicable restrictions on
transfer, to any subsequent transferees. The Restricted Notes may
only be transferred to another Qualified Purchaser and QIB/IAI/
non-U.S. person (as applicable) and all subsequent transferees are
deemed to have made representations (i) through (vi) above.”
“The Issuer directs that the recipient of this notice, and any
recipient of a copy of this notice, provide a copy to any Person
having an interest in this Note as indicated on the books of DTC or
on the books of a participant in DTC or on the books of an indirect
participant for which such participant in DTC acts as agent.”
“The Indenture provides that if, notwithstanding the restrictions on
transfer contained therein, the Issuer determines that any holder of,
or beneficial owner of an interest in, a Restricted Note who is
determined not to have been a Qualified Purchaser at the time of
acquisition of such Restricted Note, or beneficial interest therein,
the Issuer may require, by notice to such Holder or beneficial
owner, that such Holder or beneficial owner sell all of its right, title
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and interest to such Restricted Note (or any interest therein) to a
Person that is either (x) a Qualified Purchaser acquiring the Notes
in an offshore transaction (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance
on the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S, or
(y) a Qualified Purchaser who is a QIB (or, solely in the case of a
Note issued as a Certificated Note, an IAI), with such sale to be
effected within 30 days after notice of such sale requirement is
given. If such holder or beneficial owner fails to effect the transfer
required within such 30-day period, (i) the Issuer or the Collateral
Manager acting for the Issuer, without further notice to such
holder, shall and is hereby irrevocably authorized by such holder
or beneficial owner, to cause its Restricted Note, or beneficial
interest therein to be transferred in a commercially reasonable sale
(conducted by the Collateral Manager in accordance with Article 9
of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York as applied to
securities that are sold on a recognized market or that may decline
speedily in value) to a Person that certifies to the Trustee, the
Issuer and the Collateral Manager, in connection with such
transfer, that such Person meets the qualifications set forth in
clauses (x) and (y) above and (ii) pending such transfer, no further
payments will be made in respect of such Restricted Note, or
beneficial interest therein held by such holder or beneficial owner.”
(b)DTC Actions. The Issuer will direct DTC to take the following steps in
connection with the Global Notes:
(i)The Issuer will direct DTC to include the marker “3c7” in the DTC
20-character security descriptor and the 48-character additional descriptor for the Global
Notes in order to indicate that sales are limited to Qualified Purchasers.
(ii)The Issuer will direct DTC to cause each physical deliver order
ticket that is delivered by DTC to purchasers to contain the 20-character security
descriptor. The Issuer will direct DTC to cause each deliver order ticket that is delivered
by DTC to purchasers in electronic form to contain a “3c7” indicator and a related user
manual for participants. Such user manual will contain a description of the relevant
restrictions imposed by Section 3(c)(7).
(iii)On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer will instruct DTC to
send a Section 3(c)(7) Notice to all DTC participants in connection with the offering of
the Global Notes.
(iv)In addition to the obligations of the Note Registrar set forth in
Section 2.5, the Issuer will from time to time (upon the request of the Trustee) make a
request to DTC to deliver to the Issuer a list of all DTC participants holding an interest in
the Global Notes.
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(v)The Issuer will cause each CUSIP number obtained for a Global
Note to have a fixed field containing “3c7” and “144A” indicators, as applicable, attached
to such CUSIP number.
(c)Bloomberg Screens, Etc. The Issuer will from time to time request all
third-party vendors to include on screens maintained by such vendors appropriate legends
regarding Rule 144A and Section 3(c)(7) under the 1940 Act restrictions on the Global Notes.
Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Initial Purchaser and the Co-Placement Agent will
request that each third-party vendor include the following legends on each screen containing
information about the Notes:
(i)Bloomberg.
(A)“Iss’d Under 144A/3c7”, to be stated in the “Note Box” on
the bottom of the “Security Display” page describing the Global Notes;
(B)a flashing red indicator stating “See Other Available
Information” located on the “Security Display” page;
(C)a link to an “Additional Security Information” page on such
indicator stating that the Global Notes are being offered in reliance on the
exception from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 to
Persons that are both (i) “Qualified Institutional Buyers” as defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act and (ii) “Qualified Purchasers” as defined under
Section 2(a)(51) of the 1940 Act, as amended; and
(D)a statement on the “Disclaimer” page for the Global Notes
that the Notes will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, that the Issuer has not been registered under the 1940 Act, as
amended, and that the Global Notes may only be offered or sold in accordance
with Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, as amended.
(ii)Reuters.
(A)a “144A – 3c7” notation included in the security name field
at the top of the Reuters Instrument Code screen;
(B)a “144A3c7Disclaimer” indicator appearing on the right
side of the Reuters Instrument Code screen; and
(C)a link from such “144A3c7Disclaimer” indicator to a
disclaimer screen containing the following language: “These Notes may be sold or
transferred only to Persons who are both (i) Qualified Institutional Buyers, as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and (ii) Qualified Purchasers, as
defined under Section 3(c)(7) under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940.”
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ARTICLE X
APPLICATION OF MONIES
Section X.1Disbursements of Monies from Payment Account. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, but subject to the other sub-sections of this Section 11.1 and to
Section 13.1, on each Payment Date, the Trustee shall disburse amounts transferred from the
Collection Account to the Payment Account pursuant to Section 10.2 in accordance with the
following priorities (the “Priority of Payments”); provided that, unless such Payment Date is the
Stated Maturity or an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and other than as
provided in Section 11.1(a)(iv) on any Redemption Date (other than a Redemption Date that is
also a Payment Date), (x) amounts transferred from the Interest Collection Subaccount shall be
applied solely in accordance with Section 11.1(a)(i); and (y) amounts transferred from the
Principal Collection Subaccount shall be applied solely in accordance with Section 11.1(a)(ii).
(i)On each Payment Date, unless an Enforcement Event has occurred
and is continuing, Interest Proceeds on deposit in the Collection Account, to the extent
received on or before the related Determination Date (or if such Determination Date is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) and that are transferred into the
Payment Account, shall be applied in the following order of priority:
(A)to the payment of (1) first, taxes and governmental fees
owing by the Issuer, if any and (2) second, the accrued and unpaid Administrative
Expenses, in the priority stated in the definition thereof, up to the Administrative
Expense Cap (except as otherwise expressly provided in connection with any
Optional Redemption, Clean-Up Call Redemption or Tax Redemption);
(B)to the payment to the Collateral Manager of (i) any accrued
and unpaid Collateral Management Fee due on such Payment Date (including any
interest accrued on any Collateral Management Fee Shortfall Amount) minus the
amount of any Current Deferred Management Fee, if any, and (ii) any Cumulative
Deferred Management Fee requested to be paid at the option of the Collateral
Manager; provided that, to the extent Interest Proceeds are needed to satisfy any
of the Coverage Tests (calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to all
payments pursuant to this subclause (ii)), such Interest Proceeds shall not be used
to pay such portion of the Cumulative Deferred Management Fee requested to be
paid pursuant to this subclause (ii);
(C)to the payment, pro rata based on amounts due, of accrued
and unpaid interest (including any defaulted interest) on the Class A Notes and the
Class A-L Loans;
(D)to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest (including
any defaulted interest) on the Class B Notes;
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(E)if either of the Class A/B Coverage Tests (except, in the
case of the Interest Coverage Test, on any date of determination prior to the
Interest Coverage Effective Date) is not satisfied on the related Determination
Date, to make payments in accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence to the
extent necessary to cause all Class A/B Coverage Tests that are applicable on such
Payment Date to be satisfied on a pro forma basis after giving effect to all
payments pursuant to this clause (E);
(F)to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest (excluding
Deferred Interest but including interest thereon) on the Class C Notes;
(G)to the payment of any Deferred Interest on the Class C
Notes;
(H)if either of the Class C Coverage Tests is not satisfied on
the related Determination Date, to make payments in accordance with the Debt
Payment Sequence to the extent necessary to cause all Class C Coverage Tests
that are applicable on such Payment Date to be satisfied on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to all payments pursuant to this clause (H);
(I)(x) with respect to any Payment Date prior to the Effective
Date, amounts available for distribution pursuant to this clause (I) will be
deposited into the Collection Account as Interest Proceeds, to be applied on the
next Payment Date for application in accordance with Section 11.1(a)(i) and (y)
if, with respect to any Payment Date following the Effective Date, S&P has not
yet confirmed its Initial Ratings of the Secured Debt pursuant to Section 7.18(e)
(unless the Effective Date Condition has been satisfied), amounts available for
distribution pursuant to this clause (I) for one or both of the following
alternatives, as directed by the Collateral Manager: (1) for application in
accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence on such Payment Date or (2) for
application as Principal Proceeds and transferred to the Collection Account to
invest in Eligible Investments (pending the purchase of additional Collateral
Obligations) and/or to purchase additional Collateral Obligations, in each case in
an amount sufficient to satisfy the S&P Rating Condition;
(J)to the payment of (1) first, (in the same manner and order
of priority stated therein) any Administrative Expenses not paid pursuant to clause
(A)(2) above due to the limitation contained therein and (2) second, any expenses
related to a Re-Pricing;
(K)to the payment of any obligations of the Issuer or to
establish any reserves determined by the Issuer to be necessary or desirable;
(L)at the sole discretion of the Collateral Manager, to the
payment of any Administrative Excess Amount to the Permitted Use Account;
and
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(M)any remaining Interest Proceeds to be paid to the Holders
of the Subordinated Notes.
(ii)On each Payment Date, unless such Payment Date is the Stated
Maturity or an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing, Principal Proceeds on
deposit in the Collection Account that are received on or before the related Determination
Date (or if such Determination Date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day) and that are transferred to the Payment Account (which will not include (i) amounts
required to meet funding requirements with respect to Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligations and Revolving Collateral Obligations that are deposited in the Revolver
Funding Account or (ii) Principal Proceeds that have previously been reinvested in
Collateral Obligations or Principal Proceeds that the Issuer has entered into any
commitment to reinvest in Collateral Obligations) shall be applied in the following order
of priority:
(A)to pay the amounts referred to in clauses (A) through (D) of
Section 11.1(a)(i) (and in the same manner and order of priority stated therein),
but only to the extent not paid in full thereunder;
(B)to pay the amounts referred to in clause (E) of
Section 11.1(a)(i), but only to the extent not paid in full thereunder and to the
extent necessary to cause the Class A/B Coverage Tests that are applicable on
such Payment Date to be met as of the related Determination Date on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to any payments made through this clause (B);
(C)to pay the amounts referred to in clause (F) of
Section 11.1(a)(i) above (and in the same manner and order of priority stated
therein) to the extent not paid in full thereunder, only to the extent that the Class
C Notes are the Controlling Class;
(D)to pay the amounts referred to in clause (G) of
Section 11.1(a)(i) above (and in the same manner and order of priority stated
therein) to the extent not paid in full thereunder, only to the extent that the Class
C Notes are the Controlling Class;
(E)to pay the amounts referred to in clause (H) of
Section 11.1(a)(i), but only to the extent not paid in full thereunder and to the
extent necessary to cause the Class C Coverage Tests that are applicable on such
Payment Date to be met as of the related Determination Date on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to any payments made through this clause (E);
(F)with respect to any Payment Date following the Effective
Date, if after the application of Interest Proceeds pursuant to clause (I) of
Section 11.1(a)(i), S&P has not yet confirmed its Initial Ratings of the Secured
Debt pursuant to Section 7.18(e) (unless the Effective Date Condition has been
satisfied), amounts available for distribution pursuant to this clause (F) shall be
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used for application in accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence on such
Payment Date in an amount sufficient to satisfy the S&P Rating Condition;
(G)if such Payment Date is a Redemption Date (except in
connection with a Refinancing in part but not in whole), to make payments in
accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence, to redeem each Class of Debt being
redeemed on such Redemption Date;
(H)if such Payment Date is a Special Redemption Date
occurring in connection with a Special Redemption pursuant to (1) clause (i) of
the first sentence of Section 9.6, to make payments in the amount of the Special
Redemption Amount at the election of the Collateral Manager, or (2) clause (iii)
of the first sentence of Section 9.6, to make payments in an amount necessary to
reduce the outstanding EU/UK Retention Deficiency to zero, in each such case in
accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence;
(I)during the Reinvestment Period, to the Collection Account
as Principal Proceeds to invest in Eligible Investments (pending the purchase of
additional Collateral Obligations) and/or to the purchase of additional Collateral
Obligations;
(J)after the Reinvestment Period, to make payments in
accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence;
(K)after the Reinvestment Period, to pay the amounts referred
to in clause (J) of Section 11.1(a)(i) only to the extent not already paid (in the
same manner and order of priority stated therein);
(L)after the Reinvestment Period, to pay any Cumulative
Deferred Management Fee to the extent not already paid;
(M)to the payment of any obligations of the Issuer or to
establish any reserves determined by the Issuer to be necessary or desirable; and
(N)any remaining Principal Proceeds to be paid to the Holders
of the Subordinated Notes.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (A) of Section 11.1(a)(ii), if the Issuer
is prohibited under subclause (ii) of clause (B) of Section 11.1(a)(i) from using Interest Proceeds
on a Payment Date to pay a portion of the Cumulative Deferred Management Fee requested to be
paid on such Payment Date pursuant to such subclause (ii), the Issuer may not use Principal
Proceeds to pay such portion of the Cumulative Deferred Management Fee.
On the Stated Maturity of the Debt, the Trustee shall pay the net proceeds from the
liquidation of the Assets and all available Cash, but only after the payment of (or establishment
of a reserve for) all Administrative Expenses (in the same manner and order of priority stated in
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the definition thereof), Aggregate Collateral Management Fees, and interest and principal on the
Secured Debt, to the Holders of the Subordinated Notes in final payment of such Subordinated
Notes (such payments to be made in accordance with the priority set forth in Section 11.1(a)(iii)).
(iii)Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing Sections 11.1(a)(i)
and 11.1(a)(ii) (other than the last paragraph thereof), on (x) the Stated Maturity of the
Debt or (y) if the maturity of the Debt has been accelerated following an Event of Default
and has not been rescinded in accordance with the terms herein (such occurrence under
clause (y), an “Enforcement Event”), pursuant to Section 5.7, distributions and proceeds
in respect of the Assets will be applied at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee in the
following order of priority (the “Special Priority of Payments”):
(A)to the payment of (1) first, taxes and governmental fees
owing by the Issuer, if any, and (2) second, the accrued and unpaid
Administrative Expenses, in the priority stated in the definition thereof, up to the
Administrative Expense Cap; provided that following the commencement of the
sale of Assets pursuant to Section 5.5 or solely in connection with a Redemption
of all Classes, or with respect to any payments on the Stated Maturity, the
Administrative Expense Cap shall be disregarded;
(B)only in the case of an Enforcement Event, to the Revolver
Funding Account as directed by the Collateral Manager in an amount necessary to
meet funding requirements with respect to Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligations and Revolving Collateral Obligations;
(C)to the payment of the Aggregate Collateral Management
Fee due and payable (including any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) to the
Collateral Manager until such amount has been paid in full, other than any
Cumulative Deferred Management Fee, to the extent not already paid;
(D)to the payment, pro rata based on amounts due, of accrued
and unpaid interest (including any defaulted interest) on the Class A Notes and the
Class A-L Loans;
(E)to the payment, pro rata based on the Aggregate
Outstanding Amounts thereof, of principal of the Class A Notes and the Class A-
L Loans, until the Class A Notes and the Class A-L Loans have been paid in full;
(F)to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest (including
any defaulted interest) on the Class B Notes;
(G)to the payment of principal of the Class B Notes, until the
Class B Notes have been paid in full;
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(H)to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest (excluding
Deferred Interest but including interest on Deferred Interest) on the Class C
Notes;
(I)to the payment of any Deferred Interest on the Class C
Notes;
(J)to the payment of principal of the Class C Notes, until the
Class C Notes have been paid in full;
(K)to the payment of (in the same manner and order of priority
stated therein) any Administrative Expenses not paid pursuant to clause (A)(2)
above due to the limitation contained therein;
(L)to the payment of any Cumulative Deferred Management
Fees to the extent not already paid;
(M)to the payment of any obligations of the Issuer or to
establish any reserves determined by the Issuer to be necessary or desirable; and
(N)any remaining proceeds and distributions to be paid to the
Holders of the Subordinated Notes.
If any declaration of acceleration has been rescinded in accordance with the provisions
herein, proceeds in respect of the Assets will be applied in accordance with Section 11.1(a)(i) or
(ii), as applicable.
(iv)On any Redemption Date (other than any Redemption Date that is
also a Payment Date) in connection with a Refinancing in part but not in whole,
Refinancing Proceeds and Partial Refinancing Interest Proceeds will be distributed in the
following order of priority (the “Priority of Partial Refinancing Proceeds”):
(A)to pay the Redemption Price (without duplication of any
payments received by the Holders of the Debt being redeemed pursuant to
Section 11.1(a)(i) or the Special Priority of Payments) of the Debt being redeemed
in accordance with the Debt Payment Sequence;
(B)to pay Administrative Expenses related to the Refinancing;
and
(C)any remaining Refinancing Proceeds will be deposited in
the Interest Collection Subaccount as Interest Proceeds.
(a)If on any Payment Date the amount available in the Payment Account is
insufficient to make the full amount of the disbursements required by the Distribution Report, the
Trustee shall make the disbursements called for in the order and according to the priority set
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forth under Section 11.1(a) above, subject to Section 13.1, to the extent funds are available
therefor.
(b)In connection with the application of funds to pay Administrative
Expenses of the Issuer in accordance with Section 11.1(a)(i), Section 11.1(a)(ii) and
Section 11.1(a)(iii), the Trustee shall remit such funds, to the extent available (and subject to the
order of priority set forth in the definition of “Administrative Expenses”), as directed and
designated in an Issuer Order (which may be in the form of standing instructions, including
standing instructions to pay Administrative Expenses in such amounts and to such entities as
indicated in the Distribution Report in respect of such Payment Date) delivered to the Trustee no
later than the Business Day prior to each Payment Date.
(c)The Collateral Manager may, in its sole discretion, elect to irrevocably
waive payment of or distribution in respect of all or any portion of the Collateral Management
Fee otherwise payable or distributable and available to be paid or distributed to it on any
Payment Date (including any deferred Collateral Management Fee) in accordance with the
Priority of Payments on any Payment Date designated by the Collateral Manager (the “Waived
Interest”). Any such Waived Interest shall not thereafter become due and payable and any claim
of the Collateral Manager therein will be extinguished. In addition, the Collateral Manager may,
in its sole discretion, defer all or any portion of the Collateral Management Fee. Pursuant to the
terms of the Collateral Management Agreement, Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund
(in its capacity as Collateral Manager thereunder) shall agree that, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained therein or in any other Transaction Document, it will irrevocably waive
the Collateral Management Fee on each Payment Date so long as Nuveen Churchill Private
Capital Income Fund acts as Collateral Manager thereunder; provided that, for the avoidance of
doubt, any successor collateral manager shall be entitled to all or any portion of the Collateral
Management Fees pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Management Agreement and payable in
accordance with the Priority of Payments. Pursuant to a direction letter delivered to the Trustee
and the Collateral Administrator prior to the end of the applicable Collection Period, any such
successor collateral manager will be entitled to receive or waive the Collateral Management Fees
in its discretion pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Management Agreement, and will not be
required to, although such successor collateral manager may, waive the Collateral Management
Fees on any Payment Date occurring after such appointment.
▪All payments on the Class A-L Loans shall be deposited into the Class A-L Loan
Account for distribution by the Loan Agent to the Class A-L Lenders.
ARTICLE XI
SALE OF COLLATERAL OBLIGATIONS; PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL
COLLATERAL OBLIGATIONS
Section XI.1Sales of Collateral Obligations. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions specified in Section 12.4, the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer may (except
as otherwise specified in this Section 12.1) direct the Trustee to sell and the Trustee shall sell on
behalf of the Issuer in the manner directed by the Collateral Manager any Collateral Obligation
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or Equity Security if, as certified by the Collateral Manager (which may be deemed satisfied by
delivery of an Issuer Order or other instruction, trade ticket or direction), such sale meets the
requirements of any one of paragraphs (a) through (i) of this Section 12.1 (subject in each case to
any applicable requirement of disposition under Section 12.1(h) and provided that if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Manager may not direct the Trustee to sell
any Collateral Obligation or Equity Security pursuant to Section 12.1(e), Section 12.1(f) or
Section 12.1(g)). For purposes of this Section 12.1, the Sale Proceeds of a Collateral Obligation
sold by the Issuer shall include any Principal Financed Accrued Interest and Principal Financed
Capitalized Interest received in respect of such sale.
(a)Credit Risk Obligations. The Collateral Manager may direct the Trustee to
sell any Credit Risk Obligation at any time.
(b)Credit Improved Obligations. The Collateral Manager may direct the
Trustee to sell any Credit Improved Obligation at any time.
(c)Defaulted Obligations. The Collateral Manager may direct the Trustee to
sell any Defaulted Obligation at any time. With respect to each Defaulted Obligation that
remained a Defaulted Obligation for a continuous period of three years after becoming a
Defaulted Obligation and has not been sold or terminated during such three year period, the
Market Value and the Principal Balance of such Defaulted Obligation shall be deemed to be
zero.
(d)Equity Securities. The Collateral Manager, on behalf of the Issuer, may
direct the Trustee to sell any Equity Security at any time and shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to effect the sale of any Equity Security within 45 days after receipt, regardless
of price, if such Equity Security constitutes Margin Stock, unless such sale is prohibited by
applicable law or contractual restriction, in which case such Equity Security shall be sold as soon
as such sale is permitted by applicable law or such contract.
(e)Optional Redemption or Clean-Up Call Redemption. After the Trustee has
received notice in accordance with this Indenture of an Optional Redemption of the Secured
Debt in accordance with Section 9.2 or a Clean-Up Call Redemption in accordance with
Section 9.8, if necessary to effect such Optional Redemption or Clean-Up Call Redemption, the
Collateral Manager shall direct the Trustee to sell (which sale may be through participation or
other arrangement) all or a portion of the Collateral Obligations if the requirements of Article IX
(including the certification requirements of Section 9.4(e)(ii), if applicable) are satisfied. If any
such sale is made through participations, the Issuer shall use reasonable efforts to cause such
participations to be converted to assignments within six months after the sale.
(f)Tax Redemption. After a Majority of an Affected Class or a Majority of
the Subordinated Notes has directed (by a written direction delivered to the Trustee) a Tax
Redemption, the Collateral Manager shall, if necessary to effect such Tax Redemption, direct the
Trustee to sell (which sale may be through participation or other arrangement) all or a portion of
the Collateral Obligations if the requirements of Article IX (including the certification
requirements of Section 9.4(e)(ii), if applicable) are satisfied. If any such sale is made through
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participations, the Issuer shall use reasonable efforts to cause such participations to be converted
to assignments within six months after the sale.
(g)Discretionary Sales. The Collateral Manager may direct the Trustee to sell
any Collateral Obligation (other than a Credit Risk Obligation, Credit Improved Obligation,
Defaulted Obligation or Equity Security) at any time other than during a Restricted Trading
Period if after giving effect to such sale, the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral
Obligations sold as described in this Section 12.1(g) during the preceding period of 12 calendar
months (or, for the first 12 calendar months after the Closing Date, during the period
commencing on the Closing Date) is not greater than 30% of the Collateral Principal Amount as
of the Determination Date immediately preceding the first day of such 12 calendar month period
(or as of the Closing Date, as the case may be); provided that for purposes of determining the
percentage of Collateral Obligations sold during any such period, the amount of Collateral
Obligations so sold shall be reduced to the extent of any purchases of (or irrevocable
commitments to purchase) Collateral Obligations of the same Obligor (which are pari passu or
senior to such sold Collateral Obligations) occurring within 45 Business Days after such sale, so
long as such sale of a Collateral Obligation was entered into with the intention of purchasing
such Collateral Obligations of the same Obligor.
(h)Mandatory Sales. The Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer shall use
its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the sale (regardless of price) of any Collateral
Obligation that (i) no longer meets the criteria described in clause (vii) of the definition of
“Collateral Obligation”, within 18 months after the failure of such Collateral Obligation to meet
such criteria or (ii) no longer meets the criteria described in clause (vi) of the definition of
“Collateral Obligation” within 45 days after the failure of such Collateral Obligation to meet
such criteria.
(i)Material Covenant Defaults; Maturity Amendments. The Collateral
Manager may direct the Trustee at any time without restriction to sell any Collateral Obligation
that (i) has a Material Covenant Default or (ii) becomes subject to a proposed Maturity
Amendment; provided the Collateral Manager either would not be permitted to, or would not
elect to recommend that the Issuer, enter into such Maturity Amendment pursuant to the
Collateral Manager Standard or any provision of this Indenture or the Collateral Management
Agreement.
(j)Stated Maturity. The Collateral Manager shall direct the Trustee pursuant
to commercially reasonable arrangements to sell any Asset in order to repay the Debt at their
Stated Maturity.
(k)Equity Securities; Exercise of Warrants. The Issuer shall not exercise any
warrant or other similar right received in connection with a workout or a restructuring of a
Collateral Obligation that requires a payment that results in receipt of an Equity Security unless
the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf certifies to the Trustee (which shall be deemed
given upon delivery of any related Issuer Order or other instruction, trade ticket or direction) that
exercising the warrant or other similar right is necessary for the Issuer to realize the value of the
workout or restructuring; provided, that Interest Proceeds may not be used to exercise any
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warrant or other similar right (a) if such use would likely result, in the Collateral Manager’s
reasonable discretion, in a non-payment of interest on the Secured Debt on the next succeeding
Payment Date and (b) unless, after giving effect to such use, each Coverage Test is satisfied.
(l)Collateral Obligations; Credit Improved Obligations. Following the sale
of any Collateral Obligation or any Credit Improved Obligation during the Reinvestment Period,
the Collateral Manager will use its reasonable efforts to purchase additional Collateral
Obligations within 45 Business Days after such sale.
Section XI.2Purchase of Additional Collateral Obligations. On any date during the
Reinvestment Period, the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer may, pursuant to an Issuer
Order or trade ticket delivered by an Officer of the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer
(which shall be deemed to constitute a certification that any related conditions have been
satisfied), subject to the other requirements in this Indenture, direct the Trustee to invest
Principal Proceeds, proceeds of additional debt issued pursuant to Section 2.13 and 3.2, amounts
on deposit in the Ramp-Up Account, Principal Financed Accrued Interest and Principal Financed
Capitalized Interest, and the Trustee shall invest such Principal Proceeds and other amounts in
accordance with such direction. After the Reinvestment Period, the Collateral Manager shall not
direct the Trustee to invest any such amounts on behalf of the Issuer; provided that in accordance
with Section 12.2(d), Cash on deposit in any Account (other than the Payment Account) may be
invested in Eligible Investments following the Reinvestment Period.
(a)Investment Criteria. No obligation may be purchased by the Issuer unless
each of the following conditions is satisfied as of the date the Collateral Manager commits on
behalf of the Issuer to make such purchase, in each case as determined by the Collateral Manager
after giving effect to such purchase and all other sales or purchases previously or simultaneously
committed to; provided that the conditions set forth in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) below need only
be satisfied with respect to purchases of Collateral Obligations occurring on or after the Effective
Date (the “Investment Criteria”):
(i)such obligation is a Collateral Obligation;
(ii)if the commitment to make such purchase occurs on or after the
Effective Date (or in the case of the Interest Coverage Tests, on or after the Interest
Coverage Effective Date), each Coverage Test will be satisfied, or if not satisfied, will be
maintained or improved; provided that, so long as any Coverage Test is not satisfied, the
Principal Proceeds received in respect of any Defaulted Obligation or the proceeds of any
sale of a Defaulted Obligation shall not be reinvested in additional Collateral Obligations;
(iii)(A) in the case of an additional Collateral Obligation purchased
with the proceeds from the sale of a Credit Risk Obligation or a Defaulted Obligation,
either (1) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all additional Collateral Obligations
purchased with the proceeds from such sale will at least equal the Sale Proceeds from
such sale, (2) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligations will be
maintained or increased (when compared to the Aggregate Principal Balance of the
Collateral Obligations immediately prior to such sale) or (3) the Adjusted Collateral
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Principal Amount (excluding the Collateral Obligation being sold but including, without
duplication, the Collateral Obligation being purchased and the anticipated cash proceeds,
if any, of such sale that are not applied to the purchase of such additional Collateral
Obligation) will be greater than the Reinvestment Target Par Balance and (B) in the case
of any other purchase of additional Collateral Obligations purchased with the proceeds
from the sale of a Collateral Obligation, either (1) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the
Collateral Obligations will be maintained or increased (when compared to the Aggregate
Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligations immediately prior to such sale) or (2) the
Adjusted Collateral Principal Amount (excluding the Collateral Obligation being sold but
including, without duplication, the Collateral Obligation being purchased and the
anticipated cash proceeds, if any, of such sale that are not applied to the purchase of such
additional Collateral Obligation) will be greater than the Reinvestment Target Par
Balance;
(iv)either (A) each requirement or test, as the case may be, of the
Concentration Limitations and the Collateral Quality Test will be satisfied or (B) if any
such requirement or test was not satisfied immediately prior to such investment, such
requirement or test will be maintained or improved after giving effect to the investment;
provided that, with respect to proceeds from the sale of Credit Risk Obligations, Equity
Securities, and Defaulted Obligations, the S&P CDO Monitor Test shall not apply;
(v)the date on which the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager on its
behalf) commits to purchase such Collateral Obligation occurs during the Reinvestment
Period;
(vi)[Reserved];
(vii)such purchase would not cause an EU/UK Retention Deficiency;
and
(viii)after giving effect to the settlement of such purchase, the EU/UK
Retention Holder will have, itself or through related entities (including without limitation
the Issuer), directly or indirectly been involved in the original agreements which created
over 50% (measured by total nominal amount) of the Collateral Obligations that are
owned by the Issuer (in the manner described in the last paragraph under “The EU/UK
Risk Retention Requirements and EU/UK Transparency Requirements—Origination of
Collateral Obligations” in the Offering Circular).
If the Issuer has entered into a written trade ticket or other written binding commitment to
purchase a Collateral Obligation during the Reinvestment Period which purchase is not
scheduled to settle prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period (such Collateral Obligation, a
“Post-Reinvestment Period Settlement Obligation”), such Post-Reinvestment Period Settlement
Obligation shall be treated as having been purchased by the Issuer prior to the end of the
Reinvestment Period for purposes of the Investment Criteria, and Principal Proceeds received
after the end of the Reinvestment Period may be applied to the payment of the purchase price of
such Post-Reinvestment Period Settlement Obligation.
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(b)Trading Plan Period. For purposes of calculating compliance with the
Investment Criteria, at the election of the Collateral Manager in its sole discretion and with prior
notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator, any proposed investment (whether a
single Collateral Obligation or a group of Collateral Obligations) identified as such in such
notice by the Collateral Manager at the time when compliance with the Investment Criteria is
required to be calculated (a “Trading Plan”) may be evaluated after giving effect to all sales and
reinvestments proposed to be entered into within the ten Business Days following the date of
determination of such compliance (such period, the “Trading Plan Period”); provided that (i) no
Trading Plan may result in the averaging of the purchase price of one or more Collateral
Obligations purchased at separate times for the purpose of determining whether any particular
Collateral Obligation is a Discount Obligation, (ii) no Trading Plan may result in the purchase of
Collateral Obligations having an aggregate principal balance that exceeds 5.0% of the Collateral
Principal Amount as of the first day of the Trading Plan Period, (iii) no Trading Plan Period may
include a Determination Date, (iv) no more than one Trading Plan may be in effect at any time
during a Trading Plan Period, (v) if the Investment Criteria are satisfied prospectively after
giving effect to a Trading Plan but are not satisfied upon the expiry of the related Trading Plan
Period, notice will be given to S&P and the Issuer shall satisfy the S&P Rating Condition for
each subsequent Trading Plan until a subsequent Trading Plan (for which the S&P Rating
Condition has been satisfied) is successfully completed, (vi) no Trading Plan may include a
Collateral Obligation with an Average Life of less than 6 months from the date such Collateral
Obligation is purchased under such Trading Plan and (vii) the difference between the shortest
Average Life and the longest Average Life of any two Collateral Obligations included in such
Trading Plan shall be less than or equal to 2.5 years; provided further that the Collateral Manager
may modify any Trading Plan during the related Trading Plan Period (with notice to the Trustee
and the Collateral Administrator), and such modification will not be deemed to constitute a
failure of such Trading Plan so long as such Trading Plan is otherwise in compliance. Notice of
any Trading Plan from the Collateral Manager shall include the details of such Trading Plan
(including the proposed amendments and/or proposed investments identified by the Collateral
Manager for acquisition or entry, as applicable, as part of such Trading Plan). The Collateral
Manager will provide notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator promptly after a
Trading Plan is executed, and the Trustee will post such notice on the Trustee’s website, and the
Trustee will report the details of any such Trading Plan provided by the Collateral Manager
(including the proposed amendments and/or proposed investments identified by the Collateral
Manager for acquisition or entry, as applicable, as part of such Trading Plan) by a providing a
copy of the notice from the Collateral Manager on a dedicated page of the Monthly Report
pursuant to Section 10.8(a) hereof.
(c)Certification by Collateral Manager. Not later than the Cut-Off Date for
any Collateral Obligation purchased in accordance with this Section 12.2, the Collateral Manager
shall deliver by e-mail or other electronic transmission to the Trustee a Responsible Officer’s
certificate of the Collateral Manager certifying that such purchase complies with this
Section 12.2 and Section 12.4. The Trustee hereby agrees to post any notice received from the
Collateral Manager of any Trading Plan entered into by the Issuer and provided to the Trustee by
the Collateral Manager pursuant to Section 12.2(b) on the Trustee’s website.
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(d)Investment in Eligible Investments. Cash on deposit in any Account (other
than the Payment Account) may be invested at any time in Eligible Investments in accordance
with Article X.
(e)[Reserved].
(f)Workout Loans. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the
contrary, at any time, the Collateral Manager may direct the Trustee to apply Interest Proceeds,
Principal Proceeds or amounts designated for a Permitted Use to acquire a Workout Loan;
provided, that (i) Interest Proceeds may not be used to acquire Workout Loans (a) if such use
would likely result, in the Collateral Manager’s reasonable discretion, in a non-payment of
interest on the Debt on the next succeeding Payment Date and (b) unless all Coverage Tests are
satisfied and (ii) Principal Proceeds may not be used to acquire Workout Loans unless the
Workout Loan Payment Condition is satisfied in connection therewith. Notwithstanding anything
in this Indenture to the contrary, the purchase of a Workout Loan is not required to satisfy the
Investment Criteria.
(g)Restructured Loans and Specified Equity Securities. The Collateral
Manager may direct the Trustee to apply amounts designated for a Permitted Use to acquire a
Restructured Loan or Specified Equity Security.
Section XI.3Reserved.
Section XI.4Conditions Applicable to All Sale and Purchase Transactions. (a) Any
transaction effected under this Article XII or in connection with the acquisition or disposition of
any Asset shall be conducted on an arm’s length basis and, if effected with a Person Affiliated
with the Collateral Manager (or with an account or portfolio for which the Collateral Manager or
any of its Affiliates serves as investment adviser), shall be effected in accordance with the
requirements of Section 5 of the Collateral Management Agreement on terms no less favorable to
the Issuer than would be the case if such Person were not so Affiliated, provided that the Trustee
shall have no responsibility to oversee compliance with this clause (a) by the other parties.
(a)Upon any acquisition of a Collateral Obligation pursuant to this
Article XII, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest to the Asset or Assets shall be Granted to
the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, such Asset or Assets shall be Delivered to the Custodian,
and, if applicable, the Custodian shall receive such Asset or Assets. The Trustee shall also
receive, not later than the Cut-Off Date, an Officer’s certificate of the Issuer containing the
statements set forth in Section 3.1(h); provided that such requirement shall be satisfied, and such
statements shall be deemed to have been made by the Issuer, in respect of such acquisition by the
delivery to the Trustee of an Issuer Order, trade ticket or other instruction in respect thereof.
(b)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article XII or Article V to the
contrary, the Issuer shall have the right to effect any sale of any Asset or purchase of any
Collateral Obligation (1) with the consent of Holders evidencing at least (i) with respect to
purchases during the Reinvestment Period and sales during or after the Reinvestment Period,
75% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of each Class of Debt and (ii) with respect to
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purchases after the Reinvestment Period, 100% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount of each
Class of Debt and (2) of which S&P and the Trustee have been notified.
(c)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article XII or Article V to the
contrary, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Enforcement Event, the Issuer
shall not have the right to effect any sale of any Asset or purchase of any Collateral Obligation
without the consent of a Majority of the Controlling Class.
Section XI.5Hedging. The Issuer will not enter into any hedging transaction or
derivatives (each, a “Hedge Agreement”) without (a) first obtaining an Opinion of Counsel that
such hedging or derivatives transaction will not require the Collateral Manager or the Trustee to
register as a “commodity pool operator” with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with
respect to the Issuer, (b) first obtaining a certification from the Collateral Manager that (i) the
written terms of the derivative directly relate to the Collateral Obligations and the Debt and (ii)
such derivative reduces the interest rate and/or foreign exchange risks related to the Collateral
Obligations and the Debt, (c) for so long as any Class A Debt is Outstanding, the consent of a
Majority of the Class A Debt and (d) satisfaction of the S&P Rating Condition.
ARTICLE XII
NOTEHOLDERS’ RELATIONS
Section XII.1Subordination. (a) Anything in this Indenture or the Debt to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Holders of each Class of Debt that constitute a Junior Class agree for the
benefit of the Holders of the Debt of each Priority Class with respect to such Junior Class that
such Junior Class shall be subordinate and junior to the Debt of each such Priority Class to the
extent and in the manner expressly set forth in the Priority of Payments.
(a)The Holders of each Class of Debt and beneficial owners of each Class of
Debt agree, for the benefit of all Holders of each Class of Debt and beneficial owners of each
Class of Debt, not to cause the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, insolvency or a similar
proceeding in the United States or any other jurisdiction against the Issuer until the payment in
full of all Debt and the expiration of a period equal to one year and one day or, if longer, the
applicable preference period then in effect plus one day, following such payment in full. If any
holder causes the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or winding-up against the Issuer prior to the
expiration of the period specified in the previous sentence, any claim that such holder has against
the Issuer (including under all Secured Debt of any Class held by such holders) or with respect to
any Assets (including any proceeds thereof) shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Priority of Payments and notwithstanding any objection to, or rescission of, such filing, be fully
subordinate in right of payment to the claims of each holder of any Secured Debt (and each other
secured creditor of the Issuer) that does not seek to cause any such filing, with such
subordination being effective until each Secured Debt held by each holder (and each claim of
each other secured creditor of the Issuer) that does not seek to cause any such filing is paid in full
in accordance with the Priority of Payments (after giving effect to such subordination). This
agreement shall constitute a “subordination agreement” within the meaning of Section 510(a) of
the Bankruptcy Code. The Issuer shall direct the Trustee to segregate payments and take other
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reasonable steps to effect the foregoing. The Issuer may obtain and assign a separate CUSIP or
CUSIPs to the Debt of each Class held by such Holder(s).
(b)The foregoing restrictions are a material inducement for each Holder and
beneficial owner of the Debt to acquire the Debt and for the Issuer and the Collateral Manager to
enter into this Indenture (in the case of the Issuer) and the other applicable Transaction
Documents and are an essential term of this Indenture. Any Holder or beneficial owner of Debt
or either of the Issuer may seek and obtain specific performance of such restrictions (including
injunctive relief), including, without limitation, in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under United States
federal or state bankruptcy law or similar laws.
Section XII.2Standard of Conduct. In exercising any of its or their voting rights, rights
to direct and consent or any other rights as a Holder under this Indenture, a Holder or Holders
shall not have any obligation or duty to any Person or to consider or take into account the
interests of any Person and shall not be liable to any Person for any action taken by it or them or
at its or their direction or any failure by it or them to act or to direct that an action be taken,
without regard to whether such action or inaction benefits or adversely affects any Holder, the
Issuer, or any other Person, except for any liability to which such Holder may be subject to the
extent the same results from such Holder’s taking or directing an action, or failing to take or
direct an action, in bad faith or in violation of the express terms of this Indenture.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section XIII.1Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or
several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Issuer or the Collateral Manager may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by,
counsel (provided that such counsel is a nationally or internationally recognized and reputable
law firm, one or more of the partners of which are admitted to practice before the highest court of
any State of the United States or the District of Columbia which law firm may, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, be counsel for the Issuer), unless such Officer knows, or
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which such certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Officer of the
Issuer or the Collateral Manager or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, the Issuer, the Collateral
Manager or any other Person (on which the Trustee shall be entitled to rely), stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Issuer, the Collateral
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Manager or such other Person, unless such Officer of the Issuer or the Collateral Manager or
such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters
are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may also be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer of the Collateral Manager or of
the Issuer, stating that the information with respect to such matters is in the possession of the
Collateral Manager or of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture,
they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the absence of the occurrence and
continuation of a Default or Event of Default is a condition precedent to the taking of any action
by the Trustee at the request or direction of the Issuer, then notwithstanding that the satisfaction
of such condition is a condition precedent to the Issuer’s right to make such request or direction,
the Trustee shall be protected in acting in accordance with such request or direction if it does not
have knowledge of the occurrence and continuation of such Default or Event of Default as
provided in Section 6.1(d).
Each of the Bank and U.S. Bank National Association (in any capacity under the
Transaction Documents) agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to any
Transaction Document sent by unsecured email, facsimile transmission or other similar
unsecured electronic methods. If such person elects to give the Bank or U.S. Bank National
Association email or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and
the Bank or U.S. Bank National Association in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions,
the Bank’s or U.S. Bank National Association’s, as applicable, reasonable understanding of such
instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Bank and U.S. Bank National Association shall not
be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Bank’s and U.S.
Bank National Association’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions
notwithstanding such instructions conflicting with or being inconsistent with a subsequent
written instruction. Any person providing such instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out
of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Bank and U.S.
Bank National Association, including without limitation the risk of the Bank and U.S. Bank
National Association acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse
by third parties and acknowledges and agrees that there may be more secure methods of
transmitting such instructions than the method(s) selected by it and agrees that the security
procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of such instructions
provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and
circumstances.
Section XIII.2Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein
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otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer.
Such instrument or instruments (and the action or actions embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 14.2.
(a)The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved in any manner which the Trustee reasonably deems sufficient.
(b)The principal amount or face amount, as the case may be, and registered
numbers of Debt instruments held by any Person, and the date of such Person’s holding the
same, shall be proved by the Registers, as applicable.
(c)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action by the Holder of any Debt shall bind the Holder (and any transferee thereof) of such
and of every Debt instrument issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Debt
instrument.
(d)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a holder of a beneficial
interest in a Global Note will have the right to receive access to reports on the Trustee’s website
and will be entitled to exercise rights to vote, give consents and directions which holders of the
related Class of Notes are entitled to give under this Indenture upon delivery of a beneficial
ownership certificate (a “Beneficial Ownership Certificate”) to the Trustee which certifies (i) that
such Person is a beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note, (ii) the amount and Class of
Notes so owned, and (iii) that such Person will notify the Trustee when it sells all or a portion of
its beneficial interest in such Class of Notes. A separate Beneficial Ownership Certificate must
be delivered each time any such vote, consent or direction is given; provided that, nothing shall
prevent the Trustee from requesting additional information and documentation with respect to
any such beneficial owner.
Section XIII.3Notices, etc. to Certain Parties.
(a)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, instruction, order, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Debtholders or other documents or communication provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given, e-mailed or furnished to, or filed with:
(i)the Trustee and the Loan Agent shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to and mailed, by certified
mail, return receipt requested, hand delivered, sent by overnight courier service
guaranteeing next day delivery, by electronic mail, or by facsimile in legible form to the
Trustee, addressed to it at the Corporate Trust Office, or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the other parties hereto by the Trustee, and executed by a
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Responsible Officer or Officer (as applicable) of the entity sending such request, demand,
authorization, direction, instruction, order, notice, consent, waiver or other document;
provided that any demand, authorization, direction, instruction, order, notice, consent,
waiver or other document sent to the Bank (in any capacity hereunder) will be deemed
effective only upon receipt thereof by a Trust Officer of the Bank in such capacity;
(ii)the Issuer shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid,
hand delivered, sent by overnight courier service, by electronic mail, or by facsimile in
legible form, to the Issuer addressed to it at c/o Churchill Asset Management LLC, 375
Park Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Marissa Short, Fund
Controller, Email: Marissa.Short@churchillam.com, with a copy to: Nuveen Churchill
Private Capital Income Fund, 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina
28262, Attention: John D. McCally, Email: john.mccally@churchillam.com, or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the other parties hereto by the Issuer,
with a copy to the Collateral Manager at its address below;
(iii)the Collateral Manager shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, hand delivered, sent by
overnight courier service, by electronic mail or by facsimile in legible form, to the
Collateral Manager addressed to it at c/o Churchill Asset Management LLC, 375 Park
Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Marissa Short, Funds
Controller, email: marissa.short@churchillam.com, with a copy to the Collateral Manager
addressed to it at 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina 28262,
Attention: John D. McCally, email: john.mccally@churchillam.com and with a copy to
(x) the BDC Advisor addressed to it at Churchill PCIF Advisor LLC, 375 Park Avenue,
9th Floor, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Shai Vichness, email:
Shai.Vichness@churchillam.com, with a copy to Luke Garriton, email:
Luke.Garriton@churchillam.com and (y) the Sub-Advisor addressed to it at Churchill
Asset Management LLC, 375 Park Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10152,
Attention: Shai Vichness, email: Shai.Vichness@churchillam.com, with a copy to Erin
Hood, email: Erin.Hood@churchillam.com or, in each case, at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the parties hereto;
(iv)the Initial Purchaser shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder
if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, hand delivered, sent by overnight
courier service or by facsimile in legible form, addressed to BofA Securities, Inc., One
Bryant Park, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10036, or at any other address subsequently
furnished in writing to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Initial Purchaser;
(v)the Co-Placement Agent shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, hand delivered, sent by
overnight courier service or by facsimile in legible form, addressed to GreensLedge
Capital Markets LLC, 575 Lexington Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York, 10022,
Attention: MM CLO Group (mmclogroup@greensledge.com), or at any other address
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subsequently furnished in writing to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Co-Placement
Agent;
(vi)the Collateral Administrator shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to and mailed, by certified mail,
return receipt requested, hand delivered, sent by overnight courier service guaranteeing
next day delivery, by electronic mail, or by facsimile in legible form to U.S. Bank Trust
Company, National Association, as Collateral Administrator, 214 N. Tryon Street, 26th
Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Global Corporate Trust – Churchill
NCPCIF CLO-I LLC, Email: curchill.custody@usbank.com, with a copy to
alanna.silas@usbank.com, as Collateral Administrator, or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the other parties hereto; and
(vii)S&P shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and sent by electronic copy to
CDO_Surveillance@spglobal.com; provided that (w) in respect of any application for a
ratings estimate by S&P in respect of a Collateral Obligation, Required S&P Credit
Estimate Information must be submitted to creditestimates@spglobal.com, (x) in respect
of any request for satisfaction of the S&P Rating Condition in connection with the
Effective Date, required information must be submitted to
CDOEffectiveDatePortfolios@spglobal.com, (y) in connection with the occurrence of
any Specified Amendment in respect of an asset with an outstanding S&P credit ratings
estimate or in connection with any notice to be delivered pursuant to clause (c)(ii) of the
definition of “S&P Rating”, CreditEstimates@spglobal.com; otherwise,
CDO_Surveillance@spglobal.com and (z) in respect of any correspondence relating to
the S&P CDO Monitor (or related definitions), CDOMonitor@spglobal.com.
(b)If any provision herein calls for any notice or document to be delivered
simultaneously to the Trustee and any other Person, the Trustee’s receipt of such notice or
document shall entitle the Trustee to assume that such notice or document was delivered to such
other Person or entity unless otherwise expressly specified herein.
(c)Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any
agreement or document related thereto, any report, statement or other information required to be
provided by the Issuer or the Trustee may be provided by providing access to a website
containing such information.
Section XIII.4Notices to Holders; Waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, where this Indenture or Class A-L Loan Agreement provides for notice to Holders of any
event:
(a)such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders if in writing and mailed,
first class postage prepaid, or by overnight delivery service (or, in the case of Holders of Global
Notes, e-mailed to DTC), to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as
it appears in the applicable Register not earlier than the earliest date and not later than the latest
date prescribed for the giving of such notice; and
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(b)such notice shall be in the English language.
Any such notices shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such mailing,
transmission or posting, as applicable.
Notwithstanding clause (a) above, a Holder may give the Trustee a written notice
that it is requesting that notices to it be given by electronic mail or by facsimile transmissions
and stating the electronic mail address or facsimile number for such transmission. Thereafter, the
Trustee shall give notices to such Holder by electronic mail or facsimile transmission, as so
requested; provided that if such notice also requests that notices be given by mail, then such
notice shall also be given by mail in accordance with clause (a) above. In lieu of the foregoing,
notices for Holders may also be posted to the Trustee’s website.
Subject to the requirements of Section 14.15, the Trustee will deliver to the
Holders any information or notice relating to this Indenture requested to be so delivered by at
least 25% of the Holders of any Class of Debt (by Aggregate Outstanding Amount), at the
expense of the Issuer; provided that the Trustee may decline to send any such notice that it
reasonably determines to be contrary to (i) any of the terms of this Indenture, (ii) any duty or
obligation that the Trustee may have hereunder or (iii) applicable law. The Trustee may require
the requesting Holders to comply with its standard verification policies in order to confirm
Debtholder status.
Neither the failure to mail or otherwise deliver any notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed or otherwise delivered, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail of any event to Holders when such notice is
required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then such notification to Holders
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be
filed with the Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any
action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section XIII.5Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
Section headings herein (including those used in cross-references herein) and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section XIII.6Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements herein by the
Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section XIII.7Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or condition of this
Indenture or the Debt, or the application thereof to any party hereto or any circumstance, is held
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to be unenforceable, invalid or illegal (in whole or in part) for any reason (in any relevant
jurisdiction), the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture or the
Debt, modified by the deletion of the unenforceable, invalid or illegal portion (in any relevant
jurisdiction), will continue in full force and effect, and such unenforceability, invalidity, or
illegality will not otherwise affect the enforceability, validity or legality of the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture or the Debt, as the case may be, so long as
this Indenture or the Debt, as the case may be, as so modified continues to express, without
material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the
deletion of such portion of this Indenture or the Debt, as the case may be, will not substantially
impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical
realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties.
Section XIII.8Benefits of Indenture. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this
Indenture, nothing herein or in the Debt, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Collateral Manager, the Collateral
Administrator, the Holders of the Debt and (to the extent provided herein) and the other Secured
Parties any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section XIII.9Reserved.
Section XIII.10GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH DEBT
INSTRUMENT, AND ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY
WHATSOEVER TO THIS INDENTURE OR ANY DEBT (WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE), SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section XIII.11Submission to Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or
proceedings relating to this Indenture or any matter between the parties arising under or in
connection with this Indenture (“Proceedings”), each party irrevocably: (i) submits to the non-
exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of
Manhattan and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any
appellate court from any thereof; and (ii) waives any objection which it may have at any time to
the laying of venue of any Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that such
Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to object,
with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any jurisdiction over such party.
Nothing herein precludes any of the parties from bringing Proceedings in any other jurisdiction,
nor will the bringing of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of
Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
Section XIII.12WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE
HOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
INDENTURE, THE DEBT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. Each
party hereby (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other has represented,
expressly or otherwise, that the other would not, in the event of a Proceeding, seek to enforce the
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foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it has been induced to enter into this Indenture by,
among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this paragraph.
Section XIII.13Counterparts. This Indenture and the Debt may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Any signature
(including, without limitation, any facsimile or electronic transmission, including .pdf file, .jpeg
file or electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, including Orbit,
Adobe Fill & Sign, Adobe Sign, DocuSign, or any other similar platform identified by the Issuer
and reasonably available at no undue burden or expense to the Trustee (including any symbol or
process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with
the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record)) hereto or to any other
certificate, agreement or document related to the transactions contemplated by this Indenture,
and any contract formation or record-keeping, in each case, through electronic means, including,
without limitation, through e-mail or portable document format, shall have the same legal
validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-
keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, the
foregoing also applies to any amendment, supplement, restatement, extension or renewal of this
Indenture. Each party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that (i) it has the
corporate or other applicable entity capacity and authority to execute this Indenture (and any
other documents to be delivered in connection therewith) through electronic means, (ii) any
electronic signatures of such party appearing on this Indenture (or such other documents) shall be
treated in the same way as handwritten signatures for the purposes of validity, enforceability and
admissibility of this Indenture (or any such other document) and (iii) the execution of this
Indenture (or any such other document) by such party through such electronic means is not
restricted by, and does not contravene, such party’s constitutive documents or applicable law.
Any document electronically signed in a manner consistent with the foregoing provisions shall
be valid so long as it is delivered by a Responsible Officer or Officer (as applicable) of the
executing Person or by any person reasonably understood to be acting on behalf of such Person.
The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into or investigate the authenticity or authorization of
any such electronic signature and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such electronic
signature without any liability with respect thereto.
Section XIII.14Acts of Issuer. Any report, information, communication, request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture to be given or performed by the Issuer shall be effective if given or performed by the
Issuer or by the Collateral Manager on the Issuer’s behalf.
The Issuer agrees to coordinate with the Collateral Manager with respect to any
communication to S&P and to comply with the provisions of this Section and Section 14.16,
unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Collateral Manager.
Section XIII.15Confidential Information. (a) The Trustee, the Loan Agent the
Collateral Administrator and each Holder of Debt will maintain the confidentiality of all
Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Person in good faith to
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protect Confidential Information of third parties delivered to such Person; provided that such
Person may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to: (i) such Person’s directors, trustees,
officers, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates who agree to hold confidential the
Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 14.15 and to
the extent such disclosure is reasonably required for the administration of this Indenture, the
matters contemplated hereby or the investment represented by the Debt; (ii) such Person’s legal
advisors, financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the
Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 14.15 and to
the extent such disclosure is reasonably required for the administration of this Indenture, the
matters contemplated hereby or the investment represented by the Debt; (iii) any other Holder, or
any of the other parties to this Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement the Collateral
Management Agreement or the Collateral Administration Agreement; (iv) except for Specified
Obligor Information, any Person of the type that would be, to such Person’s knowledge,
permitted to acquire Debt or any security of the Issuer in accordance with the requirements of
Section 2.5 hereof to which such Person sells or offers to sell any such Debt or security or any
part thereof; (v) any federal or state or other regulatory, governmental or judicial authority
having jurisdiction over such Person; (vi) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
or any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to
information about the investment portfolio of such Person, reinsurers and liquidity and credit
providers that agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance
with this Section 14.15; (vii) S&P or any NRSRO (subject to Section 14.16); (viii) any other
Person with the consent of the Issuer and the Collateral Manager; (ix) any other disclosure that is
permitted under this Indenture, the Class A-L Loan Agreement or the Collateral Administration
Agreement or (x) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or
appropriate (A) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to such
Person, (B) in response to any subpoena or other legal process (unless prohibited by applicable
law, rule, order or decree or other requirement having the force of law), (C) in connection with
any litigation to which such Person is a party (unless prohibited by applicable law, rule, order or
decree or other requirement having the force of law), (D) if an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, to the extent such Person may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure
to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies
under the Debt, the Class A-L Loan Agreement or this Indenture or (E) in the Trustee’s, the Loan
Agent’s or the Collateral Administrator’s performance of its obligations under this Indenture, the
Class A-L Loan Agreement, the Collateral Administration Agreement or the other transaction
document related thereto; and provided that delivery to the Holders by the Trustee, the Loan
Agent or the Collateral Administrator of any report of information required by the terms of this
Indenture to be provided to Holders shall not be a violation of this Section 14.15. Each Holder or
beneficial owner of Debt will, by its acceptance of its Debt, be deemed to have agreed, except as
set forth in clauses (v), (vi) and (ix) above, that it shall use the Confidential Information for the
sole purpose of making an investment in the Debt or administering its investment in the Debt;
and that the Trustee, the Loan Agent and the Collateral Administrator shall neither be required
nor authorized to disclose to Holders any Confidential Information in violation of this
Section 14.15. In the event of any required disclosure of the Confidential Information by such
Holder or beneficial owner such Holder or beneficial owner will, by its acceptance of its Debt, be
deemed to have agreed to use reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential
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Information. Each Holder or beneficial owner of Debt, by its acceptance of such Debt, will be
deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 14.15
(subject to Section 7.17(e)).
(a)For the purposes of this Section 14.15, (A) “Confidential Information”
means information delivered to the Trustee, the Loan Agent the Collateral Administrator or any
Holder of Debt by or on behalf of the Issuer, the Collateral Manager or any of their respective
affiliates in connection with and relating to the Issuer, the Retention Holder, the Collateral
Manager or any of their respective affiliates or the transactions contemplated by or otherwise
pursuant to this Indenture and the other Transaction Documents (including, without limitation,
information relating to Obligors); provided that such term does not include information that: (i)
was publicly known or otherwise known to the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral
Administrator or such Holder prior to the time of such disclosure; (ii) subsequently becomes
publicly known through no act or omission by the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral
Administrator, any Holder or any Person acting on behalf of the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the
Collateral Administrator or any Holder; (iii) otherwise is known or becomes known to the
Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Administrator or any Holder other than (x) through
disclosure by the Issuer, the Collateral Manager or any of their respective affiliates, as
applicable, or (y) to the knowledge of the Trustee, the Loan Agent, the Collateral Administrator
or a Holder, as the case may be, in each case after reasonable inquiry, as a result of the breach of
a fiduciary duty or a contractual duty to the Issuer, the Collateral Manager or any of their
respective affiliates, as applicable; or (iv) is allowed to be treated as non-confidential with the
prior written consent of the Issuer; and (B) “Specified Obligor Information” means Confidential
Information relating to Obligors whether set forth in the Monthly Reports, the Distribution
Reports, the Transparency Reports or otherwise); that is not otherwise included in the Monthly
Reports or Distribution Reports or the disclosure of which would be prohibited by applicable law
or the Underlying Documents relating to such Obligor’s Collateral Obligation.
(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee and the Collateral
Administrator may disclose Confidential Information to the extent disclosure thereof may be
required by law or by any regulatory or Governmental Authority and the Trustee and the
Collateral Administrator may disclose on a confidential basis any Confidential Information to its
agents, attorneys and auditors in connection with the performance of its responsibilities
hereunder and under the Collateral Administration Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents.
Section XIII.1617g-5 Information. (a) The Issuer shall comply with their
obligations under Rule 17g-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act (“Rule 17g-5”), by its or its
agent’s posting on the 17g-5 Website, no later than the time such information is provided to
S&P, all information that the Issuer or other parties on its behalf, including the Trustee and the
Collateral Manager, provide to S&P for the purposes of determining the Initial Ratings of the
Secured Debt or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Debt (the “17g-5 Information”);
provided, that no party other than the Issuer, the Trustee or the Collateral Manager may provide
information to S&P on the Issuer’s behalf without the prior written consent of the Collateral
Manager. At all times while any Secured Debt is rated by S&P or any other NRSRO, the Issuer
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shall engage a third-party to post 17g-5 Information to the 17g-5 Website. On the Closing Date,
the Issuer shall engage the Collateral Administrator (in such capacity, the “Information Agent”),
to post 17g-5 Information it receives from the Issuer, the Trustee or the Collateral Manager to the
17g-5 Website in accordance with the Collateral Administration Agreement. All information to
be posted shall be provided to the Information Agent in an electronic format readable and
uploadable (e.g., that is not locked or corrupted) by e-mail to CHURCHILL.NCPCIF.CLO-
I.17g5@usbank.com and specifying “Churchill NCPCIF CLO-I” and labeled for delivery to
S&P.
(a)To the extent that any of the Issuer, the Collateral Manager, the Collateral
Administrator or the Trustee is required to provide any information to, or communicate with,
S&P in writing in accordance with its obligations under this Indenture, the Collateral
Administration Agreement or the Collateral Management Agreement, the Issuer, the Collateral
Manager, the Collateral Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable (or their respective
representatives or advisers), shall promptly deliver such information or communication to the
Information Agent for posting to the 17g-5 Website.
(b)To the extent any of the Issuer, the Trustee or the Collateral Manager are
engaged in oral communications with S&P for the purposes of determining the Initial Ratings of
the Secured Debt or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Debt, the party communicating
with S&P shall cause such oral communication to either be (x) recorded and an audio file
containing the recording to be promptly posted to the 17g-5 Website or (y) summarized in
writing and the summary to be promptly posted to the 17g-5 Website.
(c)All information to be made available to S&P pursuant to Section 14.3(a)
shall be made available on the 17g-5 Website. In the event that any information is delivered or
posted in error, the Issuer may remove it, or cause it be removed, from the 17g-5 Website, and
shall so remove promptly when instructed to do so by the Person that delivered such information.
None of the Trustee, the Collateral Administrator or the Collateral Manager shall have obtained
or shall be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information solely due to receipt
and posting to the 17g-5 Website. Access will be provided to any NRSRO upon receipt by the
Issuer of an NRSRO Certification from such NRSRO (which may be submitted electronically via
the 17g-5 Website).
(d)Notwithstanding the requirements herein, the Trustee shall have no
obligation to engage in or respond to any oral communications, for the purposes of determining
the initial credit rating of the Debt or undertaking credit rating surveillance of the Debt, with
S&P or any of its officers, directors or employees.
(e)The Information Agent (except to the extent expressly provided herein and
in the Collateral Administration Agreement) and the Trustee shall not be responsible for
maintaining the 17g-5 Website, posting any 17g-5 Information to the 17g-5 Website or assuring
that the 17g-5 Website complies with the requirements of this Indenture, Rule 17g-5, or any
other law or regulation. In no event shall the Information Agent or the Trustee be deemed to
make any representation in respect of the content of the 17g-5 Website or compliance of the
17g-5 Website with this Indenture, Rule 17g-5, or any other law or regulation.
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(f)The Information Agent and the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable
for the dissemination of any identification numbers or passwords for the 17g-5 Website,
including by the Issuer, S&P, the NRSROs, any of their agents or any other party. The
Information Agent and the Trustee shall not be liable for the use of any information posted on the
17g-5 Website, whether by the Issuer, S&P, the NRSROs or any other third party that may gain
access to the 17g-5 Website or the information posted thereon.
(g)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the maintenance by
NetRoadshow, Inc. of the 17g-5 Website shall not be deemed as compliance by or on behalf of
the Issuer with Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation related thereto. The maintenance by the
Trustee of the Trustee’s website will not be deemed as compliance by or on behalf of the Issuer
with Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation related thereto.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, a breach of this Section 14.16
shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default.
ARTICLE XIV
ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS
Section XIV.1Assignment of Collateral Management Agreement. (a) The Issuer
hereby acknowledges that its Grant pursuant to the first Granting Clause hereof includes all of
the Issuer’s estate, right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral Management
Agreement, including (i) the right to give all notices, consents and releases thereunder, (ii) the
right to give all notices of termination and to take any legal action upon the breach of an
obligation of the Collateral Manager thereunder, including the commencement, conduct and
consummation of proceedings at law or in equity, (iii) the right to receive all notices,
accountings, consents, releases and statements thereunder and (iv) the right to do any and all
other things whatsoever that the Issuer is or may be entitled to do thereunder; provided that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall not have the authority to
exercise any of the rights set forth in (i) through (iv) above or that may otherwise arise as a result
of the Grant until the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and such authority shall
terminate at such time, if any, as such Event of Default is cured or waived. From and after the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Manager shall continue to
perform and be bound by the provisions of the Collateral Management Agreement and this
Indenture applicable thereto.
(a)The assignment made hereby is executed as collateral security, and the
execution and delivery hereby shall not in any way impair or diminish the obligations of the
Issuer under the provisions of the Collateral Management Agreement, nor shall any of the
obligations contained in the Collateral Management Agreement be imposed on the Trustee.
(b)The Issuer represents that, as of the date hereof, the Issuer has not
executed any other assignment of the Collateral Management Agreement.
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(c)The Issuer agrees that this assignment is irrevocable, and that it will not
take any action which is inconsistent with this assignment or make any other assignment
inconsistent herewith. The Issuer will, from time to time, execute all instruments of further
assurance and all such supplemental instruments with respect to this assignment as may be
necessary to continue and maintain the effectiveness of such assignment.
(d)The Issuer hereby agrees, and hereby undertakes to obtain the agreement
and consent of the Collateral Manager in the Collateral Management Agreement, to the
following:
(i)The Collateral Manager shall consent to the provisions of this
assignment and agree to perform any provisions of this Indenture applicable to the
Collateral Manager subject to the terms (including the Collateral Manager Standard) of
the Collateral Management Agreement.
(e)Upon the retirement of the Debt, the payment of all amounts required to be
paid pursuant to the Priority of Payments and the release of the Assets from the lien of this
Indenture, this assignment and all rights herein assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Debtholders shall cease and terminate and all the estate, right, title and interest of the Trustee in,
to and under the Collateral Management Agreement shall revert to the Issuer and no further
instrument or act shall be necessary to evidence such termination and reversion.
(i)The Collateral Manager shall acknowledge that the Issuer is
assigning all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral Management
Agreement to the Trustee as representative of the Debtholders and the Collateral Manager
shall agree that all of the representations, covenants and agreements made by the
Collateral Manager in the Collateral Management Agreement are also for the benefit of
the Trustee.
(ii)The Collateral Manager shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all
notices, statements, communications and instruments delivered or required to be
delivered by the Collateral Manager to the Issuer pursuant to the Collateral Management
Agreement.
(iii)The Issuer hereby agrees that the Issuer shall not enter into any
agreement amending, modifying or terminating the Collateral Management Agreement
except in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Management Agreement.
(iv)Except as otherwise set forth herein and therein (including
pursuant to Section 8 of the Collateral Management Agreement), the Collateral Manager
shall continue to serve as Collateral Manager under the Collateral Management
Agreement notwithstanding that the Collateral Manager shall not have received amounts
due it under the Collateral Management Agreement because sufficient funds were not
then available hereunder to pay such amounts in accordance with the Priority of
Payments set forth under Section 11.1. The Collateral Manager agrees not to cause the
filing of a petition in bankruptcy against the Issuer for the nonpayment of the fees or
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other amounts payable by the Issuer to the Collateral Manager under the Collateral
Management Agreement until the payment in full of all Debt issued under this Indenture
or incurred pursuant to the Class A-L Loan Agreement and the expiration of a period
equal to one year and a day, or, if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect
plus one day, following such payment. Nothing in this Section 15.1 shall preclude, or be
deemed to stop, the Collateral Manager (i) from taking any action prior to the expiration
of the aforementioned period in (A) any case or Proceeding voluntarily filed or
commenced by the Issuer, or (B) any involuntary insolvency Proceeding filed or
commenced by a Person other than the Collateral Manager, or (ii) from commencing
against the Issuer or any of its properties any legal action which is not a bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceeding.
(v)On each Measurement Date on which the S&P CDO Monitor Test
is used, the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Issuer will measure compliance under
such test.
(f)The Issuer and the Trustee agree that the Collateral Manager shall be a
third party beneficiary of this Indenture, and shall be entitled to rely upon and enforce such
provisions of this Indenture to the same extent as if it were a party hereto.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hands as of the day and year first written
above.
CHURCHILL NCPCIF CLO-I LLC,
as Issuer
By:Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income
Fund,
its Designated Manager
By:/s/ Shai Vichness
Name: Shai Vichness
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Signature Page to Churchill NCPCIF CLO-I LLC Indenture
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:/s/ Scott D. DeRoss
Name: Scott D. DeRoss
Title: Senior Vice President
Signature Page to Churchill NCPCIF CLO-I LLC Indenture
Schedule 1
[RESERVED]
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
S&P INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATIONS
Asset Type Code | Asset Type Description |
0 | Zero Default Risk |
1020000 | Energy Equipment and Services |
1030000 | Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels |
1033403 | Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
2020000 | Chemicals |
2030000 | Construction Materials |
2040000 | Containers and Packaging |
2050000 | Metals and Mining |
2060000 | Paper and Forest Products |
3020000 | Aerospace and Defense |
3030000 | Building Products |
3040000 | Construction and Engineering |
3050000 | Electrical Equipment |
3060000 | Industrial Conglomerates |
3070000 | Machinery |
3080000 | Trading Companies and Distributors |
3110000 | Commercial Services and Supplies |
3210000 | Air Freight and Logistics |
3220000 | Passenger airlines |
3230000 | Marine transportation |
3240000 | Ground transportation |
3250000 | Transportation Infrastructure |
4011000 | Automobile components |
4020000 | Automobiles |
4110000 | Household Durables |
4120000 | Leisure Products |
4130000 | Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods |
4210000 | Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure |
4300001 | Entertainment |
4300002 | Interactive Media and Services |
4310000 | Media |
4410000 | Distributors |
4430000 | Broadline Retail |
4440000 | Specialty Retail |
5020000 | Consumer stables distribution and retail |
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5110000 | Beverages |
5120000 | Food Products |
5130000 | Tobacco |
5210000 | Household Products |
5220000 | Personal Products |
6020000 | Health Care Equipment and Supplies |
6030000 | Health Care Providers and Services |
6110000 | Biotechnology |
6120000 | Pharmaceuticals |
7011000 | Banks |
7110000 | Financial services |
7120000 | Consumer Finance |
7130000 | Capital Markets |
7210000 | Insurance |
7310000 | Real Estate Management and Development |
7311000 | Diversified REITS |
8030000 | IT Services |
8040000 | Software |
8110000 | Communications Equipment |
8120000 | Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals |
8130000 | Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components |
8210000 | Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment |
9020000 | Diversified Telecommunication Services |
9030000 | Wireless Telecommunication Services |
9520000 | Electric Utilities |
9530000 | Gas Utilities |
9540000 | Multi-Utilities |
9550000 | Water Utilities |
9551701 | Diversified Consumer Services |
9551702 | Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers |
9551727 | Life Sciences Tools and Services |
9551729 | Health Care Technology |
9612010 | Professional Services |
9622292 | Residential REITs |
9622294 | Industrial REITs |
9622295 | Hotel and resort REITs |
9622296 | Office REITs |
9622297 | Health care REITs |
9622298 | Retail REITs |
9622299 | Specialized REITs |
PF1 | Project Finance: Industrial Equipment |
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PF2 | Project Finance: Leisure and Gaming |
PF3 | Project Finance: Natural Resources and Mining |
PF4 | Project Finance: Oil and Gas |
PF5 | Project Finance: Power |
PF6 | Project Finance: Public Finance and Real Estate |
PF7 | Project Finance: Telecommunications |
PF8 | Project Finance: Transport |
IPF | International Public Finance |
PF1000-PF1099 | Reserved |
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Schedule 3
MOODY’S RATING DEFINITIONS
MOODY’S RATING
(a)With respect to a Collateral Obligation that (A) is publicly rated by Moody’s, such public
rating, or (B) is not publicly rated by Moody’s but for which a rating has been assigned by
Moody’s upon the request of the Issuer or the Collateral Manager, such rating.
(b)With respect to a Collateral Obligation that is a first-lien loan or Participation Interest in a
first-lien loan (if not determined pursuant to clause (a) above), if the Obligor of such Collateral
Obligation has a corporate family rating by Moody’s, then such corporate family rating.
(c)With respect to a Collateral Obligation, if not determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b)
above, if the Obligor of such Collateral Obligation has one or more senior unsecured obligations
publicly rated by Moody’s, then the Moody’s public rating on any such obligation (or, if such
Collateral Obligation is a first-lien loan, the Moody’s rating that is one subcategory higher than
the Moody’s public rating on any such senior unsecured obligation) as selected by the Collateral
Manager in its sole discretion.
(d)With respect to a Collateral Obligation other than a first-lien loan or Participation Interest
in a first-lien loan (if not determined pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) above) if the obligor of
such Collateral Obligation has one or more senior unsecured obligations publicly rated by
Moody’s, then the Moody’s Rating on any such obligation;
(e)With respect to a Collateral Obligation other than a first-lien loan or Participation Interest
in a first-lien loan (if not determined pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above), if the Obligor
of such Collateral Obligation has a corporate family rating by Moody’s, then such corporate
family rating; and
(f)With respect to a Collateral Obligation other than a first-lien loan or Participation Interest
in a first-lien loan (if not determined pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above), if the
Obligor of such Collateral Obligation has one or more subordinated obligations publicly rated by
Moody’s, then the Moody’s public rating on any such obligation notched up by one notch as
selected by the Collateral Manager in its sole discretion.
For purposes of calculating a Moody’s Rating, each applicable rating (i) on credit
watch by Moody’s with positive implications will be treated as having been upgraded by one
rating subcategory and (ii) on credit watch by Moody’s with negative implications will be treated
as having been downgraded by one rating subcategory.
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DIVERSITY SCORE CALCULATION
The Diversity Score is calculated as follows:
(a)An “Issuer Par Amount” is calculated for each issuer of a Collateral
Obligation, and is equal to the Aggregate Principal Balance of all the Collateral Obligations
issued by that issuer and all affiliates.
(b)An “Average Par Amount” is calculated by summing the Issuer Par
Amounts for all issuers, and dividing by the number of issuers.
(c)An “Equivalent Unit Score” is calculated for each issuer, and is equal to
the lesser of (x) one and (y) the Issuer Par Amount for such issuer divided by the Average Par
Amount.
(d)An “Aggregate Industry Equivalent Unit Score” is then calculated for each
of the S&P Industry Classifications, and is equal to the sum of the Equivalent Unit Scores for
each issuer in such industry classification group.
(e)An “Industry Diversity Score” is then established for each S&P Industry
Classification, by reference to the following table for the related Aggregate Industry Equivalent
Unit Score; provided that if any Aggregate Industry Equivalent Unit Score falls between any two
such scores, the applicable Industry Diversity Score shall be the lower of the two Industry
Diversity Scores:
Aggregat e Industry Equivale nt Unit Score | Industr y Diversi ty Score | Aggregat e Industry Equivale nt Unit Score | Industr y Diversi ty Score | Aggregat e Industry Equivale nt Unit Score | Industr y Diversi ty Score | Aggregat e Industry Equivale nt Unit Score | Industr y Diversi ty Score | |||||||
0.0000 | 0.0000 | 5.0500 | 2.7000 | 10.1500 | 4.0200 | 15.2500 | 4.5300 | |||||||
0.0500 | 0.1000 | 5.1500 | 2.7333 | 10.2500 | 4.0300 | 15.3500 | 4.5400 | |||||||
0.1500 | 0.2000 | 5.2500 | 2.7667 | 10.3500 | 4.0400 | 15.4500 | 4.5500 | |||||||
0.2500 | 0.3000 | 5.3500 | 2.8000 | 10.4500 | 4.0500 | 15.5500 | 4.5600 | |||||||
0.3500 | 0.4000 | 5.4500 | 2.8333 | 10.5500 | 4.0600 | 15.6500 | 4.5700 | |||||||
0.4500 | 0.5000 | 5.5500 | 2.8667 | 10.6500 | 4.0700 | 15.7500 | 4.5800 | |||||||
0.5500 | 0.6000 | 5.6500 | 2.9000 | 10.7500 | 4.0800 | 15.8500 | 4.5900 | |||||||
0.6500 | 0.7000 | 5.7500 | 2.9333 | 10.8500 | 4.0900 | 15.9500 | 4.6000 | |||||||
0.7500 | 0.8000 | 5.8500 | 2.9667 | 10.9500 | 4.1000 | 16.0500 | 4.6100 | |||||||
0.8500 | 0.9000 | 5.9500 | 3.0000 | 11.0500 | 4.1100 | 16.1500 | 4.6200 | |||||||
0.9500 | 1.0000 | 6.0500 | 3.0250 | 11.1500 | 4.1200 | 16.2500 | 4.6300 | |||||||
1.0500 | 1.0500 | 6.1500 | 3.0500 | 11.2500 | 4.1300 | 16.3500 | 4.6400 | |||||||
1.1500 | 1.1000 | 6.2500 | 3.0750 | 11.3500 | 4.1400 | 16.4500 | 4.6500 | |||||||
1.2500 | 1.1500 | 6.3500 | 3.1000 | 11.4500 | 4.1500 | 16.5500 | 4.6600 | |||||||
1.3500 | 1.2000 | 6.4500 | 3.1250 | 11.5500 | 4.1600 | 16.6500 | 4.6700 |
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1.4500 | 1.2500 | 6.5500 | 3.1500 | 11.6500 | 4.1700 | 16.7500 | 4.6800 | |||||||
1.5500 | 1.3000 | 6.6500 | 3.1750 | 11.7500 | 4.1800 | 16.8500 | 4.6900 | |||||||
1.6500 | 1.3500 | 6.7500 | 3.2000 | 11.8500 | 4.1900 | 16.9500 | 4.7000 | |||||||
1.7500 | 1.4000 | 6.8500 | 3.2250 | 11.9500 | 4.2000 | 17.0500 | 4.7100 | |||||||
1.8500 | 1.4500 | 6.9500 | 3.2500 | 12.0500 | 4.2100 | 17.1500 | 4.7200 | |||||||
1.9500 | 1.5000 | 7.0500 | 3.2750 | 12.1500 | 4.2200 | 17.2500 | 4.7300 | |||||||
2.0500 | 1.5500 | 7.1500 | 3.3000 | 12.2500 | 4.2300 | 17.3500 | 4.7400 | |||||||
2.1500 | 1.6000 | 7.2500 | 3.3250 | 12.3500 | 4.2400 | 17.4500 | 4.7500 | |||||||
2.2500 | 1.6500 | 7.3500 | 3.3500 | 12.4500 | 4.2500 | 17.5500 | 4.7600 | |||||||
2.3500 | 1.7000 | 7.4500 | 3.3750 | 12.5500 | 4.2600 | 17.6500 | 4.7700 | |||||||
2.4500 | 1.7500 | 7.5500 | 3.4000 | 12.6500 | 4.2700 | 17.7500 | 4.7800 | |||||||
2.5500 | 1.8000 | 7.6500 | 3.4250 | 12.7500 | 4.2800 | 17.8500 | 4.7900 | |||||||
2.6500 | 1.8500 | 7.7500 | 3.4500 | 12.8500 | 4.2900 | 17.9500 | 4.8000 | |||||||
2.7500 | 1.9000 | 7.8500 | 3.4750 | 12.9500 | 4.3000 | 18.0500 | 4.8100 | |||||||
2.8500 | 1.9500 | 7.9500 | 3.5000 | 13.0500 | 4.3100 | 18.1500 | 4.8200 | |||||||
2.9500 | 2.0000 | 8.0500 | 3.5250 | 13.1500 | 4.3200 | 18.2500 | 4.8300 | |||||||
3.0500 | 2.0333 | 8.1500 | 3.5500 | 13.2500 | 4.3300 | 18.3500 | 4.8400 | |||||||
3.1500 | 2.0667 | 8.2500 | 3.5750 | 13.3500 | 4.3400 | 18.4500 | 4.8500 | |||||||
3.2500 | 2.1000 | 8.3500 | 3.6000 | 13.4500 | 4.3500 | 18.5500 | 4.8600 | |||||||
3.3500 | 2.1333 | 8.4500 | 3.6250 | 13.5500 | 4.3600 | 18.6500 | 4.8700 | |||||||
3.4500 | 2.1667 | 8.5500 | 3.6500 | 13.6500 | 4.3700 | 18.7500 | 4.8800 | |||||||
3.5500 | 2.2000 | 8.6500 | 3.6750 | 13.7500 | 4.3800 | 18.8500 | 4.8900 | |||||||
3.6500 | 2.2333 | 8.7500 | 3.7000 | 13.8500 | 4.3900 | 18.9500 | 4.9000 | |||||||
3.7500 | 2.2667 | 8.8500 | 3.7250 | 13.9500 | 4.4000 | 19.0500 | 4.9100 | |||||||
3.8500 | 2.3000 | 8.9500 | 3.7500 | 14.0500 | 4.4100 | 19.1500 | 4.9200 | |||||||
3.9500 | 2.3333 | 9.0500 | 3.7750 | 14.1500 | 4.4200 | 19.2500 | 4.9300 | |||||||
4.0500 | 2.3667 | 9.1500 | 3.8000 | 14.2500 | 4.4300 | 19.3500 | 4.9400 | |||||||
4.1500 | 2.4000 | 9.2500 | 3.8250 | 14.3500 | 4.4400 | 19.4500 | 4.9500 | |||||||
4.2500 | 2.4333 | 9.3500 | 3.8500 | 14.4500 | 4.4500 | 19.5500 | 4.9600 | |||||||
4.3500 | 2.4667 | 9.4500 | 3.8750 | 14.5500 | 4.4600 | 19.6500 | 4.9700 | |||||||
4.4500 | 2.5000 | 9.5500 | 3.9000 | 14.6500 | 4.4700 | 19.7500 | 4.9800 | |||||||
4.5500 | 2.5333 | 9.6500 | 3.9250 | 14.7500 | 4.4800 | 19.8500 | 4.9900 | |||||||
4.6500 | 2.5667 | 9.7500 | 3.9500 | 14.8500 | 4.4900 | 19.9500 | 5.0000 | |||||||
4.7500 | 2.6000 | 9.8500 | 3.9750 | 14.9500 | 4.5000 | |||||||||
4.8500 | 2.6333 | 9.9500 | 4.0000 | 15.0500 | 4.5100 | |||||||||
4.9500 | 2.6667 | 10.0500 | 4.0100 | 15.1500 | 4.5200 | |||||||||
(f)The Diversity Score is then calculated by summing each of the Industry
Diversity Scores for each S&P Industry Classification.
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Schedule 4
S&P RECOVERY RATE TABLES
Section 1: S&P Recovery Rate Tables
(a)(i) If a Collateral Obligation has an S&P Recovery Rating, the
S&P Recovery Rate for such Collateral Obligation will be the applicable
percentage set forth in Table 1 below, based on such S&P Recovery Rating (for
the applicable recovery range) and the applicable Class of Notes:
Table 1: S&P Recovery Rates for Collateral Obligations with S&P Recovery Ratings*
S&P RecoveryInitial Liability Rating | ||||||||
S&P Recovery | Range from S&P published | “CCC” and | ||||||
Rating | reports** | “AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” | below |
1+ | 100 | 75.0% | 85.0% | 88.0% | 90.0% | 92.0% | 95.0% | 95.0% |
1 | 95 | 70.0% | 80.0% | 84.0% | 87.5% | 91.0% | 95.0% | 95.0% |
1 | 90 | 65.0% | 75.0% | 80.0% | 85.0% | 90.0% | 95.0% | 95.0% |
2 | 85 | 62.5% | 72.5% | 77.5% | 83.0% | 88.0% | 92.0% | 92.0% |
2 | 80 | 60.0% | 70.0% | 75.0% | 81.0% | 86.0% | 89.0% | 89.0% |
2 | 75 | 55.0% | 65.0% | 70.5% | 77.0% | 82.5% | 84.0% | 84.0% |
2 | 70 | 50.0% | 60.0% | 66.0% | 73.0% | 79.0% | 79.0% | 79.0% |
3 | 65 | 45.0% | 55.0% | 61.0% | 68.0% | 73.0% | 74.0% | 74.0% |
3 | 60 | 40.0% | 50.0% | 56.0% | 63.0% | 67.0% | 69.0% | 69.0% |
3 | 55 | 35.0% | 45.0% | 51.0% | 58.0% | 63.0% | 64.0% | 64.0% |
3 | 50 | 30.0% | 40.0% | 46.0% | 53.0% | 59.0% | 59.0% | 59.0% |
4 | 45 | 28.5% | 37.5% | 44.0% | 49.5% | 53.5% | 54.0% | 54.0% |
4 | 40 | 27.0% | 35.0% | 42.0% | 46.0% | 48.0% | 49.0% | 49.0% |
4 | 35 | 23.5% | 30.5% | 37.5% | 42.5% | 43.5% | 44.0% | 44.0% |
4 | 30 | 20.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% | 39.0% | 39.0% | 39.0% | 39.0% |
5 | 25 | 17.5% | 23.0% | 28.5% | 32.5% | 33.5% | 34.0% | 34.0% |
5 | 20 | 15.0% | 20.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% |
5 | 15 | 10.0% | 15.0% | 19.5% | 22.5% | 23.5% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
5 | 10 | 5.0% | 10.0% | 15.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% |
6 | 5 | 3.5% | 7.0% | 10.5% | 13.5% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.0% |
6 | 0 | 2.0% | 4.0% | 6.0% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.0% |
S&P Recovery Rate
•*The S&P Recovery Rate shall be the applicable rate set forth above based on the initial rating of the
Highest Ranking S&P Class at the time of determination.
•**If an S&P Recovery Rating is not available from S&P’s published reports for a given loan with a
recovery rating of “1” through “6”, the lower range for the applicable recovery rating will be assumed.
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(i)If (x) a Collateral Obligation does not have an S&P Recovery
Rating and such Collateral Obligation is a senior unsecured loan or Second Lien Loan
and (y) the issuer of such Collateral Obligation has issued another debt instrument that is
outstanding and senior to such Collateral Obligation (a “Senior Secured Debt
Instrument”) that has an S&P Recovery Rating, the S&P Recovery Rate for such
Collateral Obligation shall be determined as follows:
For Collateral Obligations Domiciled in Group A*
S&P Recovery Rating of the Senior Secured Debt Instrument | ||||||
Initial Liability Rating | ||||||
“AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” and below | |
1+ | 18% | 20% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 31% |
1 | 18% | 20% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 31% |
2 | 18% | 20% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 31% |
3 | 12% | 15% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 23% |
4 | 5% | 8% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 15% |
5 | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 10% |
6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
S&P Recovery Rate
•
•*The S&P Recovery Rate shall be the applicable rate set forth above based on the initial rating of the
Highest Ranking S&P Class at the time of determination.
For Collateral Obligations Domiciled in Group B*
S&P Recovery Rating of the Senior Secured Debt Instrument | ||||||
Initial Liability Rating | ||||||
“AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” and below | |
1+ | 13% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 23% | 25% |
1 | 13% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 23% | 25% |
2 | 13% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 23% | 25% |
3 | 8% | 11% | 13% | 15% | 16% | 17% |
4 | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
5 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
S&P Recovery Rate
•*The S&P Recovery Rate shall be the applicable rate set forth above based on the initial rating of the
Highest Ranking S&P Class at the time of determination.
For Collateral Obligations Domiciled in Group C*
S&P Recovery Rating of the Senior Secured DebtInitial Liability Rating | ||||||
Instrument | “AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” and below |
1+ | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
1 | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
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2 | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
3 | 5% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 12% |
4 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
S&P Recovery Rate
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•*The S&P Recovery Rate shall be the applicable rate set forth above based on the initial rating of the
Highest Ranking S&P Class at the time of determination.
(iii)If (x) a Collateral Obligation does not have an S&P Recovery Rating and such Collateral
Obligation is a subordinated loan or subordinated bond and (y) the issuer of such Collateral
Obligation has issued another debt instrument that is outstanding and senior to such Collateral
Obligation that is a Senior Secured Debt Instrument that has an S&P Recovery Rating, the S&P
Recovery Rate for such Collateral Obligation shall be determined as follows:
For Collateral Obligations Domiciled in Groups A and B*
S&P Recovery Rating of the Senior Secured Debt Instrument | ||||||
Initial Liability Rating | ||||||
AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” and below | |
1+ | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
1 | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
2 | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
3 | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
4 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
S&P Recovery Rate
•*The S&P Recovery Rate shall be the applicable rate set forth above based on the initial rating of the
Highest Ranking S&P Class at the time of determination.
For Collateral Obligations Domiciled in Group C*
S&P Recovery Rating of the Senior Secured Debt Instrument | Initial Liability Rating | |||||
“AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” and below | |
1+ | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
1 | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
2 | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
3 | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
S&P Recovery Rate
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•*The S&P Recovery Rate shall be the applicable rate set forth above based on the initial rating of the
Highest Ranking S&P Class at the time of determination.
(b)If a recovery rate cannot be determined using clause (a), the recovery rate shall be
determined using the following table.
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Recovery rates for Obligors Domiciled in Group A, B or C*:
Initial Liability Rating | ||||||
Priority Category | “AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” and below |
Senior Secured Loans** | ||||||
Group A | 50% | 55% | 59% | 63% | 75% | 79% |
Group B | 39% | 42% | 46% | 49% | 60% | 63% |
Group C | 17% | 19% | 27% | 29% | 31% | 34% |
Senior Secured Loans (Cov-Lite Loans)** | ||||||
Group A | 41% | 46% | 49% | 53% | 63% | 67% |
Group B | 32% | 35% | 39% | 41% | 50% | 53% |
Group C | 17% | 19% | 27% | 29% | 31% | 34% |
Initial Liability Rating | |||||||||||||
Priority Category | “AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB” | “BB” | “B” and below | |||||||
Second Lien Loans, First-Lien Last-Out Loans, Unsecured Loans*** | |||||||||||||
Group A | 18% | 20% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 31% | |||||||
Group B | 13% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 23% | 25% | |||||||
Group C | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 20% | |||||||
Subordinated Loans | |||||||||||||
Group A | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | |||||||
Group B | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | |||||||
Group C | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
S&P Recovery Rate
Priority Category | Initial Liability Rating |
Group A: | Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States**** |
Group B: | Brazil, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Poland and South Africa. **** |
Group C: | Dubai International Finance Centre, Greece, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and others not included in Group A or Group B.**** |
•*The S&P Recovery Rate will be the applicable rate set forth above based on the initial rating of the
Highest Ranking S&P Class at the time of determination.
•**Solely for the purpose of determining the S&P Recovery Rate for such loan, no loan will constitute a
“Senior Secured Loan” unless such loan (a) is secured by a valid first priority security interest in collateral,
(b) in the Collateral Manager’s commercially reasonable judgment (with such determination being made in
good faith by the Collateral Manager at the time of such loan’s purchase and based upon information
reasonably available to the Collateral Manager at such time and without any requirement of additional
investigation beyond the Collateral Manager’s customary credit review procedures), is secured by specified
collateral that has a value not less than an amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal balance of all
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debt senior or pari passu to such loans and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of such loan, which value
may be derived from, among other things, the enterprise value (including equity and goodwill) of the issuer of
such loan, (c) is not secured solely or primarily by common stock or other equity interests; provided, that the
terms of this footnote may be amended or revised at any time by a written notice from the Issuer and the
Collateral Manager to the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator (without the consent of any holder of any
Notes), subject to the satisfaction of the S&P Rating Condition, in order to conform to S&P then-current
criteria for such loans and (d) is not subordinate to any other obligation; provided, further, that if 100% of the
value of such loan is derived from the enterprise value of the issuer of such loan, such loan will have the S&P
Recovery Rate specified for Unsecured Loans in the table above.
•***Solely for the purpose of determining the S&P Recovery Rate for such loan, the Aggregate Principal
Balance of all Unsecured Loans, First-Lien Last-Out Loans and Second Lien Loans that, in the aggregate,
represent up to 15% of the Collateral Principal Amount shall have the S&P Recovery Rate specified for
Unsecured Loans, First-Lien Last-Out Loans and Second Lien Loans in the table above and the Aggregate
Principal Balance of all Unsecured Loans, First-Lien Last- Out Loans and Second Lien Loans in excess of
15% of the Collateral Principal Amount shall have the S&P Recovery Rate specified for subordinated loans in
the table above.
•****In each case, or such other countries identified as such by S&P in a press release, written criteria or
other public announcement from time to time or as may be notified by S&P to the Collateral Manager from
time to time.
Schedule 4
Section 2: S&P CDO MONITOR
S&P CDO Monitor Recovery Rate
Liability Rating | “AAA” | “AA” | “A” | “BBB-” | “BB-” | “B-” |
Weighted | 35.00% | 40.00% | 45.00% | 50.00% | 55.00% | 60.00% |
Average | 35.10% | 40.10% | 45.10% | 50.10% | 55.10% | 60.10% |
S&P | 35.20% | 40.20% | 45.20% | 50.20% | 55.20% | 60.20% |
Recovery | 35.30% | 40.30% | 45.30% | 50.30% | 55.30% | 60.30% |
Rate | 35.40% | 40.40% | 45.40% | 50.40% | 55.40% | 60.40% |
35.50% | 40.50% | 45.50% | 50.50% | 55.50% | 60.50% | |
35.60% | 40.60% | 45.60% | 50.60% | 55.60% | 60.60% | |
35.70% | 40.70% | 45.70% | 50.70% | 55.70% | 60.70% | |
35.80% | 40.80% | 45.80% | 50.80% | 55.80% | 60.80% | |
35.90% | 40.90% | 45.90% | 50.90% | 55.90% | 60.90% | |
36.00% | 41.00% | 46.00% | 51.00% | 56.00% | 61.00% | |
36.10% | 41.10% | 46.10% | 51.10% | 56.10% | 61.10% | |
36.20% | 41.20% | 46.20% | 51.20% | 56.20% | 61.20% | |
36.30% | 41.30% | 46.30% | 51.30% | 56.30% | 61.30% | |
36.40% | 41.40% | 46.40% | 51.40% | 56.40% | 61.40% | |
36.50% | 41.50% | 46.50% | 51.50% | 56.50% | 61.50% | |
36.60% | 41.60% | 46.60% | 51.60% | 56.60% | 61.60% | |
36.70% | 41.70% | 46.70% | 51.70% | 56.70% | 61.70% | |
36.80% | 41.80% | 46.80% | 51.80% | 56.80% | 61.80% | |
36.90% | 41.90% | 46.90% | 51.90% | 56.90% | 61.90% | |
37.00% | 42.00% | 47.00% | 52.00% | 57.00% | 62.00% | |
37.10% | 42.10% | 47.10% | 52.10% | 57.10% | 62.10% | |
37.20% | 42.20% | 47.20% | 52.20% | 57.20% | 62.20% | |
37.30% | 42.30% | 47.30% | 52.30% | 57.30% | 62.30% | |
37.40% | 42.40% | 47.40% | 52.40% | 57.40% | 62.40% | |
37.50% | 42.50% | 47.50% | 52.50% | 57.50% | 62.50% | |
37.60% | 42.60% | 47.60% | 52.60% | 57.60% | 62.60% | |
37.70% | 42.70% | 47.70% | 52.70% | 57.70% | 62.70% | |
37.80% | 42.80% | 47.80% | 52.80% | 57.80% | 62.80% | |
37.90% | 42.90% | 47.90% | 52.90% | 57.90% | 62.90% | |
38.00% | 43.00% | 48.00% | 53.00% | 58.00% | 63.00% | |
38.10% | 43.10% | 48.10% | 53.10% | 58.10% | 63.10% | |
38.20% | 43.20% | 48.20% | 53.20% | 58.20% | 63.20% | |
38.30% | 43.30% | 48.30% | 53.30% | 58.30% | 63.30% | |
38.40% | 43.40% | 48.40% | 53.40% | 58.40% | 63.40% | |
38.50% | 43.50% | 48.50% | 53.50% | 58.50% | 63.50% | |
38.60% | 43.60% | 48.60% | 53.60% | 58.60% | 63.60% | |
38.70% | 43.70% | 48.70% | 53.70% | 58.70% | 63.70% | |
38.80% | 43.80% | 48.80% | 53.80% | 58.80% | 63.80% |
Schedule 4
38.90% | 43.90% | 48.90% | 53.90% | 58.90% | 63.90% | |
39.00% | 44.00% | 49.00% | 54.00% | 59.00% | 64.00% | |
39.10% | 44.10% | 49.10% | 54.10% | 59.10% | 64.10% | |
39.20% | 44.20% | 49.20% | 54.20% | 59.20% | 64.20% | |
39.30% | 44.30% | 49.30% | 54.30% | 59.30% | 64.30% | |
39.40% | 44.40% | 49.40% | 54.40% | 59.40% | 64.40% | |
39.50% | 44.50% | 49.50% | 54.50% | 59.50% | 64.50% | |
39.60% | 44.60% | 49.60% | 54.60% | 59.60% | 64.60% | |
39.70% | 44.70% | 49.70% | 54.70% | 59.70% | 64.70% | |
39.80% | 44.80% | 49.80% | 54.80% | 59.80% | 64.80% | |
39.90% | 44.90% | 49.90% | 54.90% | 59.90% | 64.90% | |
40.00% | 45.00% | 50.00% | 55.00% | 60.00% | 65.00% | |
40.10% | 45.10% | 50.10% | 55.10% | 60.10% | 65.10% | |
40.20% | 45.20% | 50.20% | 55.20% | 60.20% | 65.20% | |
40.30% | 45.30% | 50.30% | 55.30% | 60.30% | 65.30% | |
40.40% | 45.40% | 50.40% | 55.40% | 60.40% | 65.40% | |
40.50% | 45.50% | 50.50% | 55.50% | 60.50% | 65.50% | |
40.60% | 45.60% | 50.60% | 55.60% | 60.60% | 65.60% | |
40.70% | 45.70% | 50.70% | 55.70% | 60.70% | 65.70% | |
40.80% | 45.80% | 50.80% | 55.80% | 60.80% | 65.80% | |
40.90% | 45.90% | 50.90% | 55.90% | 60.90% | 65.90% | |
41.00% | 46.00% | 51.00% | 56.00% | 61.00% | 66.00% | |
41.10% | 46.10% | 51.10% | 56.10% | 61.10% | 66.10% | |
41.20% | 46.20% | 51.20% | 56.20% | 61.20% | 66.20% | |
41.30% | 46.30% | 51.30% | 56.30% | 61.30% | 66.30% | |
41.40% | 46.40% | 51.40% | 56.40% | 61.40% | 66.40% | |
41.50% | 46.50% | 51.50% | 56.50% | 61.50% | 66.50% | |
41.60% | 46.60% | 51.60% | 56.60% | 61.60% | 66.60% | |
41.70% | 46.70% | 51.70% | 56.70% | 61.70% | 66.70% | |
41.80% | 46.80% | 51.80% | 56.80% | 61.80% | 66.80% | |
41.90% | 46.90% | 51.90% | 56.90% | 61.90% | 66.90% | |
42.00% | 47.00% | 52.00% | 57.00% | 62.00% | 67.00% | |
42.10% | 47.10% | 52.10% | 57.10% | 62.10% | 67.10% | |
42.20% | 47.20% | 52.20% | 57.20% | 62.20% | 67.20% | |
42.30% | 47.30% | 52.30% | 57.30% | 62.30% | 67.30% | |
42.40% | 47.40% | 52.40% | 57.40% | 62.40% | 67.40% | |
42.50% | 47.50% | 52.50% | 57.50% | 62.50% | 67.50% | |
42.60% | 47.60% | 52.60% | 57.60% | 62.60% | 67.60% | |
42.70% | 47.70% | 52.70% | 57.70% | 62.70% | 67.70% | |
42.80% | 47.80% | 52.80% | 57.80% | 62.80% | 67.80% | |
42.90% | 47.90% | 52.90% | 57.90% | 62.90% | 67.90% | |
43.00% | 48.00% | 53.00% | 58.00% | 63.00% | 68.00% | |
43.10% | 48.10% | 53.10% | 58.10% | 63.10% | 68.10% | |
43.20% | 48.20% | 53.20% | 58.20% | 63.20% | 68.20% | |
43.30% | 48.30% | 53.30% | 58.30% | 63.30% | 68.30% |
Schedule 4
43.40% | 48.40% | 53.40% | 58.40% | 63.40% | 68.40% | |
43.50% | 48.50% | 53.50% | 58.50% | 63.50% | 68.50% | |
43.60% | 48.60% | 53.60% | 58.60% | 63.60% | 68.60% | |
43.70% | 48.70% | 53.70% | 58.70% | 63.70% | 68.70% | |
43.80% | 48.80% | 53.80% | 58.80% | 63.80% | 68.80% | |
43.90% | 48.90% | 53.90% | 58.90% | 63.90% | 68.90% | |
44.00% | 49.00% | 54.00% | 59.00% | 64.00% | 69.00% | |
44.10% | 49.10% | 54.10% | 59.10% | 64.10% | 69.10% | |
44.20% | 49.20% | 54.20% | 59.20% | 64.20% | 69.20% | |
44.30% | 49.30% | 54.30% | 59.30% | 64.30% | 69.30% | |
44.40% | 49.40% | 54.40% | 59.40% | 64.40% | 69.40% | |
44.50% | 49.50% | 54.50% | 59.50% | 64.50% | 69.50% | |
44.60% | 49.60% | 54.60% | 59.60% | 64.60% | 69.60% | |
44.70% | 49.70% | 54.70% | 59.70% | 64.70% | 69.70% | |
44.80% | 49.80% | 54.80% | 59.80% | 64.80% | 69.80% | |
44.90% | 49.90% | 54.90% | 59.90% | 64.90% | 69.90% | |
45.00% | 50.00% | 55.00% | 60.00% | 65.00% | 70.00% | |
45.10% | 50.10% | 55.10% | 60.10% | 65.10% | 70.10% | |
45.20% | 50.20% | 55.20% | 60.20% | 65.20% | 70.20% | |
45.30% | 50.30% | 55.30% | 60.30% | 65.30% | 70.30% | |
45.40% | 50.40% | 55.40% | 60.40% | 65.40% | 70.40% | |
45.50% | 50.50% | 55.50% | 60.50% | 65.50% | 70.50% | |
45.60% | 50.60% | 55.60% | 60.60% | 65.60% | 70.60% | |
45.70% | 50.70% | 55.70% | 60.70% | 65.70% | 70.70% | |
45.80% | 50.80% | 55.80% | 60.80% | 65.80% | 70.80% | |
45.90% | 50.90% | 55.90% | 60.90% | 65.90% | 70.90% | |
46.00% | 51.00% | 56.00% | 61.00% | 66.00% | 71.00% | |
46.10% | 51.10% | 56.10% | 61.10% | 66.10% | 71.10% | |
46.20% | 51.20% | 56.20% | 61.20% | 66.20% | 71.20% | |
46.30% | 51.30% | 56.30% | 61.30% | 66.30% | 71.30% | |
46.40% | 51.40% | 56.40% | 61.40% | 66.40% | 71.40% | |
46.50% | 51.50% | 56.50% | 61.50% | 66.50% | 71.50% | |
46.60% | 51.60% | 56.60% | 61.60% | 66.60% | 71.60% | |
46.70% | 51.70% | 56.70% | 61.70% | 66.70% | 71.70% | |
46.80% | 51.80% | 56.80% | 61.80% | 66.80% | 71.80% | |
46.90% | 51.90% | 56.90% | 61.90% | 66.90% | 71.90% | |
47.00% | 52.00% | 57.00% | 62.00% | 67.00% | 72.00% | |
47.10% | 52.10% | 57.10% | 62.10% | 67.10% | 72.10% | |
47.20% | 52.20% | 57.20% | 62.20% | 67.20% | 72.20% | |
47.30% | 52.30% | 57.30% | 62.30% | 67.30% | 72.30% | |
47.40% | 52.40% | 57.40% | 62.40% | 67.40% | 72.40% | |
47.50% | 52.50% | 57.50% | 62.50% | 67.50% | 72.50% | |
47.60% | 52.60% | 57.60% | 62.60% | 67.60% | 72.60% | |
47.70% | 52.70% | 57.70% | 62.70% | 67.70% | 72.70% | |
47.80% | 52.80% | 57.80% | 62.80% | 67.80% | 72.80% |
Schedule 4
47.90% | 52.90% | 57.90% | 62.90% | 67.90% | 72.90% | |
48.00% | 53.00% | 58.00% | 63.00% | 68.00% | 73.00% | |
48.10% | 53.10% | 58.10% | 63.10% | 68.10% | 73.10% | |
48.20% | 53.20% | 58.20% | 63.20% | 68.20% | 73.20% | |
48.30% | 53.30% | 58.30% | 63.30% | 68.30% | 73.30% | |
48.40% | 53.40% | 58.40% | 63.40% | 68.40% | 73.40% | |
48.50% | 53.50% | 58.50% | 63.50% | 68.50% | 73.50% | |
48.60% | 53.60% | 58.60% | 63.60% | 68.60% | 73.60% | |
48.70% | 53.70% | 58.70% | 63.70% | 68.70% | 73.70% | |
48.80% | 53.80% | 58.80% | 63.80% | 68.80% | 73.80% | |
48.90% | 53.90% | 58.90% | 63.90% | 68.90% | 73.90% | |
49.00% | 54.00% | 59.00% | 64.00% | 69.00% | 74.00% | |
49.10% | 54.10% | 59.10% | 64.10% | 69.10% | 74.10% | |
49.20% | 54.20% | 59.20% | 64.20% | 69.20% | 74.20% | |
49.30% | 54.30% | 59.30% | 64.30% | 69.30% | 74.30% | |
49.40% | 54.40% | 59.40% | 64.40% | 69.40% | 74.40% | |
49.50% | 54.50% | 59.50% | 64.50% | 69.50% | 74.50% | |
49.60% | 54.60% | 59.60% | 64.60% | 69.60% | 74.60% | |
49.70% | 54.70% | 59.70% | 64.70% | 69.70% | 74.70% | |
49.80% | 54.80% | 59.80% | 64.80% | 69.80% | 74.80% | |
49.90% | 54.90% | 59.90% | 64.90% | 69.90% | 74.90% | |
50.00% | 55.00% | 60.00% | 65.00% | 70.00% | 75.00% | |
50.10% | 55.10% | 60.10% | 65.10% | 70.10% | 75.10% | |
50.20% | 55.20% | 60.20% | 65.20% | 70.20% | 75.20% | |
50.30% | 55.30% | 60.30% | 65.30% | 70.30% | 75.30% | |
50.40% | 55.40% | 60.40% | 65.40% | 70.40% | 75.40% | |
50.50% | 55.50% | 60.50% | 65.50% | 70.50% | 75.50% | |
50.60% | 55.60% | 60.60% | 65.60% | 70.60% | 75.60% | |
50.70% | 55.70% | 60.70% | 65.70% | 70.70% | 75.70% | |
50.80% | 55.80% | 60.80% | 65.80% | 70.80% | 75.80% | |
50.90% | 55.90% | 60.90% | 65.90% | 70.90% | 75.90% | |
51.00% | 56.00% | 61.00% | 66.00% | 71.00% | 76.00% | |
51.10% | 56.10% | 61.10% | 66.10% | 71.10% | 76.10% | |
51.20% | 56.20% | 61.20% | 66.20% | 71.20% | 76.20% | |
51.30% | 56.30% | 61.30% | 66.30% | 71.30% | 76.30% | |
51.40% | 56.40% | 61.40% | 66.40% | 71.40% | 76.40% | |
51.50% | 56.50% | 61.50% | 66.50% | 71.50% | 76.50% | |
51.60% | 56.60% | 61.60% | 66.60% | 71.60% | 76.60% | |
51.70% | 56.70% | 61.70% | 66.70% | 71.70% | 76.70% | |
51.80% | 56.80% | 61.80% | 66.80% | 71.80% | 76.80% | |
51.90% | 56.90% | 61.90% | 66.90% | 71.90% | 76.90% | |
52.00% | 57.00% | 62.00% | 67.00% | 72.00% | 77.00% | |
52.10% | 57.10% | 62.10% | 67.10% | 72.10% | 77.10% | |
52.20% | 57.20% | 62.20% | 67.20% | 72.20% | 77.20% | |
52.30% | 57.30% | 62.30% | 67.30% | 72.30% | 77.30% |
Schedule 4
52.40% | 57.40% | 62.40% | 67.40% | 72.40% | 77.40% | |
52.50% | 57.50% | 62.50% | 67.50% | 72.50% | 77.50% | |
52.60% | 57.60% | 62.60% | 67.60% | 72.60% | 77.60% | |
52.70% | 57.70% | 62.70% | 67.70% | 72.70% | 77.70% | |
52.80% | 57.80% | 62.80% | 67.80% | 72.80% | 77.80% | |
52.90% | 57.90% | 62.90% | 67.90% | 72.90% | 77.90% | |
53.00% | 58.00% | 63.00% | 68.00% | 73.00% | 78.00% | |
53.10% | 58.10% | 63.10% | 68.10% | 73.10% | 78.10% | |
53.20% | 58.20% | 63.20% | 68.20% | 73.20% | 78.20% | |
53.30% | 58.30% | 63.30% | 68.30% | 73.30% | 78.30% | |
53.40% | 58.40% | 63.40% | 68.40% | 73.40% | 78.40% | |
53.50% | 58.50% | 63.50% | 68.50% | 73.50% | 78.50% | |
53.60% | 58.60% | 63.60% | 68.60% | 73.60% | 78.60% | |
53.70% | 58.70% | 63.70% | 68.70% | 73.70% | 78.70% | |
53.80% | 58.80% | 63.80% | 68.80% | 73.80% | 78.80% | |
53.90% | 58.90% | 63.90% | 68.90% | 73.90% | 78.90% | |
54.00% | 59.00% | 64.00% | 69.00% | 74.00% | 79.00% | |
54.10% | 59.10% | 64.10% | 69.10% | 74.10% | 79.10% | |
54.20% | 59.20% | 64.20% | 69.20% | 74.20% | 79.20% | |
54.30% | 59.30% | 64.30% | 69.30% | 74.30% | 79.30% | |
54.40% | 59.40% | 64.40% | 69.40% | 74.40% | 79.40% | |
54.50% | 59.50% | 64.50% | 69.50% | 74.50% | 79.50% | |
54.60% | 59.60% | 64.60% | 69.60% | 74.60% | 79.60% | |
54.70% | 59.70% | 64.70% | 69.70% | 74.70% | 79.70% | |
54.80% | 59.80% | 64.80% | 69.80% | 74.80% | 79.80% | |
54.90% | 59.90% | 64.90% | 69.90% | 74.90% | 79.90% | |
55.00% | 60.00% | 65.00% | 70.00% | 75.00% | 80.00% |
Schedule 4
S&P MINIMUM FLOATING SPREAD
A spread between 1.50% and 8.00% (in increments of .01%) without exceeding the Weighted
Average Floating Spread as of such Measurement Date.
S&P REGION CLASSIFICATIONS
Region Code | Region Name | Country Code | Country Name | |||
17 | Africa: Eastern | 253 | Djibouti | |||
17 | Africa: Eastern | 291 | Eritrea | |||
17 | Africa: Eastern | 251 | Ethiopia | |||
17 | Africa: Eastern | 254 | Kenya | |||
17 | Africa: Eastern | 252 | Somalia | |||
17 | Africa: Eastern | 249 | Sudan | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 247 | Ascension | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 267 | Botswana | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 266 | Lesotho | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 230 | Mauritius | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 264 | Namibia | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 248 | Seychelles | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 27 | South Africa | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 290 | St. Helena | |||
12 | Africa: Southern | 268 | Swaziland | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 244 | Angola | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 226 | Burkina Faso | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 257 | Burundi | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 225 | Cote d’lvoire | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 240 | Equatorial Guinea | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 241 | Gabonese Republic | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 220 | Gambia | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 233 | Ghana | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 224 | Guinea | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 245 | Guinea-Bissau | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 231 | Liberia | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 261 | Madagascar | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 265 | Malawi | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 223 | Mali | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 222 | Mauritania | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 258 | Mozambique | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 227 | Niger | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 234 | Nigeria | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 250 | Rwanda | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 239 | Sao Tome & Principe |
Schedule 4
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 221 | Senegal | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 232 | Sierra Leone | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 255 | Tanzania/Zanzibar | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 228 | Togo | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 256 | Uganda | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 260 | Zambia | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 263 | Zimbabwe | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 229 | Benin | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 237 | Cameroon | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 238 | Cape Verde Islands | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 236 | Central African Republic | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 235 | Chad | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 269 | Comoros | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 242 | Congo-Brazzaville | |||
13 | Africa: Sub-Saharan | 243 | Congo-Kinshasa | |||
3 | Americas: Andean | 591 | Bolivia | |||
3 | Americas: Andean | 57 | Colombia | |||
3 | Americas: Andean | 593 | Ecuador | |||
3 | Americas: Andean | 51 | Peru | |||
3 | Americas: Andean | 58 | Venezuela | |||
4 | Americas: Mercosur and Southern Cone | 54 | Argentina | |||
4 | Americas: Mercosur and Southern Cone | 55 | Brazil | |||
4 | Americas: Mercosur and Southern Cone | 56 | Chile | |||
4 | Americas: Mercosur and Southern Cone | 595 | Paraguay | |||
4 | Americas: Mercosur and Southern Cone | 598 | Uruguay | |||
1 | Americas: Mexico | 52 | Mexico | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 1264 | Anguilla | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 1268 | Antigua | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 1242 | Bahamas | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 246 | Barbados | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 501 | Belize | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 441 | Bermuda | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 284 | British Virgin Islands | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 345 | Cayman Islands | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 506 | Costa Rica | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 809 | Dominican Republic | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 503 | El Salvador | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 473 | Grenada | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 590 | Guadeloupe | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 502 | Guatemala | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 504 | Honduras | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 876 | Jamaica | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 596 | Martinique | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 505 | Nicaragua | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 507 | Panama |
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2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 869 | St. Kitts/Nevis | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 758 | St. Lucia | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 784 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 597 | Suriname | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 868 | Trinidad& Tobago | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 649 | Turks & Caicos | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 297 | Aruba | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 53 | Cuba | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 599 | Curacao | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 767 | Dominica | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 594 | French Guiana | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 592 | Guyana | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 509 | Haiti | |||
2 | Americas: Other Central and Caribbean | 664 | Montserrat | |||
101 | Americas: U.S. and Canada | 2 | Canada | |||
101 | Americas: U.S. and Canada | 1 | USA | |||
7 | Asia: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 86 | China | |||
7 | Asia: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 852 | Hong Kong | |||
7 | Asia: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 886 | Taiwan | |||
5 | Asia: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan | 93 | Afghanistan | |||
5 | Asia: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan | 91 | India | |||
5 | Asia: India, Pakistan and Afghanistan | 92 | Pakistan | |||
6 | Asia: Other South | 880 | Bangladesh | |||
6 | Asia: Other South | 975 | Bhutan | |||
6 | Asia: Other South | 960 | Maldives | |||
6 | Asia: Other South | 977 | Nepal | |||
6 | Asia: Other South | 94 | Sri Lanka | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 673 | Brunei | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 855 | Cambodia | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 62 | Indonesia | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 81 | Japan | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 856 | Laos | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 60 | Malaysia | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 95 | Myanmar | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 850 | North Korea | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 63 | Philippines | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 65 | Singapore | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 82 | South Korea | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 66 | Thailand | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 84 | Vietnam | |||
8 | Asia: Southeast, Korea and Japan | 670 | East Timor | |||
105 | Asia-Pacific: Australia and New Zealand | 61 | Australia | |||
105 | Asia-Pacific: Australia and New Zealand | 682 | Cook Islands | |||
105 | Asia-Pacific: Australia and New Zealand | 64 | New Zealand | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 679 | Fiji |
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9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 689 | French Polynesia | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 686 | Kiribati | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 691 | Micronesia | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 674 | Nauru | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 687 | New Caledonia | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 680 | Palau | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 675 | Papua New Guinea | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 685 | Samoa | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 677 | Solomon Islands | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 676 | Tonga | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 688 | Tuvalu | |||
9 | Asia-Pacific: Islands | 678 | Vanuatu | |||
15 | Europe: Central | 420 | Czech Republic | |||
15 | Europe: Central | 372 | Estonia | |||
15 | Europe: Central | 36 | Hungary | |||
15 | Europe: Central | 371 | Latvia | |||
15 | Europe: Central | 370 | Lithuania | |||
15 | Europe: Central | 48 | Poland | |||
15 | Europe: Central | 421 | Slovak Republic | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 355 | Albania | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 387 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 359 | Bulgaria | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 385 | Croatia | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 383 | Kosovo | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 389 | Macedonia | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 382 | Montenegro | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 40 | Romania | |||
16 | Europe. Eastern | 381 | Serbia | |||
16 | Europe: Eastern | 90 | Turkey | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 374 | Armenia | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 994 | Azerbaijan | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 375 | Belarus | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 995 | Georgia | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 8 | Kazakhstan | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 996 | Kyrgyzstan | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 373 | Moldova | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 976 | Mongolia | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 7 | Russia | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 992 | Tajikistan | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 993 | Turkmenistan | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 380 | Ukraine | |||
14 | Europe: Russia & CIS | 998 | Uzbekistan | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 376 | Andorra | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 43 | Austria | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 32 | Belgium |
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102 | Europe: Western | 357 | Cyprus | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 45 | Denmark | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 358 | Finland | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 33 | France | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 49 | Germany | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 30 | Greece | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 354 | Iceland | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 353 | Ireland | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 101 | Isle of Man | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 39 | Italy | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 102 | Liechtenstein | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 352 | Luxembourg | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 356 | Malta | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 377 | Monaco | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 31 | Netherlands | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 47 | Norway | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 351 | Portugal | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 386 | Slovenia | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 34 | Spain | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 46 | Sweden | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 41 | Switzerland | |||
102 | Europe: Western | 44 | United Kingdom | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 973 | Bahrain | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 98 | Iran | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 964 | Iraq | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 965 | Kuwait | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 968 | Oman | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 974 | Qatar | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 966 | Saudi Arabia | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 971 | United Arab Emirates | |||
10 | Middle East: Gulf States | 967 | Yemen | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 213 | Algeria | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 20 | Egypt | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 972 | Israel | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 962 | Jordan | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 961 | Lebanon | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 212 | Morocco | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 970 | Palestinian Settlements | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 963 | Syrian Arab Republic | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 216 | Tunisia | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 1212 | Western Sahara | |||
11 | Middle East: MENA | 218 | Libya |
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