UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
Current
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
October 21, 2014 (October 16, 2014)
Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware |
001-35999 |
61-1713295 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
of incorporation) |
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777 West Putnam Avenue, 3rd
Floor
Greenwich, CT 06830
(Address of principal executive offices
and zip code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (203) 681-3600
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 16, 2014, Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
(the “Company”) entered into agreements to expand its existing credit facility with Natixis, New York Branch (“Natixis”)
to $200 million, which will include a $100 million term loan and a $100 million revolving credit facility. Fifth Third Bank (“Fifth
Third”) will also join the facility as a term loan lender.
The expansion will occur in two stages. The revised facility
initially closed on October 16, 2014, with the existing $100 million revolving credit facility converting into a $50 million term
loan and a $50 million revolving credit facility. On October 30, 2014, the total facility will increase to $200 million and be
comprised of a $100 million term loan and a $100 million revolving credit facility that both mature on November 1, 2021. The $50
million term loan provided by Fifth Third is priced at LIBOR plus 2% per annum, and the $100 million revolving credit facility
and $50 million term loan provided by Natixis are priced at the applicable commercial paper rate plus 1.9% per annum.
The Company issued a press release on October 20, 2014 to announce
the changes to the existing credit facility, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The foregoing description of the amendment to the credit facility
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amendments to the credit
facility, attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an
Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report
on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
Description |
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10.1 |
Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement by and among the lenders referred to therein, FS Senior Funding LLC, Natixis, New York Branch, and U.S. Bank
National Association, dated as of October 16, 2014 |
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10.2 |
Amended and Restated Loan Sale and Contribution Agreement by and between Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. and FS Senior Funding LLC, dated as of October 16, 2014 |
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99.1 |
Press Release dated October 20, 2014 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 21, 2014 |
FIFTH STREET SENIOR FLOATING RATE CORP. |
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By: |
/s/ David H. Harrison |
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Name: |
David H. Harrison |
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Title: |
Chief Compliance Officer |
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of October 16, 2014
among
FS Senior Funding LLC,
as Borrower,
the Lenders Referred to Herein,
Natixis, New York Branch,
as Administrative Agent,
and
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Collateral Agent and Custodian
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
3 |
Section 1.1 Definitions. |
3 |
Section 1.2 Accounting Terms and Determinations and UCC Terms. |
51 |
Section 1.3 Assumptions and Calculations with respect to Collateral Loans. |
51 |
Section 1.4 Cross-References; References to Agreements. |
53 |
Section 1.5 Reference to Secured Parties. |
53 |
Article II THE LOANS |
54 |
Section 2.1 The Commitments. |
54 |
Section 2.2 Making of the Loans. |
55 |
Section 2.3 Evidence of Indebtedness; Notes. |
56 |
Section 2.4 Maturity of Loans. |
57 |
Section 2.5 Interest Rates. |
57 |
Section 2.6 Commitment Fees. |
57 |
Section 2.7 Reduction of Commitments; Prepayments. |
58 |
Section 2.8 General Provisions as to Payments. |
59 |
Section 2.9 Funding Losses. |
60 |
Section 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. |
60 |
Section 2.11 Increased Commitments; Additional Loans. |
60 |
Section 2.12 No Cancellation of Indebtedness. |
61 |
Section 2.13 Loans Held by Borrower Affiliated Lenders. |
61 |
Article III CONDITIONS TO BORROWINGS |
62 |
Section 3.1 Effectiveness of Commitments. |
62 |
Section 3.2 Borrowings. |
64 |
Section 3.3 Effectiveness of Increased Commitments. |
66 |
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER |
67 |
Section 4.1 Existence and Power. |
67 |
Section 4.2 Power and Authority. |
67 |
Section 4.3 No Violation. |
67 |
Section 4.4 Litigation. |
68 |
Section 4.5 Compliance with ERISA. |
68 |
Section 4.6 Environmental Matters. |
68 |
Section 4.7 Taxes. |
68 |
Section 4.8 Full Disclosure. |
68 |
Section 4.9 Solvency. |
69 |
Section 4.10 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. |
69 |
Section 4.11 Governmental Approvals. |
69 |
Section 4.12 Investment Company Act. |
69 |
Section 4.13 Representations and Warranties in Loan Documents. |
69 |
Section 4.14 [Reserved]. |
69 |
Section 4.15 Ownership of Assets. |
69 |
Section 4.16 No Default. |
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Section 4.17 Labor Matters. |
70 |
Section 4.18 Subsidiaries/Equity Interests. |
70 |
Section 4.19 Ranking. |
70 |
Section 4.20 Representations Concerning Collateral. |
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Section 4.21 OFAC. |
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Section 4.22 Ordinary Course. |
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Article V AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER |
71 |
Section 5.1 Information. |
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Section 5.2 Payment of Obligations. |
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Section 5.3 Non-Petition. |
74 |
Section 5.4 Good Standing. |
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Section 5.5 Compliance with Laws. |
74 |
Section 5.6 Inspection of Property, Books and Records; Audits; Etc. |
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Section 5.7 Existence. |
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Section 5.8 Subsidiaries/Equity Interest. |
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Section 5.9 Investments. |
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Section 5.10 Restriction on Fundamental Changes. |
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Section 5.11 ERISA. |
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Section 5.12 Liens. |
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Section 5.13 Business Activities. |
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Section 5.14 Fiscal Year; Fiscal Quarter. |
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Section 5.15 Margin Stock. |
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Section 5.16 Indebtedness. |
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Section 5.17 Use of Proceeds. |
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Section 5.18 Bankruptcy Remoteness; Separateness. |
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Section 5.19 Amendments, Modifications and Waivers to Collateral Loans. |
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Section 5.20 Hedging. |
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Section 5.21 Title Covenants. |
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Section 5.22 Further Assurances. |
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Section 5.23 Costs of Transfer; Taxes; and Expenses. |
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Section 5.24 Collateral Agent May Perform. |
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Section 5.25 Notice of Name Change. |
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Section 5.26 Stamp and Other Similar Taxes. |
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Section 5.27 Filing Fees, Excise Taxes, etc. |
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Section 5.28 Investment Company Restriction. |
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Section 5.29 Delivery of Proceeds. |
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Section 5.30 Performance of Obligations. |
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Section 5.31 Limitation on Dividends. |
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Section 5.32 OFAC. |
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Section 5.33 Annual Rating Review. |
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Section 5.34 Collateral Management Agreement; Master Transfer Agreement. |
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Section 5.35 Transactions With Affiliates. |
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Section 5.36 Reports by Independent Accountants. |
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Section 5.37 Tax Matters as to the Borrower. |
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Section 5.38 Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter. |
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Article VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 6.1 Events of Default. |
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Section 6.2 Remedies. |
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Section 6.3 Additional Collateral Provisions. |
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Section 6.4 Application of Proceeds. |
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Section 6.5 Addition of Capital Contributions. |
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Article VII THE AGENTS |
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Section 7.1 Appointment and Authorization. |
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Section 7.2 Agents and Affiliates. |
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Section 7.3 Actions by Agent. |
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Section 7.4 Delegation of Duties; Consultation with Experts. |
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Section 7.5 Liability of Agents. |
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Section 7.6 Indemnification. |
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Section 7.7 Credit Decision. |
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Section 7.8 Successor Agent. |
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Article VIII ACCOUNTS AND COLLATERAL |
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Section 8.1 Collection of Money. |
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Section 8.2 Collection Account. |
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Section 8.3 Payment Account; Future Funding Reserve Account; Lender Collateral Account; Closing Expense Account. |
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Section 8.4 Custodial Account. |
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Section 8.5 Acquisition of Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments. |
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Section 8.6 Release of Security Interest in Sold Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments; Release of Security Interests Upon Termination. |
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Section 8.7 Method of Collateral Transfer. |
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Section 8.8 Continuing Liability of the Borrower. |
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Section 8.9 Reports. |
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Article IX APPLICATION OF MONIES |
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Section 9.1 Disbursements of Funds from Payment Account. |
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Article X SALE OF COLLATERAL LOANS; ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA |
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Section 10.1 Sale of Collateral Loans. |
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Section 10.2 Eligibility Criteria. |
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Article XI CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES |
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Section 11.1 Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair. |
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Section 11.2 Illegality. |
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Section 11.3 Increased Cost and Reduced Return. |
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Section 11.4 Taxes. |
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Section 11.5 Replacement of Lenders; Downgraded Lenders; Defaulting Lenders. |
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Article XII MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 12.1 Notices. |
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Section 12.2 No Waivers. |
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Section 12.3 Expenses; Indemnification |
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Section 12.4 Sharing of Set-Offs. |
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Section 12.5 Amendments and Waivers. |
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Section 12.6 Successors and Assigns. |
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Section 12.7 Collateral. |
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Section 12.8 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. |
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Section 12.9 Marshalling; Recapture. |
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Section 12.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. |
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Section 12.11 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. |
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Section 12.12 Survival. |
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Section 12.13 Domicile of Loans. |
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Section 12.14 Limitation of Liability. |
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Section 12.15 Recourse; Non-Petition. |
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Section 12.16 Confidentiality. |
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Section 12.17 Special Provisions Applicable to CP Lenders. |
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Section 12.18 Direction of Collateral Agent |
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Section 12.19 Borrowings/Loans Made in the Ordinary Course of Business |
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Section 12.20 Effect of Amendment and Restatement |
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Article XIII THE FUNDING AGENT |
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Section 13.1 Appointment. |
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Section 13.2 Delegation of Duties. |
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Section 13.3 Exculpatory Provisions. |
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Section 13.4 Reliance by Funding Agent. |
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Section 13.5 Non-reliance on Funding Agent. |
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Section 13.6 Funding Agent in Its Individual Capacity. |
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Section 13.7 Conflict Waiver. |
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Article XIV ASSIGNMENT OF COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT |
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Section 14.1 Assignment of Collateral Management Agreement. |
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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Schedule A - Approved Appraisal Firms
Schedule B - DBRS Industry Classifications
Schedule C - DBRS Risk Scores
Schedule D - Diversity Score Calculation
Schedule E - DBRS Rating Procedure
Schedule F - Collateral Quality Matrix
Schedule G - DBRS Contact Information
Exhibit A-1 - Form of Note for Class A-R Loans
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Note for Class A-T-1 Loans
Exhibit A-3 - Form of Note for Class A-T-2 Loans
Exhibit B - Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit C - Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit D - [Reserved]
Exhibit E - Scope of Collateral Report
Exhibit F - Scope of Payment Date Report
Exhibit G - Scope of Asset-Level Reporting to Lenders and
DBRS
Exhibit H - Form of Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of October 16, 2014, is entered into by and among FS Senior Funding LLC, a limited liability company organized under the
law of the State of Delaware, as Borrower, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative
Agent, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent and Custodian.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodian and Versailles, as sole Lender, are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of November
1, 2013 (the "Existing Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Commitments under (and as defined
in) the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby replaced with the Commitments hereunder;
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that the Lenders
make Loans, in the case of the Class A-R Loans, on a revolving basis, and in the case of the Class A-T Loans, on a term loan basis,
to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and each Lender is willing to make Loans
to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Loans made
by the Lenders to the Borrower shall be used by the Borrower to purchase and originate Collateral Loans (including the acquisition
of Collateral Loans from the BDC) and for certain other purposes, all in accordance with the terms hereof (including Section 5.17);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit
Agreement the Collateral was Granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Granting Clause
herein, such Grant under the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in favor of the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the Obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to the Existing
Credit Agreement have agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement in certain respects and to restate the Existing Credit Agreement
as so amended as provided in this Agreement, in each case effective upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
in Section 3.1. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that on the Effective Date the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended
and restated in its entirety as follows:
GRANTING CLAUSE
To secure the due and punctual
payment and performance of all Obligations, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, now or hereafter existing or due or to become due, in accordance with the terms thereof, the Borrower hereby (1)
confirms the Grant made on the Original Closing Date pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Existing Credit Agreement and (2)
without constituting a novation of the Grant confirmed under the preceding clause (1), Grants to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in all of the Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the
following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the "Pledged Collateral"):
(a) all Collateral Loans, all
other loans and securities of the Borrower whether or not such loans and securities constitute Collateral Loans, all Related Contracts
and Collections with respect thereto, all collateral security granted under any Related Contracts, and all interests in any of
the foregoing, whether now or hereafter existing;
(b) (i) the Custodial
Account and all Collateral which is delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof and all payments thereon or
with respect thereto, (ii) each of the other Covered Accounts and (iii) Eligible Investments or other investments (whether
or not such investments constitute Eligible Investments) purchased with funds on deposit in the Covered Accounts, and all income
or Distributions from the investment of funds in the Covered Accounts;
(c) cash, Money, securities,
reserves and other property now or at any time in the possession of the Borrower or which is delivered or received by the Collateral
Agent or its bailee, agent or custodian (including, without limitation, all Eligible Investments and other investments with respect
to any Collateral or proceeds thereof);
(d) all liens, security interests,
property or assets securing or otherwise relating to any Collateral Loan, Eligible Investment, other investment, Collateral or
any Related Contract;
(e) the Interest Hedge Agreements;
(f) the Master Transfer Agreement;
(g) the Collateral Management
Agreement;
(h) the Account Control Agreement;
(i) all other accounts, chattel
paper, deposit accounts, financial assets, general intangibles, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights and other
supporting obligations relating to the foregoing (in each case as defined in the UCC) and all other personal property and agreements;
and
(j) all products, proceeds,
rents and profits of any of the foregoing, all substitutions therefor and all additions and accretions thereto (whether the same
now exist or arise or are acquired), including, without limitation, proceeds of insurance policies insuring any or all of the foregoing,
any indemnity or warranty payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise in respect of any of the foregoing or any guaranty.
Except as set forth in the Priority of Payments,
the Loans are secured by the foregoing Grant equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction between any Loan and
any other Loan by reason of difference in time of borrowing or otherwise. The Grant is made to secure, in accordance with the priorities
set forth in the Priority of Payments, the payment of all amounts due on the Loans in accordance with their terms, the payment
by the Borrower of all other sums payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and compliance with the provisions
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, all as provided herein.
Article
I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1
Definitions. The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
"ABL Facility" means a lending
facility pursuant to which the loans thereunder are secured by a perfected, first priority security interest in accounts receivable,
inventory, machinery, equipment, real estate, oil and gas reserves, vessels or periodic revenues, where such collateral security
consists of assets generated or acquired by the related Obligor in its business.
"Account Control Agreement"
means the Account Control Agreement among the Borrower, as debtor, the Collateral Agent, as secured party, and U.S. Bank National
Association, as Custodian and Securities Intermediary, dated as of the Original Closing Date.
"Accountants' Report" means
an agreed upon procedures report prepared by a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants appointed
by the Borrower.
"Additional Draw Date"
means October 30, 2014, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.1(h).
"Additional Lender" means
a Lender that has made an Additional Loan or provided an Increased Commitment hereunder.
"Additional Loans" has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a).
"Adjusted London Interbank Offered
Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Period, a rate per annum (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient obtained
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) by dividing (i) the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate by
(ii) 1.00 minus the Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage.
"Administrative Agent"
means Natixis, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.
"Administrative Agent Fee"
means the fee payable to the Administrative Agent in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date, equal to $2,500 per Quarterly Payment
Date.
"Administrative Expenses"
means, without duplication, fees, expenses (including indemnities) and other amounts due or accrued with respect to any Quarterly
Payment Date (including, with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date, any such amounts that were due and not paid on any prior Quarterly
Payment Date) and payable in the following order by the Borrower to:
(a) first, the Collateral
Agent in respect of the Collateral Agent Fee and any fees owed to the Custodian and U.S. Bank as Securities Intermediary (if any),
and for the reimbursement of other reasonable and documented Administrative Expenses and disbursements incurred and payable hereunder
to the Collateral Agent, the Custodian and U.S. Bank, as Securities Intermediary under any Loan Documents, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement;
(b) second, the Administrative
Agent in respect of the Administrative Agent Fee and for the reimbursement of reasonable and documented expenses and disbursements
incurred and payable hereunder by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(c) third, on a pro
rata basis, the following amounts (excluding indemnities) to the following parties:
(i) the Borrower and the
Collateral Manager for the reimbursement of reasonable and documented expenses and disbursements incurred by the Borrower and the
Collateral Manager in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Management Agreement, including appraisal
fees and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Collateral Loans and payable to third parties and including
any amounts payable by the Borrower and the Collateral Manager in connection with any advances made to protect or preserve rights
against an Obligor or to indemnify an agent or representative for lenders pursuant to any Related Contracts (but excluding Collateral
Management Fees);
(ii) DBRS for fees and reasonable
and documented expenses in connection with any rating of the Loans or the Collateral Loans, including fees related to the obtaining
of credit estimates by DBRS and ongoing Rating Agency surveillance fees;
(iii) any other Person in
respect of any governmental fee, charge or tax incurred on behalf of the Borrower; and
(iv) any other Person in
respect of any other fees or expenses expressly permitted under this Agreement and the documents delivered pursuant to or in connection
with this Agreement and the Loan Documents; and
(d) fourth, on a pro
rata basis, indemnities payable to any Person permitted under this Agreement and the documents delivered pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement and the Loan Documents not otherwise paid;
provided that Administrative Expenses shall not include
(i) any amounts due or accrued with respect to the actions taken in connection with the closing of the transaction to occur on
the Effective Date, (ii) any salaries of any employees of the Borrower (for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower does not pay any
salaries) (but Administrative Expenses may include any fees, reimbursements, indemnities, costs and expenses payable to the directors
and/or independent directors of the Borrower) or the Collateral Manager, (iii) any Increased Costs or (iv) for the avoidance of
doubt, amounts that are expressly payable to any Person under the Priority of Payments in respect of an amount that is expressly
payable therein other than as an Administrative Expense (including, without limitation, interest, principal and other amounts owing
in respect of the Loans and Commitments, the Senior Management Fee and the Subordinated Management Fee); provided further
that amounts due in respect of actions taken in connection with the closing of the transaction to occur on the Effective Date shall
not be payable as Administrative Expenses but shall be payable only from the Closing Expense Account pursuant to Section 8.3(e)
or as otherwise agreed by the parties hereto.
"Administrative
Officer" means, (i) when used with respect to the Collateral Agent (or U.S. Bank in each of its capacities under the
Loan Documents), any vice president, assistant vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary, assistant
secretary, trust officer, associate or any other officer of the Collateral Agent who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred within the Corporate Trust Office because
of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (ii) when used with respect to the Administrative
Agent, any officer within the office of the Administrative Agent at the address listed on the signature pages hereto,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, officer of the Administrative 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 such location because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Administrative Questionnaire"
means, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted
to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) duly completed by such Lender.
"Affected Lender" means
a Lender that is subject to regulation under the Retention Requirement Laws from time to time or party to liquidity or credit support
arrangements provided by a financial institution that is subject to such regulation.
"Affiliate" or "Affiliated"
means, with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person who, directly or indirectly, is in control of, or controlled by, or
is under common control with, such Person or (b) any other Person who is a director, officer or employee of (i) such Person,
(ii) any subsidiary or parent company of such Person or (iii) any Person described in clause (a) above; provided that,
solely for purposes of the definitions of "Collateral Loan" and "Concentration Limitations", the term "Affiliate"
as used therein with respect to any Obligor shall not include any Affiliate relationship which may exist solely as a result of
direct or indirect ownership of, or control by, a common Financial Sponsor (except if any such Person or Obligor provides collateral
under, guarantees or otherwise supports the obligations of the other such Person or Obligor).
"Agents" means the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and U.S. Bank, in its capacities of Custodian and Securities Intermediary under the Loan Documents
to which it is a party in such capacity, and "Agent" means any of them.
"Aggregate Maximum Principal Balance"
means, when used with respect to all or a portion of the Collateral Loans, the sum of the Maximum Principal Balances of all or
of such portion of such Collateral Loans.
"Aggregate Participation Exposure"
means, at any time, the Maximum Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans that are in the form of Participation Interests owned
by the Borrower at such time.
"Aggregate Participation Percentage"
means, for any Selling Institution at any time, the percentage of Total Capitalization represented by the Aggregate Participation
Exposure at such time for such Selling Institution.
"Aggregate Principal Balance"
means, when used with respect to all or a portion of the Collateral Loans, the sum of the Principal Balances of all or of such
portion of such Collateral Loans.
"Agreement" means the Existing
Credit Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, and including all further amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits
or schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to the Agreement as the same may be in effect at the time such reference
becomes operative.
"AIFMD" means European
Union Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Fund Managers.
"Alternate Base Rate" means,
for any day, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of:
(a) the Prime Rate in effect
on such day;
(b) the Federal Funds Rate
in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% per annum; and
(c) LIBOR.
Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due
to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or LIBOR shall be effective from and including the effective day of such
change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or LIBOR, respectively.
The Alternate Base Rate is a reference rate
and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer of any Agent or any Lender. Interest
calculated pursuant to clause (a) above will be determined based on a year of 365 days or 366 days, as applicable, and actual days
elapsed. Interest calculated pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) above will be determined based on a year of 360 days and actual days
elapsed.
"Applicable Counterparty Criteria"
means, with respect to any Participation Interest acquired or committed to be acquired by the Borrower, criteria that will be met
if immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, (a) the percentage of Total Capitalization that consists in the aggregate
of Participation Interests with Selling Institutions that have the same or a lower DBRS Long Term Rating does not exceed the "Aggregate
Percentage Limit" set forth below for such DBRS Long Term Rating and (b) the percentage of Total Capitalization that consists
in the aggregate of Participation Interests with any single Selling Institution that has the DBRS Long Term Rating set forth below
or a lower credit rating does not exceed the "Individual Percentage Limit" set forth below for such DBRS Long Term Rating:
DBRS Long Term Rating of Selling Institution (at or below) |
|
Aggregate Percentage Limit |
|
Individual Percentage Limit |
AAA |
|
20% |
|
20% |
AA (high) |
|
20% |
|
20% |
AA |
|
20% |
|
20% |
AA (low) |
|
20% |
|
15% |
A (high) |
|
10% |
|
5% |
A |
|
7.5% |
|
5% |
"Applicable Lending Office"
means, with respect to any Lender, the office or offices designated as its "Lending Office" opposite its name in the
signature pages hereto or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify in writing to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.
"Applicable Margin" means,
in respect of any Class of Loans, (a) if a CP Conduit is a Lender with respect to such Loans, 1.90% per annum and (b) if any other
Person is a Lender with respect to such Loans, 2.00% per annum.
"Applicable Rate"
means, with respect to each Loan, (i) if a CP Conduit is a Lender with respect to such Loan and is not a CP LIBOR Lender, the
sum of (x) the Cost of Funds Rate for such Loan plus (y) the Applicable Margin and (ii) if any other Person is a
Lender with respect to such Loan or is a CP LIBOR Lender, the sum of (x) the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate
applicable to the relevant Interest Period plus (y) the Applicable Margin (provided in the case of this clause
(ii) that, in the case of any Interest Period on or after the first day on which a Lender shall have notified the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.1 that the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to such Lender of funding its Loans for such Interest Period or shall have notified the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 11.2 that it is not permitted to fund Loans at the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (and such
Lender shall not have subsequently notified the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such situation no
longer exist), the Applicable Rate shall be a rate per annum equal to the sum of (1) the Alternate Base Rate in effect on
each day of such Interest Period plus (2) the Applicable Margin for such Loans).
"Applicable Row Level" means
the column of that name as set forth in the Collateral Quality Matrix.
"Appraisal" means, with respect
to any Collateral Loan, an appraisal of either (A) such Collateral Loan or (B) the assets securing such Collateral Loan, in each
case, that is conducted by an Approved Appraisal Firm on the basis of the fair market value of such Collateral Loan or such assets
(that is, the price that would be paid by a willing buyer to a willing seller of such Collateral Loan or such assets in a commercially
reasonable sale on an arm's-length basis). Any Appraisal required hereunder (i) may be in the form of an update or reaffirmation
by an Approved Appraisal Firm of an Appraisal previously performed by an Approved Appraisal Firm and (ii) shall be provided within
five Business Days following completion to the Collateral Agent for purposes of the Collateral Report.
"Appraised Value" means,
with respect to any Collateral Loan, the Appraisal value (determined in Dollars, and which, if Appraisals for both of the following
are available, the greater) of either (A) such Collateral Loan or (B) the assets securing such Collateral Loan, net of estimated
costs of their liquidation as determined by the applicable Approved Appraisal Firm, in each case as set forth in the related Appraisal
or, if a range of values is set forth therein, the midpoint of such values. If the Borrower owns less than 100% of the total lenders'
interests secured by the assets securing any Collateral Loan or has sold Participation Interests in such Collateral Loan, then
the Appraised Value with respect to such Collateral Loan will be reduced to reflect the proportionate interests of all other lenders
or participants secured by such assets (taking into account the relative seniority of all such lenders and participants) that rank
pari passu with or senior to (including with respect to liquidation) the Borrower's interest under the Collateral Loan.
"Approved Appraisal Firm"
means those entities whose names are set forth on Schedule A, as it may be amended from time to time; provided that (a)
any such entity shall be an independent appraisal firm (i) recognized as being experienced in conducting valuations of loans of
the type constituting Collateral Loans and (ii) that the Borrower or the Collateral Manager determines, in accordance with the
Servicing Standard, is qualified with respect to each Collateral Loan, (b) at no time may the Borrower, the Collateral Manager
or any Affiliate thereof be an Approved Appraisal Firm and (c) any amendment to Schedule A will be not effective without the satisfaction
of the Rating Condition.
"Approved Foreign Jurisdiction"
means each of the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Australia and the Netherlands; provided that each such country has a ceiling
for foreign currency bonds that is at least "AA (low)" by DBRS.
"Approved Indices" has the
meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Eligible Loan Index.
"Approved Lender"
means (a) with respect to any Lender that is not a CP Lender, a financial institution (including a securities broker-dealer
or Affiliate thereof) or other institutional lender with a DBRS Short Term Rating of at least "R-1 (middle)" (or an entity
whose obligations hereunder are absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed by an entity that has a DBRS Short Term rating of at
least "R-1 (middle)") and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a CP Lender, a CP Conduit whose Commercial Paper Notes
are rated at least "A-1", "P-1" or the equivalent rating by a Conduit Rating Agency; provided in each
case that any Lender (including a CP Lender) that has fully funded the Lender Collateral Account in accordance with the provisions
set forth in Sections 8.3(d) and 11.5(b)(i) shall be an Approved Lender notwithstanding that its (or any such parent guarantor's
or its Commercial Paper Notes') ratings are below such levels; provided further that (i) after the Class A-R Commitment
Period, all Class A-R Lenders shall be Approved Lenders, (ii) after the Effective Date, all Class A-T-1 Lenders shall be Approved
Lenders and (iii) after the Additional Draw Date, all Class A-T-2 Lenders shall be Approved Lenders.
"Article 17"
means Article 17 of the AIFMD.
"Articles 404-410"
means Articles 404-410 of the CRR.
"Asset-Backed Commercial Paper"
means 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.
"Assignee" has
the meaning set forth in Section 12.6(c)(i).
"Assignment and Assumption"
means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, entered into by a Lender, an assignee,
the Borrower (if applicable) and the Administrative Agent (if applicable).
"Assumed Reinvestment Rate"
means, at any time, LIBOR minus 1.00% per annum; provided that the Assumed Reinvestment Rate shall not be less than
0.00%.
"Authorized Officer" means:
(a) with respect to each of
the Borrower and the Collateral Manager, those of its respective officers and agents whose signatures and incumbency shall have
been certified to the Agents on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the documents delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 or thereafter
from time to time in substantially similar form; and
(b) with respect to either
Agent or any other bank or trust company acting as trustee of an express trust or as custodian, an Administrative Officer thereof.
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.
"Bankruptcy Code" means
Title 11 of the United States Code, entitled "Bankruptcy", as amended from time to time, and any successor statute or
statutes.
"Base Rate Loans" means
Loans accruing interest at an Applicable Rate based upon the Alternate Base Rate.
"BDC" means Fifth Street
Senior Floating Rate Corp., a Delaware corporation.
"Bleachers" means Bleachers
Finance 1 Limited, an Irish limited liability company, with company number 408465 and whose registered address is c/o Global Securitization
Services LLC, 68 South Service Road, Suite 120, Melville, NY 11747.
"Borrower" means FS Senior
Funding LLC, a limited liability company organized under the law of the State of Delaware.
"Borrower Affiliated Lender"
means any Lender that is (or has granted a participation (but only to the extent of such participation) to or for the benefit of)
the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or an Affiliate of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager.
"Borrower Order" means
a written order or request dated and signed in the name of the Borrower by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
"Borrowing" has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.1(d).
"Borrowing Date" means
the date of a Borrowing.
"Bridge Loan" means any
loan or other obligation that (a) is unsecured and incurred in connection with a merger, acquisition, consolidation or sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of a person or similar transaction and (b) by its terms, is required to be repaid within
one 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).
"Business Day" means any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in London, England (for purposes of calculating interest rates),
New York, New York or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Collateral Agent is located (initially being Boston,
Massachusetts and Minneapolis, Minnesota) are authorized or required by law to close; provided that, if the location of
the Corporate Trust Office of the Collateral Agent changes at any time, the Collateral Agent shall provide prompt written notice
of such change to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
"Calculation Date" means
the 20th day of each month immediately prior to a month in which a Quarterly Payment Date occurs, commencing in April
2014 and the last Calculation Date shall be the date that is ten days prior to the Stated Maturity; provided that, if any
such date is not a Business Day, such Calculation Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
"Capped Amounts" means any
amounts in excess of the Interest Rate Cap on any Loan that pays interest based on the Cost of Funds Rate and that would otherwise
be payable hereunder if not for the Interest Rate Cap; provided that Capped Amounts payable pursuant to clause (I) of Section
9.1(a)(i) shall not be considered "due and payable" on any Quarterly Payment Date for purposes of this Agreement unless
funds are available to pay such Capped Amounts on such Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments; it being
understood and agreed that (i) the aggregate accrued and unpaid Capped Amounts shall be due and payable from available funds (including
from the liquidation of the Collateral) on the date on which all Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether
by acceleration or otherwise, and (ii) with respect to any Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.7(c), the aggregate accrued and
unpaid Capped Amounts with respect to such Loans shall be due and payable from available funds on the date of prepayment of such
Loans.
"Cash" means such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for payment of all public and private debts.
"CFTC" means the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission.
"Change in Control"
means (i) the BDC ceasing to own, directly, all of the Equity Interests in the Borrower or (ii) Fifth Street Management LLC ceasing
to manage the BDC.
"Class" means each class
of Loans that may be made hereunder, which are the Class A-R Loans and the Class A-T Loans.
"Class A-R Borrowing" has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(d).
"Class A-R Commitment" means,
with respect to each Class A-R Lender, the commitment of such Class A-R Lender to make Class A-R Loans to the Borrower in the amount
set forth opposite such Class A-R Lender's name on the signature pages hereto, as such amount may be terminated, reduced or increased
from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that, for purposes of any calculations made pursuant
to this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to the conditions to any Class A-R Borrowing and the calculation
of the Commitment Fee), the Class A-R Commitment of each Class A-R Lender shall be deemed to be one-half of such amount until the
Additional Draw Date.
"Class A-R Commitment Period"
means the period commencing on the Original Closing Date and ending on the earliest of:
(a) the time at which the
Class A-R Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero as provided in this Agreement (whether pursuant to Article II, Article
VI or otherwise); and
(b) the last day of the
Reinvestment Period;
provided that the Class A-R Commitment Period shall not
end unless and until, if necessary, the Future Funding Reserve Borrowing has occurred.
"Class A-R Lender" means
a Lender with a Class A-R Commitment or which holds any Class A-R Loan.
"Class A-R Loan" has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(a).
"Class A-T Borrowing" has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(d).
"Class A-T Commitments" means,
collectively, the Class A-T-1 Commitments and the Class A-T-2 Commitments.
"Class A-T Lenders" means,
collectively, the Class A-T-1 Lenders and the Class A-T-2 Lenders.
"Class A-T Loans" means,
collectively, Class A-T-1 Loans and Class A-T-2 Loans.
"Class A-T-1 Borrowing" has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(d).
"Class A-T-1 Commitment"
means, with respect to each Class A-T-1 Lender, the commitment of such Class A-T-1 Lender to make Class A-T-1 Loans to the Borrower
in the amount set forth opposite such Class A-T-1 Lender's name on the signature pages hereto, as such amount may be terminated,
reduced or increased from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"Class A-T-1 Lender" means
a Lender with a Class A-T-1 Commitment or that holds any Class A-T-1 Loan.
"Class A-T-1 Loan" has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(b).
"Class A-T-2 Borrowing" has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(d).
"Class A-T-2 Commitment"
means, with respect to each Class A-T-2 Lender, the commitment of such Class A-T-2 Lender to make Class A-T-2 Loans to the Borrower
in the amount set forth opposite such Class A-T-2 Lender's name on the signature pages hereto, as such amount may be terminated,
reduced or increased from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"Class A-T-2 Lender" means
a Lender with a Class A-T-2 Commitment or that holds any Class A-T-2 Loan.
"Class A-T-2 Loan" has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(c).
"Closing Expense Account"
means the trust account established pursuant to Section 8.3(e) of the Existing Credit Agreement and maintained pursuant to
Section 8.3(e) hereof.
"Code" means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute.
"Collateral" means the
Pledged Collateral and all other property and/or rights on or in which a Lien was, is or is intended to be granted to the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement, any of the Loan Documents or any other instruments provided
for herein or therein or delivered or to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith.
"Collateral Agent" means
U.S. Bank in its capacity as collateral agent under this Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
"Collateral Agent Fee"
means the fee payable to the Collateral Agent in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date in an amount specified in the Fee Letter,
dated as of September 25, 2013, between the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
"Collateral Loan" means
a Senior Secured Loan, a Second Lien Loan or an Unsecured Loan (in each case whether originated by or assigned to the Borrower)
or a Participation Interest in any Senior Secured Loan, Second Lien Loan or Unsecured Loan that as of the date of acquisition or
origination by the Borrower meets each of the following criteria:
(a) [reserved];
(b) provides
the Borrower (or an agent on behalf of the applicable lenders with respect to such Collateral Loan) with a valid, perfected security
interest in the collateral granted under the related Underlying Instruments and/or Related Contracts at the level of priority
indicated in the related Underlying Instruments (in the case only of Senior Secured Loans and
Second Lien Loans); constitutes the legal and enforceable
obligation of the applicable Obligor (except as enforceability may be limited by applicable insolvency, bankruptcy or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally, or general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law); is owned by the Borrower free and clear of adverse claims (other than Permitted Liens); may be pledged and
assigned by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the related Underlying Instruments and/or Related Contracts; with respect
to which all steps required by Section 8.7 have been taken and in which the Collateral Agent holds a first-priority perfected security
interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and, at the time such Collateral Loan was purchased or originated, was not subject
to set-off or defense (other than a discharge in the event of a subsequent bankruptcy) by the related Obligor and, together with
the documentation relating thereto, does not contravene in any material respect any applicable law, rule or regulation;
(c)
is denominated and payable
in Dollars (and is not convertible into, or payable in, any other currency) and is governed by the law of a state of the United
States, the law of a province of Canada or the law of the Approved Foreign Jurisdiction where the Obligor is domiciled;
(d)
is an obligation of an
Obligor organized or incorporated in the United States (or any state thereof), Canada (or any province thereof) or an Approved
Foreign Jurisdiction;
(e)
is not a Defaulted Loan;
(f) is not a Credit Risk Loan,
a Bridge Loan, a Synthetic Security, a Zero Coupon Loan or a Real Estate Loan;
(g) is not a Structured Finance
Obligation, a finance lease or chattel paper;
(h) is not subject to forfeiture
of principal based on a material non-credit related risk (such as the occurrence of a catastrophe), as reasonably determined by
the Borrower or the Collateral Manager in accordance with the Servicing Standard;
(i) (x) is not an equity security
or a component of an equity security; and (y) is not exchangeable or convertible into equity;
(j) is not a PIK loan;
(k) is not the subject of an
Offer or called for redemption (except for any repayment under a Revolving Collateral Loan of amounts that may be reborrowed thereunder
pursuant to the applicable Underlying Instrument);
(l) does not constitute Margin
Stock;
(m) does not subject the Borrower
to withholding tax unless the relevant Obligor is required to make "gross-up" payments or pay "additional amounts"
in respect of, or otherwise compensate the Borrower for, the full amount of such withholding tax for any reason (including in the
event of a change of law);
(n) (i) provides for the full
principal balance to be payable at or prior to its maturity and (ii) except as permitted by clause (n) of the definition of "Concentration
Limitations", has a maturity date falling no later than the Stated Maturity of the Loans;
(o) if such Collateral Loan
is a Participation Interest, then such Participation Interest is acquired from (i) a Selling Institution incorporated or organized
under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) or any U.S. branch of a Selling Institution incorporated or organized
outside the United States or (ii) with respect to Collateral Loans the Obligors of which are organized or incorporated in Canada
or an Approved Foreign Jurisdiction, a Selling Institution organized or incorporated in Canada or an Approved Foreign Jurisdiction,
as applicable, in each case to the extent such Selling Institution satisfies the Applicable Counterparty Criteria;
(p) provides for payment of
interest at least semi-annually;
(q) pays interest in cash of
at least LIBOR (for any relevant funding period) plus 2.00% per annum (or a rate equivalent thereto);
(r) is not an obligation (other
than a Revolving Collateral Loan or a Delayed Funding Loan) pursuant to which any future advances or payments to the Obligor may
be required to be made by the Borrower;
(s) will not cause the Borrower
or the pool of assets to be required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act;
(t) has a DBRS Long Term Rating
or a DBRS Risk Score;
(u) is not (i) a Subordinated
Loan or (ii) a mezzanine loan or debt security;
(v) the acquisition price (exclusive
of the portion thereof attributable to accrued interest) paid by the Borrower therefor is not less than 90% of the Principal Balance
thereof;
(w) is not an obligation of
an Obligor Affiliated with the BDC or the Investment Advisor;
(x) is not a Cov-Lite Loan
unless it is an Eligible Cov-Lite Loan;
(y) is not a bond, repurchase
obligation, letter of credit, reimbursement obligation under a letter of credit (other than pursuant to the definition of "Revolving
Collateral Loan"), or other debt security not constituting a loan; and
(z) is Registered.
"Collateral Management Agreement"
means the Collateral Management Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date between the Borrower and the Collateral Manager,
as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
"Collateral Management Fees"
means, collectively, the Senior Management Fees and the Subordinated Management Fees.
"Collateral Manager"
means Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., a Delaware corporation, or any successor in such capacity in accordance with the
Collateral Management Agreement.
"Collateral Quality Matrix"
means the Collateral Quality Matrix set forth on Schedule F. On or prior to the Original Closing Date, the Collateral Manager
shall specify to the Agents (with a copy to DBRS and the Lenders) the Applicable Row Level to be in effect initially. Thereafter,
upon not less than ten Business Days' prior written notice to the Agents (with a copy to DBRS and the Lenders), the Borrower or
the Collateral Manager may specify a different Applicable Row Level than the one in use at that time; provided that the
Borrower demonstrates compliance with all columns in the table for the proposed Applicable Row Level on Schedule F.
"Collateral Quality Test"
means a test that is satisfied if, as of any date of determination, in the aggregate, the Collateral Loans owned (or in relation
to a proposed purchase of a Collateral Loan, both owned and proposed to be owned) by the Borrower satisfy each of the tests set
forth below, calculated in each case in accordance with Section 1.3:
(a) the Minimum Weighted Average
Spread Test;
(b) the Maximum Weighted Average Life Test;
(c) the Minimum Diversity Score Test; and
(d) the Maximum DBRS Risk Score Test.
"Collateral Report" has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(h).
"Collateral Report Determination
Date" means the 15th day of each calendar month; provided that, if any such date is not a Business Day,
such Collateral Report Determination Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
"Collection Account" means
the trust account established pursuant to Section 8.2(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement and maintained pursuant to Section
8.2(a) hereof.
"Collections" means, with
respect to any Collateral, all principal payments, interest payments, fees and other payments received by the Borrower with respect
thereto and all other amounts paid with respect to such Collateral, including dividends of any type, distributions with respect
thereto and any proceeds of collateral for, or any guaranty of, such Collateral or the relevant Obligor's obligation to make payments
with respect thereto.
"Commercial Paper Funding"
means, with respect to any Loan funded by a CP Lender, at any time, the funding by a CP Lender of all or a portion of the outstanding
principal amount of such Loan with funds provided by the issuance of Commercial Paper Notes.
"Commercial Paper Funding Period"
means, with respect to any Loan funded by a CP Conduit, a period of time during which all or a portion of the outstanding principal
amount of such Loan is funded by a Commercial Paper Funding.
"Commercial Paper Notes"
means commercial paper notes or secured liquidity notes issued by a CP Conduit or a conduit providing funding to a CP Conduit in
the commercial paper market from time to time.
"Commercial Paper Rate"
means, with respect to any Commercial Paper Funding, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the rate or, if more than one rate,
the weighted average of the rates, determined if necessary by converting to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum (based
on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) the discount rate (or rates) at which Commercial Paper Notes are sold by any placement
agent or commercial paper dealer of a commercial paper conduit providing funding to a CP Conduit, plus (ii) if not included
in the calculations in clause (i), the commissions and charges charged by such placement agent or commercial paper dealer with
respect to such Commercial Paper Notes, incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to such Commercial Paper Notes maturing
on dates other than those on which corresponding funds are received by such CP Conduit, other borrowings by such CP Conduit and
any other costs (such as interest rate or currency swaps) associated with the issuance of Commercial Paper Notes that are allocated,
in whole or in part, by such CP Conduit or its Program Manager or Funding Agent to fund or maintain such portion of the applicable
Loan (and which may be also allocated in part to the funding of other assets of such CP Conduit) and discount on Commercial Paper
Notes issued to fund the discount on maturing Commercial Paper Notes, in all cases expressed as a percentage of the face amount
thereof and converted to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed).
"Commitment Fee" has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
"Commitment Shortfall"
means the amount by which:
(a) the aggregate Unfunded
Amount exceeds
(b) the sum of (i) the Total
Class A-R Commitment minus the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-R Loans outstanding at such time (which amount
under clause (i) shall not be less than zero) plus (ii) amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, including Eligible
Investments credited thereto, representing Principal Proceeds, plus (iii) amounts on deposit in the Future Funding
Reserve Account, including Eligible Investments credited thereto.
"Commitments" means, collectively,
the Class A-R Commitments and the Class A-T Commitments.
"Commodity Exchange Act"
means the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended.
"Concentration Limitations"
means limitations that are satisfied if, as of any date of determination, in the aggregate, the Maximum Principal Balance of the
Collateral Loans owned (or, in relation to a proposed purchase or origination of a Collateral Loan, proposed to be owned) by the
Borrower comply with all of the requirements set forth below, calculated as a percentage of Total Capitalization (unless otherwise
specified) and in each case in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.3:
(a) not more than 15.0% consist of Collateral Loans whose Obligors are organized or incorporated in Canada (or any province
thereof) or in Approved Foreign Jurisdictions; provided that no more than 5.0% consist of Collateral Loans with Obligors
organized or incorporated in any one Approved Foreign Jurisdiction;
(b) [reserved];
(c) not more than 10.0% consist
of Collateral Loans that are Second Lien Loans and Unsecured Loans;
(d) not more than 5.0% consist
of Unsecured Loans;
(e) not more than 10.0% consist
of Fixed Rate Obligations;
(f) not more than 40.0% consist
of Eligible Cov-Lite Loans;
(g) not more than 10.0% consist
of DIP Loans;
(h) not more than 15.0% consist
of Current Pay Obligations;
(i) not more than 4.5% consist
of obligations of any one Obligor (and Affiliates thereof), provided that up to two Obligors (and their respective Affiliates)
may each constitute up to 7.0%, and up to an additional two Obligors (and their respective Affiliates) may each constitute up to
6.0%;
(j) not more than 5.0% consist
of Collateral Loans that permit the payment of interest to be made less frequently than quarterly ("Semi-Annual Payment
Loans");
(k) not more than 10.0% consist
of Revolving Collateral Loans and Delayed Funding Loans;
(l) not more than 12.0% consist
of Collateral Loans with Obligors in any one DBRS Industry Classification; provided that (i) the largest DBRS Industry Classification
may represent up to 20.0% and (ii) the second largest DBRS Industry Classification may represent up to 14.0%;
(m) the Aggregate Participation
Exposure is not more than 20.0%; provided that (i) no more than 10.0% shall consist of Participation Interests of which
the BDC is the Selling Institution and (ii) such Participation Interests referred to in clause (i) shall be assigned to the Borrower
from the BDC within 90 days after the sale of such Participation Interest; and
(n) not more than 2.5% consist
of Collateral Loans that have a maturity date that falls in the one-year period after the Stated Maturity.
"Conduit Assignee" means
any multi-seller commercial paper conduit or special purpose entity funded by a multi-seller commercial paper conduit which is,
in either case, administered by a common manager or an Affiliate of a CP Conduit, or the collateral trustee of such entity.
"Conduit Rating Agency" means
each nationally recognized investment rating agency that is then rating the Commercial Paper Notes of any CP Conduit.
"Conduit Support Provider"
means, without duplication, (i) a provider of a Credit Facility or Liquidity Facility to or for the benefit of any CP Conduit,
and any guarantor of such provider or (ii) an entity that issues commercial paper or other debt obligations, the proceeds
of which are used (directly or indirectly) to fund the obligations of any CP Conduit.
"Constituent Documents"
means, in respect of any Person, the certificate or articles of formation or organization, the limited liability company agreement,
operating agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other applicable agreement of formation or organization
(or equivalent or comparable constituent documents) and other organizational documents and by-laws and any certificate of incorporation,
certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and other agreement, or similar instrument filed or made in connection
with its formation or organization, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Contingent Obligation"
means, as to any Person, without duplication, (i) any contingent obligation of such Person required to be shown on such Person's
balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) any obligation required to be disclosed in the footnotes to such Person's
financial statements in accordance with GAAP, guaranteeing partially or in whole any non-recourse Indebtedness, lease, dividend
or other obligation, exclusive of contractual indemnities (including, without limitation, any indemnity or price-adjustment provision
relating to the purchase or sale of securities or other assets) and guarantees of non-monetary obligations (other than guarantees
of completion) which have not yet been called on or quantified, of such Person or of any other Person. The amount of any Contingent
Obligation described in clause (ii) shall be deemed to be (a) with respect to a guaranty of interest or interest and
principal, or operating income guaranty, the sum of all payments required to be made thereunder (which in the case of an operating
income guaranty shall be deemed to be equal to the debt service for the note secured thereby), calculated at the applicable interest
rate, through (i) in the case of an interest or interest and principal guaranty, the stated date of maturity of the obligation
(and commencing on the date interest could first be payable thereunder), or (ii) in the case of an operating income guaranty,
the date through which such guaranty will remain in effect, and (b) with respect to all guarantees not covered by the preceding
clause (a), an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such guaranty
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person
is required to perform thereunder) as recorded on the balance sheet and on the footnotes to the most recent financial statements
of the Borrower required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, guarantees of completion shall not be deemed to be Contingent Obligations unless and until a claim for payment or performance
has been made thereunder by the person entitled to performance or payment thereunder, at which time any such guaranty of completion
shall be deemed to be a Contingent Obligation in an amount equal to any such claim. Subject to the preceding sentence, (i) in
the case of a joint and several guaranty given by such Person and another Person (but only to the extent such guaranty is directly
or indirectly recourse to such Person), the amount of the guaranty, to the extent it is directly or indirectly recourse to such
Person, shall be deemed to be 100% thereof unless and only to the extent that such other Person has delivered Cash or cash equivalents
to secure all or any part of such Person's guaranteed obligations and (ii) in the case of any other guaranty, (whether or
not joint and several) of an obligation otherwise constituting Indebtedness of such Person, the amount of such guaranty shall
be deemed to be only that amount in excess of the amount of the obligation constituting Indebtedness of such Person.
"Corporate Trust Office"
means the corporate trust office of the Collateral Agent currently located at One Federal Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02110,
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CDO), Reference: FS Senior Funding, LLC or such other address as the Collateral Agent may
designate from time to time by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders or the principal corporate trust
office of any successor Collateral Agent.
"Cost of Funds Rate" means,
with respect to any Loan funded by a CP Lender that is not a CP LIBOR Lender, the weighted average of the Commercial Paper Rate,
the Liquidity Funding Rate and the Credit Funding Rate at any time and from time to time based upon the portion of the outstanding
principal amount of such Loan that is funded by Commercial Paper Funding, Liquidity Funding or Credit Funding for one or more Commercial
Paper Funding Periods, Liquidity Funding Periods or Credit Funding Periods, respectively; provided that in no event shall
the Cost of Funds Rate for any period exceed the Cost of Funds Rate Cap for such period. For purposes of this definition and its
use in this Agreement, the Commercial Paper Rate established by a CP Lender shall be associated with the Commercial Paper Funding
undertaken by such CP Lender.
"Cost of Funds Rate Cap"
means, for any Interest Period, the sum of (i) the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Interest Period plus
(ii) 0.45% per annum; provided that, if, pursuant to Section 11.1(a), the Administrative Agent is unable to obtain
a quotation for the London Interbank Offered Rate, the Cost of Funds Rate Cap shall equal, for each day in any Interest Period,
(i) the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such day plus (ii) 0.45% per annum.
"Cov-Lite Loan" means a Collateral
Loan the Related Contracts for which do not 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 Related Contracts); provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, a Collateral Loan shall be deemed not to be a Cov-Lite Loan if the Related Contracts for such Collateral
Loan contain a cross-default provision to, or the Collateral Loan is pari passu with, another loan, debt obligation or credit
facility of the underlying Obligor that contains one or more Maintenance Covenants.
"Coverage Tests" means each
of the Overcollateralization Ratio Test and Interest Coverage Ratio Test.
"Covered Accounts" means,
collectively, the Collection Account, the Custodial Account, the Future Funding Reserve Account, the Payment Account, the Lender
Collateral Account, the Closing Expense Account and any subaccounts of each of the foregoing.
"CP Conduit" means any limited-purpose
entity established to use the direct or indirect proceeds of the issuance of Commercial Paper Notes to finance financial assets.
"CP Lender" means a CP Conduit
that is a Lender, and that is identified to the Borrower as a CP Conduit on its signature page to this Agreement, an Assignment
and Assumption or otherwise.
"CP LIBOR Lender" means a
CP Conduit that has elected in a written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to have its Loans accrue interest
by reference to the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate.
"Credit Estimate" means,
with respect to any Collateral Loan, a credit estimate obtained from DBRS in accordance with the Credit Estimate Procedures.
"Credit Estimate Procedures"
means, with respect to any Collateral Loan,
(a) if at any time such Collateral
Loan does not have a DBRS Long Term Rating, then the Borrower shall, within fourteen days after (x) the purchase of such Collateral
Loan or (y) the withdrawal of a DBRS Long Term Rating from such Collateral Loan, apply to DBRS for a Credit Estimate (and promptly
notify the Collateral Agent of such application), which shall be used to determine the DBRS Risk Score for such Collateral Loan;
(b) if the DBRS Risk Score
of such Collateral Loan is determined based on a Credit Estimate, (i) the Borrower shall renew such Credit Estimate at least annually
and (ii) the Borrower shall notify DBRS within 10 Business Days of any amendment to the Underlying Instruments for such Collateral
Loan that, in the judgment of the Collateral Manager in accordance with the Servicing Standard, could reasonably be expected to
materially impact the creditworthiness of such Collateral Loan; and
(c) promptly following the
receipt of a Credit Estimate from DBRS with respect to such Collateral Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Collateral Agent and
provide the Collateral Agent with the details of such Credit Estimate.
"Credit Facility" means,
with respect to any Loan by any CP Lender, a credit asset purchase agreement or other similar facility that provides credit support
for defaults in respect of the failure to make such Loan, and any guaranty of any such agreement or facility.
"Credit Funding" means,
with respect to any Loan by any CP Lender, at any time, funding by a CP Lender of all or a portion of the outstanding principal
amount of such Loan with funds provided under a Credit Facility.
"Credit Funding Period"
means, with respect to any Loan by any CP Lender, a period of time during which all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount
of such Loan is funded by a Credit Funding.
"Credit Funding Rate" means,
with respect to any Credit Funding for any period, the per annum rate of interest equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted London Interbank
Offered Rate applicable to such period plus (ii) 0.45% per annum; provided that, if a quotation for the London Interbank
Offered Rate is not able to be obtained, the Credit Funding Rate shall equal, for each day in any period, (i) the Alternate Base
Rate applicable to such day plus (ii) 0.45% per annum.
"Credit Improved Loan"
means any Collateral Loan that, in the Collateral Manager's commercially reasonable business judgment applying the Servicing Standard
has significantly improved in credit quality from the condition of its credit at the time of origination or purchase, which judgment
may (but need not) be based on one or more of the following facts:
(a) the Obligor in respect
of such Collateral Loan has shown improved financial results since the published financial reports first produced after it was
originated or purchased by the Borrower;
(b) the Obligor in respect
of such Collateral Loan since the date on which such Collateral Loan was originated or purchased by the Borrower has raised significant
equity capital or has raised other capital that has improved the liquidity or credit standing of such Obligor; or
(c) with respect to which one
or more of the following criteria applies: (i) such Collateral Loan has been upgraded or put on a watch list for possible upgrade
by DBRS since the date on which such Collateral Loan was originated or purchased by the Borrower; (ii) the proceeds from a sale
of such Collateral Loan would be at least 101% of its purchase price; (iii) the price of such Collateral Loan has changed during
the period from the date on which it was originated or purchased by the Borrower to the proposed sale date by a percentage either
more positive, or less negative, as the case may be, than the percentage change in the average price of the applicable Eligible
Loan Index plus 0.25% over the same period; or (iv) the price of such Collateral Loan changed during the period from the
date on which it was originated or purchased by the Borrower to the date of determination by a percentage either more positive,
or less negative, as the case may be, than the percentage change in a nationally recognized loan index selected by the Borrower
or the Collateral Manager over the same period plus 0.50%.
"Credit Risk Loan" means
a Collateral Loan that is not a Defaulted Loan but which has, in the Collateral Manager's commercially reasonable judgment applying
the Servicing Standard, a significant risk of declining in credit quality and, with lapse of time, becoming a Defaulted Loan, and
is designated as a "Credit Risk Loan" by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager.
"CRR" means EU Regulation
575/2013 (on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) 648/2012).
"Current Pay Obligation"
means a Collateral Loan that would otherwise be a Defaulted Loan as to which (i) all scheduled interest and principal payments
due (other than those due as a result of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other analogous proceeding) were paid in Cash
and the Borrower or the Collateral Manager reasonably expects, and delivers to DBRS (if DBRS is then rating any Loans) a certificate
of an Authorized Officer certifying that it reasonably expects, that the remaining scheduled interest and principal payments due
will be paid in cash, (ii) the DBRS Rating of such Collateral Loan is at least "CCC" and is not on a watch list for possible
downgrade, (iii) the Market Value (which is not determined pursuant to clause (d) or (e) of the definition thereof) of such Collateral
Loan is at least 80% of par and (iv) if the Obligor of such Collateral Loan is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or other analogous proceeding, the bankruptcy court or other authorized official has authorized the payment of interest due and
payable on such Collateral Loan; provided that to the extent that more than 15% of Total Capitalization would otherwise
constitute Current Pay Obligations, one or more Collateral Loans designated by the Borrower having a Principal Balance plus
aggregate Exposure Amounts at least equal to such excess shall be deemed not to constitute Current Pay Obligations (and shall therefore
constitute Defaulted Loans).
"Custodial Account" means
a custodial account at the Custodian, established in the name of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.4(a) of the Existing
Credit Agreement and maintained pursuant to Section 8.4(a) hereof.
"Custodian" has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.4(a).
"Daily Report" has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.9(a).
"DBRS" means
DBRS, Inc., together with its successors.
"DBRS Industry Classification"
means each industry identified on Schedule B.
"DBRS Long Term Rating"
means a long-term credit rating determined in accordance with the provisions set forth on Schedule E.
"DBRS Rating" means, as
the context requires, a DBRS Long Term Rating or a DBRS Short Term Rating.
"DBRS Recovery Rate" means
(a) for any Senior Secured Loan, 52.00%; (b) for any Second Lien Loan, 32.50% and (c) for any Unsecured Loan, 12.50%.
"DBRS Risk Score" has the
meaning set forth on Schedule C.
"DBRS Short Term Rating"
means a short-term credit rating determined in accordance with the provisions set forth on Schedule E.
"Default" means any condition
or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured
or waived, become an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Loan" means
any Collateral Loan as to which:
(a) a default as to the payment
of principal and/or interest has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Collateral Loan (without regard to any grace
period applicable thereto, or waiver thereof, after the passage of five Business Days in the case of interest or three Business
Days in the case of principal if the Borrower or the Collateral Manager determines that such default is unrelated to credit-related
causes (which determination shall be reported in the next Collateral Report required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(h)),
but in no case beyond the passage of any grace period applicable thereto);
(b) the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager has received written notice or a Senior Authorized Officer of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager has actual knowledge
that a default as to the payment of principal and/or interest has occurred and is continuing on another debt obligation of the
same Obligor that is senior or pari passu in right of payment to such Collateral Loan (in each case, after the passage of
five Business Days in the case of interest or three Business Days in the case of principal if the Borrower or the Collateral Manager
determines that such default is unrelated to credit-related causes (which determination shall be reported in the next Collateral
Report required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(h)), but in no case beyond the passage of any grace period applicable thereto;
provided that both the Collateral Loan and such other debt obligation are full recourse obligations of the applicable Obligor);
(c) except in the case of a
DIP Loan, the Obligor in respect of such Collateral Loan has, or others have, instituted proceedings to have such Obligor adjudicated
as bankrupt or insolvent or placed into receivership and such proceedings have not been stayed or dismissed, or such Obligor has
filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(d) such Collateral Loan has
a DBRS Long Term Rating of "D", or had such a rating immediately before such rating was withdrawn;
(e) the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager has received notice or a Senior Authorized Officer of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager has actual knowledge that
another debt obligation of the same Obligor that is senior or pari passu in right of payment to such Collateral Loan has
a DBRS Long Term Rating of "D", or had such a rating immediately before such rating was withdrawn;
(f) a default with respect
to which the Borrower or the Collateral Manager has received written notice, or a Senior Authorized Officer of the Borrower or
the Collateral Manager has actual knowledge, that a default has occurred under the Underlying Instruments and any applicable grace
period has expired and the holders of such Collateral Loan have accelerated the repayment of the Collateral Loan (but only until
such acceleration has been rescinded) in the manner provided in the Underlying Instruments;
(g) such Collateral Loan is
a Participation Interest (until it is elevated or converted to an assigned loan) with respect to which the related Selling Institution
has defaulted in any material respect in the performance of any of its payment obligations under the Participation Interest;
(h) such Collateral Loan is
a Participation Interest (until it is elevated or converted to an assigned loan) in a loan that would, if such loan were a Collateral
Loan, constitute a "Defaulted Loan" (other than under this clause (h)) or with respect to which the Selling Institution
has a DBRS Long Term Rating of "D", or had such a rating immediately before such rating was withdrawn;
(i) the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager has in accordance with the Servicing Standard otherwise declared such Collateral Loan to be a "Defaulted Loan";
or
(j) such Collateral Loan has
been placed on non-accrual status by the Collateral Manager;
provided that Current Pay Obligations up to 15.0% of
Total Capitalization shall be deemed not to be Defaulted Loans.
"Defaulting Lender" means
a Class A-R Lender that has at any time (i) failed to fund all or any portion of its Class A-R Loans when and as required hereunder
(other than failures to fund (a) solely as a result of a bona fide dispute as to whether the conditions to borrowing were satisfied
on the relevant Borrowing Date, but only for such time as such Class A-R Lender is continuing to engage in good faith discussions
regarding the determination or resolution of such dispute, and such Class A-R Lender has notified the Administrative Agent in writing
of its intention not to fund and has specifically identified such condition precedent to funding that was not satisfied, or (b)
solely as a result of a failure to disburse due to an administrative error or omission by such Class A-R Lender, and such failure
is cured within five Business Days after such Class A-R Lender receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such administrative
error or omission) or (ii) has notified the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to
the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing
or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Class A-R Lender's dispute as to the satisfaction of any condition
precedent pursuant to the foregoing clause (a)) or generally under other agreements under which it shall have committed to extend
credit.
"Delayed Funding Loan"
means a Collateral Loan pursuant to which one or more future advances will be required to be made to the Obligor thereunder but
which does not permit any such advance that has been made to be reborrowed once repaid by the Obligor; provided that such
loan shall only be considered to be a Delayed Funding Loan to the extent of the undrawn commitment and only for so long as any
future funding obligations remain in effect.
"DIP Loan" means any interest
in a loan or financing facility with a DBRS Rating (i) which is an obligation of a debtor-in-possession as described in Section
1107 of the Bankruptcy Code or a trustee (if appointment of such trustee has been ordered pursuant to Section 1104 of the Bankruptcy
Code) (a "Debtor") organized under the laws of the United States or any State therein; (ii) which is paying interest
on a current basis; and (iii) the terms of which have been approved by an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court, the United
States District Court, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, the enforceability of which order is not subject to any pending
contested matter or proceeding (as such terms are defined in the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure) and which order provides
that (a) such DIP Loan is secured by liens on the Debtor's otherwise unencumbered assets pursuant to Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code; (b) such DIP Loan is secured by liens of equal or senior priority on property of the Debtor's estate that is otherwise subject
to a lien pursuant to Section 364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code; (c) such DIP Loan is secured by junior liens on the Debtor's encumbered
assets and such DIP Loan is fully secured based upon a current valuation or appraisal report; or (d) if the DIP Loan or any portion
thereof is unsecured, the repayment of such DIP Loan retains priority over all other administrative expenses pursuant to Section
364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code (provided, in the case of this clause (d), that notice has been provided to DBRS prior
to the acquisition of such loan).
"Discount Loan" means
any Collateral Loan that is acquired by the Borrower for a purchase price paid by the Borrower to the seller of such Collateral
Loan of less than 95% of the principal balance of such Collateral Loan; provided that such Collateral Loan shall cease
to be a Discount Loan at such time as the Market Value of such Collateral Loan, as determined daily for any period of 30 consecutive
days since the acquisition by the Borrower of such Collateral Loan, equals or exceeds 95% of the principal balance of such Collateral
Loan; and provided further that Collateral Loans for which the purchase price paid by the Borrower to the seller
of such Collateral Loan was less than 95%, but at least 90%, of the principal balance of such Collateral Loan shall be deemed
not to be Discount Loans, except that at any time when the Maximum Principal Balance of such Collateral Loans exceeds 10% of Total
Capitalization, the excess portion shall constitute Discount Loans.
"Distribution" means
any payment of principal or interest or any dividend or premium payment made on, or any other distribution in respect of, a Collateral
Loan or other security.
"Diversity Score" means
a single number that indicates collateral concentration in terms of both issuer and industry concentration, calculated as set forth
on Schedule D hereto.
"Dollars" and "$"
mean lawful money of the United States of America.
"Downgraded Lender" means
a Lender that fails to be an Approved Lender in accordance with the terms of such definition.
"Due Date" means each date
on which a Distribution is due on a Collateral Loan.
"Due Period" means, with
respect to any Quarterly Payment Date, the period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Due Period (or, in the
case of the initial Due Period after the Original Closing Date, the period commencing on the Original Closing Date) and ending
on (and including) the Calculation Date immediately preceding such Quarterly Payment Date (or, in the case of the Due Period that
is applicable to the Quarterly Payment Date occurring on the Stated Maturity, ending on the day preceding such Quarterly Payment
Date).
"Early-Monthly Tape" has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(q).
"EBA" means the European
Banking Authority and/or its predecessor, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors, and any successor or replacement agency
or authority.
"EBITDA" means earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (determined, for any Collateral Loan, in the manner provided in the Related
Contracts).
"Effective Date" means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 3.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.5).
"Eligibility Criteria"
means, as of the date of each acquisition or origination of a debt obligation (including in connection with a substitution pursuant
to Section 10.1(a)(vii)), each of the following:
(a) each Concentration Limitation
is satisfied immediately after giving effect to such acquisition or origination (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such
acquisition or origination, compliance with such Concentration Limitation is maintained or improved after giving effect to such
acquisition or origination);
(b) the Collateral Quality
Test is satisfied immediately after giving effect to such acquisition or origination (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to
such acquisition or origination, compliance with the Collateral Quality Test is maintained or improved after giving effect to such
acquisition or origination);
(c) each Coverage Test is satisfied
immediately after giving effect to such acquisition or origination;
(d) the Portfolio Advance Rate
is less than or equal to the Maximum Advance Rate, unless the Portfolio Advance Rate is maintained or reduced after giving effect
to such acquisition or origination;
(e) there is no Commitment
Shortfall after giving effect to such acquisition or origination;
(f) unless waived in writing
by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower provides notice to DBRS of such waiver, no more than 20.0% of Total Capitalization
(calculated in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.3) shall consist of Collateral Loans whose Obligors have a
trailing twelve month EBITDA of less than $12,500,000 at the time of such acquisition or origination;
(g) each of the criteria in
the definition of "Collateral Loan" is satisfied with respect to such acquisition or origination of a debt obligation;
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining whether the Eligibility Criteria have been satisfied,
such criteria shall only be tested as of the date of such acquisition or origination of such debt obligation;
(h) the Retention Provider,
either itself or through related entities (including the Borrower), directly or indirectly, was involved or will be involved in
negotiating the original agreements which created or will create over 50% (measured by total nominal amount) of all the Senior
Secured Loans, Second Lien Loans and/or Unsecured Loans (including any Participation Interest therein) acquired (or committed to
be acquired) by the Borrower, such proportion measured on the basis of the nominal value at each respective origination of all
the Senior Secured Loans, Second Lien Loans and/or Unsecured Loans (including any Participation Interest therein) acquired (or
committed to be acquired) by the Borrower in aggregate during the term of this Agreement; and
(i) only in relation to any
Senior Secured Loans, Second Lien Loans and/or Unsecured Loans (including any Participation Interest therein) to be acquired by
the Borrower that will not be acquired from the Retention Provider, the Retention Provider, either itself or through related entities
(including the Borrower), directly or indirectly, was involved or will be involved in negotiating the original agreements which
created or will create over 50% (measured by total nominal amount) of all the Senior Secured Loans, Second Lien Loans and/or Unsecured
Loans (including any Participation Interest therein) acquired (or committed to be acquired) by the Borrower, such proportion measured
on the basis of the nominal value at each respective origination of all the Senior Secured Loans, Second Lien Loans and/or Unsecured
Loans (including any Participation Interest therein) that are expected to be held by the Borrower following the settlement of any
such acquisition.
"Eligible Account Bank"
means, with respect to any specified account, a financial institution:
(a) (x) that (i) if such
account is a fully segregated trust account with the trust department or corporate trust department of such financial institution,
has a DBRS Long Term Rating of at least "A"; or (ii) otherwise, has a DBRS Long Term Rating of at least "AA"
(provided that if such financial institution ceases to have a DBRS Long Term Rating of at least "AA", it is replaced
within 30 days by a financial institution with a DBRS Long Term Rating of at least "AA"); and (y) that has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $200,000,000; or
(b) as to which the Rating
Condition is satisfied and the Borrower and the Majority Lenders have consented to such financial institution constituting an
"Eligible Account Bank" hereunder.
"Eligible Cov-Lite Loan"
means a Collateral Loan that (i) is a Cov-Lite Loan, (ii) is a Senior Secured Loan, (iii) has a DBRS Rating of "B(low)"
or higher, and (iv) constitutes all, or part, of a tranche at least equal to $150,000,000 at the time such tranche is issued.
"Eligible Investment Required Ratings"
means, in the case of each Eligible Investment, a DBRS Short Term Rating of at least "R-1 (middle)" and, in the case
of any Eligible Investment with a maturity of longer than 90 days, a DBRS Long Term Rating of at least "AA (low)".
"Eligible Investments"
means any investment denominated in Dollars that, at the time it is delivered to the Collateral Agent (directly or through a financial
intermediary or bailee), 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 of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are expressly
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America and which satisfy the Eligible Investment Required Ratings;
(ii) demand and time deposits
in, certificates of deposit of, trust accounts with, bankers' acceptances issued by, or federal funds sold by any depositary institution
or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision and
examination by federal and/or state banking authorities so long as the commercial paper and/or the debt obligations of such depositary
institution or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depositary institution in a holding company system, the commercial
paper or debt obligations of such holding company) at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such
investment have the Eligible Investment Required Ratings;
(iii) non-extendable commercial
paper (other than Asset-Backed Commercial Paper) with the Eligible Investment Required Ratings and that either bear interest or
are sold at a discount from the face amount thereof and have a maturity of not more than 183 days from their date of issuance;
and
(iv) money market funds domiciled
outside of the United States which funds have, at all times, the highest Moody's credit rating assignable at such time and credit
ratings of "AAA-mf" by Standard & Poor's;
and, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii) above, with a
stated maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace period) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the
Quarterly Payment Date next following the Interest Period in which the date of investment occurs; provided that none of
the foregoing obligations or securities shall constitute Eligible Investments if (a) such obligation or security has an "f",
"r", "p", "pi", "q" or "t" subscript assigned by Standard & Poor's, (b) all,
or substantially all, of the remaining amounts payable thereunder consist of interest and not principal payments, (c) such
obligation or security is subject to any withholding tax unless the issuer of the security is required to make "gross-up"
payments or pay "additional amounts" in respect of, or otherwise compensate the holder of such security for, the full
amount of such withholding tax for any reason (including in the event of a change of law), (d) such obligation or security
is secured by real property, (e) such obligation or security is purchased at a price greater than 100% of the principal or
face amount thereof, (f) such obligation or security is subject of a tender offer, voluntary redemption, exchange offer,
conversion or other similar action or (g) in the Borrower's or the Collateral Manager's judgment, such obligation or security
is subject to material non-credit related risks. Eligible Investments may include, without limitation and subject to the restrictions
set forth in this definition, those investments for which an Agent or an affiliate of an Agent provides services. Any investment,
which otherwise qualifies as an Eligible Investment, may (1) be made by the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates and (2)
be made in securities of any entity for which the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates receives compensation or serves as
offeror, distributor, investment advisor or other service provider.
"Eligible Loan Index"
means, with respect to each Collateral Loan, one of the following indices as selected by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager
upon the origination or acquisition of such Collateral Loan: the CSFB Leveraged Loan Indices (formerly the DLJ Leveraged Loan
Index Plus), the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Loan Index, the Goldman Sachs/Loan Pricing Corporation Liquid Leveraged Loan Index, the
Banc of America Securities Leveraged Loan Index, the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Indices or any other nationally recognized loan
index subject to the consent of the Majority Lenders with written notice thereof to be provided to DBRS (collectively, the "Approved
Indices"); provided that the Borrower or the Collateral Manager may change the index applicable to a Collateral
Loan to another of the Approved Indices at any time following the origination or acquisition thereof after giving notice to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
"Engagement Letter" means
the Letter Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2013, between Fifth Street and Natixis, as amended from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.
"Environmental Claim" means,
with respect to any Person, any written notice, claim, demand or similar communication by any other Person having jurisdiction
alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural resources damage, property
damages, personal injuries, fines or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence, or release into the
environment, of any Hazardous Substances at any location, whether or not owned by such Person or (ii) circumstances forming the
basis of any violation, of any applicable Environmental Law, in each case as to which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse
determination with respect thereto and which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
"Environmental Laws" means
any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders,
decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions
relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on human health or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants,
contaminants, Hazardous Substances or wastes into the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground
water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport
or handling of pollutants, contaminants, Hazardous Substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.
"Equity Interests" means
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any
and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests,
and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing.
"Equity Security" means
any equity security or any other security or loan that is not eligible for purchase by the Borrower as a Collateral Loan and any
security purchased by the Borrower as part of a "unit" with a Collateral Loan and which
itself is not eligible for purchase by the Borrower as a Collateral Loan.
"ERISA" means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute.
"ERISA Group" means each
controlled group of corporations or trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control that is treated as
a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code with the Borrower.
"Eurodollar Rate Loans" means
Loans accruing interest at an Applicable Rate based upon the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate.
"Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage"
means, for any day, the percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Federal Reserve
Board (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New
York City in respect of "Eurocurrency liabilities" (or in respect of any other category of liabilities which includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Loans is determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets
which includes loans by a non-United States office of any Lender to United States residents). The Adjusted London Interbank Offered
Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage.
"Event of Default" has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
"Excess Concentration Amount"
means, without duplication, at any time in respect of which any one or more of the Concentration Limitations are exceeded, the
portions of each Collateral Loan that cause such Concentration Limitations to be exceeded.
"Excess Reserve Amount"
means, on any date, the excess (if any) of:
(a) the amount standing to
the credit of the Future Funding Reserve Account on such date over
(b) (i) the aggregate
Unfunded Amount on such date minus (ii) if such date is prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period, the excess (if
any) of (x) the Total Class A-R Commitment on such date over (y) the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-R Loans outstanding
on such date.
"Exchange Act" means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as from time to time
in effect, or any successor law, rules or regulations, and any reference to any statutory or regulatory provision shall be deemed
to be a reference to any successor statutory or regulatory provision.
"Existing Credit Agreement"
has the meaning set forth in the first whereas clause.
"Existing Loan Documents"
means the "Loan Documents" as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement.
"Existing Loans" means the
Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) made under the Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding as of the Effective
Date.
"Exposure Amount" as of
any date means, with respect to any Revolving Collateral Loan or Delayed Funding Loan, the excess of (a) the Borrower's maximum
funding commitment thereunder over (b) the Principal Balance of such Revolving Collateral Loan or Delayed Funding Loan.
For the avoidance of doubt, Exposure Amounts in respect of a Defaulted Loan shall be included in the calculation of the Exposure
Amount if the Borrower is at such time subject to contractual funding obligations with respect to such Defaulted Loan.
"FATCA" means Sections
1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable
and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements
entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any legislation, law, regulation or practice enacted or promulgated
pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with such Sections of the Code.
"Federal Funds Rate" means,
for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the FRBNY on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (i) if such day is not a
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the immediately preceding Business
Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%)
of the quotations for such day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
"Federal Reserve Board"
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as constituted from time to time.
"Fee Proceeds" means all
amounts in the Collection Account representing upfront, commitment, amendment and waiver, late payment (including compensation
for delayed settlement or trades), anniversary, annual, facility, prepayment, redemption or any other fees of any type received
in respect of any Collateral Loan and any excess, with respect to Participation Interests in Collateral Loans which have been sold
by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.1(b), of the interest paid by the applicable Obligor in respect of the portion of such
Collateral Loan that is the subject of such Participation Interest over the amount of interest required to be paid by the Borrower
to the purchaser of such Participation Interest pursuant to the underlying participation agreement; provided that Fee Proceeds
shall not include any reimbursement of expenses payable by the Borrower to third parties, including legal fees, that may be received
by the Borrower from any Obligor or any fees received in connection with the reduction of the par of the related Collateral Loan.
Fee Proceeds shall in all cases constitute Interest Proceeds.
"Fifth Street" means Fifth
Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
"Final RTS" means Delegated
Regulation (EU) No. 625/2014 of March 13, 2014, supplementing the CRR.
"Financial Sponsor" means
any Person whose principal business activity is acquiring, holding, and selling investments (including controlling interests) in
otherwise unrelated companies that each are distinct legal entities with separate management, books and records and bank accounts,
whose operations are not integrated with one another and whose financial condition and creditworthiness are independent of the
other companies so owned by such Person.
"Fitch" means Fitch Ratings,
Inc., together with its successors.
"Fixed Rate Obligation"
means any Collateral Loan that bears a fixed rate of interest.
"Floating Rate Obligation"
means any Collateral Loan that bears a floating rate of interest.
"FRBNY" means the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York.
"Funding Agent" means the
bank or other financial institution acting as the agent of a CP Lender under this Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement or
other similar agreement, as applicable.
"Future Funding Reserve Account"
means the trust account established pursuant to Section 8.3(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement and maintained pursuant to Section
8.3(b) hereof.
"Future Funding Reserve Borrowing"
means a borrowing of a Future Funding Reserve Loan hereunder.
"Future Funding Reserve Loan"
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
"GAAP" means generally
accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States.
"Grant" means to grant,
bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, demise, release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, create and grant a security
interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm. A Grant of the Collateral, or of any other instrument,
shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including without
limitation the immediate continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and receipt for principal and interest payments in respect
of the Collateral, and all other Moneys payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to give consents,
waivers or make 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.
"Hazardous Substances"
means any toxic, radioactive, caustic or otherwise hazardous substance, identified as such as a matter of Environmental Law, including
petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, or any substance having any constituent elements displaying any
of the foregoing characteristics.
"Hedge Counterparty Rating
Criteria" means, in respect of a counterparty or entity guaranteeing the obligations of such counterparty, a DBRS Long
Term Rating of "A (high)" or higher; provided that if an Interest Hedge Counterparty or guarantor ceases to meet
the Hedge Counterparty Rating Criteria, within 30 Business Days after such failure to meet the Hedge Counterparty Rating Criteria,
such Interest Hedge Counterparty or guarantor must either (a) provide a guarantee acceptable to DBRS from a guarantor rated "A
(high)" or higher or (b) assign its obligations under the Interest Hedge Agreement to a counterparty that holds a rating of
"A (high)" or higher.
"Increased Commitment Date"
means the date of the effectiveness of the Increased Commitments pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"Increased Commitment Notice"
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a).
"Increased Commitments"
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a).
"Increased Costs" means
any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.9 and/or Article XI.
"Incurrence Covenant" means
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) only upon the occurrence of certain actions of the borrower,
including a debt issuance, dividend payment, share purchase, merger, acquisition or divestiture.
"Indebtedness" of any Person
means, without duplication, (a) as shown on such Person's balance sheet (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money or for the deferred purchase price of property and (ii) all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by a note, bond, debenture
or similar instrument (whether or not disbursed in full), (b) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account
of such Person and, without duplication, all unreimbursed amounts drawn thereunder, (c) all Contingent Obligations of such
Person, and (d) all payment obligations of such Person under any interest rate protection agreement (including, without limitation,
any interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and currency swaps and similar agreements which were not
entered into specifically in connection with Indebtedness set forth in clauses (a), (b) or (c) hereof.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning
set forth in Section 12.3(b).
"Initial Ratings" means the
ratings given by DBRS to the Class A-R Loans and the Class A-T Loans as of the Effective Date.
"Interest Coverage Amount"
means, at any time, without duplication, the sum of (a) the scheduled interest payments and scheduled fees due (in each case regardless
of whether the applicable payment date has yet occurred) on the Collateral Loans (excluding Defaulted Loans to the extent set forth
in the definition of "Interest Proceeds") for the then-current Due Period; (b) amounts on deposit in the Collection Account,
including Eligible Investments, representing Interest Proceeds; (c) scheduled interest on Eligible Investments held in the
Collection Account, the Future Funding Reserve Account and the Closing Expense Account, in each case for the then-current Due Period;
and (d) all regularly scheduled amounts due and payable to the Borrower under Interest Hedge Agreements during the then-current
Due Period.
"Interest Coverage Ratio"
means, as of any Measurement Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing:
(a) (i) the Interest Coverage
Amount less (ii) all amounts payable on the related Quarterly Payment Date pursuant to clauses (A) through (D) of Section
9.1(a)(i) by
(b) the sum of (i) all
interest due on the Loans on the related Quarterly Payment Date and (ii) the Commitment Fees due on the related Quarterly Payment
Date.
"Interest Coverage Ratio Test"
means a test satisfied on any Measurement Date following the first Quarterly Payment Date if the Interest Coverage Ratio is greater
than or equal to 200.0% on such date.
"Interest Hedge Agreement"
means an interest rate protection agreement that may be entered into between the Borrower and an Interest Hedge Counterparty after
the Original Closing Date, for the sole purpose of hedging interest rate risk between the portfolio of Collateral Loans and the
Loans, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, with respect to which the Rating Condition is satisfied.
"Interest Hedge Counterparty"
means a counterparty meeting, at the time of entry by the Borrower into an Interest Hedge Agreement, the Hedge Counterparty Rating
Criteria (or, with respect to any counterparty not meeting such Hedge Counterparty Rating Criteria at such time, any counterparty
whose obligations in respect of such Interest Hedge Agreement are absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed by an Affiliate of
such counterparty meeting such criteria at such time), together with any permitted assignee or successor (which meets the Hedge
Counterparty Rating Criteria) under such Interest Hedge Agreement with respect to which the Rating Condition is satisfied.
"Interest Period" means,
with respect to each Borrowing, (a) the period from (and including) the date of such Borrowing to but excluding the following Quarterly
Payment Date, and (b) each successive period from and including each Quarterly Payment Date to but excluding the following Quarterly
Payment Date until the principal of such Borrowing is repaid.
"Interest Proceeds" means,
with respect to any Pledged Collateral (including Cash), (a) any payments with respect thereto that are attributable to interest
or yield in accordance with the Underlying Instruments of such Pledged Collateral, (b) all Fee Proceeds, (c) all cash capital contributions
made to the Borrower that, to the extent provided in Section 8.2(h), are to be treated as Interest Proceeds and (d) any amounts
deposited in the Collection Account from the Closing Expense Account in accordance with Section 8.3(e). Interest Proceeds shall
also include any amounts paid to the Borrower pursuant to an Interest Hedge Agreement. No amounts that are required by the terms
of any participation agreement to be paid by the Borrower to any Person to whom the Borrower has sold a Participation Interest
shall constitute "Interest Proceeds" hereunder. Any amounts received in respect of any Defaulted Loan will constitute
Principal Proceeds (and not Interest Proceeds) until the aggregate of all Collections in respect of such Defaulted Loan since it
became a Defaulted Loan equals the outstanding principal balance of such Collateral Loan at the time it became a Defaulted Loan;
thereafter, any such amounts will constitute Interest Proceeds. Any amounts received in respect of any Equity Security will constitute
Principal Proceeds (and not Interest Proceeds).
"Interest Rate Cap" means,
with respect to each Interest Period, the sum of (i) the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Interest Period
plus (ii) 2.00% per annum.
"Interpolated Rate" means
(a) for any Interest Period equal to three months, three month LIBOR as calculated in accordance with the definition of LIBOR and
(b) for any Interest Period of less than or greater than three months, the rate determined through the use of straight-line interpolation
by reference to two rates calculated in accordance with the definition of LIBOR, one of which shall be determined as if the maturity
of the Dollar deposits referred to therein were the period of time for which rates are available next shorter than the Interest
Period and the other of which shall be determined as if such maturity were the period of time for which rates are available next
longer than the Interest Period; provided that, if an Interest Period is less than or equal to seven days, then LIBOR shall
be determined by reference to a rate calculated in accordance with the definition of LIBOR as if the maturity of the Dollar deposits
referred to therein were a period of time equal to seven days.
"Investment Advisers Act"
means the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
"Investment Advisor" means
Fifth Street Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor in such capacity in accordance with the Investment
Advisory Agreement.
"Investment Advisory Agreement"
means the Investment Advisory Agreement dated as of June 27, 2013 between the BDC and Fifth Street Management LLC, as amended,
supplemented or replaced from time to time.
"Investment Company Act"
means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Investment Criteria Adjusted Balance"
means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, the Principal Balance of such Collateral Loan; provided that for all purposes
the Investment Criteria Adjusted Balance of any Discount Loan shall be the purchase price of such Discount Loan.
"IRS" means the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service.
"Joinder Agreement"
means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Existing Credit Agreement, pursuant to which a Funding Agent may
act as agent of a CP Lender under this Agreement.
"Key Manager Event" shall
be deemed to have occurred on any date whereby any two of (i) Leonard Tannenbaum, (ii) Bernard Berman and (iii) Ivelin Dimitrov
(each such person, a "Key Person") is no longer actively involved in the operations of the Collateral Manager
(with respect to each Key Person, a "Key Person Trigger") and such person or persons have not been replaced by
an individual or individuals consented to by the Administrative Agent in accordance with process described below. The Borrower
shall provide prompt notice to DBRS and the Agents of the occurrence of a Key Person Trigger and the Collateral Manager may propose
a replacement for a Key Person on any date up to and including the date that is 90 days after the occurrence of a Key Person Trigger
(such date, the "Proposal End Date"). If the Collateral Manager proposes a replacement Key Person, the Administrative
Agent shall have 30 days from the date of its receipt of the written Key Person replacement proposal to reject, based upon reasonable
grounds, the Collateral Manager's proposal in writing (each such period, an "Objection Period"). If the Administrative
Agent does not reject such proposed replacement in writing within such Objection Period pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence,
such replacement shall be deemed to be approved. In the event any Collateral Manager proposed Key Person replacement is rejected
in writing by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Manager may propose additional replacements pursuant to the foregoing process;
provided that, if such additional proposed replacement has been objected to by the Administrative Agent during the applicable
Objection Period in accordance with the foregoing, then (until a replacement has been approved) the Collateral Manager may continue
to propose Key Person replacements until the Proposal End Date. For purposes of this definition, the Administrative Agent shall
act at the direction of the Majority Lenders.
"Lender" means each Person
that is listed as "Lender" on the signature pages hereto, any Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to
an Assignment and Assumption, each Additional Lender and, in each case, their respective successors, in each case other than any
such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
"Lender Collateral Account"
means the trust account established pursuant to Section 8.3(d) of the Existing Credit Agreement and maintained pursuant to
Section 8.3(d) hereof.
"Lender Collateral Subaccount"
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(d)(ii) of the Existing Credit Agreement and maintained pursuant to Section 8.3(d)(ii)
hereof.
"LIBOR Business Day" means
any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in London or New York City are authorized or required by
law to close.
"Lien" means, with respect
to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential
arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security interest, in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement,
any Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor
or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
"Liquidity Facility" means,
with respect to any Loan by any CP Lender, a liquidity asset purchase agreement, swap transaction or other facility that provides
liquidity for Commercial Paper Notes, and any guaranty of any such agreement or facility.
"Liquidity Funding" means,
with respect to any Loan by any CP Lender, at any time, funding by a CP Lender of all or a portion of the outstanding principal
amount of such Loan with funds provided under a Liquidity Facility.
"Liquidity Funding Period"
means, with respect to any Loan by any CP Lender, a period of time during which all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount
of such Loan is funded through a Liquidity Funding.
"Liquidity Funding Rate"
means with respect to any Liquidity Funding under a Liquidity Facility for any period, the per annum rate of interest equal to
the sum of (i) the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such period plus (ii) 0.45% per annum; provided
that, if a quotation for the London Interbank Offered Rate is not able to be obtained, the Liquidity Funding Rate shall equal,
for each day in any period, (i) the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such day plus (ii) 0.45% per annum.
"LLC Agreement" means the
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Borrower, dated as of the Original Closing Date, among the BDC, as member, and the independent
managers party thereto, as further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Loan Documents" means
this Agreement, the Account Control Agreement, the Collateral Management Agreement, the Notes, the Interest Hedge Agreements, each
Joinder Agreement, the Master Transfer Agreement and the Investment Advisory Agreement.
"Loans" means, collectively,
Class A-R Loans and Class A-T Loans.
"London Interbank Offered Rate"
or "LIBOR" means, with respect to each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) The rate (expressed as
a percentage per annum rounded upwards to the nearest one hundredth (1/100) of one percent (1%)) for deposits in Dollars for the
appropriate periods (as provided in the definition of "Interpolated Rate") that appear on Reuters Page 3750 (or such
page as may replace Reuters Page 3750) as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets Commodities News as of 11:00 a.m., London time,
two LIBOR Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period.
(b) If the rates referred
to in clause (a) above do not appear on Reuters Page 3750 (or such page as may replace Reuters Page 3750) as of 11:00 a.m., London
time, two LIBOR Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period, the London Interbank Offered Rate will be the arithmetic
mean of the offered rates (expressed as a percentage per annum rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest one hundredth (1/100)
of one percent (1%)) for deposits in Dollars for the appropriate periods (as provided in the definition of "Interpolated
Rate") that appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two LIBOR Business Days before the first
day of such Interest Period, if at least two such offered rates so appear.
(c) If fewer than two such
offered rates appear on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on any such date (as provided in clause (b)
above), the Administrative Agent will request the principal London office of any four (4) major reference banks in the London interbank
market selected by the Administrative Agent to provide such bank's offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum rounded
upwards to the nearest one hundredth (1/100) of one percent (1%)) to prime banks in the London interbank market for deposits in
Dollars for the appropriate periods (as provided in the definition of "Interpolated Rate") that as of 11:00 a.m., London
time, on such date for amounts comparable to the then outstanding principal amount of the applicable Loan (if available). If at
least two such offered quotations are so provided, LIBOR will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations.
(d) If fewer than two such
quotations are so provided pursuant to clause (c) above, the Administrative Agent will request any three (3) major banks in New
York City selected by the Administrative Agent to provide such bank's rate (expressed as a percentage per annum rounded upwards
to the nearest one hundredth (1/100) of one percent (1%)) for loans in Dollars to leading European banks for the appropriate periods
(as provided in the definition of "Interpolated Rate") that as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
date which is two LIBOR Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period for amounts comparable to the then outstanding
principal amount of the applicable Loan (if available). If at least two such rates are so provided, the London Interbank Offered
Rate will be the arithmetic mean of such rates.
(e) If only one rate is so
provided pursuant to clause (d) above, then the London Interbank Offered Rate will be the rate so provided. If no such rate is
provided, the London Interbank Offered Rate for such Interest Period will be the London Interbank Offered Rate in effect for the
prior Interest Period.
"Maintenance Covenant" means
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.
"Majority Lenders" means
the Lender or Lenders holding, collectively, more than 50% of the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all of the Loans
outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate undrawn Commitments in respect of the Class A-R Loans at such time; provided
that in determining whether the Majority Lenders have consented to or approved any action or inaction, (x) the vote of any Borrower
Affiliated Lender shall not be taken into account and the outstanding principal amounts and aggregate unutilized commitments held
by each Borrower Affiliated Lender shall be excluded from the amounts set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this definition and (y)
the vote of any Defaulting Lender shall not be taken into account to the extent provided in Section 11.5(b)(ii).
"Margin Stock" shall have
the meaning provided such term in Regulation U.
"Market Value" means, as
of any date of determination, with respect to any loans or other assets, the amount (determined by the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager in accordance with theServicing Standard) equal to the product of the principal amount
thereof and the price determined in the following manner:
(a)
the bid-side quote determined by any of (i) Loan Pricing Corporation, LoanX Inc., MarkIt Partners, Mergent, Inc., IDC or Houlihan
Lokey or (ii) subject to satisfaction of the Rating Condition, any other nationally recognized loan pricing service selected by
the Borrower or the Collateral Manager with notice to the Lenders; provided that the Majority Lenders may object to the
selection of any loan pricing service selected pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (ii) within 5 Business Days after receipt
of such notice;
(b)
if such quote described in clause (a) is not available,
(i)
the average of the bid-side quotes determined by three independent SEC-registered broker-dealers active in the trading of such
asset;
(ii)
if only two such bids can be obtained, the lower of the bid-side quotes of such two bids; or
(iii)
if only one such bid can be obtained, such bid;
provided that a bid provided
pursuant to this clause (b) shall not be from any of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Investment Advisor or any Affiliate
of any thereof; or
(c)
if the Market Value of an asset cannot be determined in accordance with clause (a) or (b) above, then the Market Value shall be
the Appraised Value, provided that (i) the Appraised Value of such Collateral Loan has been obtained or updated within the
immediately preceding three months and (ii) if the Appraised Value of a Collateral Loan is determined pursuant to clause (B) of
the definition of "Appraised Value", the Market Value of such Collateral Loan shall not exceed the aggregate principal
amount thereof (or the portion thereof held by the Borrower);
(d)
if such quote or bid described in clause (a), (b) or (c) is not available, then the Market Value of such Collateral Loan shall
be the lower of (i) the DBRS Recovery Rate and (ii) if any, the Market Value determined by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager
(according to its own internal marking procedure) exercising reasonable commercial judgment in accordance with the Servicing Standard,
consistent with the manner in which it would determine the market value of an asset for purposes of other funds or accounts managed
by it; provided that, so long as the BDC is the Collateral Manager, if the Collateral Manager or the Investment Advisor
is not a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act, the Market Value of any such asset may not be determined
in accordance with this clause (d) for more than 45 days; or
(e)
if the Market Value of an asset cannot be determined in accordance with clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, then the Market Value
shall be deemed to be zero until such determination is made in accordance with clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above.
"Master Transfer Agreement"
means the Amended and Restated Loan Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between the BDC, as seller,
and the Borrower, as buyer, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Material Adverse Effect"
means a material adverse effect individually or in the aggregate with other adverse effects on the ability of the Borrower or the
Collateral Manager to perform
its respective obligations under any of the Loan Documents or
the rights, interests or remedies (taken as a whole) of the Agents or any Lender under the Loan Documents (taken as a whole).
"Maximum Advance Rate"
means (a) during the Ramp-Up Period, (i) while the Diversity Score is less than 10, 50%, and (ii) while the Diversity Score is
equal to or greater than 10, 55%, and (b) after the Ramp-Up Period has ended, 64%.
"Maximum DBRS Risk Score Test"
means a test that will be satisfied on any Measurement Date if the Weighted Average DBRS Risk Score of the Collateral Loans is
less than or equal to the numerical equivalent of the Row Weighted Average Risk Score based upon the Applicable Row Level from
the Collateral Quality Matrix and as determined as provided on Schedule C hereto; provided that during the Ramp-Up Period,
the Maximum DBRS Risk Score Test shall be satisfied if the DBRS Risk Score is at least 31.8670.
"Maximum Principal Balance"
means, as of any date of determination and with respect to all or any specified portion of the Collateral Loans, the sum of (a) the
Principal Balance of such Collateral Loans as of such date and (b) in the case of any such Collateral Loans that are Revolving
Collateral Loans or Delayed Funding Loans, the Exposure Amounts thereof.
"Maximum Weighted Average Life Test"
is a test satisfied on any Measurement Date if the Weighted Average Life of all Collateral Loans as of such date is less than or
equal to 6.5 years minus (b) the number of years (rounded to the nearest quarter) that have elapsed since the Original Closing
Date.
"Measurement Date" means
each Calculation Date, each day Collateral Loans are purchased, originated or sold, each Collateral Report Determination Date and
each day pursuant to the request of the Majority Lenders or DBRS; provided that if any such date is not a Business Day,
such Measurement Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
"Member" has the meaning
assigned to such term in the LLC Agreement.
"Mid-Monthly Loan Tape"
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(o).
"Minimum Diversity Score Test"
means a test that will be satisfied on any Measurement Date if the Diversity Score (calculated as a single number in accordance
with standard diversity scoring methodology using DBRS Industry Classifications) equals or exceeds the Row Diversity Score for
the Applicable Row Level in effect at such time in the Collateral Quality Matrix; provided that the Minimum Diversity Score
Test will not apply during the Ramp-Up Period.
"Minimum Weighted Average Spread
Test" means a test that will be satisfied on any Measurement Date if the Weighted Average Spread equals or exceeds the
Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test Level.
"Minimum Weighted Average Spread
Test Level" means, on any Measurement Date, the Row Spread Level for the Applicable Row Level in effect at such time in
the Collateral Quality Matrix; provided that during the Ramp-Up Period, the Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test Level shall
equal 5%.
"Money" shall have the
meaning specified in Section 1-201(24) of the UCC.
"Moody's" means Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
"Multiemployer Plan" means
at any time an "employee pension benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 4001(a) (3) of ERISA that is sponsored
by the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group or to which the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group is then making or accruing
an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions.
"MV Overcollateralization Amount"
means, with respect to all Performing Collateral Loans, an aggregate amount equal to sum of, with respect to each such Performing
Collateral Loan, the lesser of (a) the purchase price paid for such Performing Collateral Loan by the Borrower, provided
that, if the purchase price paid exceeds the par amount of such Performing Collateral Loan, the purchase price shall be deemed
to be the par amount, and (b) the market value of such Performing Collateral Loan determined by the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager (according to its own internal marking procedure) exercising reasonable commercial judgment in accordance with the Servicing
Standard, consistent with the manner in which it would determine the market value of an asset for purposes of other funds or accounts
managed by it.
"MV Overcollateralization Ratio"
means, as of any date of determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing:
(a) the sum of (i) the MV Overcollateralization Amount as of such date plus (ii) the aggregate amount on deposit in the
Collection Account and the Future Funding Reserve Account representing Principal Proceeds as of such date, plus (iii) the
Net Aggregate Exposure Amount as of such date, by
(b) the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of such date plus (ii) the Unfunded Amount
as of such date.
"MV Overcollateralization Ratio
Test" means, as of any date of determination, a test that will be satisfied on such date if the MV Overcollateralization
Ratio is greater than or equal to 200.00%.
"Natixis" means
Natixis, New York Branch.
"Natixis Conduit"
means any CP Conduit that is an Affiliate of Natixis, or that is provided liquidity or credit support by Natixis or an Affiliate.
"Net Aggregate Exposure Amount"
means the excess (if any) of (i) the aggregate Unfunded Amount on such date over (ii) the sum of (x) amounts on deposit
in the Future Funding Reserve Account on such date and (y) amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on such date, including
Eligible Investments, representing Principal Proceeds.
"Net Purchased Collateral Loan Balance"
means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans sold and/or
contributed to the Borrower prior to such date minus (b) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans sold and/or
distributed by the Borrower to its Affiliates prior to such date.
"Note" means each promissory
note, if any, issued by the Borrower to a Lender in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, substantially in the form
set forth on Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2 or Exhibit A-3 hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented,
waived or modified.
"Notice of Borrowing" has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
"Obligations" means all
obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness of every nature of the Borrower, from time to time owing to the Agents, the Interest
Hedge Counterparties, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, (a) the unpaid principal amount of, and interest on (including interest which, but for the
commencement of an insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization
or other similar case or proceeding with respect to the Borrower or with respect to any of its assets, would have accrued on any
Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against the Borrower for such interest in any such case or proceeding), all Loans
then outstanding, and (b) all fees, expenses, indemnity payments and other amounts owed to any Secured Party pursuant to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case, whether or not then due and payable.
"Obligor" means, with respect
to a Collateral Loan, the person who is obligated to repay such Collateral Loan (including, if applicable, a guarantor thereof),
and whose assets are principally relied upon by the Borrower at the time such Collateral Loan was originated or purchased by the
Borrower as the source of repayment of such Collateral Loan.
"Offer" means with respect
to any security, any offer by the issuer of such security or by any other Person made to all of the holders of such security to
purchase or otherwise acquire such security (other than pursuant to any redemption in accordance with the terms of the related
Underlying Instruments) or to convert or exchange such security into or for Cash, securities or any other type of consideration.
"Original Closing Date"
means November 1, 2013.
"Other Connection Taxes"
means, with respect to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between
such Lender or the Administrative Agent and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than connections arising from such Lender
or the Administrative Agent having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under,
received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or
sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
"Other Taxes" has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.4(b).
"Overcollateralization Ratio"
means, as of any Measurement Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing:
(a) the sum of (i) the
Principal Collateralization Amount as of such date plus (ii) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount (excluding any Unsettled
Amounts to the extent already included in the amount in clause (i)) for all Collateral Loans as of such date minus (iii)
the Excess Concentration Amount for all Collateral Loans as of such date; by
(b) the sum of (i) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of such date plus (ii) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount for all
Collateral Loans as of such date.
"Overcollateralization Ratio Test"
means a test satisfied on any Measurement Date if the Overcollateralization Ratio equals or exceeds 140.00%.
"Participant" has the meaning
set forth in Section 12.6(b)(i).
"Participant Register"
has the meaning set forth in Section 12.6(b)(ii).
"Participation Interest"
means a participation interest in a loan originated by a bank or financial institution that, at the time of acquisition, or the
Borrower's commitment to acquire the same, satisfies each of the following criteria: (i) such participation would constitute a
Collateral Loan were it acquired directly, (ii) the Selling Institution is a lender on the loan, (iii) the aggregate participation
in the loan granted by such Selling Institution to any one or more participants does not exceed the principal amount or commitment
with respect to which the Selling Institution is a lender under 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 (without the benefit of
financing from the Selling Institution or its affiliates) at the time of the Borrower's acquisition (or, to the extent of a participation
in the unfunded commitment under a Revolving Collateral Loan or Delayed Funding Loan, at the time of the funding of such loan),
(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 Loan Syndications and Trading
Association, 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.
"Payment Account" means
the payment account established pursuant to Section 8.3(a) of the Existing Credit Agreement and maintained pursuant to Section
8.3(a) hereof.
"Payment Date Report" has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(c).
"Percentage Share" means:
(a)
with respect to a Class A-R Lender's obligation to make Class A-R Loans and receive payments of interest, fees,
principal and other amounts with respect thereto, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Class A-R Lender's
Class A-R Commitment by (ii) the Total Class A-R Commitment, provided that, if the Total Class A-R Commitment
has been reduced to zero, the numerator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Class A-R Lender's Class A-R
Loans and the denominator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Class A-R Loans;
(b)
with respect to a Class A-T Lender's obligation to make Class A-T Loans and receive payments of interest, fees,
principal and other amounts with respect thereto, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Class A-T Lender's Class A-T
Commitment by (ii) the Total Class A-T Commitment, provided that, if the Total Class A-T Commitment has been
reduced to zero, the numerator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Class A-T Lender's Class A-T Loans
and the denominator shall be the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Class A-T Loans; and
(c)
with respect to all other matters in relation to a Lender at any time, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the
sum of such Lender's undrawn Commitments plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans held by such Lender at
such time by (ii) the sum of all Lenders' undrawn Commitments plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Loans at such time.
"Performing Collateral Loan"
means a Collateral Loan that is not a Defaulted Loan, Credit Risk Loan, Current Pay Obligation or a Specified Collateral Loan.
"Permitted Liens" means (a)
Liens for state, municipal or other local Taxes if such Taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if the Borrower shall
currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance
with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower, and no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding
shall have been commenced with respect to such Liens, and (b) Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties pursuant to or by the Loan Documents.
"Person" means an individual,
a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust, a limited liability company, member or any other entity or organization,
including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
"PIK Loan" means any loan
on which a portion (but not all) of the interest accrued for a specified portion of time or until the maturity thereof is, or at
the option of the Obligor may be, added to the principal balance of such loan or otherwise deferred rather than being paid in cash;
provided that a loan that, in addition to any capitalized interest, requires by the terms of its applicable Underlying Instrument
interest to be paid in cash at a rate of (in the case of a PIK Loan that is a Fixed Rate Obligation) at least 4.00% and (in the
case of a PIK Loan that is a Floating Rate Obligation) at least LIBOR plus 3.00% per annum shall be deemed not to be a PIK
Loan hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) a Zero Coupon Loan shall be deemed not to be a PIK Loan hereunder and (ii) if the
Obligor under a PIK Loan fails to make a required cash interest payment thereunder and such failure continues longer than the grace
period set forth for such payment in clause (a) of the definition of "Defaulted Loan", such PIK Loan shall become a Defaulted
Loan.
"Plan" means at any time
an "employee pension benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is
covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and either (i) is
maintained, or contributed to, by the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding
five plan years been maintained, or contributed to, by the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group.
"Pledged Collateral" has
the meaning specified in the Granting Clause herein.
"Portfolio Advance Rate"
means, as of any Measurement Date (or other applicable date), the ratio (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing:
(a) the sum of (i) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans as of such date plus (ii) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount for all
Collateral Loans as of such date; by
(b) the sum of (i) the Principal Collateralization
Amount as of such date plus (ii) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount (excluding any Unsettled Amounts to the extent already
included in the amount in clause (i)) for all Collateral Loans as of such date minus (iii) the Excess Concentration Amount
for all Collateral Loans as of such date.
"Post-Default Rate" has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.5(b).
"Primary Limitation Amount"
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.1(f)(vii).
"Prime Rate" means, for
any day, the rate of interest in effect for such day that is identified and normally published by The Wall Street Journal as the
"Prime Rate" (or, if more than one rate is published as the Prime Rate, then the highest of such rates), with any change
in Prime Rate to become effective as of the date the rate of interest which is so identified as the "Prime Rate" is
different from that published on the preceding Business Day. If The Wall Street Journal no longer reports the Prime Rate, or if
the Prime Rate no longer exists, or the Administrative Agent determines in good faith that the rate so reported no longer accurately
reflects an accurate determination of the prevailing Prime Rate, then the Administrative Agent may select a reasonably comparable
index or source to use as the basis for the Prime Rate.
"Principal Allocation Formula"
means, with respect to any applicable prepayment of the Loans:
(a) first,
to the Class A-R Loans in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount on such Quarterly
Payment Date over (y) the difference between the Total Class A-R Commitment and the aggregate principal amount
of the Class A-R Loans outstanding on such Quarterly Payment Date;
(b) second, if the Principal
Sharing Percentage of the Class A-T Loans on such Quarterly Payment Date (determined immediately prior to the application provided
for in this clause second) is higher than the Principal Sharing Percentage calculated on the Effective Date, then to the Class
A-T Loans until the Principal Sharing Percentage of the Class A-T Loans on such date (determined immediately after giving effect
to the application provided for in this clause (b)) equals the Principal Sharing Percentage calculated on the Effective Date; and
(c) third, to each of
the Class A-R Loans and Class A-T Loans in accordance with their respective Principal Sharing Percentages (determined
immediately prior to the application provided for in this clause (c));
provided, in each case, that if the Principal Allocation
Formula would result in the allocation of a payment of principal to the Class A-R Loans in excess of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof, then the amount of such excess shall be deposited into the Future Funding Reserve Account.
"Principal Balance" means,
as of any date of determination with respect to any Collateral Loan, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Collateral
Loan as of such date, excluding (a) deferred or capitalized interest on any Collateral Loan (other than any such interest that
was added to principal on or before the date when such Collateral Loan was acquired by the Borrower) and (b) any portion of such
principal amount that has been assigned or participated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.1.
"Principal Collateralization Amount"
means, at any time, the sum of:
(a) the Aggregate Principal
Balance of all Collateral Loans (excluding Defaulted Loans, Discount Loans, Current Pay Obligations and Specified Collateral Loans
(each as to which the applicable rule below shall apply)), plus
(b) (i) the aggregate
amount of funds on deposit in the Collection Account, including Eligible Investments, constituting Principal Proceeds, plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of funds on deposit in the Future Funding Reserve Account, including Eligible Investments; plus
(c) for each Discount Loan,
the aggregate purchase price, excluding accrued interest, expressed as a Dollar amount, for such Discount Loan (after adding the
amount of any subsequent borrowings and/or subtracting the amount of any subsequent repayments thereof); plus
(d) for each Defaulted Loan
that has been a Defaulted Loan for less than one year, the Recovery Value; plus
(e) (i) for Current Pay Obligations
up to 5.0% of Total Capitalization, the Aggregate Principal Balance of all such Current Pay Obligations, plus (ii) for each
Current Pay Obligation in excess of 5.0% of Total Capitalization, 90% of such Current Pay Obligation's Market Value (but no greater
than the par value of such Current Pay Obligation); plus
(f) for each Specified Collateral Loan,
zero;
provided that, (i) with respect to any Collateral
Loan that satisfies more than one of the definitions of Defaulted Loan, Discount Loan or Current Pay Obligation, such Collateral
Loan shall, for the purposes of this definition, be treated as belonging to the category of Collateral Loans which results in the
lowest Principal Collateralization Amount on any date of determination and (ii) the Principal Collateralization Amount for any
Defaulted Loan which has been a Defaulted Loan for one year or more will be zero.
"Principal Proceeds" means
(a) with respect to any Pledged Collateral (including Cash) any payments with respect thereto that are attributable to principal
in accordance with the Underlying Instruments of such Pledged Collateral or that do not otherwise constitute Interest Proceeds
(including unapplied proceeds of the Collateral Loans) and (b) any cash capital contributions made to the Borrower and applied
pursuant to Section 8.2(h) (except to the extent that such capital contributions are to be treated as Interest Proceeds in
accordance with Section 8.2(h)) and Section 6.5. All sales of Participation Interests or assignments pursuant to Section 10.1
shall be for cash the proceeds of which shall be deemed to be Principal Proceeds for all purposes hereunder and all amounts deposited
pursuant to Section 8.2(h) and designated as Principal Proceeds in accordance therewith shall be deemed to be Principal Proceeds
for all purposes hereunder. No amounts that are required by the terms of any participation agreement to be paid by the Borrower
to any Person to whom the Borrower has sold a Participation Interest shall constitute "Principal Proceeds" hereunder.
"Principal Sharing Percentage"
means, with respect to any payment of principal of the Loans that is to be allocated according to the Principal Allocation Formula,
a fraction, expressed as a percentage:
(a)
the numerator of which is:
(i)
in the case of the Class A-T Loans, the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-T Loans outstanding on such
date; or
(ii)
in the case of the Class A-R Loans, the lesser of (x) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of the
Class A-R Loans outstanding on such date and (B) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount on such date and (y) the amount of
the Total Class A-R Commitment on such date, provided that, if the Total Class A-R Commitment has been reduced
to zero, then the amount determined pursuant to this clause (ii) shall equal the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-R
Loans outstanding on such date, and
(b)
the denominator of which is the sum of:
(i)
the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-T Loans outstanding on such date; and
(ii)
the lesser of (x) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-R Loans outstanding on such date
and (B) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount on such date and (y) the amount of the Total Class A-R Commitment on such
date, provided that if the Total Class A-R Commitment has been reduced to zero, the amount determined pursuant to this
clause (ii) shall equal the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-R Loans outstanding on such date.
"Priority of Payments" has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a), provided that, at all times after the Majority Lenders have exercised their
right to direct the liquidation of the Collateral under Article VI, "Priority of Payments" shall mean the priorities
set forth in Section 6.4 hereof.
"Proceeding" means any
suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.
"Program Manager" means
the investment manager or administrator of a CP Lender, as applicable.
"Prohibited Transaction"
means (i) a transaction described in Section 406(a) of ERISA, that is not exempted by a statutory or administrative or individual
exemption pursuant to Section 408 of ERISA or (ii) a transaction prohibited under Similar Law and not exempted.
"Quarterly Cap" means,
with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date, an amount equal to (x) $50,000 plus (y) 0.02% multiplied by the sum of,
without duplication, (i) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans, (ii) the aggregate amount of funds on deposit
in the Collection Account, including Eligible Investments, constituting Principal Proceeds, (iii) the aggregate amount of funds
on deposit in the Future Funding Reserve Account, including Eligible Investments and (iv) the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount, in
each case, measured as of the Calculation Date immediately preceding such Quarterly Payment Date.
"Quarterly Loan Tape" has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(o).
"Quarterly Payment Date"
means the 1st day of February, May, August and November in each year and the Stated Maturity; provided that,
if any such date is not a Business Day, such Quarterly Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
"Ramp-Up Period" means
the period from and including the Original Closing Date to and including the date on which the Diversity Score equals or exceeds
15.
"Rating Agency" means (i)
with respect to the Loans, DBRS (and/or, if, at any time any other nationally recognized investment rating agency provides a rating
of any Loans, such rating agency) or (ii) with respect to the Collateral generally, DBRS, Moody's, Fitch or Standard & Poor's
(or, if, at any time DBRS, Moody's, Fitch or Standard & Poor's ceases to provide rating services with respect to debt obligations,
any other nationally recognized investment rating agency selected by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager).
In the event that at any time any of the
rating agencies referred to above ceases to be a "Rating Agency" and a replacement rating agency is selected in accordance
with the preceding sentence, then references to rating categories of such replaced rating agency in this Agreement shall be deemed
instead to be references to the equivalent categories of such replacement rating agency as of the most recent date on which such
replacement rating agency and such replaced rating agency's published ratings for the type of obligation in respect of which such
replacement rating agency is used.
"Rating Condition" means,
with respect to any action taken or to be taken by or on behalf of the Borrower, a condition that is satisfied if DBRS has been
notified in writing by the Borrower of such action or proposed action and none of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or any of
the Secured Parties has received a written communication (including by electronic messages, facsimile, press release, posting to
its internet website, or other means deemed acceptable to DBRS) objecting to such action or proposed action from DBRS within 10
Business Days following such notification by the Borrower; provided that such 10 Business Day period may be waived in writing
by DBRS in its sole discretion. If at any time the Loans are not then rated by DBRS, the Rating Condition will automatically be
deemed to be satisfied at such time with respect to any action or proposed action.
"Real Estate Loan" means
any debt obligation that is (a) directly or indirectly secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or similar Lien on commercial real
estate, residential real estate, office, retail or industrial property or undeveloped land and is underwritten as a mortgage loan
or (b) a loan to a company engaged primarily in acquiring and developing undeveloped land (whether or not such loan is secured
by real estate).
"Recovery Value" means,
for each Defaulted Loan that has been a Defaulted Loan for less than one year, the lowest of:
(i) the Principal Balance of
such Defaulted Loan multiplied by the applicable DBRS Recovery Rate for such Defaulted Loan;
(ii) the Market Value of such Defaulted Loan; and
(iii) the carrying value of such
Defaulted Loan on the books and records of the Borrower.
"Register" has the meaning
set forth in Section 12.6(f).
"Registered" means, in registered
form within the meaning of Section 881(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the United States Department of the Treasury regulations promulgated
thereunder and issued after July 18, 1984; provided that a certificate of interest in a grantor trust shall not be treated
as Registered unless each of the obligations or securities held by the trust was issued after that date.
"Regulation U" means Regulation
U of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time.
"Reinvestment Period" means
the period from and including the Original Closing Date to and including the earliest of (a) the date that is 18 months after the
Original Closing Date, (b) the date of the acceleration of the maturity of the Loans or the termination of the Commitments
pursuant to Section 6.2, (c) any date on which the Borrower or the Collateral Manager reasonably determines that it can no longer
purchase or originate additional Collateral Loans appropriate for inclusion in the Collateral in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Collateral Management Agreement (provided that, in the case of this clause (c), an Authorized Officer
of the Collateral Manager shall provide a written certification as to such determination to the Agents, the Lenders and DBRS at
least five Business Days prior to such date) and (d) any date on which the Majority Lenders provide written notice to the Borrower
that an event constituting "Cause" as defined in the Collateral Management Agreement has occurred.
"Related Contracts" means
all credit agreements, indentures, notes, security agreements, leases, financing statements, guaranties, and other contracts, agreements,
instruments and other papers
evidencing, securing, guaranteeing or otherwise relating to
any Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment or other investment with respect to any Collateral or proceeds thereof (including the
related Underlying Instruments), together with all of the Borrower's right, title and interest in and to all property or assets
securing or otherwise relating to any Collateral Loan or other loan or security of the Borrower or Eligible Investment or other
investment with respect to any Collateral or proceeds thereof or any Related Contract.
"Related CP Issuer" means
a multi-seller commercial paper conduit that issues commercial paper, the proceeds of which are loaned to or are otherwise the
CP Lender's source of funding for the CP Lender's acquisition or maintenance of its funding obligations hereunder.
"Repurchase and Substitution Limits"
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.1(a)(vii).
"Requested Amount"
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
"Restricted Junior Payment"
means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any class of membership interests of the Borrower
now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend made solely in interests of that class of membership interests or in any junior
class of membership interests of the Borrower, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any class of membership interests of the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, (iii)
any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or
other rights to acquire membership interests of Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, (iv) any payment of management or similar
fees by the Borrower and (v) any other dividend, distribution or payment to any equityholder of the Borrower.
"Restricted Trading Period"
means each day during which (a) the DBRS rating of any of the Loans is one or more sub-categories below any of the Initial Ratings
by DBRS or (b) the DBRS rating of any Loans then outstanding has been withdrawn and not reinstated; provided that
such period will not be a Restricted Trading Period upon the direction of 100% of the Lenders (provided that (i) the Borrower
shall provide notice to DBRS of such direction and (ii) such direction shall not apply to any subsequent occurrence of any of the
Loans being downgraded, withdrawn or put on watch).
"Retained Expense Amount"
with respect to any Quarterly Payment Date means the amount, if any, by which (x) the sum of the amount determined pursuant
to the definition of "Quarterly Cap" for such Quarterly Payment Date and each of the three prior Quarterly Payment Dates
exceeds (y) the sum of (i) the aggregate payments made under Section 9.1(a)(i)(B)(1) on such Quarterly Payment Date and
each of the three prior Quarterly Payment Dates and (ii) Administrative Expenses paid pursuant to Section 8.2(d) during each of
the Due Periods prior to each of the three prior Quarterly Payment Dates.
"Retention Interest" means
a material net economic interest in the securitisation position comprised by the Loans which, in any event, shall not be less than
5% of the nominal value of the Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments.
"Retention of Net Economic Interest
Letter" means a letter, dated as of the Effective Date and as amended, restated, supplemented, updated or otherwise modified
from time to time, relating to the retention of net economic interest, in substantially the form of Exhibit H hereto (relating
to the Retention Requirement Laws), from the Retention Provider and addressed to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any
Affected Lender.
"Retention Provider" means
the BDC.
"Retention Requirement" means
the requirements and obligations of the Retention Provider as set forth in the Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter.
"Retention Requirement Laws"
means, together, Articles 404-410, the CRR, Article 17, the AIFMD, the Final RTS, any further technical standards, any similar
or successor laws (including any retention requirements applicable to EEA insurance and reinsurance undertakings and UCITS funds),
any guidelines or other materials published by the EBA in relation thereto and any delegated regulations of the European Commission
(in each case including any amendments, replacements or successors thereto).
"Revolving Collateral Loan"
means a Collateral Loan that provides the Obligor thereunder with a revolving credit facility from which one or more borrowings
may be made up to the stated principal amount of such revolving credit facility and which provides that borrowed amounts may be
repaid and reborrowed from time to time (including any unfunded letter of credit for which the Borrower is required to reimburse
the issuing bank thereunder).
"Row Diversity Score" means
the column of that name in the Collateral Quality Matrix.
"Row Spread Level" means
the column of that name in the Collateral Quality Matrix.
"Row Weighted Average Risk Score"
means the column of that name in the Collateral Quality Matrix.
"Sale Proceeds" means all
proceeds (excluding accrued interest, if any) received with respect to Collateral as a result of sales of such Collateral less
any reasonable expenses incurred by the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or the Collateral Agent (other than amounts payable as
Administrative Expenses) in connection with such sales.
"Sanctions" has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 4.21.
"Scheduled Distribution"
means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, for each Due Date, the scheduled payment of principal and/or interest and/or fee due
on such Due Date with respect to such Collateral Loan, determined in accordance with the assumptions specified in Section 1.3.
"SEC" means the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission.
"Second Lien Loan" means
any origination 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 the primary pledged
collateral securing such loan) to a Senior Secured Loan of the Obligor; (b) is secured by a valid second-priority perfected security
interest or lien in, to or on specified collateral securing the Obligor's obligations under the Second Lien Loan the value of which
is adequate (in the commercially reasonable judgment of the Borrower) 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 (i) 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) and (ii) such subsidiary does not have any Indebtedness (other than current accounts
payable in the ordinary course of business, capitalized leases or other
similar indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business).
"Secured Parties" means,
collectively, the Agents, the Custodian and the Lenders.
"Securities Intermediary"
means U.S. Bank in its capacity as securities intermediary under the Account Control Agreement.
"Selling Institution" means
an entity obligated to make payments to the Borrower under the terms of a Participation Interest.
"Senior Authorized Officer"
means, with respect to any Person, any officer of such Person that is a chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief
credit officer, credit committee member, executive vice president or president (or, in each case, any other officer with a position
analogous to those identified above and in the case of any limited liability company, any manager) or any other officer responsible
for the administration of the Collateral or the performance of such Person's obligations under the Loan Documents.
"Senior Management Fee"
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Management Agreement.
"Senior Secured Loan" means
any origination 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 such loan (other than with respect to trade claims, capitalized leases
or similar obligations); (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 such loan; (c) the value of the collateral securing such loan at the time of origination
or 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 Borrower) to repay such loan in accordance with its terms and to repay all other such 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 (i) 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)
and (ii) such subsidiary does not have any Indebtedness (other than current accounts payable in the ordinary course of business,
capitalized leases or other similar indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business)
"Servicing Standard" means,
with respect to the Borrower and the Collateral Manager, in rendering its services hereunder and under the other Loan Documents,
diligently using a degree of skill and attention no less than that which (i) would be exercised by a prudent institutional portfolio
manager in connection with the servicing and administration of assets similar to the Collateral Loans under similar circumstances
and (ii) each of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager and its respective Affiliates exercises with respect to comparable assets
that it manages for itself and for others having similar investment objectives and restrictions in accordance with its existing
practices and procedures relating to assets of the nature and character of the Collateral Loans.
"Similar Law" means any federal,
state or local law or regulations that are substantially similar to Part 4, Subtitle B, Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code.
"Special Member" has the
meaning assigned to such term in the LLC Agreement.
"Specified Change" means
any amendment, consent, modification or waiver of, or supplement to, an Underlying Instrument that (a) extends the final maturity
of a Collateral Loan beyond the Stated Maturity, (b) reduces or forgives the principal amount of a Collateral Loan (other
than a Defaulted Loan that has been a Defaulted Loan for one year or more), (c) reduces the rate of interest payable on a Collateral
Loan by more than 50%, unless the Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test is satisfied after giving effect to such change, (d) postpones
the Due Date of any Scheduled Distribution in respect of a Collateral Loan, unless the Maximum Weighted Average Life Test is satisfied
after giving effect to such change, (e) subordinates (in right of payment, with respect to liquidation preferences or otherwise)
a Collateral Loan if such subordination causes (i) any of the Coverage Tests or the Collateral Quality Test to cease to be in compliance
(or, if any of the Coverage Tests or the Collateral Quality Test are not satisfied prior to such subordination, causes any such
Coverage Test or Collateral Quality Test to be worsened) or (ii) the Concentration Limitations to be worsened, (f) releases any
material guarantor or co-obligor of a Collateral Loan from its obligations, (g) releases a material portion of the collateral
securing such Collateral Loan (excluding Defaulted Loans and any such releases associated with a prepayment) or (h) changes any
of the provisions of an Underlying Instrument specifying the number or percentage of lenders required to effect any of the foregoing;
provided that, in the case of clause (e) above, such tests have been calculated, if applicable, after the Underlying Instrument
has been re-evaluated by DBRS.
"Specified Collateral Loan"
means any Collateral Loan as to which the Credit Estimate Procedures have not been satisfied; provided that, upon the receipt
of a Credit Estimate from DBRS with respect to such Collateral Loan, such Collateral Loan shall no longer constitute a Specified
Collateral Loan.
"Standard & Poor's"
or "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC business,
and any successor thereto.
"Stated Maturity" means
November 1, 2021.
"Step-Down Loan" means an
obligation or security which by the terms of the related Underlying Instruments 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 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 or in the spread over the
applicable index or benchmark rate at all times after the date of acquisition by the Borrower shall not constitute a Step-Down
Loan.
"Step-Up Loan" means an obligation
or security which by the terms of the related Underlying Instruments 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 or in the spread
over the applicable index or benchmark rate at all times after the date of acquisition by the Borrower shall not constitute a Step-Up
Loan.
"Structured Finance Obligation"
means any debt obligation owing by a finance vehicle that is secured directly and primarily by, primarily referenced to, and/or
primarily representing ownership of, a pool of receivables or a pool of other assets, including collateralized debt obligations,
residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities, "future flow"
receivable transactions and other similar obligations; provided that any ABL Facility and loans directly to financial service
companies, factoring businesses, health care providers and other genuine operating businesses do not constitute Structured Finance
Obligations.
"Subordinated Loan"
means a loan obligation of any corporation, partnership, trust or other business entity which is (whether by its terms or otherwise)
subordinate in right of payment to any other debt for borrowed money incurred by the Obligor under such loan and that is not a
Second Lien Loan.
"Subordinated Management Fee"
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Management Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means any
corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time
directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower.
"Synthetic Security" means
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.
"Taxes" has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.4(a).
"Total Capitalization"
means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Aggregate Principal Balance of the Collateral Loans (excluding any Defaulted Loans), (b)
the Recovery Value of the Defaulted Loans, (c) the aggregate amount of the undrawn Class A-R Commitments and undrawn Class A-T-2
Commitments that could be drawn at such time (assuming that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Total
Class A-R Commitment available is $100,000,000 and the Total Class A-T-2 Commitment available is $50,000,000 at such time) in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Portfolio Advance Rate is less than or equal
to the Maximum Advance Rate); and (d) the amount of all cash and Eligible Investments in the Collection Account and in the Future
Funding Reserve Account, in each case constituting Principal Proceeds (excluding any Unsettled Amounts to the extent already included
in the amount in clause (a)).
"Total Class A-R Commitment"
as of any date of determination means the aggregate amount of the Class A-R Commitments (funded or unfunded) on such date, which
as of the Effective Date is $100,000,000 (as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.7 or increased
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11); provided that, for purposes of any calculations made pursuant to this Agreement
(including, without limitation, with respect to the conditions to any Class A-R Borrowing and the calculation of the Commitment
Fee), the Total Class A-R Commitment shall be deemed to be $50,000,000 until the Additional Draw Date.
"Total Class A-T Commitment"
means, collectively, the Class A-T-1 Commitments and the Class A-T-2 Commitments.
"Total Class A-T-1 Commitment"
as of any date of determination means the aggregate amount of the Class A-T-1 Commitments on such date, which as of the Effective
Date is $50,000,000 (as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.7 or increased from time to time pursuant
to Section 2.11).
"Total Class A-T-2 Commitment"
as of any date of determination means the aggregate amount of the Class A-T-2 Commitments on such date, which as of the Additional
Draw Date is $50,000,000 (as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.7 or increased from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.11).
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
"Underlying Instruments"
means the indenture or other agreement pursuant to which a Collateral Loan has been issued or created and each other agreement
that governs the terms of or secures the obligations represented by such Collateral Loan or of which the holders of such Collateral
Loan are the beneficiaries.
"Undrawn Commitment Amount"
means, on any day, the amount by which the aggregate principal amount of all Class A-R Loans outstanding at the close of business
on such day is less than the Total Class A-R Commitment on such day.
"Unfunded Amount" means,
at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate Exposure Amount at such time plus (ii) the aggregate Unsettled Amount at such
time.
"United States" means the
United States of America, including the states and the District of Columbia, but excluding its territories and possessions.
"Unsecured Loan" means a
senior unsecured loan obligation of any corporation, partnership or trust 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 (other than with respect
to trade claims, capitalized leases or similar obligations).
"Unsettled Amount" as of
any date means all amounts due in respect of any Collateral Loans that the Borrower has entered into a binding commitment to originate
or purchase but has not yet settled.
"U.S. Bank" means U.S. Bank National
Association.
"U.S. Person" means any Person that
is a "United States Person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
"Versailles" means Versailles
Assets LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose registered address is c/o Global Securitization Services LLC, 68 South
Service Road, Suite 120, Melville, NY 11747.
"Weighted Average DBRS Risk Score"
means the number (rounded up to the nearest hundredth) determined by:
The Maximum Principal Balance of each Collateral Loan |
X |
The DBRS Risk Score of such Collateral Loan (as determined as provided on Schedule C hereto) |
divided by |
The Aggregate Maximum Principal Balance of all such Collateral Loans |
"Weighted Average Life"
means, as of any Measurement Date, the number obtained by (a) for each Collateral Loan (other than a Defaulted Loan),
multiplying the amount of each Scheduled Distribution of principal (treating each Revolving Collateral Loan and Delayed Funding
Loan as if the same were fully funded) to be paid after such Measurement Date by the number of years (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
from such Measurement Date until such Scheduled Distribution of principal is due; (b) summing all of the products calculated
pursuant to clause (a); and (c) dividing the sum calculated pursuant to clause (b) by the sum of all Scheduled Distributions
of principal due on all the Collateral Loans (other than Defaulted Loans) as of such Measurement Date.
"Weighted Average Spread"
means, with respect to any Collateral Loans (in each case excluding Defaulted Loans), as of any date, the number obtained by:
(x) summing (i) the sum of the products obtained by
multiplying the excess of the cash-pay portion of the interest rate payable on such Collateral Loan (plus for any Collateral
Loan, any other fees (such as anniversary fees, commitment fees, etc.) that are contractually required to be paid) (such rate stated
as a per annum rate) over LIBOR as then in effect (which spread or excess may be expressed as a negative percentage) by the Principal
Balance of each Collateral Loan as of such date and (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying, with respect to each
such Collateral Loan that is a Revolving Collateral Loan or a Delayed Funding Loan, the related commitment or undrawn fee as of
such date by the Exposure Amount of each such Collateral Loan as of such date; and
(y) dividing such sum by the Aggregate Principal Balance
plus the Exposure Amount of all such Collateral Loans, and rounding the result up to the nearest 0.001%.
"Zero Coupon Loan" means
a Collateral Loan that at the time of purchase does not by its terms provide for periodic payments of interest in Cash.
Section 1.2
Accounting Terms and Determinations and UCC Terms.
(a) Unless otherwise specified herein,
all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with
GAAP as in effect from time to time.
(b) Unless otherwise specified herein and unless the
context requires a different meaning, all terms used herein that are defined in Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC are used herein as
so defined.
Section 1.3
Assumptions and Calculations with respect to Collateral Loans.
In connection with all calculations required
to be made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Scheduled Distributions on any Collateral Loans, or any payments on any other
assets included in the Collateral, with respect to the sale of and reinvestment in Collateral Loans, and with respect to the income
that can be earned on Scheduled Distributions on such Collateral Loans 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) Scheduled interest due on Collateral
Loans on which payments are subject to foreign withholding taxes will be the minimum net amount to be received after giving effect
to the maximum permitted withholding and to any "gross-up" payments required to be made by the related Obligor pursuant
to such loan's Underlying Instruments.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
to the contrary, all monetary calculations under this Agreement shall be in Dollars.
(c) The determination of the percentage of Total Capitalization
that would be represented by a specified type of Collateral Loans will be calculated by dividing the aggregate Maximum Principal
Balance of such specified type of Collateral Loans by Total Capitalization. For purposes of this Section 1.3(c), a "type"
of Collateral Loan shall correspond to each clause of the definition of "Concentration Limitations" and clause (f) of
the definition of "Eligibility Criteria".
(d) Any portion of a Collateral Loan or other loan or
security owned of record by the Borrower that has been assigned by the Borrower to a third party and released from the Lien of
this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof shall no longer constitute Collateral or a Collateral Loan hereunder.
(e) 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
Loans unless or until such payments are actually made.
(f) For each Due Period and as of any date of determination,
the Scheduled Distribution on any Collateral Loans (other than Defaulted Loans, which, except as otherwise provided herein, shall
be assumed to have a Scheduled Distribution of zero) shall be the sum of (i) the total amount of payments and collections to be
received during such Due Period in respect of such Collateral Loans (including the proceeds of the sale of such Collateral Loans
received and, in the case of sales which have not yet settled, to be received during such Due Period) and not reinvested in additional
Collateral Loans or retained in the Collection Account for subsequent reinvestment pursuant to Section 8.2 that, if received as
scheduled, will be available in the Collection Account at the end of such Due Period and (ii) any such amounts received in prior
Due Periods that were not disbursed on a previous Quarterly Payment Date or retained in the Collection Account for subsequent reinvestment
pursuant to Section 8.2.
(g) Each Scheduled Distribution receivable with respect
to a Collateral Loan 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 Loans or other amounts payable
pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) References in the Priority of Payments 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, that precede (in priority of payment) or include the clause in which such calculation is made.
(i) For purposes of calculating all Concentration Limitations,
in the numerator of any component of the Concentration Limitations, Defaulted Loans will be treated as having a Maximum Principal
Balance equal to zero.
(j) Except as otherwise provided herein, Defaulted Loans
will not be included in the calculation of the Collateral Quality Test.
(k) For purposes of calculating the Coverage Tests, the
Collateral Quality Test and the Concentration Limitations, capitalized or deferred interest (and any other interest that is not
paid in cash) on Collateral Loans will be excluded.
(l) References in this Agreement to the Borrower's "purchase"
or "acquisition" of a Collateral Loan include references to the Borrower's making or origination of such Collateral Loan.
Portions of the same Collateral Loan acquired or originated by the Borrower on different dates (whether through purchase, receipt
by contribution or the making or origination thereof, but excluding subsequent draws under Revolving Collateral Loans or Delayed
Funding Loans) will, for purposes of determining the purchase price of such Collateral Loan, be treated as separate purchases on
separate dates (and not a weighted average purchase price for any particular Collateral Loan). Each Collateral Loan that is originated
by the Borrower shall be deemed to have a "purchase price" of par.
(m) For purposes of calculating the Weighted Average
Spread, (i) a Collateral Loan that is a Step-Down Loan will be treated as having the lowest per annum interest rate or spread over
the applicable index or benchmark rate over the remaining maturity of such Collateral Loan and (ii) a Collateral Loan that is a
Step-Up Loan will be treated as having the then current per annum interest rate or spread over the applicable index or benchmark
rate.
(n) For purposes of calculating compliance with any tests
under this Agreement (including without limitation the Coverage Tests, the Collateral Quality Test and the Concentration Limitations),
the trade date (and not the settlement date) with respect to any acquisition or disposition of a Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment
shall be used to determine whether and when such acquisition or disposition has occurred.
(o) For the avoidance of doubt, a failure to satisfy
the Eligibility Criteria upon the acquisition or origination of a debt obligation or a breach of Section 5.12 shall not occur solely
as a result of any property of an Obligor being subject to a Lien imposed by law, such as materialmen's, warehousemen's, mechanics',
carriers', workmen's and repairmen's Liens and other similar Liens, arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business
for sums that are not overdue or are being contested in good faith.
Section 1.4
Cross-References; References to Agreements. "Herein", "hereof" and other words of similar import
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. Unless otherwise specified,
references in this Agreement to any Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to such Article or Section of, or
Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement, and references in any Article, Section, Schedule or definition to any subsection or
clause are references to such subsection or clause of such Article, Section, Schedule or definition. Unless otherwise specified,
all references herein to any agreement or instrument shall be interpreted as references to such agreement or instrument as it may
be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by
the phrase "without limitation". The word "will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as
the word "shall".
Section 1.5
Reference to Secured Parties.
In each case herein where any payment or
distribution is to be made or notice is to be given to the "Secured Parties", such payments, distributions and notices
in respect of the Lenders shall be made to the Administrative Agent.
Article
II
THE LOANS
Section 2.1
The Commitments.
On the terms and subject to the applicable
conditions hereinafter set forth, including, without limitation, Section 2.1(h) and Article III:
(a) Each Class A-R Lender severally agrees
to (i) make loans to the Borrower (each, a "Class A-R Loan") from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the Effective Date until the end of the Class A-R Commitment Period, in each case in an aggregate principal amount
at any one time outstanding up to but not exceeding such Lender's Class A-R Commitment and, as to all Class A-R Lenders, in an
aggregate principal amount up to but not exceeding the Total Class A-R Commitment as then in effect; and (ii) if applicable, on
the last day of the Reinvestment Period (except if the Reinvestment Period terminates as a result of clause (b) of the definition
thereof), to make a Class A-R Loan (and the Borrower hereby directs that such Loan be made) in an amount equal to its Percentage
Share of the difference (if positive) between the Unfunded Amount and the amount on deposit in the Future Funding Reserve Account
as of the date such Class A-R Loan is made (such Class A-R Loan, the "Future Funding Reserve Loan"), but only
to the extent that its Percentage Share of such amount does not exceed its unfunded Class A-R Commitment, and the Borrower shall
deposit the proceeds of such Future Funding Reserve Loan in the Future Funding Reserve Account such that the amounts on deposit
in the Future Funding Reserve Account equal the Unfunded Amount.
(b) Each Class A-T-1 Lender severally
agrees to make loans to the Borrower (each, a "Class A-T-1 Loan") on the Effective Date, in a principal amount
equal to such Class A-T-1 Lender's Class A-T-1 Commitment and, as to all Class A-T-1 Lenders, in an aggregate principal amount
equal to $50,000,000.
(c) Each Class A-T-2 Lender severally agrees
to make loans to the Borrower (each, a "Class A-T-2 Loan") on the Additional Draw Date, in a principal amount
equal to such Class A-T-2 Lender's Class A-T-2 Commitment and, as to all Class A-T-2 Lenders, in an aggregate principal amount
equal to $50,000,000.
(d) Each such borrowing of a Class A-R
Loan on any single day is referred to herein as a "Class A-R Borrowing"; the borrowing of the Class A-T-1 Loans
is referred to herein as the "Class A-T-1 Borrowing"; the borrowing of the Class A-T-2 Loans is referred to herein
as the "Class A-T-2 Borrowing"; the Class A-T-1 Borrowing and the Class A-T-2 Borrowing are referred to herein
collectively as "Class A-T Borrowings"; and Class A-R Borrowings and Class A-T Borrowings are referred to herein
collectively as "Borrowings".
(e) Within the limits set forth in this
Section 2.1 and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow (and re-borrow) Class A-R
Loans under this Section 2.1 and prepay Class A-R Loans under Section 2.7. Class A-T Loans once repaid may not be reborrowed.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section 2.1 or any other provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, from and after the date occurring
60 days after any Key Person Trigger, no Borrowings shall be made under this Agreement unless a replacement Key Person has been
approved by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of "Key Manager Event".
(g) All Existing Loans shall remain outstanding
as of the Effective Date (with the then-existing Interest Periods, if any, therefor) and shall be Loans for all purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(h) No later than three Business Days prior
to the Additional Draw Date, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agents (with a copy to DBRS), (i) a Notice of Borrowing for Class
A-T-2 Loans in the amount of $50,000,000, requesting such Class A-T-2 Borrowing to occur on the Additional Draw Date; (ii) a certificate
of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that, (A) as of the Additional Draw Date and after giving effect to such Class
A-T-2 Borrowing, the Overcollateralization Ratio shall be greater than or equal to 150.00%; and (B) in the case of each item of
Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent in connection with the Additional Draw Date, the following shall be true and correct,
(x) (1) the Borrower is the owner of such Collateral free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever
except for Permitted Liens and those which are being released on the Additional Draw Date; (2) the Borrower has acquired its ownership
in such Collateral in good faith without notice of any adverse claim, except as described in clause (1) above; (3) the Borrower
has not assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered any interest in such Collateral (or, if any such interest has been assigned,
pledged or otherwise encumbered, it has been released) other than pursuant to this Agreement; (4) the Borrower has and has had
at all times since its acquisition of such Collateral the full right to grant a security interest in and assign and pledge such
Collateral to the Collateral Agent; and (5) the Borrower has full right to confirm and continue such assignment and pledge pursuant
hereto; and (y) the Collateral Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, except as permitted by
this Agreement; and (iii) a "Sources and Uses" spreadsheet, setting forth (x) a description of the Collateral being transferred
to the Borrower in connection with the Additional Draw Date; and (y) the use of proceeds of such Class A-T-2 Borrowing (including
the distribution to the equityholders of the Borrower pursuant to the third proviso of Section 9.1(f)).
Section 2.2
Making of the Loans.
(a) If the Borrower desires to make a Borrowing under
this Agreement it shall give the Agents a written notice in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit B hereto (each, a "Notice
of Borrowing"), which Notice of Borrowing shall promptly be sent by the Administrative Agent to each Lender, for such
Borrowing not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least two Business Days prior to the day of the requested Borrowing.
Each Notice of Borrowing shall be substantially
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, dated the date the request for the related Borrowing is being made, signed by an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower and otherwise be appropriately completed (including an indication by the Borrower of the Loans proposed
to be borrowed). The proposed Borrowing Date specified in each Notice of Borrowing shall be a Business Day falling on or prior
to the end of the Class A-R Commitment Period.
The amount of the Borrowing requested in
each Notice of Borrowing (the "Requested Amount") shall be equal to at least $250,000 and integral multiples of
$100 in excess thereof (or, if less, the remaining unfunded Class A-R Commitments hereunder).
Each Notice of Borrowing shall be
revocable by the Borrower only if notice of such revocation is given to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (with a copy
to the Collateral Agent) no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date that is one Business Day before the date of
the related Borrowing. Notices of Borrowing shall otherwise be irrevocable.
(b) Each Lender shall, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on each Borrowing Date in respect of the Loans to be made by it hereunder, make its Percentage Share of the applicable
Requested Amount available to the Borrower by disbursing such funds in Dollars to an account specified by the Borrower in the Notice
of Borrowing.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) The failure of any Lender to make any Loan on a date
of Borrowing hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of any obligation hereunder to make a Loan on such date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing and any other provision to the contrary contained herein, if any Lender shall have failed to fund its Percentage
Share of a previously requested Loan on the applicable date of Borrowing and the Borrower provides a new Notice of Borrowing as
a result of such failure to fund, then, in each such case, if necessary to make such Borrowing, the Borrower shall be permitted
a single additional Loan without regard to the minimum borrowing limit set forth herein.
Section 2.3
Evidence of Indebtedness; Notes.
(a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its
usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to it and resulting from the Loans made by such
Lender to the Borrower, from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest thereon and paid to it, from time to
time hereunder. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the parties hereto intend that the Loans made hereunder shall
constitute a "loan" and not a "security" for purposes of Section 8-102(15) of the UCC.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall maintain, in accordance
with its usual practices, accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder to the Borrower, (ii) the
amount and Class of any principal due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the
amount of any principal sum paid by the Borrower hereunder and each Lender's share thereof.
(c) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained
pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 2.3 shall, absent manifest error, be prima facie evidence
of the existence and amounts of the Loans therein recorded; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the
Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Any Lender may request that
its Loans of any Class to the Borrower be evidenced by a Note of such Class. In such event, the Borrower shall promptly prepare,
execute and deliver to such Lender a Note of such Class payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender
and its registered assigns) and otherwise appropriately completed. Thereafter, the Loans of such Class of such Lender evidenced
by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after any assignment pursuant to Section 12.6) be represented
by one or more Notes of such Class payable to such Lender (or registered assigns pursuant to Section 12.6), except to the
extent that such Lender (or registered assignee) subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans
once again be evidenced as described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 2.3. At the time of any payment or
prepayment in full of the Loans evidenced by any Note, such Note shall be surrendered to the Administrative Agent promptly (but
no more than 5 Business Days) following such payment or prepayment in full. Any such Note shall be cancelled and shall not be
reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.
Section 2.4
Maturity of Loans.
Each Loan shall mature, and the principal
amount thereof shall be due and payable, on the Stated Maturity thereof.
Section 2.5
Interest Rates.
(a) Each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal
amount thereof, for each day such Loan is outstanding during each Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal
to the Applicable Rate with respect thereto. The Loans shall be Eurodollar Rate Loans, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
including without limitation, in clause (i) of the definition of "Applicable Rate" and Sections 11.1 and 11.2. Such interest
shall be payable for each Interest Period on the Quarterly Payment Date immediately following the end of such Interest Period and
on the Stated Maturity. All accrued and unpaid interest in respect of the Existing Loans as of the Effective Date shall be payable
on the first Quarterly Payment Date to occur after the Effective Date.
(b) In the event that, and for so long as, an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans, and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, overdue interest in respect of all Loans, shall bear interest for each day at the annual rate of the sum of (i) the Applicable
Rate for such Loan for such day plus (ii) two percent (the "Post-Default Rate" for such Loan).
(c) The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest
rate applicable to the Loans hereunder for any Interest Period or portion thereof pursuant to this Section 2.5 and the related
definitions; provided that the relevant CP Lender, its Program Manager or its Funding Agent, as applicable, shall determine
and announce to the Administrative Agent the Cost of Funds Rate for each Loan that is made by a CP Lender and to which the Cost
of Funds Rate applies, such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice
to the Borrower and the participating Lenders of each rate of interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or any Lender,
deliver to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, a statement showing the quotations and demonstrating
the calculations used by the Administrative Agent or the relevant CP Lender, its Program Manager or its Funding Agent, as applicable,
in determining any interest rate pursuant to this Section 2.5.
(d) The Administrative Agent agrees to use its best efforts
to obtain quotations of LIBOR as contemplated by Section 2.5(c) and the definition of "London Interbank Offered Rate".
If the Administrative Agent does not obtain a timely quotation, the provisions of Section 11.1 shall apply.
Section 2.6
Commitment Fees.
(a) Commitment Fees
Payable. The Borrower shall, subject to Section 11.5(b)(ii)(y), pay to the Class A-R Lenders pursuant to Section 6.4 or
9.1, as applicable, ratably in proportion to their respective Percentage Shares, a commitment fee (the "Commitment
Fee") accruing for each day during each Interest Period during the Class A-R Commitment Period at a per annum rate
equal to 1.00% of the Undrawn Commitment Amount. The Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the Quarterly
Payment Date immediately following each Interest Period for which it accrues as provided in the Priority of Payments and
shall be calculated by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.10; provided that all accrued and unpaid Commitment Fees
in respect of the Commitments under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date shall be payable
on the first Quarterly Payment Date to occur after the Effective Date.
(b) Fees Non-Refundable. All fees set forth in
this Section 2.6 shall be deemed to have been earned on the date such payment is due in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and shall be non-refundable. The obligation of the Borrower to pay such fees in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement shall be binding upon the Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of the Class A-R Lenders regardless of whether
any Class A-R Loans are actually made.
Section 2.7
Reduction of Commitments; Prepayments.
(a) Automatic Reduction and Termination. (i) The
Total Class A-R Commitment (and the Class A-R Commitment of each Lender) shall be automatically reduced to zero at the close of
business (New York City time) on the last day of the Class A-R Commitment Period. Upon the making of the Class A-T-1 Loans on the
Effective Date, the amount of the Total Class A-T-1 Commitment shall be reduced to zero. Upon the making of the Class A-T-2 Loans
on the Additional Draw Date, the amount of the Total Class A-T-2 Commitment shall be reduced to zero.
(ii) Prior to the end
of the Class A-R Commitment Period, the Borrower shall have the right at any time (x) to terminate in its entirety the Total Class
A-R Commitment or (y) to permanently reduce all or a portion of the unfunded amount of the Class A-R Commitments, in each case
upon not less than two Business Days' prior notice to the Lenders, DBRS and the Administrative Agent of any such termination or
reduction, which notice shall specify the effective date of such termination or reduction; provided, in the case of clause
(x) above, that all amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are satisfied in full, including without limitation
all principal, interest, Commitment Fees and Administrative Expenses. Such notice of termination or reduction shall be effective
only upon receipt and shall terminate or permanently reduce (as applicable) the Class A-R Commitments of each Class A-R Lender
on the date specified in such notice and, in the case of clause (y) above, shall specify the amount of any such reduction; provided
that no such reduction will reduce the Total Class A-R Commitment below the aggregate principal amount of the Class A-R Loans at
such time.
(iii) The Total Class
A-R Commitment (and the Class A-R Commitment of each Class A-R Lender) once terminated or reduced may not be reinstated. Each reduction
of the Total Class A-R Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be applied ratably among the Class A-R Lenders in accordance
with their respective Class A-R Commitments.
(iv) The Borrower will
not terminate or reduce the Total Class A-R Commitment if, after giving effect to such reduction or termination, it would result
in a Commitment Shortfall.
(b) Prepayments on Quarterly Payment Dates. The
Loans may be prepaid in whole or in part on each Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with Article IX. Each such prepayment of
Loans may be made with not less than two Business Days' prior written notice thereof to the Agents and DBRS.
(c) Other Prepayments. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, subject to the requirement that after giving effect to the proposed prepayment (i)
there will be sufficient funds in the Collection Account to make all payments described in clauses (A) through (F) of Section
9.1(a)(i) on the next Quarterly Payment Date and (ii) there is no Commitment Shortfall, the Borrower may at any time, upon at
least two Business Days' notice (which notice shall contain a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying
as to the satisfaction of the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.7(c) with respect to such proposed
prepayment) to the Administrative Agent and DBRS, prepay with amounts on deposit in the Collection Account constituting Principal
Proceeds, without penalty or premium, all or any portion of the Loans then outstanding on any Business Day that is not a Quarterly
Payment Date by paying to the Lenders the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to the date of
prepayment and any amount due pursuant to Section 2.9; provided that the amount of any such prepayment shall be allocated
between the Class A-R Loans and the Class A-T Loans based on the Principal Allocation Formula. Each notice of such prepayment
shall be effective upon receipt and shall be dated the date such notice is being given, signed by an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower and otherwise appropriately completed. Each prepayment of any Loan by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.7(c)
shall in each case be in a principal amount of at least $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100 in excess thereof or, if less, the
entire outstanding principal amount of the Loans. If a notice of such prepayment is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall
make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Each
prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.7(c) shall be subject to Section 2.9. Prepayments of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.7(c)
shall not be subject to the Priority of Payments except as provided pursuant to Sections 9.1(a)(i)(M)(1)(ii), 9.1(a)(i)(M)(2)(i)
and 9.1(a)(ii)(B)(2).
(d) Upon receipt of a notice of
reduction or prepayment from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.7(a), 2.7(b) or 2.7(c), the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender's ratable share (if any) of such reduction or prepayment and such
notice shall thereafter be revocable by the Borrower no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day before the
date set forth by the Borrower in the applicable notice of reduction or prepayment as the reduction or prepayment date. Upon the
expiration of such time period, the notice of reduction or prepayment shall be irrevocable; provided that any such notice
may provide that repayment shall be subject to and contingent on the consummation of alternative financing.
All reductions of the Class A-R Commitments
shall be applied to the Class A-R Commitments of each Class A-R Lender ratably in accordance with their relevant applicable Percentage
Shares, and all prepayments of the Loans of any Class shall be applied to the Loans of such Class of each applicable Lender in
accordance with their relevant applicable Percentage Shares.
(e) All reductions of the Commitments pursuant to this
Section 2.7 shall be permanent, and the Commitments, once reduced, shall not be reinstated. Any amount of the Class A-R Loans prepaid
pursuant to Section 2.7(b) or 2.7(c) may be reborrowed to the extent permitted by Section 2.1. Class A-T Loans, once prepaid, cannot
be reborrowed.
Section 2.8
General Provisions as to Payments.
(a) The failure of any Lender to make any Loan to be
made by it on the date specified therefor shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to make its Loan on such date, neither
Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Lender to make any Loan, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of
any other Lender to make a Loan to be made by such other Lender.
(b) Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.7(c), all payments by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents in respect
of principal of, or interest on or other amounts owing in respect of, the Loans shall be made in Dollars pursuant to the
Priority of Payments. All amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or
otherwise (including, but not limited to, fees) shall be paid to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the
account of the Person entitled thereto. All payments hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall be made, without
setoff or counterclaim, in funds immediately available in New York City, to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
at its address referred to in Section 12.1. All payments hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date when
due.
(c) The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute
to each Lender its ratable share, if any, of any payment received hereunder by the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders without setoff or counterclaim. Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any other amount hereunder
shall be due on a day which is not a Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment thereof shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day. If the date for any payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise, interest thereon
shall be payable for such extended time.
Section 2.9
Funding Losses. If the Borrower (1) makes any payment of principal with respect to any Loan on any day other than
on a Quarterly Payment Date, (2) fails to borrow any Loans after notice thereof has been given to any Lender in accordance with
Section 2.2 and not revoked as permitted in this Agreement or (3) fails to prepay any Loans after notice thereof has been
given to any Lender in accordance with Section 2.7 and not revoked as permitted in this Agreement, then, in each case, upon demand
therefor from a Lender, any resulting loss or expense reasonably and actually incurred by it (including, without limitation, (a)
in the case of any payment of principal with respect to any Loan on any day other than on a Quarterly Payment Date, the amount,
if any, by which (i) the reasonable and documented losses, costs and expenses (including those incurred by reason of the liquidation
or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Loan being repaid or by reason of a CP Lender's
inability to retire the source of the Borrowing being prepaid simultaneously with the prepayment, but excluding in any event the
loss of anticipated profits) sustained by such Lender exceed (ii) the income, if any, received by such Lender from such Lender's
investment of the proceeds of such prepayment or (b) in the case of any failure to borrow, the amount, if any, by which (i) any
losses (excluding loss of anticipated profits), costs or expenses incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits
or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Loan to be made by such Lender as part of the Borrowing requested in such Notice
of Borrowing when such Loan, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date exceed (ii) the income, if any, received by
such Lender from such Lender's investment of funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Loan to be made as part of such Borrowing),
shall constitute Increased Costs payable by the Borrower on the next Quarterly Payment Date pursuant to the Priority of Payments.
Section 2.10
Computation of Interest and Fees. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, interest and fees payable pursuant
to this Agreement shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day except in the case of interest or fees calculated on the basis of an Interest Period).
All amounts payable hereunder shall be paid in Dollars.
Section 2.11
Increased Commitments; Additional Loans.
(a) At any time during the
Reinvestment Period, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may propose that the Commitments of the Class
A-R Loans and/or the Class A-T Loans be increased (each such increase being "Increased Commitments" and any
loans made to the Borrower pursuant to the Increased Commitments, "Additional Loans") by notice to the
Agents, DBRS and the Lenders; provided that (i) the Borrower shall comply with the requirements of Section 3.3,
(ii) the net proceeds of any Additional Loans are used (x) to purchase or originate additional Collateral Loans, (y) to pay
fees and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders in connection therewith and/or (z) as Principal Proceeds for purposes
permitted hereunder, (iii) the Rating Condition for each Class of the existing Loans is satisfied after giving effect to any
such Increased Commitments, (iv) immediately prior to, and after giving effect to, such increase and the application of the
proceeds of the Additional Loans, each Coverage Test is satisfied and the Collateral Quality Test is satisfied (or, only with
respect to the Collateral Quality Test, if not satisfied, maintained or improved) and (v) no Lender shall have any obligation
to increase its Commitment hereunder, and any election to do so shall be in the sole discretion of each Lender. Such notice
(the "Increased Commitment Notice") shall be provided by the Borrower not less than 10 Business Days prior
to the proposed date of the Increased Commitments.
(b) The terms and conditions (other than the Applicable
Margin and Commitment Fees) of the Increased Commitments and the Additional Loans of any Class issued pursuant to this Section 2.11
will be identical to those of the initial Loans of that Class and Commitments (except that the interest and commitment fees due
on the Increased Commitments and the Additional Loans will accrue from the issue date of such Increased Commitments and such Additional
Loans, as applicable, and the interest rate and commitment fee rate in respect of such Increased Commitments and such Additional
Loans do not have to be identical to those of the initial Loans and Commitments). Interest on the Additional Loans will be payable
commencing on the first applicable Quarterly Payment Date following the issue date of such Additional Loans. Commitment Fees on
the Undrawn Commitment Amount will be payable commencing on the first applicable Quarterly Payment Date following the issue date
of such Increased Commitments. The Additional Loans of a Class will rank pari passu in all respects with the initial Loans
of such Class.
(c) The issuance of Additional Loans shall be in a cumulative
amount no greater than the amount of Cash and/or Collateral Loans (to be valued at the Principal Collateralization Amount for each
such Collateral Loan) that is contributed, or otherwise invested, in the Borrower (and deposited in, or credited to, the Collection
Account or the Custodial Account, as applicable) concurrently with the issuance of such Additional Loans.
(d) To the extent that any portion of Increased Commitments
shall remain unfunded after the date that such Increased Commitments take effect, each Additional Lender shall be an Approved Lender
and, upon the making of an Additional Loan or the extension of an Increased Commitment, shall be deemed to be a Lender for all
purposes hereunder.
Section 2.12
No Cancellation of Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Loan may be cancelled, surrendered,
abandoned or forgiven except for payment as provided herein.
Section 2.13
Loans Held by Borrower Affiliated Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in determining whether
Lenders constituting the requisite outstanding amount of Loans and Commitments have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, any Loans or Commitments held by Borrower Affiliated Lenders shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be outstanding.
Article
III
CONDITIONS TO BORROWINGS
Section 3.1
Effectiveness of Commitments.
The effectiveness of the Commitments shall
occur when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Administrative Agent and each Lender), each document
to be dated the Effective Date (unless otherwise indicated) and delivered to the relevant Persons indicated below, and each document
and other condition or evidence to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a) The Agents shall have received
counterparts of (i) this Agreement duly executed and delivered by all of the parties hereto and (ii) each of the other Loan Documents
(and any other documents) to be executed and delivered on or about the Effective Date duly executed and delivered by all of the
parties thereto.
(b) The Agents shall have received
(i) if determined to be necessary by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, amendments to the financing statements, filed in connection
with the Existing Credit Agreement (and the Borrower hereby consents to the filing of any such amendments by the Collateral Agent
or the Administrative Agent) under the UCC in all jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or desirable
in order to perfect the interests in the Collateral contemplated by this Agreement and any other Loan Documents and (ii) copies
of proper financing statements, if determined to be necessary by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, releasing all security
interests and other rights of any Person in the Collateral previously granted by the Borrower or any other transferor.
(c) The Agents shall have received
legal opinions (addressed to each of the Secured Parties and DBRS) from (i) Dechert LLP, New York counsel to the Borrower and the
Collateral Manager and (ii) Nixon Peabody, counsel to the Collateral Agent and Custodian, each covering such matters as the Administrative
Agent and its counsel shall reasonably request; provided that the foregoing shall not include any true sale (unless new
Collateral Loans are being transferred from any Affiliate (other than the BDC pursuant to the Master Transfer Agreement) to the
Borrower) and non-consolidation (unless there are changes to the structure of the transaction contemplated hereby) opinions.
(d) The Administrative Agent
shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that (i) all of the Covered Accounts established in connection with
the Existing Credit Agreement remain open, (ii) the Account Control Agreement is in full force and effect and (iii) all amounts
required to be deposited in any of the Covered Accounts as of the Effective Date pursuant to Section 8.3 shall have been so deposited.
(e) The Agents shall have received
a letter from DBRS addressed to the Borrower (or DBRS shall have issued a press release) confirming that (i) the DBRS rating assigned
to the Existing Loans has been discontinued and (ii) each of the Class A-R Loans, the Class A-T-1 Loans and the Class A-T-2 Loans
has been assigned a rating of at least "AA (sf)".
(f) The Borrower shall have
paid all reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agents, the Lenders, DBRS and respective legal
counsel payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other documents related thereto
that are delivered on or about the Effective Date.
(g) The Agents shall
have received evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (i) (x) the grant of security pursuant
to the Granting Clause in the Existing Credit Agreement of all of the Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the
Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent on the Original Closing Date shall remain effective in all relevant jurisdictions
and the priority of such security interest shall remain unchanged and (y) the grant of security pursuant to the Granting
Clause herein of all of the Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent on
the Effective Date shall be effective in all relevant jurisdictions, (ii) delivery of such Collateral in accordance with
Section 8.7 (including any promissory notes, executed assignment agreements and Microsoft Word or portable document format
(.pdf) copies of the principal credit agreement for each initial Collateral Loan, to the extent in the possession of the
Borrower) to the Custodian shall have been effected and (iii) the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties)
shall have a security interest in such Collateral.
(h) The Agents shall have received
a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower:
(i) to the effect that, as of
the Effective Date (A) subject to any conditions that are required to be satisfactory or acceptable to any Agent, all conditions
set forth in this Section 3.1 have been fulfilled; (B) all representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement
and each of the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects; and (C) no Default has occurred and is continuing;
and
(ii) certifying as to and attaching
(A) its Constituent Documents; (B) its resolutions or other action of its board of directors or members approving this Agreement,
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby; (C) the incumbency and specimen signature
of each of its Authorized Officers authorized to execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (D) a good standing certificate
from its state or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and any other state or jurisdiction in which it is qualified to
do business in which the failure to be so qualified would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) The Agents shall have received
a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Collateral Manager and the Retention Provider:
(i) to the effect that, as of
the Effective Date, all representations and warranties of the Collateral Manager and the Retention Provider set forth in each of
the Loan Documents and the Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter are true and correct in all material respects; and
(ii) certifying as to and attaching
(A) its Constituent Documents; (B) its resolutions or other action of its board of directors or members approving the Loan Documents
to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby; (C) the incumbency and specimen signature of each of its Authorized
Officers authorized to execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (D) a good standing certificate from its state or
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and any other state or jurisdiction in which it is qualified to do business in which
the failure to be so qualified would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) The Agents shall have received
a report satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that is certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower (or
the Collateral Manager on its behalf) that contains a pro forma Collateral Report calculated after giving effect to the proposed
Class A-R Borrowing, Class A-T-1 Borrowing and equity distribution contemplated by Section 9.1(f) on the Effective Date.
(k) The Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and each Affected Lender shall have received an updated Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter, duly executed and delivered
by the Retention Provider.
(l) The Agents shall have
received a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that the Borrower does not have outstanding debt prior
to the Effective Date (other than debt incurred pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement), and is not at such time party to, any
interest rate hedging agreements or currency hedging agreements.
(m) [Reserved].
(n) The Administrative Agent
shall have received a secretary's certificate from the Collateral Agent, which shall include the incumbency and specimen signature
of each of its Authorized Officers authorized to execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
(o) The Agents shall have received
from the Borrower either (A) a certificate thereof 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 Borrower, as applicable, that no other authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required for the making
of the Loans contemplated hereby, or (B) an opinion of counsel of the Borrower that no such authorization, approval or consent
of any governmental body is required for the making of the Loans contemplated hereby except as have been given.
(p) All legal matters incident
to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
their respective counsel.
(q) The Agents shall have received
such other opinions, instruments, certificates and documents from the Borrower as the Agents or any Lender shall have reasonably
requested; provided that sufficient notice of such request has been given to the Borrower (though nothing herein shall impose
an obligation on any Agent to make any such request).
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified
in Section 3.1 above, each of the Agents and each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to or
accepted each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to by or acceptable to such Agent and Lender unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the Effective Date specifying its objection thereto
and unless the Collateral Agent shall have received notice from the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date specifying
its objection thereto.
Section 3.2
Borrowings. The obligation of any Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction
of the following conditions:
(a) in the case of the
Class A-T-1 Borrowing on the Effective Date, (i) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 shall have been fully
satisfied on or prior to the applicable Borrowing Date; and (ii) the Agents shall have received a certificate of an
Authorized Officer of the Collateral Manager (which certificate shall include a schedule listing the Collateral Loans owned
by the Borrower on such Borrowing Date), to the effect that, in the case of each item of Collateral pledged to the Collateral
Agent, on such Borrowing Date and immediately prior to the delivery thereof, (A) (w) the Borrower is the owner of such
Collateral free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever except for Permitted Liens and those
which are being released on such Borrowing Date; (x) the Borrower has acquired its ownership in such Collateral in good faith
without notice of any adverse claim, except as described in clause (w) above; (y) the Borrower has not assigned, pledged or
otherwise encumbered any interest in such Collateral (or, if any such interest has been assigned, pledged or otherwise
encumbered, it has been released) other than pursuant to this Agreement; and (z) the Borrower has full right to grant a
security interest in and assign and pledge such Collateral to the Collateral Agent; and (B) upon grant by the Borrower, the
Collateral Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, except in respect of any Permitted Lien
or as otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
(b) the Administrative Agent
shall have received a Notice of Borrowing as required by Section 2.2 and the conditions set forth in clause (c) below are met in
connection with such Borrowing (as evidenced by the Notice of Borrowing);
(c) immediately after such
Borrowing:
(i) in the case of a Borrowing
of Class A-R Loans, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A-R Loans shall not exceed the Total Class A-R Commitment
as in effect on such Borrowing Date;
(ii) in the case of the Borrowing
of Class A-T-1 Loans, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A-T-1 Loans shall not exceed the Total Class A-T-1
Commitment as in effect on such Borrowing Date; and
(iii) in the case of the Borrowing
of Class A-T-2 Loans, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class A-T-2 Loans shall not exceed the Total Class A-T-2
Commitment as in effect on such Borrowing Date;
(d) except in the case of Class
A-R Loans obtained to fund Unfunded Amounts, immediately before and after such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing both before and after giving effect to the making of such Loans;
(e) except in the case of Class
A-R Loans obtained to fund Unfunded Amounts, the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement and
each of the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing (unless
stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date) both before and after giving effect to the making of such Loans;
(f) except in the case of Class
A-R Loans obtained to fund Unfunded Amounts, no law or regulation shall have been adopted, no order, judgment or decree of any
governmental authority shall have been issued, and no litigation shall be pending or, to the actual knowledge of a Senior Authorized
Officer of the Borrower, threatened, which does or, with respect to any threatened litigation, seeks to enjoin, prohibit or restrain
the making or repayment of the Loans or the consummation of the transactions among the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Lenders
and the Agents contemplated by this Agreement;
(g) except in the case of
Class A-R Loans obtained to fund Unfunded Amounts, each of the Loan Documents remains in full force and effect and is the binding
and enforceable obligation of the Borrower and the Collateral Manager, in each case, to the extent such Person is a party thereto
(except for those provisions of any Loan Document not material, individually or in the aggregate with other affected provisions,
to the interests of any of the Lenders);
(h) except in the case of Class
A-R Loans obtained to fund Unfunded Amounts, immediately before and after giving effect to the requested Borrowing, the Eligibility
Criteria shall be satisfied (as demonstrated in a writing attached to such Notice of Borrowing); and
(i) in the case of the Class
A-T-2 Borrowing on the Additional Draw Date, the conditions set forth in Section 2.1(h) have been satisfied.
Section 3.3
Effectiveness of Increased Commitments. The effectiveness of the Increased Commitments and the obligation of any
Lender to make an Additional Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is each subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The Agents shall have received
a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower:
(i) to the effect that, and subject
to any conditions that are required to be satisfactory or acceptable to any Agent, as of the Increased Commitment Date (A) all
conditions set forth in this Section 3.3 have been fulfilled; (B) all representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth
in this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects; and (C) no Default has occurred
and is continuing; and
(ii) certifying as to and attaching
(A) its Constituent Documents; (B) its resolutions or other action of its board of directors or members approving the Increased
Commitments, the Additional Loans and any other matters related thereto; and (C) a good standing certificate from its state or
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and any other state or jurisdiction in which it is qualified to do business in which
the failure to be so qualified would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Agents shall have received
legal opinions (addressed to each of the Secured Parties and DBRS) from counsel to the Borrower in New York and any other applicable
jurisdictions (as reasonably determined by the Agents), dated the Increased Commitment Date, substantially in the form of the legal
opinions delivered at the Original Closing Date (but excluding any true sale (unless new Collateral Loans are being transferred
from any Affiliate to the Borrower) and non-consolidation (unless there are changes to the structure of the transaction contemplated
hereby) opinions), each with additions or deletions reflecting the Increased Commitments and Additional Loans.
(c) The Agents shall
have received a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, to the effect that, in the case of each item of
Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent on the Increased Commitment Date, (A) the Borrower is the owner of such Collateral
free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever except for Permitted Liens; (B) the Borrower has
acquired its ownership in such Collateral in good faith without notice of any adverse claim, except as described in clause
(A) above; (C) the Borrower has not assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered any interest in such Collateral (or, if any
such interest has been assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered, it has been released) other than Permitted Liens; (D) the
Borrower has full right to grant a security interest in and assign and pledge such Collateral to the Collateral Agent; and
(E) upon grant by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral,
except as permitted by this Agreement.
(d) The Agents shall have received
(i) a letter from DBRS addressed to the Borrower (or other written confirmation from DBRS) confirming that the rating of each Class
of Loans by DBRS shall not have been lowered from any of the Initial Ratings, and will not be lowered as a result of such increase
of the Commitments and the making of the Additional Loans and (ii) a letter from DBRS addressed to the Borrower confirming that
the Additional Loans have been assigned a rating of at least "AA (sf)".
(e) The Agents shall have received
from the Borrower either (A) a certificate thereof 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 Borrower that no other authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is required for the making of the Additional
Loans, or (B) an opinion of counsel of the Borrower that no such authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body is
required for the making of the Additional Loans except as have been given.
(f) The Administrative Agent
and any Affected Lender shall have received a Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter.
(g) The Borrower shall have
paid all reasonable and documented fees and expenses (including reasonable and documented fees and expenses of respective counsel
to the Agents and the Lenders) payable in connection with such increase of the Commitments.
(h) The Agents shall have received
such other documents as they may reasonably require in connection with such increase of the Commitments.
Article
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER
In order to induce the Administrative Agent
and each of the Lenders which may become a party to this Agreement to make the Loans, the Borrower makes the following representations
and warranties as of the Effective Date. Such representations and warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this Agreement,
the execution and delivery of the other Loan Documents and the making of the Loans and shall be deemed to be reaffirmed as of the
date of each Borrowing.
Section 4.1
Existence and Power. The Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Borrower has all powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals required to own its property and assets and carry on its business as now conducted or as it presently proposes
to conduct it, and has been duly qualified and is in good standing (as applicable) in every jurisdiction in which the failure to
be so qualified and/or in good standing is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.2
Power and Authority.
The Borrower has the power and authority
to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and the performance of such Loan Documents to which it is a party. The Borrower
has duly executed and delivered each such Loan Document, and each such Loan Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable insolvency, bankruptcy
or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally, or general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 4.3
No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is
a party nor compliance by the Borrower with the terms and provisions thereof nor the consummation of the transactions among the
Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Lenders and the Agents contemplated by the Loan Documents (i) will contravene in any
material respect any applicable provision of any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court
or governmental instrumentality, (ii) will conflict, in any material respect, with or result in any breach of, any of the
terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the
obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any indenture,
agreement, lease, instrument or undertaking to which the Borrower is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets is
bound or to which it is subject (except the Lien created by the Loan Documents), or (iii) will contravene the terms of any
organizational documents of the Borrower, or any amendment thereof.
Section 4.4
Litigation. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending against, or to the actual knowledge of a Senior Authorized
Officer of the Borrower, after due inquiry, threatened against or adversely affecting, (i) the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager or (ii) the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, before any court, arbitrator
or any governmental body, agency or official, in each case, which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 4.5
Compliance with ERISA.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any member
of its ERISA Group, if any, has, or in the past five years had, any liability or obligation with respect to any Plan or any Multiemployer
Plan.
(b) The assets of the Borrower are not treated as "plan
assets" for purposes of Section 3(42) of ERISA or Similar Law and the Collateral is not deemed to be "plan assets"
for purposes of Section 3(42) of ERISA or Similar Law. The Borrower has not taken, or omitted to take, any action which would result
in any Collateral being treated as "plan assets" for purposes of Section 3(42) of ERISA or Similar Law or the occurrence
of any Prohibited Transaction in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.
Section 4.6
Environmental Matters.
(a) The Borrower's operations comply in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(b) None of the Borrower's operations is the subject
of a federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action, involving expenditures, is needed to respond to a release
of any Hazardous Substances into the environment; and
(c) The Borrower does not have any material contingent
liability in connection with any release of any Hazardous Substances into the environment.
Section 4.7
Taxes. The Borrower has filed all tax returns and reports required to be filed by it and has paid all taxes, assessments,
fees, and other governmental charges levied or imposed on it or its property, income or assets except such as are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided.
Section 4.8
Full Disclosure. All written information (other than projections, other forward-looking information, information
of a general economic or general industry nature and pro forma financial information) heretofore (as of each date when this representation
and warranty is made) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Agents or any Lender for purposes of, or in connection with
this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is true and accurate in all material respects (to the best knowledge of the
Borrower, in the case of information obtained by the Borrower from Obligors or other unaffiliated third parties), and, taken as
a whole, contained as of the date of delivery thereof no untrue statement of a material fact (to the best knowledge of the Borrower,
in the case of information obtained by the Borrower from Obligors or other unaffiliated third parties) and did not omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances
under which such information was furnished (to the best knowledge of the Borrower, in the case of information obtained by the Borrower
from Obligors or other unaffiliated third parties). The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials
referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at
the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such projections and pro forma financial information as it relates to future
events are not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections and pro forma
financial information may differ from the projected and pro forma results set forth therein by a material amount.
Section 4.9
Solvency. On the Effective Date and on the date of each Borrowing, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
by the Loan Documents, the Borrower will be solvent.
Section 4.10
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. All proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower only in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used by the Borrower
to purchase or carry any Margin Stock. Neither the making of any Loan nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent
with the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section 4.11 Governmental
Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration
with, or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or
is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of any Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party
or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby other than those that have already been duly made or
obtained and remain in full force and effect or those recordings and filings in connection with the Liens granted to the
Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents, except for any order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of,
or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption, that, if not obtained, would not, either individually or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.12
Investment Company Act. The Borrower is not an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to regulation
under, the Investment Company Act.
Section 4.13
Representations and Warranties in Loan Documents. All representations and warranties made by the Borrower in the
Loan Documents to which it is a party are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of
any date that Borrower is deemed to reaffirm the same under this Agreement (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date,
in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
Section
4.14 [Reserved].
Section 4.15
Ownership of Assets. The Borrower owns all of its properties and assets, of any nature whatsoever, free and clear
of all Liens, except Permitted Liens.
Section 4.16
No Default. No Default exists under or with respect to any Loan Document. The Borrower is not in default under or
with respect to any material agreement, instrument or undertaking to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties
is bound in any respect, the existence of which default has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.17
Labor Matters. There is no labor controversy pending with respect to or, to the best knowledge of a Senior Authorized
Officer of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower, which has had or, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.18
Subsidiaries/Equity Interests. The Borrower (a) has no Subsidiaries and (b) owns no equity interest in any other
entity except equity received in connection with the exercise of remedies against an Obligor or through a restructuring of the
Obligor, subject to Section 10.1(a)(iv).
Section 4.19
Ranking. All Obligations, including the Obligations to pay principal of, interest on and any other amounts in respect
of, the Loans, constitute senior indebtedness of the Borrower.
Section 4.20
Representations Concerning Collateral.
(a) Upon each transfer of Collateral in the manner specified
in Section 8.7 and after the other actions described in Section 8.7 have been taken by the appropriate parties, the Collateral
Agent in accordance with Section 8.7, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, will have a perfected pledge of and security interest
in such Collateral and all proceeds thereof (subject to § 9-315(c) of the UCC), which security interest shall be prior to
all other interests in such Collateral, other than certain Permitted Liens that are prior to the security interest of the Secured
Parties by operation of law. No filings other than those described or referred to in Section 8.7 or any other action other than
those described in Section 8.7 will be necessary to perfect such security interest.
(b) Immediately before giving effect to each transfer
of Collateral Loans, Eligible Investments and other Collateral by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section
8.7, the Borrower will be the beneficial owner of such Collateral Loans, Eligible Investments and other Collateral, and the Borrower
will have the right to receive all Collections on such Collateral Loans, Eligible Investments and other Collateral, in each case
free and clear of all Liens, security interests and adverse claims other than Permitted Liens.
(c) All of the Obligors and administrative agents, as
applicable, in respect of the Collateral Loans, or Selling Institutions in respect of Participation Interests, have been instructed
to make payments to the Collection Account.
Section 4.21
OFAC.
None of the Borrower, any of its subsidiaries
or any director, officer, employee, agent, or affiliate of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries is a Person that is, or is owned
or controlled by Persons that are: (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, "Sanctions"),
or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, including,
without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.
Section 4.22
Ordinary Course.
Each repayment of principal or interest under
this Agreement shall be (x) in payment of a debt incurred by the Borrower in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs
of the Borrower and (y) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Borrower.
Article
V
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
The Borrower covenants and agrees that,
so long as any Lender has any Commitment hereunder or any Obligations remain unpaid, and unless the Majority Lenders shall otherwise
consent in writing:
Section 5.1
Information. The Borrower will deliver the following to the Agents and DBRS (and the Administrative Agent shall
furnish copies thereof to each of the Lenders); provided that (1) the information described in clause (e) below will not
be required to be delivered to DBRS, (2) the information described in clause (k) below will be required to be furnished to DBRS
(but only the information referred to in paragraph 2 of Exhibit G and, if applicable, paragraph 3(ii) of Exhibit G) and to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to each of the Lenders, (3) the information described in clause (l) below will be required
to be furnished solely to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Affected Lender and (4) the information described
in clauses (m), (o) and (q) below will be required to be delivered only to the Collateral Agent:
(a) as soon as reasonably available
and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Borrower or, if the Borrower is consolidated
with the balance sheet of the BDC, of the BDC as of the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of operations and cash
flows for such fiscal year audited by independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(b) as soon as available and
in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Borrower
or, if the Borrower is consolidated with the balance sheet of the BDC, of the BDC as of the end of such quarter and the related
statements of operations for such quarter and for the portion of the Borrower's fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter;
(c) simultaneously with the
delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of the Borrower certifying
(x) that such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations
of the Borrower on the dates and for the periods indicated, on the basis of GAAP, subject, in the case of interim financial statements,
to normally recurring year-end adjustments and the absence of notes, and (y) that an Authorized Officer of the Borrower has
reviewed the terms of the Loan Documents and has made, or caused to be made under his or her supervision, a review in reasonable
detail of the business and condition of the Borrower during the period beginning on the date through which the last such review
was made pursuant to this Section 5.1(c) (or, in the case of the first certification pursuant to this Section 5.1(c), the Original
Closing Date) and ending on a date not more than ten Business Days prior to the date of such delivery and that on the basis of
such financial statements and such review of the Loan Documents, no Default has occurred and is continuing or, if any such Default
has occurred and is then continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof and, if continuing, the action the Borrower is taking
or proposes to take in respect thereof;
(d) (i) within seven days after
a Senior Authorized Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, if such Default or Event
of Default is then continuing, a certificate of such Senior Authorized Officer setting forth the details thereof and the action
which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto; (ii) promptly and in any event within ten days after such
Senior Authorized Officer obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any (x) litigation or governmental proceeding pending or actions
threatened against the Borrower or its rights in the Collateral Loans or other Collateral which have had or would reasonably be
expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) any other event, act or condition which
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) promptly after a Senior Authorized Officer
of the Borrower obtains knowledge that any loan included in the Collateral does not qualify as a "Collateral Loan," notice
setting forth the details with respect to such disqualification;
(e) promptly upon the sending
thereof, copies of all reports, notices or documents that the Borrower sends to any governmental body, agency or regulatory authority
(excluding routine filings) and not otherwise required to be delivered hereunder;
(f) promptly and in any event
within ten Business Days after a Senior Authorized Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge of any of the following events,
a certificate of the Borrower, executed by a Senior Authorized Officer of the Borrower, specifying the nature of such condition
and the Borrower's proposed response thereto: (i) the receipt by the Borrower of any written communication, whether from a governmental
authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Borrower is not in compliance with applicable Environmental
Laws, and such noncompliance had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Borrower has actual
knowledge that there exists any Environmental Claim pending or threatened against the Borrower that has had or would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) the Borrower has actual knowledge of any release, emission, discharge or
disposal of any Hazardous Substances that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) [reserved];
(h) not later than the 10th
day after the Collateral Report Determination Date for each calendar month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day), a report concerning the Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments (the "Collateral Report"); the
first Collateral Report was delivered in December 2013 and was determined with respect to the Collateral Report Determination Date
occurring in December 2013; the Collateral Report for a calendar month shall contain the information with respect to the Collateral
Loans and Eligible Investments described in Exhibit E, and shall be determined as of the Collateral Report Determination Date for
such calendar month;
(i) on each Quarterly
Payment Date, a Payment Date Report in accordance with Section 9.1(c);
(j) from time to time such
additional information regarding the Collateral or the financial position or business of the Borrower as the Agents, on either
their own initiative or at the request of the Majority Lenders or DBRS, may reasonably request in writing;
(k) the information described
in Exhibit G, at the times indicated therein, which shall be subject to adjustment with the prior written consent of the Borrower
and the Majority Lenders;
(l) (i) promptly following a request by any Affected
Lender which is (x) received in connection with (A) a material amendment of any Loan Document or (B) any Additional Loan or Increased
Commitment, a refreshed Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter from the Retention Provider, or (y) for additional information
which is either in the possession of the Retention Provider or can be obtained at no material cost to the Retention Provider, such
additional information as such Affected Lender may reasonably request in order for such Affected Lender to comply with the requirements
of Articles 404-410;
(ii) promptly on becoming aware
of the occurrence thereof, written notice of any failure to satisfy the Retention Requirement at any time;
(iii) on a monthly basis (concurrent
with the delivery of each Collateral Report), a certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Retention Provider confirming continued
compliance with the requirements set forth in clauses (a) through (h) of the Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter as set forth
in Exhibit H; and
(iv) upon any written
request therefor by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Affected Lender delivered as a result of a material change in (x) the performance
of the Loans, (y) the risk characteristics of the transaction, or (z) the Collateral Loans and/or the Eligible Investments from
time to time, a certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Retention Provider confirming continued compliance with the requirements
set forth in clauses (a) through (h) of the Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter as set forth in Exhibit H;
(m) within 5 Business Days
of the receipt thereof, copies of any letters received from DBRS in respect of credit estimates;
(n) within 5 Business Days
of the receipt thereof, written notice of the occurrence of an event that would permit the termination of the Collateral Management
Agreement or the Investment Advisory Agreement, or the replacement of the Collateral Manager under the Collateral Management Agreement
or the Investment Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement, as applicable;
(o) not later than the 2nd
calendar day (or if such day is not a Business Day then the next succeeding Business Day) after the Collateral Report Determination
Date, a monthly loan data file (the "Mid-Monthly Loan Tape") for the previous monthly period ending on the Collateral
Report Determination Date (containing such information agreed upon by the Collateral Manager, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative
Agent) and not later than the 1st day after the Calculation Date, a quarterly loan date file (the "Quarterly Loan Tape")
for the previous quarterly period ending on the Calculation Date (containing such information agreed upon by the Collateral Manager,
the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent). The Mid-Monthly Loan Tape shall specifically include the calculations and related
information for items 7(f), 7(l), 8(o), 8(u), 10(d), 10(e), 10(g) and 16 listed on Exhibit E;
(p) promptly and in any event
within five Business Days of any change to the information contained on Schedule H to the Existing Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Manager shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from an Authorized Officer thereof identifying such change; and
(q) on the 2nd calendar
day (or next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) following the first calendar day of each month, an early-month
loan data file (the "Early-Monthly Tape") containing such information agreed upon by the Collateral Manager and
the Collateral Agent.
Section 5.2
Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all its respective material obligations
and liabilities, including, without limitation, any obligation pursuant to any agreement by which it or any of its properties or
assets is bound and any material tax liabilities, except where such liabilities may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
and will maintain in accordance with GAAP appropriate reserves for the accrual of any of the same.
Section 5.3
Non-Petition. The Borrower shall not be party to any agreement under which it has any material obligations or liability
(direct or contingent) without using commercially reasonable efforts to include 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 loan agreements, related loan documents, any agreements related to the purchase and sale of any Collateral Loans that contain
customary (as determined by the Collateral Manager) purchase or sale terms or which are documented using customary loan trading
documentation and customary service contracts and engagement letters entered into with permitted agents in connection with the
Collateral Loans.
Section 5.4
Good Standing. The Borrower will remain qualified to do business and in good standing (as applicable) in every jurisdiction
in which the nature of its businesses so requires, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing (other than
in the State of Delaware) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.5
Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will comply in all material respects with all applicable material laws, ordinances,
rules, regulations, and requirements of governmental authorities except where the necessity of compliance therewith is contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 5.6
Inspection of Property, Books and Records; Audits; Etc.
(a) The Borrower will keep proper books of record and
accounts in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects in accordance with GAAP shall be made of all material
financial matters and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will permit representatives of the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent (in each case at the Borrower's expense, in the case of not more than one inspection during any
fiscal year except during the continuance of an Event of Default) to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine and make
abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees and
independent public accountants, all at reasonable times in a manner so as to not unduly disrupt the business of the Borrower, upon
reasonable prior notice to the Borrower and as often as may reasonably be desired; provided that any expenses incurred by
the Borrower hereunder shall be reasonable and documented.
(b) If requested by the Majority Lenders, the Borrower
agrees that representatives of the Majority Lenders (or an independent third-party auditing firm selected by the Majority Lenders)
shall (at the Borrower's expense) conduct an audit and/or field examination of the Borrower and the Collateral Manager, at reasonable
times in a manner so as to not unduly disrupt the business of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager, for the purpose of examining
the servicing and administration of the Collateral Loans, the results of which audit and/or field examination shall be promptly
provided to the Lenders, provided that no more than one such audit or field examination shall be conducted during any fiscal
year of the Borrower and any expenses incurred by the Borrower hereunder shall be reasonable and documented.
(c) If requested by the Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders, the Borrower and the Collateral Manager shall participate in a meeting with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders once
during each fiscal year of the Borrower, to be held at a location in New York City and at a time reasonably determined by the Borrower
and the Collateral Manager.
Section 5.7
Existence. The Borrower shall do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its existence, its material rights, and its material privileges, obligations, licenses and franchises.
Section 5.8
Subsidiaries/Equity Interest. The Borrower shall not directly or indirectly own any Subsidiaries or any equity interest
in any entity other than as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 4.18.
Section 5.9
Investments.
(a) The Borrower shall not make any investment other than in Collateral Loans or Eligible Investments;
provided that the Borrower may own Defaulted Loans, Equity Securities and other Collateral as permitted by the terms of
this Agreement. On and after the date of the first Borrowing through the end of the Reinvestment Period, the Borrower shall not
purchase or originate any debt obligation unless, at the time of such purchase or origination and after giving effect thereto,
the Eligibility Criteria are satisfied with respect to the debt obligations so purchased or originated. The Borrower shall not
purchase, originate or fund any debt obligations after the Reinvestment Period except for (i) the funding of Exposure Amounts of
Revolving Collateral Loans and Delayed Funding Loans that were originated or purchased prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period
and (ii) the origination or purchase of a Collateral Loan where the commitment to make such purchase or origination was made prior
to the end of the Reinvestment Period, so long as such commitment provided for settlement in accordance with customary procedures
in the relevant markets, but in any event for a settlement period no longer than three months following the date of such commitment.
(b) The Borrower shall not at any time obtain or maintain
title to any real property or obtain or maintain a controlling interest in an entity that owns any real property (except for Equity
Securities that are acquired as a result of the restructuring of a Collateral Loan so long as the Borrower directs the Collateral
Agent to sell any such Equity Security pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(iv)).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 5.9 or any other provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, from and after the date occurring 60 days
after any Key Person Trigger, no investments other than Eligible Investments shall be made by the Borrower under this Agreement
unless a replacement Key Person has been approved by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of "Key Manager
Event".
(d) The Borrower shall not acquire or originate any
Collateral Loan if such acquisition or origination would violate the terms of the Master Transfer Agreement or the Retention of
Net Economic Interest Letter.
Section 5.10
Restriction on Fundamental Changes.
(a) The Borrower shall not enter into any merger or
consolidation or reorganization. The Borrower shall not liquidate, wind-up or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution),
discontinue its business or convey, lease, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or series of transactions,
all or any part of its business or property, whether now or hereafter acquired, except for transfers of its property expressly
permitted by the Loan Documents.
(b) The Borrower shall not amend its Constituent Documents
in a manner adverse to the Lenders without the Majority Lenders' prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Section 5.11
ERISA. Neither the Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group shall establish any Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
Section 5.12
Liens. The Borrower shall not at any time directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist, on any
of its property, any Lien for borrowed monies or any other Lien except for Permitted Liens.
Section 5.13
Business Activities. The Borrower shall not engage in any business activity other than (i) the making, purchase,
origination, selling and maintenance of Collateral Loans and the ownership of equity interests, (ii) receiving capital contributions
(whether in the form of Cash or Collateral Loans) from the BDC and (iii) making distributions to its equityholders pursuant to
Section 5.31, in each case in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 5.14
Fiscal Year; Fiscal Quarter. The Borrower shall not change its fiscal year or any of its fiscal quarters, without
the Administrative Agent's prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Section 5.15
Margin Stock. None of the proceeds of any Loan will be used by the Borrower, directly or indirectly, for the purpose
of buying or carrying any Margin Stock.
Section 5.16
Indebtedness. The Borrower shall not incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other than the Obligations.
Section 5.17
Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans solely (a) for the purchase and origination of
Collateral Loans during the Reinvestment Period (and after the Reinvestment Period only for the purchase and origination of Collateral
Loans committed to during the Reinvestment Period, subject to Section 5.9), (b) to acquire Collateral Loans in accordance
with the terms hereof, the other Loan Documents and the Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter, (c) in the case of Class A-R
Loans, to fund Exposure Amounts, (d) to pay fees and expenses incurred with the closing and execution of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and/or (e) to fund disbursements to any equityholder of the Borrower on any day during the Reinvestment Period
occurring after the Ramp-Up Period, provided that (i) the Borrower requests that such proceeds be deposited in the Collection
Account as Principal Proceeds and (ii) the requirements set forth in Section 9.1(f) are satisfied in connection with any such disbursement
thereof, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 5.18
Bankruptcy Remoteness; Separateness.
(a) Limited Purpose Entity.
(i) The Borrower at all times
since its formation has been, and will continue to be, a duly organized and existing limited liability company formed under the
laws of the State of Delaware. The Borrower at all times since its formation has been, and will continue to be, duly qualified
in each jurisdiction in which such qualification was or may be necessary for the conduct of its business, except where the failure
to be so qualified in any jurisdiction (other than in the State of Delaware) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(ii) the Borrower at all times
since its formation has complied, and will continue to comply, with the provisions of its Constituent Documents and the laws of
the jurisdiction of its formation relating to limited liability companies;
(iii) all customary formalities
regarding the existence of the Borrower have been observed at all times since its formation and will continue to be observed;
(iv) the Borrower has been
adequately capitalized at all times since its formation and will continue to be adequately capitalized in light of the nature of
its business; and
(v) the Borrower has not any
time since its formation assumed or guaranteed, and will not assume or guarantee, the liabilities of any other Persons (other than
any reimbursement obligation or indemnity in favor of its officers or directors; provided that any such reimbursement obligation
or indemnity shall be subject to the Priority of Payments).
(b) No Bankruptcy Filing. The Borrower is not
contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws of any jurisdiction
or the liquidation of all or a major portion of its assets or property, and it has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the
filing of any such petition against it.
(c) Separate Existence.
(i) At all times since its
formation, the Borrower has accurately maintained, and will continue to accurately maintain, in all material respects, its financial
statements, accounting records and other corporate documents, as applicable, separate from those of the Collateral Manager and
any other Person; provided, however, that if the Borrower prepares consolidated financial statements with any Affiliates,
(y) any such consolidated financial statements shall contain a note indicating the Borrower's separateness from any such Affiliates
and indicate its assets are not available to pay the debts of such Affiliate or any other Person and (z) if the Borrower prepares
its own separate balance sheet, such assets shall also be listed on the Borrower's own separate balance sheet. The Borrower has
not at any time since its formation commingled, and will not commingle, its assets with those of the Collateral Manager or any
other Person. The Borrower has at all times since its formation accurately maintained, in all material respects, and will continue
to accurately maintain in all material respects, its own bank accounts and separate books of account.
(ii) The Borrower has at all
times since its formation paid, and will continue to pay, its own liabilities from its own separate assets.
(iii) The Borrower has at all
times since its formation identified itself, and will continue to identify itself, in all dealings with the public, under its own
name and as a separate and distinct entity. The Borrower has not at any time since its formation identified itself, and will not
identify itself, as being a division or a part of any other entity.
(iv) The Borrower will comply
at all times with Section 1.07 of the LLC Agreement in effect on the Original Closing Date without regard to subsequent amendments
thereto.
Section 5.19
Amendments, Modifications and Waivers to Collateral Loans. (a) In the performance of its obligations hereunder,
the Borrower may enter into any amendment or waiver of or supplement to any Underlying Instrument or Related Contract; provided
that (1) the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders to any such amendment, waiver or supplement shall be required if (i)
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such amendment, waiver or supplement, (ii) such amendment,
waiver or supplement, individually or together with all other such amendments, waivers and/or supplements, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect or (iii) such amendment, waiver or supplement constitutes a Specified Change; provided further that,
in the case of clause (iii) above, (A) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent of the proposed Specified Change and the
Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Majority Lenders) does not object within five Business Days after written notice
thereof is provided to the Administrative Agent, the proposed Specified Change will be deemed to have been consented to by the
Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Majority Lenders) and (B) during the Reinvestment Period, prior written consent shall
not be required if (x) the Rating Condition is satisfied and (y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (2) the Borrower
has notified DBRS of any such amendment, waiver or supplement and (3) the Borrower may not enter into any such amendment, waiver
or supplement that would result in the Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test not being satisfied (or if not satisfied at such time,
being worsened) after giving effect to such amendment, waiver or supplement.
(b) Any Collateral Loan that, as a result
of any amendment or supplement thereto, ceases to qualify as a Collateral Loan, will thereafter be deemed to be a Defaulted Loan
for so long as it remains unqualified to be a Collateral Loan by the terms of this Agreement.
(c) In the event of an amendment or supplement
to a Collateral Loan that is not consented to by the Majority Lenders and that results in the failure of the Maximum Weighted Average
Life Test (but would otherwise qualify as a Collateral Loan), such Collateral Loan will thereafter be treated as a Defaulted Loan
hereunder until such time as the Maximum Weighted Average Life Test is satisfied (provided that, if at the time of such
satisfaction of the Maximum Weighted Average Life Test, such Collateral Loan would otherwise be considered a Defaulted Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including clause (b) above), such Collateral Loan will continue to be treated as a
Defaulted Loan hereunder).
Section 5.20 Hedging.(a) The
Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, enter into any Interest Hedge Agreements (subject in each case to
satisfaction of the Rating Condition). The Borrower will not amend or replace any Interest Hedge Agreement unless the Rating
Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with such amendment or replacement. The Borrower (or the Collateral Manager
on behalf of the Borrower) shall promptly provide written notice of entry into, and the amendment or replacement of,
any Interest Hedge Agreement to the Agents and the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower) shall not enter into any Interest Hedge Agreement that would
cause the Borrower to be considered a "commodity pool" as defined in Section 1(a)(10) of the Commodity Exchange Act
unless (i) the Collateral Manager is registered as a "commodity pool operator" as defined in Section 1(a)(11) of
the Commodity Exchange Act and "commodity trading advisor" as defined in Section 1(a)(12) of the Commodity Exchange
Act with the CFTC or (ii) with respect to the Borrower as the commodity pool, the Collateral Manager would be eligible for an
exemption from registration as a commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor and all conditions for obtaining the
exemption have been satisfied. In addition, the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower) shall not
enter into any Interest Hedge Agreement unless it obtains written advice of counsel and a certification from the Collateral
Manager that (1) the written terms of the derivative directly relate to the Collateral Loans and the Loans and (2) such
derivative reduces the interest rate and/or foreign exchange risks related to the Collateral Loans and the Loans.
(b) Each Interest Hedge Agreement shall contain appropriate
limited recourse and non-petition provisions equivalent (mutatis mutandis) to those contained in Section 12.15. Each Interest
Hedge Counterparty shall be required to satisfy, at the time that any Interest Hedge Agreement to which it is a party is entered
into, the Hedge Counterparty Rating Criteria. Payments with respect to any Interest Hedge Agreements shall be subject to the Priority
of Payments specified in Section 9.1(a) and Section 6.4. Each Interest Hedge Agreement shall contain an acknowledgement by the
Interest Hedge Counterparty that the obligations of the Borrower to the Interest Hedge Counterparty under the relevant Interest
Hedge Agreement shall be payable in accordance with the Priority of Payments specified in Section 9.1(a) and Section 6.4 and the
Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide that it may not be terminated due to the occurrence of an Event
of Default until liquidation of the Collateral has commenced.
Section 5.21
Title Covenants. The Borrower covenants that at no time shall it:
(a) create, permit or suffer
to be created any Lien or security interest in the Collateral other than Permitted Liens; or
(b) except as otherwise expressly
permitted herein sell, transfer, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of any Collateral or any interest therein.
The Borrower further covenants and agrees
to defend the Collateral against the claims and demands of all other parties to the extent necessary to preserve the first-priority
security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral.
Section 5.22
Further Assurances.
(a) The Borrower shall at its sole expense file,
record, make, execute and deliver all such notices, instruments, statements and other documents, and take such acts, as the
Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request from time to time to register
in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and to perfect, preserve or otherwise protect the security interest of
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in, the Collateral or any part thereof, or to give effect to the
rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, including but not limited to execution and delivery of
financing statements. The Borrower shall be obligated to perform its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding the
ability of the Collateral Agent to take such actions pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.24. The Borrower shall not
permit the validity or effectiveness of this Agreement or any grant of Collateral hereunder to be impaired, or permit the
lien of this Agreement to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be
released from any covenants or obligations with respect to this Agreement.
(b) At least one month (but not more than six months)
prior to the fifth anniversary of the Original Closing Date and at least one month (but not more than six months) prior to each
five-year anniversary of the Original Closing Date thereafter, the Borrower shall furnish to the Collateral Agent an opinion of
counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, as of the date of such opinion, the lien and security interest created by
this Agreement with respect to the Collateral remains a valid and perfected first priority lien in favor of the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties and stating what action, if any, needs to be taken to retain the validity and perfection
of such lien for the following five-year period.
Section 5.23
Costs of Transfer; Taxes; and Expenses.
(a) The Borrower shall pay all transfer taxes and other
costs incurred in connection with all transfers of Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts paid pursuant to this Section
5.23(a) shall not be indemnifiable pursuant to Section 11.4.
(b) Without duplication of any other provision of this
Agreement, the Borrower agrees to pay the Collateral Agent the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including
but not limited to reasonable and documented attorneys' fees and other charges, incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection
with making collections on any Collateral.
Section 5.24
Collateral Agent May Perform.
(a) If the Borrower fails to perform any agreement contained
herein to be performed by it, the Collateral Agent may, upon the written instructions of the Administrative Agent or the Majority
Lenders, itself file, record, make, execute and deliver all such notices, instruments, statements and other documents, and take
such acts, as the Majority Lenders may determine to be necessary or desirable from time to time to perfect, preserve or otherwise
protect the security interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties and otherwise perform,
or cause performance of, any other such actions as the Majority Lenders shall determine is necessary or desirable, and the reasonable,
including out-of-pocket, fees and expenses of the Collateral Agent and Lenders incurred in connection therewith shall be payable
by the Borrower and shall be part of the Obligations.
(b) The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder
are solely to protect its interest (on behalf of the Secured Parties) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty on it to
exercise any such powers. Except for reasonable care of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually
received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or responsibility for (i) ascertaining or
taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether
or not the Collateral Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or (ii) taking any necessary steps to preserve
rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.
Section 5.25
Notice of Name Change. The Borrower shall give the Agents not less than 30 days' notice of any change of its name
and not less than 30 days' notice of any change of its principal place of business and will take all steps necessary to preserve
the first priority perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral. The Borrower shall not change its type
of organization, jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure.
Section 5.26
Stamp and Other Similar Taxes. The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and each Secured
Party from any present or future claim for liability for any stamp or other similar tax and any penalties or interest with respect
thereto, which are assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with this Agreement, the Collateral or the attachment
or perfection of the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent in any Collateral. The obligations of the Borrower under
this Section 5.26 shall survive the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any
amounts paid pursuant to this Section 5.26 shall not be duplicative of amounts paid pursuant to Section 11.4 or Section 12.3.
Section 5.27
Filing Fees, Excise Taxes, etc. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or to reimburse the Agents for any and all amounts
in respect of all search, filing, recording and registration fees, taxes, excise taxes and other similar imposts which are payable
in respect of the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) to
save the Agents harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission
to pay such taxes and fees. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 5.27 shall survive the termination of the other
provisions of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts paid pursuant to this Section 5.27 shall not be duplicative
of amounts paid pursuant to Section 11.4 or Section 12.3.
Section 5.28
Investment Company Restriction. The Borrower shall not become required to register as an "investment company"
under the Investment Company Act.
Section 5.29
Delivery of Proceeds. In the event that the Borrower receives any payments in respect of or other proceeds of Collateral
Loans or other Collateral or any capital contribution, the Borrower shall pay such payments or other proceeds to the Collateral
Agent promptly and, in no event, later than two Business Days after the Borrower's receipt thereof.
Section 5.30
Performance of Obligations. The Borrower shall timely and fully comply with and perform in all material respects
its obligations under the Collateral Loans and other Collateral in accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 5.31 Limitation
on Dividends. The Borrower shall not make any Restricted Junior Payment other than (i) so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may declare and make distributions to its equityholders on
their membership interests in accordance with Section 9.1, and (ii) the Borrower may make distributions to its equityholders
of Collateral Loans or of cash or other proceeds relating thereto which have been repurchased or substituted in accordance
with Section 10.1(a)(vii) and the Master Transfer Agreement.
Section 5.32
OFAC.
The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly,
use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner
or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time
of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation
of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).
Section 5.33
Annual Rating Review. Unless waived in writing by the Majority Lenders, on or before November 1 in each calendar
year, commencing in 2014, the Borrower shall pay for the ongoing monitoring of the rating of the Loans by DBRS. The Borrower shall
promptly notify the Agents, the Collateral Manager and the Lenders in writing if at any time the rating of the Loans has been,
or is known will be, changed or withdrawn, or the rating outlook on the Loans has been, or is known will be, changed.
Section 5.34
Collateral Management Agreement; Master Transfer Agreement. The Borrower shall not amend the Collateral Management
Agreement or the Master Transfer Agreement except pursuant to the terms thereof and Section 12.5 of this Agreement.
Section 5.35
Transactions With Affiliates. (a) Unless such transaction is upon terms no less favorable to the Borrower than
it would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, the Borrower shall not sell, lease
or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise
engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, other than (i) the payment of the Senior Management Fee or the Subordinated
Management Fee, (ii) the receipt of funds from the Borrower or the Collateral Manager pursuant to Section 8.2(h) and (iii) the
acquisition of Collateral Loans from the BDC pursuant to the Master Transfer Agreement for consideration consisting of an increase
in the value of its equity ownership of the Borrower.
(b) The Borrower shall ensure that all
purchases of Collateral Loans from any Affiliate of the Borrower that are conducted after the Original Closing Date will be pursuant
to and in accordance with the Master Transfer Agreement. All sales of Collateral Loans and other assets from the Borrower to any
Affiliate of the Borrower shall be conducted in an arm's length transaction in the ordinary course of business.
Section 5.36
Reports by Independent Accountants.
(a) On or after the Original Closing
Date, the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower) shall select one or more nationally recognized firms
of independent certified public accountants for purposes of performing agreed-upon procedures required by this Agreement,
which may be the firm of independent certified public accountants that performs accounting services for the Borrower or the
Collateral Manager. The Borrower may remove any firm of independent certified public accountants at any time. Upon any
resignation by such firm or removal of such firm by the Borrower, the Borrower (or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the
Borrower) shall promptly appoint a successor thereto that shall also be a nationally recognized firm of independent
certified public accountants, which may be a firm of independent certified public accountants that performs accounting
services for the Borrower or the Collateral Manager. If the Borrower shall fail to appoint a successor to a firm of
independent certified public accountants which has resigned or has been removed within 30 days after such resignation or
removal (as applicable), the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agents and the Collateral Manager of such failure in writing.
If the Borrower shall not have appointed a successor within ten days thereafter, the Collateral Manager shall appoint a
successor firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized international reputation. The fees of such firm of
independent certified public accountants and its successor shall be payable by the Borrower as Administrative Expenses in
accordance with the Priority of Payments and the terms of this Agreement. In the event such firm requires the Collateral
Agent to agree (whether in writing or otherwise) to the procedures performed by such firm, the Borrower hereby directs the
Collateral Agent to so agree and directs the Collateral Agent to execute a specified user agreement, access letter or
agreement of similar import requested by such accountants, which may include among other things, (i) acknowledgement that the
Borrower has agreed that the procedures to be performed by such accountants are sufficient for the Borrower's purposes, (ii)
releases by the Collateral Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders and Administrative Agent) of claims against the
firm and acknowledgement of other limitations of liability in favor of the firm, and (iii) restrictions or prohibitions on
the disclosure of information or documents provided to it by such firm (including to the Lenders and Administrative Agent).
The Collateral Agent shall not have any responsibility to the Borrower or any Secured Party hereunder to make any inquiry or
investigation as to, and shall have no obligation, liability or responsibility in respect of, the terms of any engagement of
any such firm, or the validity or correctness of such procedures or content of such letter (including without limitation with
respect to the sufficiency thereof for any purpose), any report or instruction (or other information or documents) prepared
or delivered by any such accountants pursuant to any such engagement. In no event shall the Collateral Agent be required to
execute any agreement in respect of the accountants that it reasonably determines adversely affects it.
(b) On or before the date that is
120 days following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower commencing in 2014, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered
to the Collateral Agent an agreed-upon procedures report from a firm of independent certified public accountants appointed
pursuant to clause (a) above for each Payment Date Report received since the last statement (i) indicating that the
calculations within those Payment Date Reports have been recalculated and compared to the information provided by the
Borrower in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and (ii) listing the Aggregate Principal Balance
of the Collateral Loans securing the Loans as of the immediately preceding Measurement Dates; provided that in the
event of a conflict between such firm of independent certified public accountants and the Borrower with respect to any matter
in this Section 5.36, the determination by such firm of independent public accountants shall be conclusive; provided further
that, if there is any inconsistency between the calculations of the Borrower and the calculations of the firm of independent
certified public accountants, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and describe such
inconsistency in reasonable detail. In the event such independent certified public accountants require the Custodian, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to agree to the procedures to be performed by such firm in any of the reports
required to be prepared pursuant to this Section 5.36(b), the Borrower shall direct the Custodian, the Administrative Agent
or the Collateral Agent in writing to so agree. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Custodian,
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent fail within 75 days following the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower to execute
any documentation required by the independent certified public accountants selected by the Borrower prior to the delivery of
any report contemplated by this Section 5.36(b), then the Borrower shall have no obligation to furnish any report covering
such fiscal year pursuant to this Section 5.36(b).
Section 5.37
Tax Matters as to the Borrower.
The Borrower shall (and each Lender hereby
agrees to) treat the Loans as debt for U.S. Federal income tax purposes and will take no contrary position. The Borrower shall
not engage in or permit any activity that causes it to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, including,
without limitation, by election or by operation of Section 7704 of the Code. Each Member and Special Member of the Borrower shall
at all times be a U.S. Person.
Section 5.38
Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter.
The Borrower shall (i) cause the Retention
Provider not to amend, supplement, modify, repudiate or waive any provision, of any Retention of Net Economic Interest Letter without
the consent of the Administrative Agent, and (ii) ensure that the Retention Provider has not changed and will not change the manner
in which it retains the Retention Interest, except to the extent permitted under Articles 404-410.
Article
VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 6.1
Events of Default. The term "Event of Default" shall mean any of the events set forth in this Section 6.1:
(a) a default in the payment,
when due and payable, of any interest, fees, costs, expenses, indemnities or other amounts (other than principal) due on any Loan
or any related Obligations in respect thereof and, in each case, the continuation of such default for five Business Days after
the date such amounts become due and payable if such date is provided in this Agreement or the applicable Loan Document (or, if
no such date is provided or such amount is not fixed, five Business Days after notice shall have been given to the Borrower by
the Majority Lenders, the intended recipient of such amounts or the Administrative Agent, specifying such amount that has become
due and payable); provided that, in the case of a failure to pay due to an administrative error or omission by the Collateral
Agent, such failure continues for five Business Days after the Collateral Agent receives written notice or has actual knowledge
of such administrative error or omission and has provided notice of such failure to the Borrower;
(b) a default in the payment
of any principal due on any Loans when such principal becomes due and payable; provided that, in the case of a failure to
pay due to an administrative error or omission by the Collateral Agent, such failure continues for five Business Days after the
Collateral Agent receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such administrative error or omission and has provided notice
of such failure to the Borrower;
(c) the failure on any Quarterly
Payment Date to disburse amounts available in the Payment Account or Collection Account in accordance with the Priority of Payments
and continuation of such failure for a period of five Business Days or, in the case of a failure to disburse due to an administrative
error or omission by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, such failure continues for seven Business Days after the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, receives written notice or has actual knowledge of such administrative
error or omission and has provided notice of such failure to the Borrower;
(d) the Borrower or the pool
of Collateral Loans becomes an investment company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(e) the occurrence of
any one or more of the following:
(i) failure of any representation
or warranty in Section 4.9 or 4.12 to be correct in all material respects when made, or default in the performance, or breach,
of any covenant contained in Section 5.1(d)(i), 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.16, 5.18(a)(v), 5.18(b), 5.19(a)(1)(i) or 5.19(a)(1)(iii);
(ii) a default in the performance,
or breach, of any covenant contained in Section 5.1(d)(ii), 5.1(d)(iii), 5.18(a)(i)-(iii) or 5.19(a)(1)(ii) and such default continues
for a period of 5 Business Days after the earlier to occur of (x) the date on which written notice of such default requiring the
same to be remedied shall have been given to the Borrower and (y) a Senior Authorized Officer of the Borrower has actual knowledge
of such default;
(iii) a default in the performance,
or breach, of any covenant contained in Section 5.18(c) and the Administrative Agent determines that such default would impair
the ability of a nationally recognized firm to provide a non-consolidation opinion with respect thereto;
(iv) failure of the representation
or warranty in Section 4.4 to be correct in all material respects when made with respect to the Borrower's obligations under
one or more Collateral Loans or other items of Collateral and there has occurred or there would reasonably be expected to occur
a material adverse effect on the rights, interests or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents; or
(v) (x) a default in the performance,
or breach, of any other covenant, warranty or other agreement of the Borrower or the Collateral Manager under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document in any material respect, or (y) the failure of any representation or warranty of the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager made in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or in any related certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith to be correct in all material respects when made and such failure would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (other than a covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement or a portion
thereof a default in the performance or breach or failure of which is otherwise specifically dealt with in this Section 6.1,
it being understood, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that any failure to meet any Concentration Limitation, Collateral
Quality Test or Coverage Test (except as provided in clause (h) below) is not an Event of Default), and such default, breach or
failure either (A) is not susceptible of cure or (B) continues for a period of 30 days following the Borrower's actual
knowledge of such default;
(f) the entry of a
decree or order by a court of competent jurisdiction (i) adjudging the Borrower as bankrupt or insolvent, or
(ii) approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law, or (iii) appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, or sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Borrower or of any substantial part of its
respective properties, or (iv) ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Borrower, respectively, and
the continuance of any such decree or order is unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(g) the institution by the
Borrower of proceedings for the Borrower to be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Borrower to the institution
of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Borrower 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 Borrower to the filing of any such
petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Borrower of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission
by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of any action by the Borrower in
furtherance of any such action;
(h) the Overcollateralization
Ratio is less than 115% as of any Measurement Date and remains so for five Business Days after such Measurement Date;
(i) any Lien on any Collateral
created pursuant to the Loan Documents shall, at any time after delivery of the respective Loan Documents, cease to be fully valid
and perfected as a first priority Lien subject only to Permitted Liens (other than directly due to the action of the Lenders or
the Agents);
(j) any of the Loan Documents
(other than the Interest Hedge Agreements and the Joinder Agreements) ceases to be in full force and effect;
(k) one or more judgments or
decrees shall be entered against the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or the Investment Advisor involving in the aggregate a liability
of $1,000,000 or more in excess of the amounts paid or fully covered by insurance and the same shall not have been vacated, satisfied,
undischarged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof;
(l) the termination of the
Collateral Management Agreement or the Administrative Agent shall have delivered to the Collateral Manager notice directing the
removal of the Collateral Manager pursuant to the Collateral Management Agreement as a result of an event constituting "Cause"
(as defined in the Collateral Management Agreement);
(m) the occurrence of a Key
Manager Event; or
(n) the occurrence of a Change
in Control.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agents, the Collateral Manager, the Lenders and DBRS in writing (which notice shall refer
to this Agreement and state that such notice is a notice of Default).
Section 6.2
Remedies. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Majority Lenders or the Administrative
Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders) may exercise (or direct the Collateral Agent in the exercise of) the rights,
privileges and remedies set forth in this Section 6.2.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of any Event of Default, each of the following actions shall require the prior written approval by the Majority
Lenders, whether or not approved by the Borrower's board of directors or other persons performing similar functions: (i) issuance
of any commitment to make, and the purchase or origination (other than pursuant to commitments then in effect) of, any Collateral
Loan or other loan or security constituting any Collateral or any interest therein, (ii) any amendment, modification, or waiver
of, or any consent to departure from, any term or provision of any Collateral Loan or other loan or security constituting any
Collateral, (iii) any release of any collateral for, or guarantor of or other credit support provider for, any Collateral Loan
or other loan or security constituting any Collateral, except upon payment in full of such Collateral Loan or other loan or security,
or any subordination or limitation of recourse with respect thereto, (iv) any sale, purchase, assignment or participation in respect
of any Collateral Loan or other loan or security constituting any Collateral (other than pursuant to commitments then in effect
or in the case of a sale or assignment upon payment in full of such Collateral Loan or other loan or security), (v) any determination
to exercise, or not to exercise, remedies in respect of a Collateral Loan or other loan or security constituting any Collateral
following a default or event of default thereunder, and (vi) any other action or decision not to act which impairs or could be
reasonably likely to impair the value of any Collateral Loan or other loan or security constituting any Collateral, or to extend
or increase the Borrower's obligations with respect thereto or to interfere with the exercise of rights or remedies with respect
to any Collateral Loan or other loan or security constituting any Collateral.
(b) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default, in addition to all rights and remedies specified in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, including Section 6.3, and the rights and remedies of a secured party under applicable law, including the UCC,
the Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, may do any one or more of the following:
(1) declare the Commitments
to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall forthwith terminate (provided that, unless an Event of Default
described in Section 6.1(d), (f) or (g) has occurred and is continuing, the Class A-R Commitments shall not be terminated unless
the Net Aggregate Exposure Amount is equal to zero); and
(2) declare the principal
of and the accrued interest on the Loans and the Notes and all other amounts whatsoever payable by the Borrower hereunder (including
any amounts payable under Section 2.9) to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such amounts shall be immediately due and
payable without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower;
provided that, upon the occurrence of any Event
of Default described in clause (f) or (g) of Section 6.1, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Loans
and all such other amounts shall automatically become due and payable, without any further action by any party.
(c) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Majority Lenders or the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Administrative
Agent or the Majority Lenders) will have the right to take any other remedies set forth in Section 6.3(b) below or other remedies
permitted by law.
Section 6.3
Additional Collateral Provisions.
(a) Release of Security Interest. If and only
if all Obligations under the Loans have been paid in full and all Commitments have been terminated, the Secured Parties shall,
at the expense of the Borrower, promptly execute, deliver and file or authorize for filing such instruments as the Borrower shall
reasonably request in order to reassign, release or terminate the Secured Parties' security interest in the Collateral. The Secured
Parties acknowledge and agree that upon the sale or disposition of any Collateral by the Borrower in compliance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the security interest of the Secured Parties in such Collateral shall immediately terminate and
the Secured Parties shall, at the expense of the Borrower, execute, deliver and file or authorize for filing such instrument as
the Borrower shall reasonably request to reflect or evidence such termination. Any and all actions under this Article VI in respect
of the Collateral shall be without any recourse to, or representation or warranty by any Secured Party and shall be at the sole
cost and expense of the Borrower.
(b) Additional Rights and Remedies. The Collateral
Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other Secured Parties), acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders through the Administrative
Agent, shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC and other applicable law. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent or its designees shall, at the direction of the Majority
Lenders through the Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by applicable law and notwithstanding anything in the Loan Documents
to the contrary, (i) instruct the Borrower to deliver any or all of the Collateral, the Related Contracts, Underlying Instruments
and any other documents relating to the Collateral to the Collateral Agent or its designees and otherwise give all instructions
for the Borrower regarding the Collateral; (ii) sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral, all without judicial process or proceedings;
(iii) take control of the proceeds of any such Collateral; (iv) subject to the provisions of the applicable Related Contracts,
exercise any consensual or voting rights in respect of the Collateral; (v) release, make extensions, discharges, exchanges or substitutions
for, or surrender all or any part of the Collateral; (vi) enforce the Borrower's rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral;
(vii) institute and prosecute legal and equitable proceedings to enforce collection of, or realize upon, any of the Collateral;
(viii) require that the Borrower immediately take all actions necessary to cause the liquidation of the Collateral in order to
pay all amounts due and payable in respect of the Obligations, in accordance with the terms of the Related Contracts; (ix) to redeem
or withdraw or cause the Borrower to redeem or withdraw any asset of the Borrower to pay amounts due and payable in respect of
the Obligations; (x) subject to Section 12.16, make copies of or, if necessary, remove from the Borrower's and its agents' place
of business all books, records and documents relating to the Collateral; and (xi) endorse the name of the Borrower upon any items
of payment relating to the Collateral or upon any proof of claim in bankruptcy against an account debtor. The Collateral Agent
shall provide written notice of any liquidation of the Collateral to DBRS.
The Collateral Agent shall not be under any
duty or obligation to take any affirmative action to exercise or enforce any power, right or remedy available to it under this
Agreement unless and until (and to the extent) at the express direction of the Majority Lenders through the Administrative Agent;
provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any such action at the direction of the Majority Lenders
through the Administrative Agent, any Secured Party or otherwise if the taking of such action, in the reasonable determination
of the Collateral Agent, (x) shall be in violation of any applicable law or contrary to any provisions of this Agreement or (y)
shall expose the Collateral Agent to liability hereunder (unless it has been provided with an indemnity agreement (including the
indemnity provisions contained herein and in the other Loan Documents) which it reasonably deems to be satisfactory with respect
thereto).
The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent (acting
at the direction of the Majority Lenders or acting directly or through the Administrative Agent) or the Majority Lenders, it
shall execute all documents and agreements which are necessary or appropriate to have the Collateral assigned to the
Collateral Agent or its designee. For purposes of taking the actions described in clauses (i) through (xi) of this Section
6.3(b) the Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact (which appointment being coupled
with an interest and is irrevocable while any of the Obligations remain unpaid and which can be exercised only if such Event
of Default is continuing), with power of substitution, in the name of the Collateral Agent or in the name of the Borrower or
otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, but at the cost and
expense of the Borrower and, except as permitted by applicable law, without notice to the Borrower.
All documented sums paid or advanced by
the Collateral Agent in connection with the foregoing and all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including documented
and reasonable and documented attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred in connection therewith, together with interest thereon at
the Post-Default Rate for the Loans from the date of demand of repayment by the Collateral Agent until repaid in full, shall be
paid by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent from time to time on demand in accordance with the Priority of Payments and shall
constitute and become a part of the Obligations secured hereby.
Without the prior written consent of the
Majority Lenders, credit bidding by any Lender (or any other Person) in connection with any foreclosure sale hereunder shall not
be permitted.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Article VI, in connection with the sale of the Collateral following an acceleration of the Obligations, the Collateral Manager
(or any of its Affiliates) shall have the right (which right, for avoidance of doubt, shall be irrevocably forfeited if not exercised
within the specified timeframe) to purchase all of the Collateral Loans in the Collateral within 2 Business Days of its receipt
of notice of such acceleration by paying to the Collateral Agent in immediately available funds, an amount equal to all outstanding
Obligations and, without duplication, all unpaid Administrative Expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing purchase rights, if the
Collateral Agent or the Majority Lenders propose to sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at a public
or private sale, the Collateral Manager (or any of its Affiliates) shall have the right to offer bids to acquire all or any portion
of the Collateral sold at such sale. To the extent the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Majority Lenders) elects to
sell any or all Collateral Loans at such public or private sale, such Collateral Loans or any parcel thereof shall be sold to the
party offering the highest bid in immediately available funds.
(c) Remedies Cumulative. Each right, power, and
remedy of the Agents and the other Secured Parties, or any of them, as provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents
or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in
addition to every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Agents or any other
Secured Party of any one or more of such rights, powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by such
Persons of any or all such other rights, powers, or remedies.
(d) Related Contracts.
(i) The Borrower hereby
agrees that, to the extent not expressly prohibited by the terms of the Related Contracts, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, it shall (x) upon the written request of either Agent promptly forward to such Agent all information
and notices which it receives under or in connection with the Related Contracts relating to the Collateral, subject to applicable
confidentiality requirements, and (y) upon the written request of either Agent, act and refrain from acting in respect of
any request, act, decision or vote under or in connection with the Related Contracts relating to the Collateral only in accordance
with the direction of such Agent.
(ii) The Borrower agrees
that, to the extent the same shall be in the Borrower's possession, it will hold all Related Contracts relating to the Collateral
in trust for the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, and upon request of either Agent following the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default or as otherwise provided herein, promptly deliver the same to the Collateral Agent
or its designee.
(e) Borrower Remains Liable.
(i) Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (x) the Borrower shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in and relating to the
Collateral (including the Related Contracts) to the extent set forth therein, and shall perform all of its duties and obligations
under such contracts and agreements to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, and (y) the exercise by any
Secured Party of any of its rights hereunder shall not release the Borrower from any of its duties or obligations under any such
contracts or agreements included in the Collateral.
(ii) No obligation or
liability of the Borrower is intended to be assumed by either Agent or any other Secured Party under or as a result of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including under any Related Contract or any
other agreement or document that relates to Collateral and, to the maximum extent permitted under provisions of law, the Agents
and the other Secured Parties expressly disclaim any such assumption.
(f) Protection of Collateral. The Borrower, or
the Collateral Manager on behalf of and at the expense of the Borrower, shall from time to time execute and deliver all such supplements
and amendments hereto and file or authorize the filing of all such UCC-1 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 Lenders hereunder and to:
(i) grant security more effectively
on all or any portion of the Collateral;
(ii) maintain, preserve and
perfect any grant of security made, continued or to be made by this Agreement 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, continued or to be made by this Agreement (including, without limitation,
any and all actions necessary or desirable as a result of changes in law or regulations);
(iv) enforce any of the Collateral
or other instruments or property included in the Collateral;
(v) preserve and defend
title to the Collateral and the rights therein of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in the Collateral against the claims
of all Persons and parties; and
(vi) pay or cause to be
paid any and all material taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Collateral, except to the extent such taxes
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made
therefor.
The Borrower hereby authorizes the Collateral
Agent as its agent and attorney in fact to prepare and file any UCC-1 financing statement, continuation statement and all other
instruments, and take all other actions, required pursuant to this Section 6.3. Such authorization shall not impose upon the Collateral
Agent, or release or diminish, the Borrower's obligations under this Section 6.3. The Borrower further authorizes the Administrative
Agent's United States counsel to file any UCC-1 or UCC-3 financing statements that may be required by the Agents in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 6.4
Application of Proceeds. Unless and until the Majority Lenders have exercised their right to direct the liquidation
of the Collateral pursuant to this Article VI, all proceeds received in respect of the Collateral will be applied in accordance
with the Priority of Payments specified in Section 9.1(a). All proceeds received after the Majority Lenders have exercised their
right to direct the liquidation of the Collateral will be applied to the Obligations in the following order of priority on each
date or dates fixed by the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Majority Lenders acting through the Administrative Agent):
(a) first, to the payment
to the Collateral Agent for all due and unpaid Collateral Agent Fees and all other Administrative Expenses owing to the Collateral
Agent, all amounts owing and payable hereunder to the Custodian and U.S. Bank as Securities Intermediary (including, in each case,
without limitation, indemnity payments); and second, to the payment to the Administrative Agent for all due and unpaid Administrative
Agent Fees and all other Administrative Expenses owing to the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, indemnity payments);
(b) to the payment of Administrative
Expenses (other than those paid under clause (a) above), in the order of priority set forth in the definition of "Administrative
Expenses";
(c) to the payment of all other
amounts due to the Agents hereunder;
(d) to the payment of all amounts
due to the Interest Hedge Counterparties under all Interest Hedge Agreements (exclusive of any early termination or liquidation
payment owing by the Borrower by reason of the occurrence of an event of default or termination event thereunder with respect to
such Interest Hedge Counterparty where such Interest Hedge Counterparty is the sole affected party or the defaulting party);
(e) to the payment to the Collateral
Manager of all due and unpaid Senior Management Fees;
(f) first, to the payment
to the Lenders hereunder on a pro rata basis, of all amounts due which constitute principal, interest (other than the additional
two percent of interest payable at the Post-Default Rate) and Commitment Fees in respect of the Loans; and second, to the
payment to the Lenders hereunder on a pro rata basis, of all interest payable at the Post-Default Rate (to the extent not
paid in clause "first" above) and all amounts due which constitute Increased Costs and all other amounts on and
in respect of all Loans;
(g) to the payment of all amounts
due to any Interest Hedge Counterparty under all Interest Hedge Agreements to the extent not paid under clause (d) above;
(h) to the payment to the Collateral
Manager of all due and unpaid Subordinated Management Fees; and
(i) any remainder, to the equity of the Borrower.
If on any date that payments are made pursuant to this Section
6.4 the amount available to be paid pursuant to any of the foregoing clauses (a) through (i) is insufficient to make the full amount
of the disbursements required pursuant to any such clause, such payments will be applied in the order and according to the priority
set forth in clauses (a) through (i) above and (except as provided in subclauses "first" and "second" of clause
(a) above) ratably in accordance with the respective amounts owing under any such clause to the extent funds are available therefor.
Section 6.5
Addition of Capital Contributions. The equityholders of the Borrower may, but shall have no obligation to, at any
time or from time to time make a capital contribution in Cash to the Borrower for the purpose of curing any Event of Default (but,
for the avoidance of doubt, no such contribution shall cure any Event of Default without the consent of the Majority Lenders) or
satisfying any Coverage Test or Collateral Quality Test; provided that the proceeds of such capital contribution are applied
to prepay the Loans. Unless otherwise directed by the Borrower by prior or contemporaneous written notice to the Collateral Manager,
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, all Cash contributed to the Borrower shall be treated as Principal Proceeds.
Article
VII
THE AGENTS
Section 7.1
Appointment and Authorization. Each Lender irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as
agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to such Agent
by the terms hereof or thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Only the Agents (and not one
or more of the Lenders) shall have the authority to deal directly with the Borrower under this Agreement and each Lender acknowledges
that all notices, demands or requests from such Lender to the Borrower must be forwarded to the applicable Agent for delivery to
the Borrower. Each Lender acknowledges that the Borrower has no obligation to act or refrain from acting on instructions or demands
of one or more Lenders absent written instructions from an Agent in accordance with its rights and authority hereunder.
Section 7.2 Agents
and Affiliates. The Agents shall each have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as the Lenders and may each
exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agents and their respective affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Affiliate of
the Borrower as if it were not an Agent hereunder, and the term "Lender" and "Lenders" may include
Natixis, U.S. Bank and/or any Affiliate of Natixis or U.S. Bank in its individual capacity. The provisions in this Article
VII with respect to the Agents shall apply only to the Agents acting in their capacities as such hereunder and not as
Lenders.
Section 7.3
Actions by Agent. The obligations of the Agents hereunder are only those expressly set forth herein. Neither Agent
shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender,
and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of any Agent shall be read
into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or shall otherwise exist against any Agent. The provisions of this Article VII are
solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders (other than Sections 7.1 and 7.8, which are also for the benefit of the Borrower).
In performing its functions and duties solely under this Agreement, each Agent shall act solely as the agent of the Lenders (except
to the extent provided in Section 12.6(f)) and does not assume, nor shall be deemed to have assumed, any obligation or relationship
of trust with or for the Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent shall be required to take any action
with respect to any Default, except as expressly provided in Article VI.
Section 7.4
Delegation of Duties; Consultation with Experts. Each Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by
or through its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts
selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice
of such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 7.5
Liability of Agents.(a) No Agent nor any of its respective affiliates, directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in connection herewith (x) with the consent or at the request of
the Majority Lenders or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent nor any of its respective
affiliates, directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify
(i) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement or any Borrowing hereunder; (ii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of the Borrower; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition
specified in Article III, except receipt of items required to be delivered to such Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness
or genuineness of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection herewith.
No Agent shall incur any liability by acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing (which
may be a bank wire, telex or similar writing) believed by it to be genuine or to be signed by the proper party or parties. Each
Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or any other document furnished in connection herewith or therewith in accordance with a request of the Majority Lenders (and,
with respect to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant
thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders. Under no circumstances shall the Agents be deemed liable for any special, indirect,
punitive or consequential damages (including lost profits) even if the Collateral Agent has been advised of the likelihood of
such damages and regardless of the form of action.
(b) The following additional provisions apply with respect
to the Collateral Agent:
(i) the Collateral Agent
shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default until an Administrative
Officer of the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice (which notice shall refer to this Agreement and state that such
notice is a notice of Default or Event of Default) thereof from the Borrower, the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent,
a Lender or any other Person;
(ii) no provision of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall require the Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial 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 against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it; provided, however, that the reasonable and documented costs of performing
its ordinary services under this Agreement shall not be deemed an "financial liability" for purposes hereof;
(iii) if, in performing its
duties under this Agreement, the Collateral Agent is required to decide between alternative courses of action, the Collateral Agent
may request written instructions from the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall request written instructions
from the Majority Lenders) as to the course of action desired. If the Collateral Agent does not receive such instructions within
five Business Days after its request therefor, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking
any such courses of action. The Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with instructions received after such five Business Day
period except to the extent it has already taken, or committed itself to take, action inconsistent with such instructions;
(iv) the Collateral Agent shall be under no
liability for interest on any funds received by it hereunder except to the extent of income or other gain on Eligible Investments
which are deposits in or certificates of deposit of U.S. Bank or any Affiliate in its commercial capacity and income or other gain
actually received (and not subsequently reinvested, withdrawn or distributed) by the Collateral Agent in Eligible Investments;
(v) the Collateral Agent
shall not be liable or responsible for delays or failures in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused,
directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control (such acts include but are not limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts,
riots, acts of war and interruptions, losses or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications services);
it being understood that the Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices
in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances; and
(vi) without prejudice
to the Collateral Agent's duties under Article VI or any other provision of any Loan Document, the Collateral Agent shall be under
no obligation to take any action to collect from any Obligor any amount payable by such Obligor on the Collateral Loans or any
other Collateral under any circumstances, including if payment is refused after due demand.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall have no
duties or responsibilities except such duties and responsibilities as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no covenants
or obligations shall be implied in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent
shall not be responsible for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include
but shall not be limited to acts of god, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed
after the fact, fire, communication line failures, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters.
(d) In no event shall the Collateral Agent
be liable for the selection of any investments or any losses in connection therewith, or for any failure of the Borrower to timely
provide investment instruction to the Collateral Agent in connection with the investment of funds in or from any account set forth
herein. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.2(c) or Section 8.3, in the absence of a Borrower Order or, after an Event of
Default, a direction from the Administrative Agent, all funds in any account held under this Agreement shall be held uninvested.
(e) The Collateral Agent and its Affiliates
shall be permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Collateral Agent's economic self-interest
for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to
certain of the Eligible Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Eligible Investments, and (iii) effecting
transactions in certain investments. Such compensation shall not be considered an amount that is reimbursable or payable pursuant
to this Agreement.
(f) Without limiting the generality of
any terms of this Section 7.5, the Collateral Agent shall have no liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the
part of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Manager or the Borrower to provide accurate and complete information
on a timely basis to the Collateral Agent, or otherwise on the part of any such party to comply with the terms of this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Collateral
Agent's part of any of its duties hereunder that is caused by or results from any such inaccurate, incomplete or untimely information
received by it, or other failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms hereof.
(g) In order to comply with the laws,
rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating
to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (collectively, "Applicable Laws"), the Collateral
Agent is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business
relationship with the Collateral Agent. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to the Collateral Agent upon its request
from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Collateral
Agent to comply with Applicable Laws. The Collateral Agent may from time to time establish any additional accounts deemed necessary
or desirable for convenience in administering the Collateral so long as each such account is at all times subject to a valid and
perfected first priority lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(h) The Collateral Agent shall not be under
any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or any other Loan Document at the request
or direction of the Majority Lenders or Administrative Agent unless it shall have been provided indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its attorneys and counsel), and liabilities which
may be incurred by it in compliance with or in performing such request or direction. No provision of this Agreement or any Loan
Document shall otherwise be construed to require the Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or to take any action that
could in its judgment cause it to incur any cost, expenses or liability, unless it is provided an indemnity reasonably acceptable
to it against any such expenditure, risk, costs, expense or liability. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall not
have any duty or obligation to take any affirmative action to exercise or enforce any power, right or remedy available to it under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless and until directed by the Majority Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on their
behalf).
(i) The Collateral Agent shall not be bound
to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, entitlement order, approval or other paper or document. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for
any error of judgment, or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any mistakes of fact or law, or
for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith except in the case of its willful misconduct, bad faith,
reckless disregard or grossly negligent performance or omission of its duties. The Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel
(including, without limitation, counsel for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or any of their Affiliates) and independent
public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for
the actions of omissions of the Administrative Agent (including without limitation concerning the application of funds), or under
any duty to monitor or investigate compliance on the part of the Administrative agent with the terms or requirements of this Agreement,
any Loan Document or any related document, or their duties thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to assume the due
authority of any signatory and genuineness of any signature appearing on any instrument or document it may receive hereunder.
(j) The delivery of reports, and other
documents and information to the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document is for informational purposes only
and the Collateral Agent's receipt of such documents and information shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein. The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to
execute and deliver the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. Whether or not expressly stated in such Facility Documents,
in performing (or refraining from acting) thereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, benefits, protections
and indemnities which are afforded to it in this Agreement.
(k) Except as expressly provided herein
or in any other Loan Document, nothing herein shall be construed to impose an obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent to
recalculate, evaluate or verify any report, certificate or information received by it from the Borrower, Collateral Manager, Lender
or Administrative Agent or to otherwise monitor the activities of the Borrower or Collateral Manager.
(l) In the event that the Collateral Agent
is also acting in the capacity of Custodian, paying agent, securities intermediary hereunder or under the other Loan Documents,
the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VII shall also be afforded
to U.S. Bank acting in such capacities.
(m) The Collateral Agent shall not be charged
with knowledge or notice of any matter unless actually known to an Administrative Officer of the Collateral Agent responsible for
the administration of this Agreement, or unless and to the extent written notice of such matter is received by the Collateral Agent
at its address in accordance with Section 12.1.
Section 7.6
Indemnification. Each Lender shall, ratably in accordance with its Percentage Share, indemnify the Agents, their
respective affiliates, directors, officers, agents and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower as may be required
under this Agreement) against any cost, expense (including fees of counsel and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability
(except such as result from such indemnitees' gross negligence or willful misconduct) that such indemnitees may suffer or incur
in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any action taken or omitted by such indemnitees hereunder or thereunder.
Section 7.7
Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other
Lender or any of their respective affiliates, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or their respective affiliates, and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking any action under this Agreement
or in connection therewith. The Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information concerning the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the
Borrower which may come into the possession of the Agents or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact
or affiliates other than in connection with their acting as Agents under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 7.8
Successor Agent. An Agent may give notice of its intent to resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Lenders,
the Borrower, the Collateral Manager and DBRS. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint
a successor Agent with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor
Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders, shall have been approved by the Borrower, and shall have accepted such
appointment, within 30 days after the notice of resignation or removal thereof, then the retiring Agent may (i) petition a court
of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Agent or (ii) appoint a successor Agent, in each case, which such successor Agent
shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having
a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as such Agent hereunder by a successor
Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the retiring Agent,
and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder, and the successor Agent shall provide written
notice of such appointment to the Lenders, the Collateral Manager and DBRS. In addition, upon the affirmative vote of the Majority
Lenders exercising good faith that an Agent has acted with gross negligence or committed an act of willful misconduct or failed
to act as required due to gross negligence or willful misconduct in its capacity as agent for the Lenders hereunder, the Majority
Lenders may immediately remove such Agent; provided that (i) a Lender hereunder agrees to serve as Agent and (ii) the Borrower
has consented to such Lender serving as Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) until a successor Agent
shall be appointed pursuant to the terms of this Section 7.8. After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions
of this Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent. With
respect to any Person (i) into which an Agent may be merged or consolidated, (ii) that may result from any merger or consolidation
to which an Agent shall be a party, or (iii) with respect to the Collateral Agent that may succeed to the corporate trust business
and assets of the Collateral Agent substantially as a whole, shall be the successor to such Agent under this Agreement without
further act of any of the parties to this Agreement.
Article
VIII
ACCOUNTS AND COLLATERAL
Section 8.1
Collection of Money.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Collateral Agent 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 Collateral Agent pursuant
to this Agreement (other than amounts specifically required herein to be paid to the Administrative Agent), including, but not
limited to, all payments or any other amounts due on the Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments, in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments. The Collateral Agent shall segregate and hold all such Money
and property received by it in trust for the Lenders and shall apply it as provided in this Agreement.
(b) All payments on the Collateral Loans and other Collateral
shall be made directly to the Collateral Agent (at a bank in the United States), will be held in the Collection Account, and will
be divided into Interest Proceeds (including Fee Proceeds) and Principal Proceeds. Such amounts shall be applied in accordance
with the Priority of Payments and the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The Borrower will provide the Collateral Agent with
a certified copy of each agreement under which the Borrower sells a Participation Interest in any Collateral Loan pursuant to Section
10.1(b) or sells all or any part of a Collateral Loan by assignment pursuant to Section 10.1. Upon receipt of written certification
by the Borrower (which may take the form of standing instructions with respect to a specified portion of all payments received
on designated Collateral Loans) to the effect that specified amounts received by the Collateral Agent from an Obligor do not constitute
Collections subject to this Agreement but are required by the terms of such a participation or assignment agreement to be paid
by the Borrower to the purchaser of a Participation Interest sold by the Borrower or assignee of the Borrower, as the case may
be, the Collateral Agent will disburse such amounts, as directed in such certificate.
(d) The parties to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement intend that each of the Covered Accounts shall be securities accounts of the Collateral Agent and not accounts of the
Borrower. The Custodian shall comply with entitlement orders originated by the Collateral Agent without the further consent of
any other person or entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Collateral Agent notifies the Custodian that
the Collateral Agent shall exercise exclusive control over the Covered Accounts, the Custodian shall cease complying with entitlement
orders or other directions relating to the Covered Accounts (or any financial assets or other funds or property credited to or
held, deposited, or carried in the Covered Accounts) originated by the Borrower or any other Person or entity other than the Collateral
Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall not seek to exercise exclusive control over the Covered Accounts
at any time prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default. The immediately preceding sentence is an agreement
as between the Collateral Agent and the Borrower alone and does not constitute an agreement of the Custodian.
The Custodian shall agree, and U.S. Bank
as Custodian hereby agrees, with the Collateral Agent that (i) each of the Covered Accounts shall be securities accounts of the
Collateral Agent, (ii) all property credited to the Covered Accounts shall be treated as a "financial asset" for
purposes of the UCC, (iii) the Custodian shall treat the Collateral Agent as entitled to exercise the rights that comprise each
financial asset credited to the Covered Accounts, (iv) the Custodian shall not agree with any person or entity other than the
Collateral Agent to comply with entitlement orders originated by any person or entity other than the Collateral Agent, (v) the
Covered Accounts and all property credited to the Covered Accounts shall not be subject to any lien, security interest, right
of set-off, or encumbrance in favor of the Custodian or any person or entity claiming through the Custodian (other than the Collateral
Agent) except for the right to debit for any item returned by reason of non-sufficient funds, (vi) the State of New York
shall be the securities intermediary's jurisdiction of the Custodian for purposes of the UCC, and (vii) any agreement between
the Custodian and the Collateral Agent with respect to the Covered Accounts shall be governed by the laws of the State of New
York. Notwithstanding any term hereof or elsewhere to the contrary, it is hereby expressly acknowledged that (a) interests in
bank loans or participations (collectively, "Loan Assets") may be acquired and delivered by the Borrower to the Securities
Intermediary from time to time which are not evidenced by, or accompanied by delivery of, a security (as that term is defined
in UCC Section 8-102) or an instrument (as that term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC), and may be evidenced solely
by delivery to the Securities Intermediary of a facsimile copy of an assignment agreement ("Loan Assignment Agreement")
in favor of the Borrower as assignee, (b) any such Loan Assignment Agreement (and the registration of the related Loan Assets
on the books and records of the applicable obligor or bank agent) shall be registered in the name of the Borrower, and (c) any
duty on the part of the Securities Intermediary with respect to such Loan Asset (including in respect of any duty it might otherwise
have to maintain a sufficient quantity of such Loan Asset for purposes of UCC Section 8-504) shall be limited to the exercise
of reasonable care by the Securities Intermediary in the physical custody of any such Loan Assignment Agreement that may be delivered
to it; provided that the Custodian shall maintain such Loan Assets as required by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
It is acknowledged and agreed that the Securities Intermediary is not under a duty to examine underlying credit agreements or
loan documents to determine the validity or sufficiency of any Loan Assignment Agreement (and shall have no responsibility for
the genuineness or completeness thereof), or for the Borrower's title to any related Loan Asset.
Section 8.2
Collection Account.
(a) The Collateral Agent hereby represents that it has,
in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, established a single, segregated non-interest bearing trust account in the name
"FS Senior Funding LLC Collection Account, subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties",
which has been designated as the "Collection Account" and which shall be governed solely by the terms of this
Agreement and the Account Control Agreement. Such account shall be held in trust in the name of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent shall have exclusive control over such account, subject to the Borrower's right
to give instructions specified herein, and the sole right of withdrawal, into which the Collateral Agent shall from time to time
deposit (i) any amount received under any Interest Hedge Agreement, (ii) all proceeds received from the disposition of any Collateral
(unless, during the Reinvestment Period, simultaneously reinvested in Collateral Loans, subject to Article X, or in Eligible Investments
or to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.7) and (iii) all Interest Proceeds (including all Fee Proceeds) and all Principal
Proceeds. All Monies deposited from time to time in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement shall be held by the Collateral
Agent as part of the Collateral and shall be applied for the purposes herein provided. The Collection Account shall remain at all
times with an Eligible Account Bank. The only permitted withdrawal from or application of funds on deposit in, or otherwise to
the credit of, the Collection Account shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.4, 8.2 and 9.1. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to establish one or more subaccounts of the Collection Account, one of
which shall be designated the "Interest Collection Account" and the other the "Principal Collection Account"
and which together will comprise the "Collection Account" for all purposes of this Agreement and the Account Control
Agreement.
(b) All Distributions and any net
proceeds from the sale or disposition of Pledged Collateral or any Interest Hedge Agreement or other collateral received by the
Collateral Agent shall, subject to the parenthetical in Section 8.2(a)(ii), be immediately deposited into the Collection Account.
Subject to Sections 8.2(d) and 8.2(e), all such property, together with any investments in which funds included in such property
are or will be invested or reinvested during the term of this Agreement, and any income or other gain realized from such investments,
shall be held by the Collateral Agent in the Collection Account as part of the Collateral subject to disbursement and withdrawal
as provided in this Section 8.2. (i) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, by Borrower Order (which may
be in the form of standing instructions), the Borrower shall and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of Default, the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Majority Lenders) shall direct the Collateral Agent to, and, upon
receipt of such Borrower Order or direction, as applicable, the Collateral Agent shall, invest all funds received into the Collection
Account during a Due Period, and amounts received in prior Due Periods and retained in the Collection Account, as so directed
in Eligible Investments having stated maturities no later than the second Business Day immediately preceding the next Quarterly
Payment Date. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent each agrees that it shall not give any instruction to invest such funds
other than in accordance with, or subject to an exemption from, Articles 404-410. So long as no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Collateral Agent, within one Business Day after receipt of any Distribution or other proceeds which are
not Cash, shall so notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall, within six months of receipt of such notice from the Collateral
Agent, sell such Distribution or other proceeds for Cash (at a price equal to fair market value as reasonably determined by the
Borrower or the Collateral Manager in accordance with the Servicing Standard) to any Person (including an Affiliate of the Borrower)
and deposit the proceeds thereof in the Collection Account for investment pursuant to this Section 8.2; provided that the
Borrower need not sell such Distributions or other proceeds if it delivers a certificate of an Authorized Officer to the Administrative
Agent certifying that such Distributions or other proceeds constitute Collateral Loans or Eligible Investments or securities subject
to transfer restrictions that do not permit such sale.
(c) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, if the Borrower shall not have given any investment directions pursuant to Section 8.2(b), the Collateral Agent shall
seek instructions from the Borrower within one Business Day after transfer of such funds to the Collection Account. If the Collateral
Agent does not thereupon receive written instructions from the Borrower within five Business Days after transfer of such funds
to the Collection Account, the Collateral Agent shall again seek instructions from the Borrower. The Borrower agrees that it shall
not give any instruction to invest such funds other than in accordance with, or subject to an exemption from, Articles 404-410.
After the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, if the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Majority
Lenders) shall not have given investment directions to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.2(b) for three consecutive days,
the Collateral Agent shall seek instructions from the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent agrees that it shall not give
any instruction to invest such funds other than in accordance with, or subject to an exemption from, Articles 404-410. All interest
and other income from such investments shall be deposited in the Collection Account, any gain realized from such investments shall
be credited to the Collection Account, and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to the Collection Account.
(d) During the Reinvestment Period, the Borrower may
by Borrower Order direct the Collateral Agent to, and upon receipt of such Borrower Order the Collateral Agent shall, (i) withdraw
funds on deposit in the Collection Account representing Principal Proceeds and reinvest such funds in Collateral Loans as permitted
under and in accordance with the requirements of Article X and such Borrower Order, (ii) apply Principal Proceeds to make a prepayment
of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.7 so long as on the date of such prepayment no Commitment Shortfall results therefrom
and (iii) transfer Principal Proceeds to the Future Funding Reserve Account so long as on the date of such transfer and after giving
effect thereto the amount standing to the credit of the Future Funding Reserve Account shall not exceed the aggregate Unfunded
Amount.
After the Reinvestment Period, the Borrower
may by Borrower Order direct the Collateral Agent to, and upon receipt of such Borrower Order the Collateral Agent shall apply
Principal Proceeds received by the Borrower (before or after the end of the Reinvestment Period) towards (A) the purchase or origination
of Collateral Loans, (B) the payment or funding of Unfunded Amounts or (C) the funding of the Future Funding Reserve Account on
any Business Day (in an amount not exceeding the Unfunded Amount), in each case pursuant to commitments entered into by the Borrower
prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period.
By Borrower Order, the Borrower may at any
time direct the Collateral Agent to, and, upon receipt of such Borrower Order, the Collateral Agent shall, pay from time to time
on dates other than Quarterly Payment Dates from Interest Proceeds on deposit in the Collection Account, Administrative Expenses;
provided that the aggregate amount of Administrative Expenses paid in any Due Period (excluding Administrative Expenses
paid on Quarterly Payment Dates pursuant to the Priority of Payments) shall not exceed the Retained Expense Amount determined on
the immediately prior Quarterly Payment Date plus, without duplication, the Quarterly Cap applicable on the next Quarterly
Payment Date.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall transfer to the Payment
Account for application pursuant to Section 9.1(a), on or about the Business Day (but in no event more than two Business Days)
prior to each Quarterly Payment Date, any amounts then held in the Collection Account other than proceeds received after the end
of the Due Period with respect to such Quarterly Payment Date.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) The Collateral Agent agrees to give the Borrower
and the Lenders prompt notice if an Administrative Officer of the Collateral Agent obtains actual knowledge of or receives written
notice that the Collection Account or any funds on deposit therein, or otherwise to the credit of the Collection Account, shall
become subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process.
(h) At any time and from time to time the Borrower, or
the Collateral Manager on the Borrower's behalf, may deposit (including for purposes of satisfying the Overcollateralization Ratio
Test) into the Collection Account funds not previously subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) granted under this Agreement; provided that (i) all such funds are to be treated as Principal Proceeds or Interest
Proceeds as designated by the Borrower and (ii) upon the deposit of such funds into the Collection Account, such funds shall automatically
be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) granted under this Agreement. Any such
deposit shall be irrevocable.
Section 8.3
Payment Account; Future Funding Reserve Account; Lender Collateral Account; Closing Expense Account.
(a) Payment Account. The
Collateral Agent hereby represents that it has, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, established a single, segregated
non-interest bearing trust account in the name "FS Senior Funding LLC Payment Account, subject to the lien of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties", which has been designated as the "Payment Account" and which
shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement. Such account shall be held in trust
in the name of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent shall have exclusive control
over such account, subject to the Borrower's right to give instructions specified herein, and the sole right of withdrawal. Any
and all funds at any time on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Payment Account shall be held in trust by the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Except as provided in Sections 6.4 and 9.1, 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 the interest on and the
principal of the Loans in accordance with their terms and the provisions of this Agreement and, upon Borrower Order or in accordance
with the Payment Date Report, to pay fees, Administrative Agent Fees, Collateral Agent Fees, Administrative Expenses, Commitment
Fees, Increased Costs and other amounts specified therein, each in accordance with (and subject to the limitations contained in)
the Priority of Payments. The Collateral Agent agrees to give the Borrower and the Lenders immediate notice if an Administrative
Officer of the Collateral Agent obtains actual knowledge of or receives written notice that the Payment Account or any funds on
deposit therein, or otherwise to the credit of the Payment Account, shall become subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant
of attachment, execution or similar process. The Borrower shall not have any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the Payment
Account other than in accordance with the Priority of Payments. The Payment Account shall remain at all times with an Eligible
Account Bank.
(b) Future Funding Reserve Account. The Collateral
Agent hereby represents that it has, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, established a single, segregated non-interest
bearing trust account in the name "FS Senior Funding LLC Future Funding Reserve Account, subject to the lien of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties", which has been designated as the "Future Funding Reserve Account"
and which shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement. Such account shall be held
in trust in the name of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and amounts shall be deposited from time to
time in such account in accordance with Articles VIII and IX. By Borrower Order (which may be in the form of standing instructions),
the Borrower may, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, direct the Collateral Agent to, and, upon receipt
of such Borrower Order, the Collateral Agent shall, invest all funds received into the Future Funding Reserve Account as so directed
solely in overnight funds that are Eligible Investments. The only permitted withdrawals from or applications of funds on deposit
in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Future Funding Reserve Account shall be (i) to fund or pay Unfunded Amounts, (ii) at the
election of the Borrower during the Reinvestment Period, to be applied as Principal Proceeds for use as is provided in this Agreement
(including, without limitation, as provided in Section 9.1(a)(ii)) and (iii) after the Reinvestment Period, to the extent of any
Excess Reserve Amount, to be applied as Principal Proceeds in accordance with Section 9.1(a)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the amount of all funds on deposit in the Future Funding Reserve Account on any date that exceeds the aggregate Unfunded Amount
on such date shall be transferred to the Collection Account on such date and applied as Principal Proceeds. For the avoidance of
doubt, any amounts transferred from the Future Funding Reserve Account for application as Principal Proceeds as provided above
shall be further invested in Collateral Loans (to the extent expressly permitted by the other provisions in this Agreement) or
applied as Principal Proceeds in accordance with Section 9.1(a)(ii), in each case as expressly provided in this Agreement. The
Collateral Agent agrees to give the Borrower immediate notice if an Administrative Officer of the Collateral Agent obtains actual
knowledge of or receives written notice that the Future Funding Reserve Account or any funds on deposit therein, or otherwise to
the credit of the Future Funding Reserve Account, shall become subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution
or similar process. The Future Funding Reserve Account shall remain at all times with an Eligible Account Bank. Any interest earned
on Eligible Investments held in the Future Funding Reserve Account shall be applied as Interest Proceeds.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Lender Collateral Account.
(i) The Collateral Agent hereby
represents that it has, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, established a single, segregated non-interest bearing
trust account in
the name "FS Senior Funding LLC Lender Collateral
Account, subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties", which has been designated as
the "Lender Collateral Account" and which shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and the Account
Control Agreement and maintained with the Securities Intermediary in accordance with the Account Control Agreement for the benefit
of the Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive control over such account (and each subaccount thereof) and the
sole right of withdrawal. The Lender Collateral Account may contain any number of subaccounts for the purposes described in this
Section 8.3(d). The only permitted deposits to or withdrawals from the Lender Collateral Account shall be in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement. The Borrower shall not have any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the Lender Collateral
Account (or any subaccount thereof).
(ii) If any Lender shall at
any time be required to deposit any amount in the Lender Collateral Account in accordance with Section 11.5(b)(i), then (x) the
Collateral Agent shall create a segregated subaccount of the Lender Collateral Account with respect to such Lender (the "Lender
Collateral Subaccount" of such Lender) and (y) the Collateral Agent shall deposit all funds received from such Lender
into such Lender Collateral Subaccount. The only permitted withdrawal from or application of funds credited to a Lender Collateral
Subaccount shall be as specified in this Section 8.3(d).
(iii) With respect to any Lender,
the deposit of any funds in the applicable Lender Collateral Subaccount by such Lender shall not constitute a Borrowing by the
Borrower and shall not constitute a utilization of the Commitment of such Lender, and the funds so deposited shall not constitute
principal outstanding under the Loans. However, from and after the establishment of a Lender Collateral Subaccount, the obligation
of such Lender to make Loans as part of any Borrowing under this Agreement shall be satisfied by the Collateral Agent withdrawing
funds from such Lender Collateral Subaccount in the amount of such Lender's pro rata share of such Borrowing. All payments
of principal from the Borrower with respect to Loans made by such Lender (whether or not originally funded from such Lender Collateral
Subaccount) shall be made by depositing the related funds into such Lender Collateral Subaccount and all other payments from the
Borrower (including without limitation all interest and Commitment Fees) shall be made to such Lender in accordance with the order
specified in the Priority of Payments. The Collateral Agent shall have full power and authority to withdraw funds from each such
Lender Collateral Subaccount at the time of, and in connection with, the making of any such Borrowing and to deposit funds into
each such Lender Collateral Subaccount, all in accordance with the terms of and for the purposes set forth in this Agreement.
(iv) If on any Quarterly Payment
Date (or on any other Business Day upon three Business Days' prior written request from such Lender) the sum of the amount of funds
on deposit in the Lender Collateral Subaccount exceeds such Lender's undrawn Commitment at such time (whether due to a reduction
in the aggregate amount of the Commitments or otherwise), then the Collateral Agent shall remit to such Lender a portion of the
funds then held in the related Lender Collateral Subaccount in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(v) Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, for so long as any amounts are on deposit in any Lender Collateral Subaccount, the Collateral
Agent shall invest and reinvest such funds in Eligible Investments of the type described in clause (vii) of the definition
thereof that mature overnight. Interest received on such Eligible Investments shall be retained in such Lender Collateral
Subaccount and invested and reinvested as aforesaid. Any gain realized from such investments shall be credited to such Lender
Collateral Subaccount and any loss resulting from such investments shall be charged to such Lender Collateral Subaccount.
Neither the Borrower nor the Collateral Agent shall in any way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency of such Lender
Collateral Subaccount resulting from any loss relating to any such investment.
(e) Closing Expense Account. The Collateral Agent
hereby represents that it has, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, established a single, segregated non-interest
bearing trust account in the name "FS Senior Funding LLC Closing Expense Account, subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties", which has been designated as the "Closing Expense Account" and which
shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive
control over such account, subject to the Borrower's right to give instructions specified herein, and the sole right of withdrawal.
Any and all funds at any time on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Closing Expense Account shall be held in trust
by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. On or prior to the Effective Date, the Borrower shall deposit $0
into the Closing Expense Account. On any Business Day during the period that the Closing Expense Account is open, the Collateral
Agent shall apply funds from the Closing Expense Account, as directed by the Borrower, to pay fees and expenses of the Borrower
incurred in connection with the structuring, consummation, closing and post-closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
Upon the delivery on any date that is at least 30 days after the Effective Date of a Borrower Order instructing the Collateral
Agent to close the Closing Expense Account, all funds in the Closing Expense Account will be deposited in the Collection Account
as Interest Proceeds and the Closing Expense Account will be closed. By Borrower Order (which may be in the form of standing instructions),
the Borrower may, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, direct the Collateral Agent to, and, upon receipt
of such Borrower Order, the Collateral Agent shall, invest all funds received into the Closing Expense Account during a Due Period
as so directed by the Borrower in Eligible Investments. Any income earned on amounts deposited in the Closing Expense Account will
be deposited in the Collection Account as Interest Proceeds as it is received. The Collateral Agent agrees to give the Borrower
immediate notice if an Administrative Officer of the Collateral Agent obtains actual knowledge of or receives written notice that
the Closing Expense Account or any funds on deposit therein, or otherwise to the credit of the Closing Expense Account, shall become
subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process. The Closing Expense Account shall remain
at all times with an Eligible Account Bank. The only permitted withdrawal from or application of funds on deposit in, or otherwise
to the credit of, the Closing Expense Account shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.3(e).
Section 8.4
Custodial Account.
(a) The Collateral Agent hereby
represents that it has, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, established a single, segregated non-interest bearing
trust account in the name "FS Senior Funding LLC Custodial Account, subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties", which has been designated as the "Custodial Account" and which shall be governed
solely by the terms of this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement. Such account shall be maintained with the Securities
Intermediary pursuant to the terms of the Account Control Agreement and over which the Collateral Agent shall have exclusive control,
subject to the Borrower's right to give instructions specified herein, and the sole right of withdrawal. Any and all assets or
securities at any time on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Custodial Account shall be held by the Custodian for
the benefit for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Except in connection with a liquidation pursuant
to Article VI, the only permitted withdrawal from the Custodial Account or in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Custodial Account
shall be as directed, upon Borrower Order, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.5 and 8.6. The Collateral Agent agrees
to give the Borrower and the Lenders immediate notice if an Administrative Officer of the Collateral Agent obtains actual knowledge
of or receives written notice that the Custodial Account or any assets or securities on deposit therein, or otherwise to the credit
of the Custodial Account, has become subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process.
The Custodial Account shall remain at all times with an Eligible Account Bank.
The Collateral Agent shall appoint a custodian
(the "Custodian") to act as a securities intermediary for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Initially, such Custodian shall be U.S. Bank. Any successor custodian shall be a state or national bank or trust company which
(i) is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, (ii) has a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S. $200,000,000, (iii) has a DBRS
Long Term Rating of at least "A", (iv) has a DBRS Short Term Rating of at least "R-1 (middle)" and (v) is a
securities intermediary. The rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement
shall also be afforded to the Custodian.
In taking and retaining custody of the Related
Contracts, the Custodian shall be deemed to be acting as the agent of the Secured Parties; provided that the Custodian makes
no representations as to the existence, perfection or priority of any lien on the Related Contracts or the instruments therein;
and provided further that the Custodian's duties as agent shall be limited to those expressly contemplated herein
and under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. All Related Contracts that are delivered to the Custodian shall be delivered
to U.S. Bank at its document custody office located at 1719 Range Way, Florence, South Carolina 29501, or at such other office
as shall be specified to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Manager and the Borrower by the Custodian in a written notice
prior to such change. All Related Contracts that are originals or copies shall be kept in fire resistant vaults, rooms or cabinets
at such offices and placed together with an appropriate identifying label and maintained in such a manner so as to permit retrieval
and access. All Related Contracts that are originals or copies shall be clearly segregated from any other documents or instruments
maintained by the Custodian. All Related Contracts that are delivered to the Custodian in electronic format shall be delivered
by electronic mail or on disks and maintained in a manner consistent with the manner in which the Custodian maintains electronic
documents similar to the Related Contracts for itself and others, giving due consideration for the customary and usual standards
of practice of prudent institutional custodians. The Custodian shall have no obligation to review or monitor any Related Contracts
but shall only be required to hold the Related Contracts in safekeeping. In taking and retaining custody of the Related Contracts,
the Custodian shall be deemed to be acting as the agent of the Secured Parties; provided that the Custodian makes no representations
as to the existence, perfection or priority of any lien on the Related Contracts or the instruments therein; and provided
further that the Custodian’s duties as agent shall be limited to those expressly contemplated herein.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.5 and
8.6, all right, title and interest of the Borrower in and to the Custodial Account, all related property, and all proceeds thereof
shall be subject to the security interest of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
(c) With respect to securities (including
without limitation debt and equity securities, bonds, money market funds and mutual funds) issued in the United States, the Shareholders
Communications Act of 1985 (the "Act") requires the Custodian to disclose to the issuers of such securities,
upon their request, the name, address and securities position of its customers who are (a) the "beneficial owners" (as
defined in the Act) of such issuer's securities, if the beneficial owner does not object to such disclosure, or (b) acting as
a "respondent bank" (as defined in the Act) with respect to such securities. (Under the Act, "respondent banks"
do not have the option of objecting to such disclosure upon the issuers' request.) The Act defines a "beneficial owner"
as any person who has, or shares, the power to vote a security (pursuant to an agreement or otherwise), or who directs the voting
of a security. The Act defines a "respondent bank" as any bank, association or other entity that exercises fiduciary
powers which holds securities on behalf of beneficial owners and deposits such securities for safekeeping with a bank, such as
the Custodian. Under the Act, a customer is either the "beneficial owner" or a "respondent bank". The "customer"
for purposes hereof shall mean the Borrower and each Lender, each of which shall be deemed to be the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in the Act) of such securities to be held by the Custodian hereunder, and each of the Borrower and the Lenders hereby
waives any objection to the disclosure of its name, address and securities position to any such issuer which requests such information
pursuant to the Act for the specific purpose of direct communications between such issuer and the Borrower and each Lender. Each
of the Borrower and the Lenders may, by written notice to the Custodian, opt out of the waiver referred to in the foregoing sentence
and elect not to consent to the disclosure referred to in the foregoing sentence. With respect to such securities issued outside
of the United States, information shall be released to issuers only if required by law or regulation of the particular country
in which the securities are located.
(d) At any time and from time to time the Borrower,
or the Collateral Manager on the Borrower's behalf, may deposit (including for purposes of satisfying the Overcollateralization
Ratio Test) into the Custodial Account Collateral Loans and/or Eligible Investments not previously subject to the Lien of the Collateral
Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) granted under this Agreement; provided that (i) all such funds are to be
treated as Collateral Loans and/or Eligible Investments, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement, and (ii) upon the deposit
of such funds into the Custodial Account, such funds shall automatically be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of the Secured Parties) granted under this Agreement. Any such deposit shall be irrevocable. The Borrower shall notify
the Agents in writing of any such deposit prior to or contemporaneously therewith.
Section 8.5
Acquisition of Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments. Each time that the Borrower acquires any Collateral Loan,
Eligible Investment or other Collateral, the Borrower shall, if such Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment or other Collateral
has not already been transferred to the Custodial Account, transfer or cause the transfer of such Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment
and other Collateral to the Custodian to be held for the benefit of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
The security interest of the Collateral Agent in the funds or other property utilized in connection with such acquisition shall,
immediately and without further action on the part of the Collateral Agent, be released. The security interest of the Collateral
Agent shall nevertheless come into existence and continue in the Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments and other Collateral
so acquired, including all rights of the Borrower in and to any Related Contracts and Collections with respect to such Collateral
Loans and Eligible Investments and other Collateral.
Section 8.6
Release of Security Interest in Sold Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments; Release of Security Interests Upon Termination.
(a) Upon any sale or other disposition of a Collateral Loan
or Eligible Investment or other Collateral (or portion thereof) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the security interest
of the Collateral Agent in such Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment or other Collateral (or the portion thereof which has been
sold or otherwise disposed of), and in all Collections and rights under Related Contracts with respect to such Collateral Loan
or Eligible Investment or other Collateral (but not in the proceeds of such sale or other disposition) shall, immediately upon
the sale or other disposition of such Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment or other Collateral (or such portion), and without
any further action on the part of the Collateral Agent, be released, except for the proceeds of such sale or other disposition
and except to the extent of the interest, if any, in such Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment or other Collateral which is then
retained by the Borrower or which thereafter reverts to the Borrower for any reason.
(b) Upon the payment in full
of the Obligations and termination of all Commitments hereunder, the Collateral shall be released from the liens created
hereby and under the other Loan Documents, and this Agreement and all obligations of the Agents and each Lender hereunder
shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the
Collateral shall revert to the Borrower. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower following any such termination, the
Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall promptly deliver to the Borrower (or its designee) any
Collateral held by such Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to the Borrower such documents as the Borrower shall
reasonably request to evidence such termination. Any such release or termination shall be subject to the provision that the
Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release or termination any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations
shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Borrower, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or
trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such
payment had not been made.
Section 8.7 Method of Collateral Transfer.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each item of Collateral shall be, or shall have been, delivered to the Custodian
by:
(a) with respect to such of
the Collateral as constitutes an instrument, tangible chattel paper, a negotiable document, or money, causing the Custodian to
take possession of such instrument indorsed to the Custodian or in blank, or such money, negotiable document, or tangible chattel
paper, in the State of New York separate and apart from all other property held by the Custodian;
(b) with respect to such of
the Collateral as constitutes a certificated security in bearer form, causing the Custodian to take possession of the related security
certificate in the State of New York;
(c) with respect to such of
the Collateral as constitutes a certificated security in registered form, causing the Custodian to take possession of the related
security certificate in the State of New York, indorsed to the Custodian or in blank by an effective indorsement, or registered
in the name of the Custodian, upon original issue or registration of transfer by the issuer of such certificated security;
(d) with respect to such of
the Collateral as constitutes an uncertificated security, causing the issuer of such uncertificated security to register the Custodian
or its nominee for the account of the Custodian as the registered owner of such uncertificated security;
(e) with respect to such of
the Collateral as constitutes a security entitlement, causing the Securities Intermediary to indicate by book entry that the financial
asset relating to such security entitlement has been credited to the Custodial Account;
(f) with respect to such of
the Collateral as constitutes a deposit account, causing such deposit account to be established and maintained in the name of the
Collateral Agent or the Custodian, as applicable, by a bank the jurisdiction of which for purposes of the UCC is the State of New
York; and
(g) taking such additional
or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to grant a first priority, perfected security interest in such items
of the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, consistent with applicable law or regulations.
If any item of Collateral is a financial
asset issued by an issuer that is not the United States of America, an agency or instrumentality thereof, or some other United
States person or entity, and if such item cannot be delivered as set forth above, such item may be delivered by the Collateral
Agent holding such item in an account created and maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent with a banking or securities institution
or a clearing agency or system located outside the United States such that the Collateral Agent holds a first priority, perfected
security interest in such item of Collateral.
The Borrower shall record and file on or
before the Effective Date all financing statements, and the Borrower agrees to record and file after the Effective Date all appropriate
financing statements, continuation statements, and other amendments, meeting the requirements of applicable law in such manner
and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect and protect the interests of the Secured Parties in the Collateral under
the applicable Uniform Commercial Code against all creditors of and purchasers from the Borrower. The Borrower promptly shall deliver
file-stamped copies of such financing statements, continuation statements, and amendments to the Agents.
In connection with each transfer of an item
of Collateral to the Collateral Agent and/or the Custodian, the Collateral Agent or the Custodian, as applicable, shall make appropriate
notations on its records indicating that such item of the Collateral is held for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
and as provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Effective upon the transfer of an item of Collateral to the Collateral
Agent and/or the Custodian, the Collateral Agent or the Custodian, as applicable, shall be deemed to acknowledge that it holds
such item of Collateral as Collateral Agent or as Custodian, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents for
the benefit and security of the Secured Parties.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not hold any item of Collateral through an agent except as expressly permitted by this Section
8.7.
Each of the Borrower, U.S. Bank, as Collateral
Agent and Securities Intermediary, agrees that all references in the Account Control Agreement to the "Credit Agreement"
shall mean the Existing Credit Agreement as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including
pursuant hereto.
Section 8.8
Continuing Liability of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower shall remain
liable under each Related Contract, interest and obligation included in the Collateral, to observe and perform all the conditions
and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder (including any undertaking to maintain insurance), all in accordance
with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof, and shall do nothing to impair the security interest of the Collateral Agent
in any Collateral. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such Related
Contract, interest or obligation by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party of any payment relating to any such Related Contract, interest or obligation pursuant hereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent
or any Secured Party be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of the Borrower thereunder
or pursuant thereto, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received
by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such Related Contract, interest or obligation, or to present
or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amount thereunder to which
it may be entitled at any time.
Section 8.9
Reports.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall deliver
to the Borrower by facsimile (or such other medium as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Collateral Agent) by 11:00 a.m.
(New York time) on each Business Day a report describing all Money (including but not limited to a breakdown of all such amounts
into Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds) and other property received by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents on the preceding Business Day (the "Daily Report"). If any Money or property shall be received
by the Collateral Agent on a day that is not a Business Day, the Collateral Agent shall deliver the Daily Report with respect thereto
to the Borrower on the next Business Day.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall compile
and provide, subject to the Collateral Agent's receipt from the Collateral Manager, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, the Early-Monthly Loan Tape, Mid-Monthly Loan Tape, Quarterly Loan Tape and such other information with respect to
the Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments to the extent not maintained or in the possession of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral
Report and the Payment Date Report in accordance with Exhibit E and Exhibit F hereof, respectively, and prepare drafts of such
Collateral Report and Payment Date Report and provide such drafts to the Collateral Manager for review and approval; provided
that each such draft is to be provided no later than three days prior to the date the Collateral Report or the Payment Date Report,
as applicable, is due. The Borrower shall cause the Collateral Manager to review and confirm the calculations made by the Collateral
Agent in such Collateral Report or Payment Date Report within two days prior to the due date of the Collateral Report or the Payment
Date Report.
The Collateral Manager, the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower shall cooperate with the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation by the Collateral Agent of
Collateral Reports and Payment Date Reports. The Collateral Manager shall review and verify the contents of the aforesaid reports,
instructions, statements and certificates, and upon verification shall make such reports available to DBRS. Upon receipt of approval
from the Collateral Manager, the Collateral Agent shall transmit the same to the Borrower and shall make such reports available
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender.
(c) The Collateral Agent may conclusively
rely on and without any investigation, the Early-Monthly Loan Tape, Mid-Monthly Loan Tape and Quarterly Loan Tape and any other
information provided by the Collateral Manager, Borrower and Administrative Agent in preparation of the Collateral Report and Payment
Date Report. Nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral Agent to review or examine the Early-Monthly Loan Tape, Mid-Monthly Loan
Tape or Quarterly Loan Tape for accuracy, correctness or validity.
The Collateral Agent will make the Collateral
Report and Payment Date Report available via its internet website. The Collateral Agent's internet website shall initially be located
at www.usbank.com/cdo. The Collateral Agent may change the way such statements are distributed. As a condition to access
to the Collateral Agent's internet website, the Collateral Agent may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely on but shall not be responsible for the content or accuracy of any information provided
in the Collateral Report and the Payment Date Report which the Collateral Agent disseminates in accordance with this Agreement
and may affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion.
(d) Nothing herein shall impose or imply
any duty or obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent to verify, investigate or audit any such information or data, or to
determine or monitor on an independent basis whether any issuer of the Collateral Loan is in default or in compliance with the
underlying documents governing or securing such securities, from time to time, the role of the Collateral Agent hereunder being
solely to perform certain mathematical computations and data comparisons as provided herein. For purposes of monitoring changes
in ratings, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to use and rely (in good faith) exclusively upon one or more reputable electronic
financial information reporting services, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracies in the information reported by, or
other errors or omissions of, any such services. It is hereby expressly agreed that Bloomberg Financial Markets is one
such reputable service.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall have no
liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part of the Collateral Manager or the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent to provide accurate and complete information on a timely basis to the Collateral Agent, or otherwise on the part of any such
party to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or
observance on the Collateral Agent's part of any of its duties hereunder that is caused by or results from any such inaccurate,
incomplete or untimely information received by it, or other failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms
hereof.
(f) Nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral
Agent to determine independently any characteristic of a Collateral Loan, including the determination of whether any item of Collateral
(including any Interest Hedge Agreement) is a Defaulted Loan, Delayed Funding Loan, DIP Loan, Discount Loan, Eligible Cov-Lite
Loan, Equity Security, Fixed Rate Obligation, Floating Rate Obligation, Interest Rate Cap, PIK Loan, Second Lien Loan, Senior Secured
Loan, Specified Collateral Loan, Step-Down Loan, Step-Up Loan, Structured Finance Obligation, Subordinated Loan or Synthetic Security,
any such determination being based exclusively upon notification the Collateral Agent receives from the Collateral Manager or from
(or in its capacity) the Collateral Agent (based upon notices received by the Collateral Agent from the issuer, or trustee or agent
bank under an Underlying Instrument, or similar source) and nothing herein shall obligate the Collateral Agent to review or examine
any underlying instrument or contract evidencing, governing or guaranteeing or securing any Collateral Loan in order to verify,
confirm, audit or otherwise determine any characteristic thereof.
(g) If, in performing its duties under
this Section 8.9 in connection with compiling and delivering reports, the Collateral Agent is required to decide between alternative
courses of action, the Collateral Agent may request written instructions from the Collateral Manager, acting on behalf of the Borrower,
as to the course of action desired by it. If the Collateral Agent does not receive such instructions within three Business Days
after it has requested them, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking any such courses
of action. The Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with instructions received after such three-Business Day period except
to the extent it has already taken, or committed itself to take action inconsistent with such instructions. The Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to rely on the advice of legal counsel and independent accountants in performing its duties hereunder and shall
be deemed to have acted in good faith if it acts in accordance with such advice.
Article
IX
APPLICATION OF MONIES
Section 9.1
Disbursements of Funds from Payment Account.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
other than Section 6.4, but subject to the other subsections of this Section 9.1 and Article II (with respect to optional repayment
of Loans), on each Quarterly Payment Date, the Collateral Agent shall disburse amounts transferred to the Payment Account from
the Collection Account pursuant to Section 8.2(e) as follows and for application in accordance with the following priorities (the
"Priority of Payments"):
(i) On each Quarterly Payment
Date, prior to the distribution of any Principal Proceeds, Interest Proceeds shall be applied as follows:
(A) to the payment of taxes (but
not including any accrued and unpaid Increased Costs, which are addressed solely by Sections 9.1(a)(i)(G) and 9.1(a)(ii)(D)), registration
and filing fees then due and owing by the Borrower;
(B) to the payment of the following
amounts in the following priority (without duplication):
(1) accrued and unpaid Administrative
Expenses in the order set forth in the definition thereof; and
(2) on any Quarterly Payment
Date other than the final Quarterly Payment Date, to the retention in the Collection Account of an amount equal to the Retained
Expense Amount for such Quarterly Payment Date;
provided that the aggregate amount of payments
under this clause (B) shall not exceed on any Quarterly Payment Date the sum of (a) the Quarterly Cap plus (b) the Retained
Expense Amount determined on the immediately prior Quarterly Payment Date less (c) Administrative Expenses paid pursuant
to Section 8.2(d) during the Due Period relating to such Quarterly Payment Date;
(C) if the Borrower is party
to any Interest Hedge Agreements, to the payment of any amounts owing by the Borrower to the Interest Hedge Counterparties thereunder
(exclusive of any early termination or liquidation payment owing by the Borrower by reason of the occurrence of an event of default
or termination event thereunder with respect to such Interest Hedge Counterparty where such Interest Hedge Counterparty is the
sole affected party or the defaulting party);
(D) unless waived or deferred
by the Collateral Manager (or its designee), which waiver (but not deferral) shall be permanent and irrevocable, to the payment
to the Collateral Manager (or its designee) of all due and unpaid Senior Management Fees that have not been deferred on prior Quarterly
Payment Dates (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no deferred Collateral Management Fees shall be payable pursuant
to this clause (D));
(E) to the Lenders for payment
(on a pro rata basis) of accrued interest on the Loans and Commitment Fees due on such Quarterly Payment Date, including
with respect to the first Quarterly Payment Date to occur after the Effective Date, all accrued and unpaid interest and Commitment
Fees in respect of the Existing Loans, excluding, in each case, in the case of interest, any Capped Amounts;
(F) if any of the Coverage Tests
is not satisfied as of the related Calculation Date, (1) to the repayment of principal of the Loans and the Future Funding Reserve
Account (to be allocated to the Loans and the Future Funding Reserve Account according to the Principal Allocation Formula), or
(2) only if the outstanding principal amount of the Loans equals zero (both before and after giving effect to any payment made
pursuant to clause (1)), to deposit in the Future Funding Reserve Account, in each case in the amount necessary to result in the
satisfaction of the Coverage Tests (on a pro forma basis as of such Calculation Date);
(G) to the applicable Lenders
on a pro rata basis for payment of accrued and unpaid Increased Costs, including with respect to the first Quarterly Payment
Date to occur after the Effective Date, any unpaid Increased Costs in respect of the Existing Loans;
(H) to the payment of amounts
described in clause (B) above to the extent not paid thereunder (without regard to any cap or limitation);
(I) to the payment of amounts
described in clause (E) above to the extent not paid thereunder (without regard to any cap or limitation), including with respect
to the first Quarterly Payment Date to occur after the Effective Date, any such unpaid amounts in respect of the Existing Loans;
(J)
to the payment to the Collateral Manager (or its designee) of any previously deferred Senior Management Fees that the Collateral
Manager elects to be paid on such Quarterly Payment Date by notice to the Collateral Agent prior to the related Calculation Date;
(K) unless waived or deferred
by the Collateral Manager (or its designee), which waiver (but not deferral) shall be permanent and irrevocable, to the payment
to the Collateral Manager (or its designee) of (1) all due and unpaid Subordinated Management Fees that have not been deferred
on prior Quarterly Payment Dates and (2) any previously deferred Subordinated Management Fees that the Collateral Manager elects
to be paid on such Quarterly Payment Date by notice to the Collateral Agent prior to the related Calculation Date;
(L) if the Borrower is party
to any Interest Hedge Agreements, to any amounts owing by the Borrower to the Interest Hedge Counterparties under such Interest
Hedge Agreements to the extent not paid under clause (C) above;
(M) all remaining Interest Proceeds:
(1) during the Reinvestment
Period, at the sole discretion of the Collateral Manager, either (i) to the Collection Account to be applied as Principal
Proceeds for the purchase of additional Collateral Loans, (ii) to be applied to prepay the principal of the Loans pursuant
to Section 2.7 in accordance with the Principal Allocation Formula, (iii) for deposit into the Future Funding Reserve Account and/or
(iv) to the equity of the Borrower; and
(2) after the Reinvestment
Period, at the sole discretion of the Borrower, either (i) to be applied to prepay the principal of the Loans pursuant to Section
2.7 in accordance with the Principal Allocation Formula or (ii) to the equity of the Borrower.
(ii) On each Quarterly Payment
Date, following the distribution of all Interest Proceeds as set forth in Section 9.1(a)(i) above, Principal Proceeds (other than
Principal Proceeds previously reinvested in Collateral Loans or otherwise designated by the Borrower for application pursuant
to the parenthetical contained in Section 8.2(a)(ii)) shall be applied as follows, provided that after giving effect to
any such payment no Commitment Shortfall would exist (and, to the extent that any Commitment Shortfall would exist, Principal
Proceeds shall first be deposited in the Future Funding Reserve Account in the amount needed to eliminate such Commitment Shortfall):
(A) to the payment of the amounts
referred to in clauses (A) through (F) of subsection (i) above (in the priority stated therein and subject to the proviso in clause
(B) of subsection (i) above), but only to the extent not paid in full thereunder;
(B) during the Reinvestment Period,
all remaining Principal Proceeds, at the sole discretion of the Collateral Manager:
(1) to the Collection Account
for the purchase of additional Collateral Loans; and/or
(2) to be applied to prepay
the principal of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.7 in accordance with the Principal Allocation Formula; and/or
(3) to be deposited into the
Future Funding Reserve Account;
(C) after the Reinvestment
Period, to be applied to the payment of principal on the Loans (to be allocated to the Loans according to the Principal Allocation
Formula) until repaid in full;
(D) to the payment of the amounts
referred to in clause (G) of subsection (i) above, but only to the extent not paid in full thereunder;
(E) after the Reinvestment Period,
to the payment of amounts referred to in clauses (H) through (L) of subsection (i) above, in the priority set forth therein but
only to the extent not paid in full thereunder; and
(F) after the Reinvestment Period,
to the equity of the Borrower.
(b) If on any Quarterly Payment Date the amount available
in the Payment Account from amounts received in the related Due Period is insufficient to make the full amount of the disbursements
required pursuant to any clause in the Priority of Payments, the Collateral Agent shall make the disbursements called for in the
order and according to the priority set forth under Section 9.1(a) and ratably or in the order provided within a clause, as applicable,
in accordance with the respective amounts owing under any such clause to the extent funds are available therefor.
(c) On each Quarterly Payment Date, the Collateral Agent
(on behalf of the Borrower) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and to DBRS (so long as DBRS is rating the Loans) a report
(the "Payment Date Report") containing the information described in Exhibit F hereto pursuant to Section 8.9 specifying
the amount of Interest Proceeds (and, of such amount, the amount of Fee Proceeds) and Principal Proceeds received during the preceding
Due Period, the amounts to be applied to each purpose set forth in Section 9.1(a), and a calculation of the Net Aggregate Exposure
Amount (which shall be determined based on information provided by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent including any Revolving
Collateral Loans and Delayed Funding Loans and the unpaid purchase price of all Collateral Loans that the Borrower entered into
binding commitments before the end of the Reinvestment Period to originate or purchase after the end of the Reinvestment Period).
The information in each Payment Date Report shall be determined as of the Calculation Date immediately preceding the applicable
Quarterly Payment Date.
(d) In the event that the Collateral Agent obtains actual
knowledge of or receives written notice that any Interest Hedge Counterparty defaults in the payment of its obligations to the
Borrower under any Interest Hedge Agreement on the payment date therefor, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Borrower which
shall (or the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Borrower shall) make a demand on such Interest Hedge Counterparty, or any guarantor,
if applicable, demanding payment by 12:00 noon, New York time, on the next Business Day. The Collateral Agent shall give notice
to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Collateral Manager upon the continuing failure by such Interest
Hedge Counterparty (or applicable guarantor) to perform its obligations for one Business Day following a demand made by the Borrower
(or the Collateral Manager on behalf of the Borrower) on such Interest Hedge Counterparty.
(e) All amounts to be paid to the Borrower under this
Section 9.1 shall be paid to such account as the Borrower may designate and upon such payment will be released from the lien of
this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision
in this Agreement but subject to Section 6.4, the Collateral Agent shall disburse amounts on deposit in the Collection Account
representing Principal Proceeds to the equityholders of the Borrower on any day during the Reinvestment Period occurring after
the Ramp-Up Period at the written direction of the Borrower (accompanied by the certification of the Collateral Manager referred
to in clause (B) below), so long as, (A) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such distribution, (i) each Collateral Quality
Test is satisfied, (ii) the Portfolio Advance Rate is less than or equal to the Maximum Advance Rate, (iii) each Coverage Test
is satisfied and has continuously been satisfied historically, (iv) no Commitment Shortfall exists, (v) no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, (vi) the MV Overcollateralization Ratio Test is satisfied and (vii) the cumulative amount
of distributions pursuant to this clause will not, at any time, exceed 20% of the Borrower's contributed equity capital, as measured
on the Business Day immediately preceding the day the first distribution is made pursuant to this clause (such amount, the "Primary
Limitation Amount"); provided that, on any Business Day that (x) the cumulative amount of equity capital subsequently
contributed to the Borrower since the date of the first distribution pursuant to this clause (f) equals or exceeds the Primary
Limitation Amount and (y) the Borrower directs the Collateral Agent to disburse amounts pursuant to this clause (f), such limitation
amount in respect of this subclause (vii) will be reset to equal 20% of the Borrower's contributed equity capital as measured on
the Business Day immediately preceding the date of such distribution; provided further that the Borrower may only
reset the Primary Limitation Amount once, and (B) the Collateral Manager shall have provided the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent with a certificate demonstrating compliance with each requirement set forth in the foregoing clauses (A)(i) through (vii);
provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.1(f) (including the tests set forth
above) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, on the Effective Date, subject to receipt by the Agents of the
certified report referred to in Section 3.1(j), the Collateral Agent shall disburse proceeds on such date to the equityholders
of the Borrower from (x) the Collection Account constituting Principal Proceeds in an amount equal to $7,437,723.00, (y) the proceeds
of the Class A-R Borrowing made on the Effective Date in an amount equal to $43,608,202.00 and (z) the proceeds of the Class A-T-1
Borrowing made on the Effective Date in an amount equal to $50,000,000.00.
Article
X
SALE OF COLLATERAL LOANS; ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Section 10.1
Sale of Collateral Loans.
(a) Sales, Substitutions and Assignments. Provided
that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (except for sales pursuant to clauses (i), (iii), (iv), (v)(B) or (vi)
below which shall be permitted during the continuance of an Event of Default but only so long as the Majority Lenders have provided
their written consent thereto pursuant to Section 6.2(a)) and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in this Agreement,
including without limitation Section 10.1(c), the Borrower or the Collateral Manager may direct the Collateral Agent in writing
to sell, and the Collateral Agent shall sell or substitute in the manner directed by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager in
writing, any Collateral Loan or other loan included in the Collateral (including, without limitation, the sale by assignment of
a portion of the Borrower's interest in any Collateral Loan or other loan); provided that (x) such sale meets the requirements
of any one of clauses (i) through (viii) of this Section 10.1(a) and (y) such substitution shall meet the requirements of clause
(vii) of this Section 10.1(a), each of which requirements shall be satisfied upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of a trade ticket
or other direction to sell or substitute (which shall be deemed to be a representation and certification from the Borrower or the
Collateral Manager that such conditions are satisfied):
(i)
Credit Risk Loans. The Borrower or the Collateral Manager may direct the Collateral Agent in writing to sell any
Credit Risk Loan at any time during or after the Reinvestment Period without restriction; provided that the sale of a Credit
Risk Loan to an Affiliate shall be at a price at least equal to its Market Value and such Market Value shall not be determined
pursuant to clause (d) or (e) of the definition thereof.
(ii)
Credit Improved Loans. The Borrower or the Collateral Manager may direct the Collateral Agent in writing to sell
any Credit Improved Loan either:
(A) at any time if the Sale
Proceeds from such sale are at least equal to the Investment Criteria Adjusted Balance of such Credit Improved Loan; or
(B) during the Reinvestment
Period if the Borrower or the Collateral Manager reasonably believes prior to such sale that it will be able to enter into binding
commitments to reinvest all or a portion of the proceeds of such sale, in compliance with the Servicing Standard, in one or more
additional Collateral Loans with an Aggregate Principal Balance (together with any Collateral (which, for the avoidance of doubt,
may be Collateral Loans or Cash) contributed (which contribution shall be irrevocable) by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager
on the Borrower's behalf prior to such sale) at least equal to the Investment Criteria Adjusted Balance of such Credit Improved
Loan within 30 Business Days of such sale.
(iii)
Defaulted Loans. The Borrower or the Collateral Manager may direct the Collateral Agent in writing to sell any Defaulted
Loan at any time during or after the Reinvestment Period without restriction; provided that the sale of a Defaulted Loan
to an Affiliate shall be at a price at least equal to its Market Value and such Market Value shall not be determined pursuant to
clause (d) or (e) of the definition thereof.
(iv) Equity
Securities. The Borrower or the Collateral Manager (A) may direct the Collateral Agent in writing to sell any Equity
Security at any time without restriction and (B) shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the sale of any
Equity Security within 45 days after receipt if such Equity Security constitutes Margin Stock, unless such sale is
prohibited by applicable law, in which case such Equity Security shall be sold as soon as such sale is permitted by
applicable law.
(v)
Discretionary Sales.
(A) Subject to Section 10.1(a)(viii) in the case
of sales to Affiliates or to any account or fund for which the Collateral Manager or an Affiliate thereof acts as investment advisor
with discretionary authority, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower or the Collateral
Manager may at any time direct the Collateral Agent in writing to sell any Collateral Loan other than a Credit Risk Loan, a Credit
Improved Loan, a Defaulted Loan or an Equity Security; provided that (i) the sale price (expressed as a percentage of par)
of such Collateral Loan shall be at least equal to the purchase price (expressed as a percentage of par) of such Collateral Loan,
or (ii) if the sale price (expressed as a percentage of par) is less than the purchase price (expressed as a percentage of par)
of such Collateral Loan, such sale shall be permitted so long as the Aggregate Principal Balance of all such Collateral Loans sold
during the preceding period of twelve calendar months (or, for the first twelve calendar months after the Original Closing Date,
during the period commencing on the Original Closing Date) is not greater than 20% of Total Capitalization, as of the first day
of such twelve calendar month period (or as of the Original Closing Date, as the case may be); and
(B) if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, (x) if the Sale Proceeds from the sale of such Collateral Loan are at least equal to the Investment Criteria Adjusted
Balance of such Collateral Loan or (y) during the Reinvestment Period other than during a Restricted Trading Period, if the Borrower
or the Collateral Manager reasonably believes prior to such sale that it will be able to enter into binding commitments to reinvest
all or a portion of the proceeds of such sale, in compliance with the Servicing Standard, in one or more additional Collateral
Loans with an Aggregate Principal Balance (together with any Collateral (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be Collateral Loans
or Cash) contributed (which contribution shall be irrevocable) by the Borrower or the Collateral Manager on the Borrower's behalf
prior to such sale) at least equal to the Investment Criteria Adjusted Balance of such Collateral Loan within 30 Business Days
of such sale.
Any written direction given by the Borrower or the
Collateral Manager to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this clause (v) shall be deemed a representation and certification by the
Borrower or the Collateral Manager to the Collateral Agent that subclauses (A) and (B) of this clause (v) have been satisfied.
(vi)
Mandatory Sales. The Borrower or the Collateral Manager shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the
sale of any Collateral Loan (other than Defaulted Loans) that no longer meets the criteria described in clause (m) in the definition
of "Collateral Loan," within 18 months of the failure of such Collateral Loan to meet any such criteria (unless (1) the
Rating Condition is satisfied or (2) the Borrower or the Collateral Manager determines that such sale would not be in the best
interests of the Lenders).
(vii)
Optional Repurchases or Substitutions by the BDC Pursuant
to the Master Transfer Agreement. The BDC
may optionally repurchase and substitute Credit Risk Loans and Defaulted Loans pursuant to and in accordance with the Master Transfer
Agreement and the Borrower shall sell and transfer Credit Risk Loans and Defaulted Loans to the BDC in connection therewith at
any time during or after the Reinvestment Period; provided that, as certified to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative
Agent by an Authorized Officer of the Collateral Manager, (i) the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Credit Risk Loans and Defaulted
Loans which are optionally repurchased or substituted by the BDC pursuant to the Master Transfer Agreement may not exceed an amount
equal to 15% of the Net Purchased Collateral Loan Balance as of such date of repurchase or substitution, (ii) such substituted
loan meets the definition of "Collateral Loan", (iii) the outstanding Aggregate Principal Balance of such substituted
loan is greater than or equal to that of the replaced Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan, (iv) such optional repurchase or substitution
will not cause a Default or an Event of Default, (v) each Coverage Test shall be satisfied after giving effect to such repurchase
or substitution, (vi) each Collateral Quality Test is maintained or improved after giving effect to such repurchase or substitution,
(vii) such substituted loan either exceeds or maintains the lien priority of the replaced Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan;
(viii) the Eligibility Criteria are satisfied after giving effect to such repurchase or substitution; and (ix) with respect to
any such repurchase of a Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan, the sale price thereof shall be at least equal to the Market Value
of such Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan and Market Value shall not be determined pursuant to clause (d) or (e) of the definition
thereof (the limitations set forth in clauses (i) through (ix) referred to herein as the "Repurchase and Substitution
Limits").
(viii)
Sales of Collateral Loans to Affiliates. One or more Collateral Loans may be sold from time to time by the Borrower,
or the Collateral Manager on the Borrower's behalf, to the Collateral Manager or an Affiliate thereof or to any account or fund
for which the Collateral Manager or an Affiliate thereof acts as investment advisor with discretionary authority, only if (A) the
terms and conditions thereof are no less favorable to the Borrower than the terms it would obtain in a comparable, timely sale
with a non-Affiliate, (B) the transactions are effected in accordance with all Applicable Laws, (C) to the extent such Collateral
Loan is neither a Defaulted Loan nor a Credit Risk Loan, such sale is equal to the higher of (I) an amount not less than the original
purchase price paid by the Borrower with respect to such Collateral Loan and (II) the Market Value with respect to such Collateral
Loan and (D) to the extent such Collateral Loan is a Credit Risk Loan or a Defaulted Loan, such sale is equal to or greater than
the Market Value of such Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan and Market Value shall not be determined pursuant to clause (d) or
(e) of the definition thereof.
(b) Participations.
(i) During the Reinvestment
Period, the Borrower may direct the Collateral Agent in writing to sell, and the Collateral Agent shall sell in the manner directed
by the Borrower in writing, a Participation Interest in any Collateral Loan that is a term loan (other than a Delayed Funding Loan);
provided that at the time such Participation Interest is sold (A) after giving effect to such sale, the Concentration Limitations
are satisfied and (B) the party purchasing such Participation Interest satisfies the Applicable Counterparty Criteria.
(ii) For the avoidance of doubt,
the Borrower may not sell a Participation Interest in a Revolving Collateral Loan or a Delayed Funding Loan.
(c) Rules Generally Applicable to Sales of Collateral
Loans.
(i) All sales of Collateral
Loans or any portion thereof (including Participation Interests) pursuant to this Section 10.1 shall be for Cash on a non-recourse
basis, which shall be deemed Principal Proceeds for all purposes hereunder.
(ii) Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower shall cause any sale of any Collateral Loan or other property or assets to be conducted
on an arm's length basis upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower than would be obtainable in a comparable
arm's length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.
Section 10.2
Eligibility Criteria. On and after the date of the first Borrowing, a debt obligation will be eligible for purchase
or origination (including in connection with a substitution pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(vii)) by the Borrower and inclusion in
the Collateral only if as evidenced by an officer's certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Collateral
Agent, the Eligibility Criteria are satisfied at the time such debt obligation is purchased or originated (on a trade date basis),
after giving effect to the inclusion of such debt obligation. If a debt obligation is purchased by the Borrower from the Collateral
Manager or any of its Affiliates, (A) the terms and conditions thereof shall be no less favorable to the Borrower than the terms
it would obtain in a comparable, timely sale with a non-Affiliate, (B) the transactions shall be effected in accordance with all
applicable laws and (C) the purchase price shall be a dollar amount equal to the fair market value thereof as determined by the
parties thereto.
Article
XI
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
Section 11.1
Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair. In the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, if on or prior to
the first day of any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent
is unable to obtain a quotation for the London Interbank Offered Rate as contemplated by Section 2.5, or
(b) the Majority Lenders advise
the Administrative Agent that as a result of changes arising after the date of this Agreement the Adjusted London Interbank Offered
Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding their
Eurodollar Rate Loans for such Interest Period,
in each case the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice
thereof (by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower, DBRS, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, whereupon until the Administrative
Agent notifies the Borrower and the Collateral Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the
obligations (if any) of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, except in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans
required to fund Exposure Amounts; provided that such Lenders shall instead fund Base Rate Loans.
Section 11.2
Illegality. If, on or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation,
or any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance
by any Lender in good faith with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central
bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or fund its Eurodollar Rate Loans
(if any) and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof
(by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Lenders, the Collateral Agent, DBRS and the Borrower, whereupon until such Lender notifies
the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Lender
to make Eurodollar Rate Loans (if any) shall be suspended (provided that such Lender shall instead fund Base Rate Loans).
Before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 11.2, such Lender shall designate a different
Applicable Lending Office if such designation would avoid the need for giving such notice and would not be otherwise disadvantageous
to such Lender. If circumstances subsequently change so that it is no longer unlawful for an affected Lender to make or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Loans as contemplated hereunder, such Lender will, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Lender becomes
aware of such change in circumstances, notify the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent and upon receipt
of such notice, the obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be reinstated.
Section 11.3
Increased Cost and Reduced Return.
(a) If, on or after the Original Closing Date, the adoption
of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation
or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including,
without limitation, any such requirement imposed by the Federal Reserve Board (but excluding with respect to any Loan any such
requirement reflected in an applicable Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage)), special deposit, insurance assessment or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or
shall impose on any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or on the London interbank market any other condition affecting its
Eurodollar Rate Loans, its Notes evidencing Eurodollar Rate Loans, or its obligation to make Eurodollar Rate Loans, and the result
of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) of making or maintaining any
Loan, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) under this Agreement
or under its Notes with respect thereto (including if any such adoption, change or change in interpretation subjects any Lender
to taxes that increase such cost to, or reduce such amount received or receivable by, such Lender (other than (i) Taxes, but only
to the extent such Taxes are imposed on or with respect to a payment hereunder, and (ii) taxes described in Sections 11.4(a)(I)(i)
through (iv)) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then, upon demand (which demand shall set forth in reasonable
detail the basis for such demand for compensation) by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and DBRS), such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction shall constitute
Increased Costs payable by the Borrower pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 6.4; provided that such amounts shall be no greater
than that which such Lender is generally charging other borrowers similarly situated to the Borrower.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined
that, after the Original Closing Date, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any
change in any such law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency,
has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of such Lender as a consequence of such Lender's obligations
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive (taking
into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then, upon
demand (which demand shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for such demand for compensation) by such Lender (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and DBRS), such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender
for such reduction (to the extent funds are available therefor in accordance with the Priority of Payments) shall constitute Increased
Costs payable by the Borrower pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 6.4; provided that such amount shall be no greater than that
which such Lender is generally charging other borrowers similarly situated to the Borrower.
(c) Each Lender will promptly notify the Borrower, the
Collateral Agent, DBRS and the Administrative Agent of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the Original Closing
Date, which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 11.3 and will designate a different Applicable Lending
Office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not be otherwise disadvantageous
to such Lender. A certificate of any Lender claiming compensation under this Section 11.3 and setting forth in reasonable detail
a calculation of the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Failure or delay on the part
of any Lender to demand compensation under this Section 11.3 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's right to demand such
compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 11.3 for
any increased costs or reductions incurred more than six months prior to the earlier of (x) the date on which the applicable Lender
has actual knowledge of the event giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and (y) the date on which the applicable Lender
should, in the exercise of reasonable care, have knowledge of the event giving rise to such increased costs or reductions; provided
that, if the event giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above
shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, (i) no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased cost, reduction or capital referred to above in Section 11.3(a)
or (b) if it shall not at the time be the general policy and practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances
under comparable provisions of other credit agreements from similarly situated borrowers and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines,
requirements and directives promulgated (x) by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
(or any successor or similar authority), the Committee of European Banking Supervisors or the United States or foreign regulatory
authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III or similar capital requirements directive existing on the Original Closing Date
impacting European banks and other regulated financial institutions, including, without limitation, any publications addressing
the liquidity coverage ratio or the supplementary leverage ratio, and (y) pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a change or adoption of any law, rule or regulation for purposes of this Section
11.3, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
(e) If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts
to any Lender under this Section 11.3, then the Borrower may, at its own expense and in its sole discretion, require such Lender
to transfer or assign, in whole, without recourse (in accordance with Section 11.5) all of its interests, rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the Notes to an assignee (it being understood that such Lender shall have no obligation to search for,
seek, designate or otherwise try to find, such assignee) which shall assume such obligations (and which may be another Lender,
if such other Lender accepts such assignment).
(f) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Section 11.3, the Borrower shall not be required to pay amounts to any Lender under this Section 11.3
to the extent such amounts would be duplicative of amounts payable by the Borrower under Section 11.4. To the extent the
Borrower is required to pay any Lender additional amounts or indemnify any Lender in respect of Taxes or Other Taxes, the
provisions of Section 11.4 shall control.
(g) For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall not
be obligated to pay additional amounts to a Lender pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 11.3 to the extent any such additional
amounts are attributable to a failure by a Lender to comply with its obligations under Articles 404-410 that are within its control.
Section 11.4
Taxes.
(a) (I) Any and all payments by or on behalf of the Borrower
to or for the account of any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and
clear, of and without deduction for, any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings
imposed by any governmental authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto excluding, in the
case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent, (i) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated), franchise
taxes, and branch profits taxes, in each case (A) imposed as a result of any Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may
be) being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of each Lender, its applicable lending office
located in, the jurisdiction imposing such tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii)
in the case of each Lender, withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an
applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (y) such Lender acquires such interest
in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 11.5) or (z) such Lender
changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to this Section 11.4, amounts with respect to such
taxes were payable either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately
before it changed its lending office, (iii) taxes attributable to such Lender or the Administrative Agent's failure to comply with
Section 11.4(d) and (iv) any withholding taxes imposed under FATCA (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any governmental authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). (II) If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any
Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (i) the sum
payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section 11.4(a)) such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal
to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) the Borrower
shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant governmental authority in accordance with applicable law and the Priority of
Payments and (iv) the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address set forth on the signature pages hereof,
the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof or, if a receipt is not available, such other evidence
of payment as may be reasonably acceptable to such Lender or the Administrative Agent.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay, in accordance
with the Priority of Payments, any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, or charges
or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise
with respect to, this Agreement or any Note (other than any such taxes arising with respect to an assignment) (hereinafter referred
to as "Other Taxes").
(c) (i) The Borrower agrees to indemnify
each Lender and the Agents for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 11.4) paid by such Lender or the Agents (as the
case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto.
This indemnification shall be made within 15 days from the date such Lender or the Agents (as the case may be) makes demand therefor
accompanied by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower establishing liability for such Taxes or Other Taxes.
(ii) Each Lender shall
severally indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for any taxes (but only to the extent such taxes are excluded from
the definition of Taxes pursuant to Section 11.4(a)) attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and reasonable expenses) arising therefrom
or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 15 days from the date the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
(as the case may be) makes demand therefor accompanied by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Lender establishing
liability for such taxes.
(d) (i) Each Lender that is a U.S. Person, on or prior
to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement, or on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender, as the case
may be, and from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by the Borrower or any Agent (but only so long as such Lender
remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the Borrower or such Agent with two executed original IRS Forms W-9 certifying that
such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax. Each Lender that is not a U.S. Person, on or prior to the date
of its execution and delivery of this Agreement, or on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender, as the case may be, and
from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by the Borrower or any Agent (but only so long as such Lender remains lawfully
able to do so), shall provide the Borrower or such Agent with two executed original IRS Forms W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-8IMY,
as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the IRS, either (w) certifying that such Lender is entitled to benefits under
an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party which eliminates, or reduces the rate of U.S. Federal withholding
tax on payments hereunder, (x) certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively connected with the
conduct of a trade or business in the United States, (y) in the case of a Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio
interest under section 881(c) of the Code, accompanied by a certificate to the effect that such Lender is not (A) a "bank"
within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning
of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a "controlled foreign corporation" described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code or (z) in the case of a Lender providing a Form W-8IMY, certifying that such Lender is not the beneficial owner of payments
hereunder and providing such information and forms as required by applicable law to establish the rate of U.S. withholding tax
(if any) with respect to such payments. In addition to the foregoing requirements of this Section 11.4(d)(i), each Lender shall,
on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable
request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies
as shall be requested by the recipient) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming
exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding tax, duly completed, together with any required supplementary information.
(ii) If any payment
made to a Lender or the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document may be subject to U.S. Federal withholding tax imposed
by FATCA if such Lender or the Administrative Agent failed to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA,
such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent, if applicable) a certification signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or
controller and other documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower sufficient for the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender has
complied with such applicable reporting requirement and whether withholding is required under FATCA.
(iii) Each Lender hereby agrees
that if any form or certification such Lender previously delivered pursuant to this Section 11.4(d) expires or becomes obsolete
or inaccurate in any respect, such Lender shall update such form or certification or notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so, in each case promptly after such form or certification so expires or becomes
obsolete.
(e) If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts
to or for the account of any Lender pursuant to this Section 11.4, then such Lender will change the jurisdiction of its Applicable
Lending Office so as to eliminate or reduce any such additional payment which may thereafter accrue if such change, in the sole
judgment of such Lender, is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(f) If a Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised
in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified under this Section
11.4, it shall pay to the Borrower, as applicable, an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments
made under this Section 11.4 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including
taxes) of such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant governmental authority with respect to
such refund). The Borrower, upon the request of such Lender, shall repay to such Lender the amount paid over pursuant to this clause
(f) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant governmental authority) in the event that such Lender
is required to repay such refund to such governmental authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (f), in
no event will a Lender be required to pay an amount to the Borrower pursuant to this clause (f) the payment of which would place
the Lender in a less favorable net after-tax position than the Lender would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional
amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This clause (f) shall not be construed to require any Lender to make available
its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 11.4, all payments made pursuant to this Section 11.4 shall only be made to the extent funds are available
in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
(h) Each party's obligations under this
Section 11.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement
of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan
Document.
Section 11.5
Replacement of Lenders; Downgraded Lenders; Defaulting Lenders.
(a) (x) If and for so long as any
Lender is (1) a Downgraded Lender (subject to clauses (b) and (c) below), (2) a Defaulting Lender, (3) requesting compensation
under Section 11.3 or (4) unable to make Loans under Section 11.2 or (y) if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount
to such Lender or any authority for the account of such Lender pursuant to Section 11.4, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense
and effort, upon notice to such Lender, the Agents and DBRS, direct such Lender to assign and delegate (and such Lender shall
comply with such direction but shall have no obligation to search for, seek, designate or otherwise try to find, an assignee),
without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 12.6), all
of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes to a financial institution that is (I) an Approved
Lender (and is not otherwise a Defaulting Lender), (II) eligible to purchase the replaced Lender's Loans under the terms hereof
and (III) not prohibited by any applicable law from making such purchase (such purchaser, an "Approved Purchaser"),
which shall assume such obligations (and which may be another Lender, if such other Lender accepts such assignment); provided
that:
(i) such assigning Lender shall
have received payment of an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued
fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under its Note (including any amounts under Section 2.9) from such Approved
Purchaser (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other
amounts);
(ii) in the case of any such
assignment or delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 11.3 or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 11.4, such assignment or delegation will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(iii) such assignment or delegation
does not conflict with any applicable law.
(b) If and for so long as any Lender is a Downgraded
Lender or a Defaulting Lender hereunder:
(i) in the case of a Downgraded
Lender, it holds any portion of the Commitments that remain in effect, then, as soon as practicable and in any event within 30
days after becoming a Downgraded Lender, (x) it shall deposit an amount equal to its undrawn Commitments at such time into the
Lender Collateral Account and (y) all principal payments in respect of the Loans which would otherwise be made to such Downgraded
Lender shall be diverted to the Lender Collateral Subaccount of such Downgraded Lender in accordance with Section 8.3(d), and any
amounts in such Lender Collateral Subaccount shall be applied to any future funding obligations of such Downgraded Lender; and
(ii) in the case of a Defaulting
Lender, (x) the Commitment and Loans of any such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Majority Lenders
have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section
12.5); provided that a Defaulting Lender's vote shall be included with respect to any action hereunder relating to any change
that would require the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender under Section 12.5 (to the extent such Defaulting Lender
is such an affected Lender) and (y) no Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during
which time that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would
have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender during such time).
(c) Notwithstanding anything in Section 11.5(a) to the
contrary, (i) a Lender shall not be required to make any assignment or delegation referred to in Section 11.5(a) if, prior thereto,
as a result of a waiver by such Lender or the Borrower or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment
and delegation cease to apply and such Lender gives notice thereof to the Borrower and (ii) the Borrower may not require a Downgraded
Lender to make any such assignment or delegation during the 30-day period referred to in clause (b)(i) above or at any time that
a Downgraded Lender is in compliance with clause (b)(i)(x) above.
(d) Each of the Administrative Agent and any replaced
Lender will agree to cooperate with all reasonable requests of the Borrower for the purpose of effecting a transfer in compliance
with this Section 11.5.
(e) Nothing in this Section 11.5 shall be deemed to release
a Defaulting Lender or Downgraded Lender from any liability arising from its failure to fund any Loans it is required to make hereunder.
Article
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.1
Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including bank
wire, facsimile, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party: (w) in the case of the Borrower,
the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, at its address, facsimile number and/or email address
set forth on the signature pages hereof, (x)(1) in the case of the initial Lender, at its address, facsimile number and/or email
address set forth on the signature pages hereof, and (2) in the case of any other Lender, at its address, facsimile number and/or
email address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (which notices shall be solely by facsimile or email if so indicated
therein), (y) in the case of DBRS, at its address, facsimile number and/or email address set forth on Schedule G (provided
that all notices to DBRS shall be sent by email, whether or not also sent by physical address and/or facsimile) or (z) in the case
of any party, such other address, facsimile number and/or email address as such party may hereafter specify for such purpose by
notice to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Borrower. Each such notice, request or other communication shall
be effective (i) if given by facsimile, when such facsimile is transmitted to the facsimile number specified in this Section 12.1
and the appropriate answerback is received, (ii) if given by mail, three Business Days after such communication is deposited
in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, (iii) if given by recognized courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery, one Business Day after such communication is delivered to such courier or (iv) if given by any other means, when
delivered at the address or email address specified in this Section 12.1; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent
under Article XI or to the Collateral Agent under Article VIII shall not be effective until received.
The Collateral Agent agrees to accept and
act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Agreement sent by unsecured email, facsimile transmission or other similar
unsecured electronic methods, provided that any person providing such instructions or directions shall provide to
the Collateral Agent an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to provide such instructions or directions, which incumbency
certificate shall be amended whenever a person is added or deleted from the listing. If such person elects to give the Collateral
Agent email or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Collateral Agent in its discretion
elects to act upon such instructions, the Collateral Agent's reasonable understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling.
The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Collateral Agent'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 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 12.2 No
Waivers. No failure or delay by either Agent or any Lender or the Borrower in exercising any right, power or privilege
hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein
provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
Section 12.3
Expenses; Indemnification
(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket expenses of the Agents, the Custodian and the Securities Intermediary, including, without limitation, reasonable
and documented fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with the preparation, syndications and administration of this Agreement,
the Loan Documents and any documents and instruments referred to therein, and further modifications or syndications of the Loans
in connection therewith, the administration of the Loans, any Increased Commitment or Additional Loan, any waiver or consent hereunder
or any amendment or modification hereof or any Default hereunder; provided that such reimbursement under this subclause
(a)(i) of expenses incurred up to and including the Original Closing Date shall be limited to the amounts set forth in the Engagement
Letter and as otherwise agreed by the parties hereto and (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
any Agent, including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent and the initial
Lender and one counsel for U.S. Bank, as Collateral Agent, Custodian and Securities Intermediary (provided that (1) the
Administrative Agent and the initial Lender shall be entitled to reimbursement for a single counsel and (2) U.S. Bank as Collateral
Agent, Custodian and Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to reimbursement for a single counsel), in connection with the enforcement
of the Loan Documents and the instruments referred to therein and such collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement
proceedings resulting therefrom.
(b) The Borrower agrees to
indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodian, U.S. Bank as Securities Intermediary and each
Lender, their respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, agents and employees of the foregoing (each, an
"Indemnitee") and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages,
costs and expenses of any kind (but excluding the fees and expenses of its internal legal counsel and all ordinary internal
costs, consisting of overhead and employee costs and expenses incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with its obligations
under the Loan Documents), including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel
(provided that (1) the Administrative Agent and the initial Lender shall be entitled to reimbursement for a single
counsel and (2) U.S. Bank as Collateral Agent, Custodian and Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to reimbursement for a
single counsel), which may be incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding (whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto) that may at any time (including, without
limitation, at any time following the payment of the Obligations) be imposed on, asserted against or incurred by any
Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to or by reason of, (i) any of the transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents or the execution, delivery or performance of any Loan Document, (ii) the grant to the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders of any Lien, on the Collateral, (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the Lenders of their rights and remedies (including, without limitation, foreclosure) under
any agreements creating any such Lien, (iv) the failure of the Collateral Agent to have a valid and perfected Lien on any
Collateral, (v) a breach by the Borrower of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document or any
document relating to any Collateral or (vi) any loss arising from any action or inaction of the Borrower or any of its
Affiliates regarding the administration of any Collateral or otherwise relating to such Collateral (other than an Obligor's
financial inability to make payments with respect to any such Collateral) but excluding, as to any Indemnitee, any such
losses, liabilities, damages, expenses or costs incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Borrower's obligations under this Section 12.3
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations. For the sake of clarity, this Section
12.3(b) shall not impose any indemnification or similar obligation on the Borrower with respect to taxes, which obligation
shall be addressed solely by Section 11.4.
(c) The Borrower shall
pay, and hold the Agents, the Custodian and the Securities Intermediary and each of the Lenders harmless from and against, any
and all present and future U.S. stamp, recording, transfer and other similar foreclosure related taxes with respect to the foregoing
matters in this Section 12.3 and hold the Agents and each Lender harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect
to or resulting from any delay or omission (other than to the extent attributable to such Lender) to pay such taxes. For the avoidance
of doubt, any amounts paid pursuant to this Section 12.3(c) shall not be duplicative of amounts paid pursuant to Section 5.26,
Section 5.27 or Section 11.4.
Section 12.4
Sharing of Set-Offs. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or otherwise, and not
by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is
hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind to the Borrower
or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender
(including, without limitation, by branches and agencies of such Lender wherever located) to or for the credit or the account of
the Borrower against and on account of the Obligations of the Borrower then due and payable to such Lender under this Agreement
or under any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all interests in Obligations purchased by such Lender.
Each Lender agrees that if it shall, by
exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal,
interest, fees and other amounts due with respect to any Loan held by it which is greater than the proportion received by any other
Lender in respect of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, fees and other amounts due with respect to the Loans held by
such other Lender, the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the Loans held
by the other Lenders, and such other adjustments shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal, interest,
fees and other amounts with respect to the Loans held by the Lenders shall be shared by the Lenders pro rata; provided
that nothing in this Section 12.4 shall impair the right of any Lender to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it
may have and to apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of Indebtedness of the Borrower other than its Indebtedness
under the Loans. The Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any holder of a
participation in a Loan, whether or not acquired pursuant to the foregoing arrangements, may exercise rights of set-off or counterclaim
and other rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender may, by separate
agreement with the Borrower, waive its right to set off contained herein or granted by law and any such written waiver shall be
effective against such Lender under this Section 12.4. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 12.4 a pro
rata allocation will mean an allocation of the amount received by such set-off or counterclaim and other rights as if such
amount had been applied as a prepayment of the Loans under Section 2.7.
Section 12.5
Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Any provision of this Agreement, the
Notes or any other Loan Document may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed
by the Borrower and the Majority Lenders (and, if the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent
are affected thereby, by the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be); provided that:
(i) no such amendment or waiver
shall, unless signed by all the Lenders, (1) extend the Stated Maturity; (2) increase or decrease the Commitment of any Lender
(except for a ratable decrease in the Commitments of all Lenders) or subject any Lender to any additional obligation; (3) change
the Percentage Share of the Commitments allocable to any Lender or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans, the definition
of "Majority Lenders" or the number of Lenders, which shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action
under this Section 12.5 or any other provision of this Agreement; (4) release any Collateral except as provided in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents; (5) alter the terms of Section 6.4, Section 9.1 or this Section 12.5 (or any defined term as it is
used therein) in a manner materially adverse to the interests of any Lender; (6) extend the Reinvestment Period; or (7) change
any of the definitions of "Coverage Tests", "Overcollateralization Ratio Test", "Interest Coverage Ratio
Test", "Collateral Quality Test", "Portfolio Advance Rate", "Maximum Advance Rate" or "Collateral
Loan";
(ii) no such amendment or waiver
shall, unless signed by all Lenders affected thereby, postpone the date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on any
Loan or any fees or other amounts hereunder or for any reduction or termination of any Commitment;
(iii) no such amendment or
waiver shall, unless signed by a Lender, reduce the principal of or rate of interest on any Loan held by such Lender or any fees
or indemnities payable for the account of such Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the rescission of
interest accruing at the Post-Default Rate, which may be rescinded by the Majority Lenders; and
(iv) no amendment or waiver
of any provision under this Agreement or any other Loan Document that governs the rights and obligations of CP Lenders or their
Conduit Support Providers (including this Section 12.5(a)(iv)) (other than amendments and waivers that apply generally to Lenders)
or that specifically relates to CP Conduits shall be effective without the written consent of each CP Lender.
(b) In connection with any proposed amendment or waiver
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to this Section 12.5, either (1) such proposed amendment or waiver will be
effective only upon satisfaction of the Rating Condition or (2) if, in the Borrower's reasonable determination, such proposed amendment
or waiver does not have a reasonable likelihood of being adverse to the interests of any Lender, then the Borrower shall, not later
than 10 Business Days prior to the execution of such proposed amendment or waiver, deliver to each of the Lenders a copy of such
proposed amendment or waiver; provided, in the case of the foregoing clause (2), if any Lender notifies the Borrower prior
to execution of such proposed amendment or waiver that, based on its reasonable determination, such proposed amendment or waiver
could adversely affect the interests of any Lender, such proposed amendment or waiver will not be effective without the satisfaction
of the Rating Condition.
(c) The Borrower shall, promptly following the execution
of any amendment, waiver or supplement to any Loan Document, provide copies thereof to each Lender, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and DBRS.
Section 12.6
Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower may not
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the prior
written consent of each of the Lenders except as permitted by this Agreement.
(b) (i) Any Lender may at any time grant to one or more
banks, commercial paper conduits or other institutions (each, a "Participant") participating interests in its
Commitment or any or all of its Loans. In the event of any such grant by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant,
whether or not upon notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall remain responsible for the performance
of its obligations hereunder, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. An assignment or other transfer which is not
permitted by subsection (c) or (d) below shall be given effect for purposes of this Agreement only to the extent of a participating
interest granted in accordance with this subsection (b).
(ii) In the event that
any Lender sells participations in its ommitment or any or all of its Loans hereunder, such Lender shall, acting solely for this
purposes as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name of all Participants in the Commitments
or Loans held by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of the Commitments or Loans which is
the subject of the participation (the "Participant Register"). A Commitment or Loan may be participated in whole
or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register. Any participation of such Commitment or Loan
may be effected only by the registration of such participation on the Participant Register. No Lender shall have any obligation
to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating
to a Participant's interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to
the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form
under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive
absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner
of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt,
the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(c) (i) Any Lender may at any time
assign to one or more banks, CP Conduits or other financial institutions (each, an "Assignee") all or any portion
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents, and such Assignee shall assume such
rights and obligations, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by such Assignee and such transferor Lender, with (and
subject to) the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, which consent in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld;
provided that (1) such assignment is in an amount which is at least $5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
(or the remainder of such Lender's Loans or Commitments); and (2) no such consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent
shall be required in the case of an assignment that is made (A) during the continuance of an Event of Default; (B) with respect
to the Class A-R Loans, after the Class A-R Commitment Period; (C) with respect to the Class A-R Loans, during the Class A-R Commitment
Period, if such Assignee is an Approved Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; (D) if any Class of Loans has been downgraded from
its Initial Rating; (E) by (I) a CP Lender to a Conduit Assignee or (II) by a Lender to Natixis or any Natixis Conduit; (F) of
any Class A-T-1 Loans; (G) with respect to the Class A-T-2 Loans, after the Additional Draw Date; or (H) with respect to the Class
A-T-2 Loans, prior to the Additional Draw Date, if such Assignee is an Approved Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
(ii) Upon execution and delivery
of such instrument and payment by such Assignee to such transferor Lender of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed between
such transferor Lender and such Assignee, such Assignee (and if the Assignee is a Conduit Assignee, any Related CP Issuer, if such
Conduit Assignee does not itself issue commercial paper) shall be a party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights, protections
and obligations of a Lender with Commitments as set forth in such instrument of assumption, and the transferor Lender shall be
released from its obligations hereunder to a corresponding extent, and no further consent or action by any party shall be required.
Upon the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this subsection (c), the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that, if required, a new Note is issued to the Assignee. In connection with any
such assignment, the transferor Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an administrative fee for processing such assignment
in the amount of $2,500 (unless such fee is waived by the Administrative Agent). Each Assignee shall deliver to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent the relevant form or certification in accordance with Section 11.4(d).
(d) Any Lender may at any time assign all or any portion
of its rights under this Agreement and its Note to a Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall release the transferor Lender
from its obligations hereunder. Promptly upon being notified in writing of such transfer, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower thereof.
(e) No Assignee, Participant or other transferee of any
Lender's rights shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 11.3 or 11.4 than such Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the rights transferred, unless such transfer is made by reason of the provisions of Section 11.2, 11.3
or 11.4 requiring such Lender to designate a different Applicable Lending Office under certain circumstances or the circumstances
giving rise to such greater payment did not exist at the time of the transfer.
(f) The Administrative Agent, acting as non-fiduciary
agent (solely for this purpose) of the Borrower, shall maintain a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a
register (the "Register") for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the principal amount
(and stated interest thereon) of the Loans owing to each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be prima facie
evidence of the accuracy thereof, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in
the Register as the owner of a Loan or Note hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding
any notice to the contrary. Any assignment of any Loan or Note hereunder shall be effective only upon appropriate entries with
respect thereto being made in the Register. If any assignment or transfer of all or any part of a Loan that is then evidenced by
a Note is made, such assignment or transfer shall be registered on the Register only upon surrender for registration of assignment
or transfer of the related Note, duly endorsed by (or accompanied by a written instrument of assignment or transfer duly executed
by) the holder thereof, and thereupon one or more new Note(s) in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated
Assignee(s) (and, if applicable, assignor) and the old Note shall be returned to the Borrower marked "cancelled". The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice. The Administrative Agent shall provide to the Collateral Agent from time to time at the request of the Collateral
Agent information related to the Lenders and Commitments.
Section 12.7
Collateral.
Each of the Lenders represents to the Administrative
Agent and each of the other Lenders that it in good faith (and in reliance on the accuracy of the representations contained in
the first two sentences of Section 4.10) is not relying upon any Margin Stock as collateral in the extension or maintenance of
the credit provided for in this Agreement.
Section 12.8
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document and any action for enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof may be brought in the courts
of the State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and, by execution and delivery
of this Agreement, each party hereto hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and appellate courts from any thereof. Each party hereto irrevocably consents
to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the hand delivery, or mailing
of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to each party hereto at its respective address on the signature
pages hereto. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought in the courts referred to above and hereby further irrevocably waives, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought
in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing herein shall affect the right of either Agent, any Lender
or any holder of a Note to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed
against the Borrower in any other jurisdiction.
Section 12.9
Marshalling; Recapture. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender shall be under any
obligation to marshal any assets in favor of the Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations.
To the extent any Lender receives any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to the Borrower or its estate, trustee,
receiver, custodian or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the
extent of such payment or repayment, the Obligation or part thereof which has been paid, reduced or satisfied by the amount so
repaid shall be reinstated by the amount so repaid and shall be included within the liabilities of the Borrower to such Lender
as of the date such initial payment, reduction or satisfaction occurred.
Section 12.10
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings,
oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective upon receipt by the Administrative
Agent of counterparts hereof signed by each of the parties hereto (which counterparts may be delivered by facsimile or email transmission).
Section 12.11
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 12.12
Survival. All indemnities set forth herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, any assignment pursuant to Section 12.6 and the making and repayment of the Loans hereunder.
Section 12.13
Domicile of Loans. Each Lender may transfer and carry its Loans at, to or for the account of any domestic or foreign
branch office, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender.
Section 12.14
Limitation of Liability. No claim may be made by the Borrower, the Collateral Manager or any other Person against
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender or the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents
of any of them for any consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of
liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the other Loan Documents, or any act,
omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and each of the Borrower and the Collateral Manager hereby waives, releases
and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist
in its favor.
Section 12.15
Recourse; Non-Petition.
(a) All obligations, covenants and agreements of Borrower
contained in or evidenced by this Agreement, the Notes and any Loan Document shall be fully recourse to the Borrower and each and
every asset of Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant, or agreement contained
in this Agreement or the Note or any Loan Document shall be had against any officer, director, limited liability company manager,
limited partner, member or employee (solely by virtue of such capacity) of the Borrower (a "Non-Recourse Party")
and no such Non-Recourse Party shall be personally liable for payment of the Loans or other amounts due in respect thereof (all
such liability being expressly waived and released by each Lender and the Agents).
(b) Each Lender and each Agent
hereby agrees that it will not institute against the Borrower any proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy
or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, present a
petition for the winding-up or liquidation of the Borrower or seek the appointment of an administrator, provisional
liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for the Borrower or for all or substantially
all of the assets of the Borrower prior to the date that is one year and one day (or, if longer, the applicable preference
period then in effect) after the payment in full of all Obligations. In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents relating to "non-petition" of the Borrower, the Borrower becomes a
debtor in a bankruptcy case by the involuntary petition of any other Person, the Borrower hereby covenants to contest any
such petition to the fullest extent permitted by law. The obligations under this Section 12.15(b) shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.
Section 12.16
Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Agents
agrees that it shall maintain confidentiality with regard to nonpublic information concerning the Borrower obtained from the Borrower
pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, provided that the Lenders and the Agents shall
not be precluded from making disclosure regarding such information: (i) to the Lenders' and Agents' counsel, accountants and
other professional advisors (who are, in each case, subject to this confidentiality agreement); (ii) to officers, directors,
employees, examiners, agents and partners of each Lender and its Affiliates and the Agents and their Affiliates who need to know
such information in accordance with customary practices for Lenders of such type; (iii) in response to a subpoena or order
of a court or governmental agency or regulatory authority; (iv) to any entity participating or considering participating in
any credit made under this Agreement, (provided, the Lenders and Agents shall require that any such entity agree in writing
to be subject to this Section 12.16; however, Lenders and Agents shall have no duty to monitor any participating entity and
shall have no liability in the event that any participating entity violates this Section 12.16); (v) as required by law
or legal process, GAAP or applicable regulation; (vi) as reasonably necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedy
hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the extent the Person that receives such information agrees in writing to be subject
to this Section 12.16; (vii) to any Rating Agency then rating the Loans or any Conduit Rating Agency; or (viii) to any Program
Manager, Conduit Support Provider or administrator of a CP Lender or Affiliate thereof who needs to know such information (provided
that each such Person referred to in this clause (viii) agrees to be bound by the terms of this confidentiality agreement). In
connection with enforcing its rights pursuant to this Section 12.16, the Borrower shall be entitled to the equitable remedies
of specific performance and injunctive relief against the Agents, any Lender or any subsequent party that agrees to be bound hereto
which shall breach the confidentiality provisions of this Section 12.16.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that each CP Lender
(or its Program Manager or its Funding Agent, as applicable) may post to a secured password-protected internet website maintained
by such CP Lender (or its Program Manager or its Funding Agent, as applicable) and required by any Conduit Rating Agency in connection
with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act, the following information: (i) its Liquidity Facility or Credit Facility, (ii) a copy of this
Agreement (including any amendments hereto, but excluding the Schedules and Exhibits hereto), (iii) its monthly transaction surveillance
reports (substantially in the form provided to the Borrower on or before the Original Closing Date), and (iv) such other information
as may be requested by such rating agency.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary
agreement or understanding, the Collateral Manager, the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders (and each of their respective
employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all Persons the tax treatment and tax structure of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, only those transactions contemplated by this
Agreement) and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to them relating to
such tax treatment and tax structure. The foregoing provision shall apply from the beginning of discussions between the
parties hereto. For this purpose, the tax treatment of a transaction is the purported or claimed U.S. tax treatment of the
transaction under applicable U.S. Federal, state or local law, and the tax structure of a transaction is any fact that may be
relevant to understanding the purported or claimed U.S. tax treatment of the transaction under applicable U.S. Federal, state
or local law.
Section 12.17
Special Provisions Applicable to CP Lenders.
(a) Each of the parties
hereto (each, a "Restricted Person") hereby covenants and agrees that it will not institute against any CP Lender,
or encourage, cooperate with or join any other Person in instituting against any CP Lender, any proceeding seeking a judgment
of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors'
rights, present a petition for the winding up or liquidation of any CP Lender or seek the appointment of an administrator,
provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for any CP Lender or for all or
substantially all of its assets prior to the date that is two years and a day (or, if longer, the applicable preference period
then in effect) after the last day on which any Commercial Paper Notes shall have been outstanding. The obligations under this
Section 12.17(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.
(b) Provided that
a Restricted Person has complied with Section 12.17(a), nothing in clause (a) above shall limit the right of such Restricted
Person to file any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any proceeding of the type described in clause (a)
above that was instituted against any CP Lender by any person other than such Restricted Person.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the obligations of any CP Lender under this Agreement are solely the corporate
obligations of such CP Lender and, in the case of obligations of any CP Lender other than Commercial Paper Notes, shall
be payable at such time as funds are received by or are available to such CP Lender in excess of funds necessary to pay in
full all outstanding Commercial Paper Notes or other short-term funding backing its Commercial Paper Notes and, to the extent funds
are not available to pay such obligations, the claims relating thereto shall not constitute a claim against such CP Lender
but shall continue to accrue. Each party hereto agrees that the payment of any claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy
Code) of any such party shall be subordinated to the payment in full of all Commercial Paper Notes. The provisions of this Section
12.17(c) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
(d) No recourse under
any obligation, covenant or agreement of any CP Lender contained in this Agreement shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer, director, employee or agent of such CP Lender or any agent of such CP Lender or any of their Affiliates
(solely by virtue of such capacity) by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of
any statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Agreement is solely a corporate obligation of any
such CP Lender individually, and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any incorporator, stockholder,
officer, director, employee or agent of such CP Lender or any agent thereof or any of their Affiliates (solely by virtue of
such capacity) or any of them under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements of such CP Lender contained
in this Agreement, or implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability for breaches by any CP Lender of any of such
obligations, covenants or agreements, either at common law or at equity, or by statute, rule or regulation, of every such incorporator,
stockholder, officer, director, employee or agent is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution
of this Agreement, provided that the foregoing shall not relieve any such Person from any liability it might otherwise have
as a result of fraudulent actions taken or omissions made by them. The provisions of this Section 12.17(d) shall survive termination
of this Agreement.
(e) Each CP Lender
may act hereunder by and through its Program Manager, its administrator or its Funding Agent, as applicable.
(f) Each of the parties hereto waives any right to set-off
and to appropriate and apply any and all deposits and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing thereby to or for the credit
or the account of any CP Lender against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such CP Lender to such party under
this Agreement.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
each CP Lender may disclose to its respective Conduit Support Providers, any Affiliates of any such party and governmental authorities
having jurisdiction over such CP Lender, Conduit Support Provider, any Affiliate of such party and any Conduit Rating Agency (including
its professional advisors), the identities of (and other material information regarding) the Borrower, any other obligor on, or
in respect of, a Loan made by such CP Lender, Collateral for such Loan and any of the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents
that it may deem necessary or advisable.
(h) No pledge and/or collateral assignment by any CP
Lender to a Conduit Support Provider of an interest in the rights of such CP Lender in any Loan made by such CP Lender and the
Obligations shall constitute an assignment and/or assumption of such CP Lender's obligations under this Agreement, such obligations
in all cases remaining with such CP Lender. Moreover, any such pledge and/or collateral assignment of the rights of such CP Lender
shall be permitted hereunder without further action or consent and any such pledgee may foreclose on any such pledge and perfect
an assignment of such interest and enforce such CP Lender's right hereunder notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement.
Section 12.18
Direction of Collateral Agent. By executing this Agreement, each Lender hereby consents to the terms of this Agreement
and to the Collateral Agent's execution and delivery of this Agreement, and acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agent shall
be fully protected in relying upon the foregoing consent and direction and hereby releases the Collateral Agent and its respective
officers, directors, agents, employees and shareholders, as applicable, from any liability for complying with such direction, except
as a result of the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent.
Section 12.19
Borrowings/Loans Made in the Ordinary Course of Business. The Borrower and each Lender, each as to itself only, represents,
warrants and covenants that each payment by the Borrower to such Lender under this Agreement will have been made (i) in payment
of a debt incurred by the Borrower or a loan made by such Lender, respectively, in the ordinary course of business or financial
affairs of the Borrower and each Lender and (ii) in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Borrower and each
Lender.
Section 12.20
Effect of Amendment and Restatement. On the Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated
in its entirety. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, whether executed
and delivered in connection herewith or otherwise, do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing, or termination of the
obligations, security interest and Liens under the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date,
which remain outstanding and in effect and (ii) such obligations, security interest and Liens (as amended and restated hereby)
are in all respects continuing.
Article
XIII
THE FUNDING AGENT
Section 13.1
Appointment. Each of Versailles and Bleachers, as Lender, (in such capacity, the "Versailles Lender"
and the "Bleachers Lender", respectively), hereby irrevocably designates and appoints its Funding Agent as specified
in the relevant Joinder Agreement as Funding Agent on its behalf under this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of
the Versailles Lender and the Bleachers Lender (and any other applicable CP Lender after the Effective Date) hereby authorizes
its Funding Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to
exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms of this Agreement and
the Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental hereto or thereto. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, such Funding Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities,
except those expressly set forth herein or therein, or any fiduciary relationship with its CP Conduit, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of such Funding Agent shall be read into this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or shall otherwise exist against such Funding Agent. In performing its functions and duties solely under
this Agreement, each Funding Agent shall act solely as the agent of its CP Conduit and does not assume, nor shall be deemed
to have assumed, any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for such CP Conduit.
Section 13.2
Delegation of Duties. Each Funding Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by or through its subsidiaries,
affiliates, agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to
such duties. No Funding Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care.
Section 13.3
Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Funding Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be
(a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them or any Person described in Section 13.2 under
or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (except for its, their or such Person's own gross negligence or
willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to its CP Conduit for any recitals, statements, representations
or warranties contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, such agreements or for the value, validity, effectiveness,
genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Loans, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or any other document furnished
in connection therewith or herewith, or for any failure of its CP Conduit to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. No
Funding Agent shall be under any obligation to its CP Conduit to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance
of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or to inspect
the properties, books or records of the Borrower.
Section 13.4 Reliance
by Funding Agent. Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying,
upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or
teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have
been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including,
without limitation, counsel to its CP Conduit), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Funding
Agent. Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other document furnished in connection herewith or therewith unless such action is
expressly provided for herein or therein or such Funding Agent shall first receive such advice or concurrence of its
CP Conduit as it deems appropriate, or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by such CP Conduit against
any and all liability, cost and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action. Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other document furnished in connection herewith or therewith in accordance with a
request of its CP Conduit and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon
such CP Conduit.
Section 13.5
Non-reliance on Funding Agent. Each of the Versailles Lender and the Bleachers Lender (and any other applicable CP
Lender after the Effective Date) expressly acknowledges that neither its Funding Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by such Funding
Agent hereafter taken, including, without limitation, any review of the affairs of its CP Conduit, or the Borrower, shall
be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Funding Agent. No Funding Agent shall have any duty or responsibility
to provide its CP Conduit with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, prospects, financial
and other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower which may come into the possession of such Funding Agent or any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
Section 13.6
Funding Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Funding Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits
from and generally engage in any kind of business with its CP Conduit or the Borrower or any Affiliate of such Persons as
though such Funding Agent were not a Funding Agent hereunder.
Section 13.7
Conflict Waiver.
Natixis and any of its Affiliates may act
as administrative agent for a CP Lender, as provider of backup facilities for a CP Lender, and may provide other services
or facilities from time to time (the "Multiple Roles"). Each of the Versailles Lender and the Bleachers Lender
(and any other applicable CP Lender after the Effective Date) hereby acknowledges and consents to any and all Multiple Roles, waives
any objections it may have to any actual or potential conflict of interest caused by Natixis' (or any of its Affiliates') acting
as a Funding Agent hereunder and acting as or maintaining any of the Multiple Roles, and agrees that in connection with any Multiple
Role, Natixis (and any of its Affiliates, as applicable) may take, or refrain from taking, any action which it in its discretion
deems appropriate.
Article
XIV
ASSIGNMENT OF COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Section 14.1
Assignment of Collateral Management Agreement.
(a) The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Grant made
on the Original Closing Date pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Grant pursuant to the Granting
Clause hereof includes all of the Borrower'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 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 Borrower is or may be entitled to do thereunder; provided that
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agents 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 (so long as the exercise of
remedies has not commenced or such Event of Default has been waived following the commencement of the exercise of remedies).
(b) 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 Borrower under the
provisions of the Collateral Management Agreement or the other documents referred to in paragraph (a) above, nor shall any of the
obligations contained in the Collateral Management Agreement or such other documents be imposed on the Agents.
(c) Upon the occurrence of the Stated Maturity (or, if
earlier, the payment in full of all of the Obligations and the termination of all of the Commitments), the payment of all amounts
required to be paid pursuant to the Priority of Payments and the release of the Collateral from the lien of this Agreement, this
assignment and all rights herein assigned to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall cease and terminate and
all the estate, right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent in, to and under the Collateral Management Agreement and the
other documents referred to in this Section 14.1 shall revert to the Borrower and no further instrument or act shall be necessary
to evidence such termination and reversion.
(d) The Borrower represents that the Borrower has not
executed any other assignment of the Collateral Management Agreement.
(e) The Borrower agrees that this assignment is irrevocable
until the Obligations have been repaid in full and all Commitments have terminated, and that it will not take any action which
is inconsistent with this assignment or make any other assignment inconsistent herewith. The Borrower 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.
(f) The Borrower 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 Agreement applicable to the Collateral
Manager subject to the terms of the Collateral Management Agreement.
(ii) The Collateral Manager
shall acknowledge that the Borrower is collaterally assigning all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral
Management Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to both provisos in Section 14.1(a).
(iii) The Collateral Manager
shall deliver to the Agents copies of all notices, statements, communications and instruments delivered or required to be delivered
by the Collateral Manager to the Borrower pursuant to the Collateral Management Agreement.
(iv) Neither the Borrower
nor the Collateral Manager will enter into any agreement amending, modifying or terminating the Collateral Management Agreement
without complying with the applicable terms thereof.
(v) Except as otherwise set
forth herein and therein (including pursuant to Sections 12 and 13 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 9.1. The Collateral Manager agrees
not to cause the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against the Borrower for the nonpayment of the fees or other amounts payable
by the Borrower to the Collateral Manager under the Collateral Management Agreement until the payment in full of all of the Obligations
and the termination of all of the Commitments and the expiration of a period equal to one year and a day, or, if longer, the applicable
preference period, following such payment. Nothing in this Section 14.1 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 Borrower or (B) any involuntary insolvency Proceeding filed or commenced by a Person other than the Collateral
Manager, or (ii) from commencing against the Borrower or any of its properties any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceeding.
(vi) Except with respect to
transactions contemplated by the Collateral Management Agreement, if the Collateral Manager determines that it or any of its Affiliates
has a conflict of interest between the Lenders and any other account or portfolio for which the Collateral Manager or any of its
Affiliates is serving as investment adviser which relates to any action to be taken with respect to any Collateral, then the Collateral
Manager will give written notice to the Agents, who shall promptly forward such notice to the relevant Lender, briefly describing
such conflict and the action it proposes to take. The provisions of this clause (vi) shall not apply to any transaction permitted
by the terms of the Collateral Management Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above
written.
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FS SENIOR FUNDING LLC,
as Borrower
By:
Name:
Title:
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Address for notices:
c/o Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
10 Bank Street, 12th Floor
White Plains, NY 10606
Attention: Bernard D. Berman
Telephone No.: (914) 286-6800
Facsimile No.: (914) 328-4214
Email: bernie@fifthstreetfinance.com |
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NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent |
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By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for notices:
Natixis, New York Branch
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Attention: Yazmin Vasconez
Telephone No.: 212-891-6176
Facsimile No.: 646-282-2361
Email: scsgnotices@us.natixis.com and agent_group@us.natixis.com |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Collateral Agent and Custodian |
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By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for notices:
U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
One Federal Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Reference: FS Senior Funding LLC
Telephone No.: 617-603-6696
Email: craig.healy@usbank.com
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VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC,
as Class A-R Lender
CLASS A-R COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $100,000,000
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By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for notices:
Versailles Assets LLC
c/o Global Securitization Services LLC
68 South Service Road, Suite 120
Melville, NY 11747
Attention: Bernard J. Angelo
Telephone No.: 631-587-4700
Facsimile No.: 212-302-8767
Email: Versailles_transactions@us.natixis.com
Versailles Assets LLC, as Class A-R Lender, is a CP Lender for
purposes of this Agreement
Lending Office: New York |
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FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as Class A-T-1 Lender
CLASS A-T-1 COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $50,000,000
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By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for notices:
Fifth Third Bank
38 Fountain Square Plaza
4th Floor
Cincinnati, OH 45263
Attention: Brian Gardner
Telephone No.: 513-534-7949
Email: brian.gardner@53.com
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BLEACHERS FINANCE 1 LIMITED,
as Class A-T-2 Lender
CLASS A-T-2 COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $50,000,000
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for notices:
Bleachers Finance 1 Limited
c/o Global Securitization Services LLC
68 South Service Road, Suite 120
Melville, NY 11747
Attention: Bernard J. Angelo
Facsimile No.: (212) 302-8767
Email: jrangelo@gssnyc.com
and
Bleachers Finance 1 Limited
c/o 20 Gates Management, as Bleachers Manager
30 Irving Place, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention: Joe Soave
Email: Mountcliff@20Gates.com and Mountcliff.Group@DB.com
Bleachers Finance 1 Limited, as Class A-T-2 Lender,
is a CP Lender for purposes of this Agreement
Lending Office: New York
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN SALE AND CONTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT
by and between
FIFTH STREET SENIOR FLOATING RATE CORP.,
as the Seller
and
FS SENIOR FUNDING LLC,
as the Buyer
Dated as of October 16, 2014
Table
of Contents
Page
ARTICLE
I | DEFINITIONS | |
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Section
1.01 | |
Definitions | |
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Section
1.02 | |
Other
Terms | |
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Section
1.03 | |
Computation
of Time Periods | |
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Section
1.04 | |
Interpretation | |
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Section
1.05 | |
References | |
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Section
1.06 | |
Calculations | |
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ARTICLE
II | TRANSFER OF COLLATERAL LOAN ASSETS | |
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Section
2.01 | |
Sale,
Transfer and Assignment | |
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Section
2.02 | |
Purchase
Price | |
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Section
2.03 | |
Payment
of Purchase Price | |
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Section
2.04 | |
[Intentionally
Omitted]. | |
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Section
2.05 | |
Characterization | |
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ARTICLE
III | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | |
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Section
3.01 | |
Conditions
Precedent to Closing | |
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Section
3.02 | |
Conditions
Precedent to all Purchases | |
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Section
3.03 | |
Release
of Excluded Amounts | |
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ARTICLE
IV | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |
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Section
4.01 | |
Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Seller | |
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Section
4.02 | |
Representations
and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral | |
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Section
4.03 | |
Representations
and Warranties Regarding the Buyer | |
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ARTICLE
V | COVENANTS | |
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Section
5.01 | |
Affirmative
Covenants of the Seller | |
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Section
5.02 | |
Negative
Covenants of the Seller | |
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ARTICLE
VI | Option to repurchase AND SUBSTITute collateral loans | |
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Section
6.01 | |
Substitution
of Collateral Loans | |
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Section
6.02 | |
Seller’s
Optional Right to Repurchase Collateral Loans | |
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ARTICLE
VII | INDEMNIFICATION BY THE ORIGINATOR | |
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Section
7.01 | |
Indemnification | |
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Section
7.02 | |
Liabilities
to Obligors | |
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Table
of Contents
(continued)
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Section
7.03 | |
Operation
of Indemnities | |
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ARTICLE
VIII | TERM AND TERMINATION | |
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Section
8.01 | |
Termination | |
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ARTICLE
IX | MISCELLANEOUS | |
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Section
9.01 | |
Amendments
and Waivers | |
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Section
9.02 | |
Notices,
Etc | |
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Section
9.03 | |
Binding
Effect; Benefit of Agreement | |
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Section
9.04 | |
Governing
Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Objection to Venue Service of Process | |
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Section
9.05 | |
Waiver
of Jury Trial | |
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Section
9.06 | |
Certain
Taxes | |
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Section
9.07 | |
Non-Petition | |
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Section
9.08 | |
Recourse
Against Certain Parties | |
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Section
9.09 | |
Protection
of Right, Title and Interest in, to and under the Collateral; Further Action Evidencing Purchases | |
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Section
9.10 | |
Execution
in Counterparts; Severability; Integration | |
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Section
9.11 | |
Heading
and Exhibits | |
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Section
9.12 | |
Assignment | |
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Section
9.13 | |
No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | |
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Exhibit
A | |
Form
of Assignment | |
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Schedule
I | |
Initial
Collateral Loans | |
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED LOAN SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED LOAN SALE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of October 16, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is between
FIFTH STREET SENIOR FLOATING RATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Fifth Street,”
and in its capacity as seller hereunder, together with its successors and assigns, the “Seller”) and FS SENIOR
FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, the “Buyer”).
WHEREAS, the
Seller and the Buyer entered into a Loan Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013 (the “Original
Agreement”), and the parties hereto now desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement to, inter alia,
make such changes as are necessary or in the interests of the parties;
WHEREAS, in
the regular course of its business, the Seller originates and/or otherwise acquires Collateral Loans;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Original Agreement and this Agreement, the Buyer has purchased and may from time to time continue to purchase certain assets
from the Seller and the Seller has sold and may from time to time continue to sell and/or contribute to the Buyer certain assets
originated or acquired by the Seller in its normal course of business, together with, among other things, certain related security
interests and rights of payment thereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending
to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
Capitalized terms used
but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. In addition, as used
herein, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings:
“Agreement”
means this Amended and Restated Loan Sale and Contribution Agreement, as the same shall be amended, supplemented, restated or modified
from time to time.
“Authority”
means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory
body, public body, administrative tribunal, central bank, public office, court, arbitration or mediation panel, or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of government, including
the FINRA, the SEC, the stock exchanges, any Federal, state, territorial, county, municipal or other government or governmental
agency, arbitrator, board, body, branch, bureau, commission, court, department, instrumentality, master, mediator, panel, referee,
system or other political unit or subdivision or other entity of any of the foregoing, whether domestic or foreign.
“Buyer”
shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Collateral”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
“Collateral
Management Agreement” means the Collateral Management Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2013, by and between Fifth Street,
in its capacity as the Collateral Manager, and the Buyer, as the Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or
modified from time to time.
“Credit Agreement”
means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2014, by and among the Buyer, as Borrower, Natixis, New
York Branch, as Administrative Agent, U.S. Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent and Custodian, and the Lenders from
time to time party thereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or modified from time to time.
“Event of Bankruptcy”
means (a) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization
or other relief in respect of the Seller or its debts, or of all or a substantial part of its assets, under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of all or a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Seller or for all or a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding
or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 consecutive days; (b) an order or decree approving or ordering any of the actions
described in clause (a) shall be entered and the continuance of any such order or decree is unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days; or (c) the Seller shall: (i) be wound up or dissolved, (ii) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file
any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law
now or hereafter in effect, (iii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding
or petition described in clause (a) of this definition, (iv) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Seller or for all or a substantial part of its assets, (v) file an answer
admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (vi) cease to be able to, or admit in
writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due and payable, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors
or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
“Excluded Amounts”
means (a) any amount received by, on or with respect to any Collateral Loan in the Collateral, which amount is attributable to
the payment of any tax, fee or other charge imposed by any applicable Authority on such Collateral Loan and to the extent such
amount is attributable to a time prior to the Purchase Date, (b) any amount representing escrows relating to taxes, insurance and
other amounts in connection with any Collateral Loan which is held in an escrow account for the benefit of the related Obligor
and the secured party (other than the Seller in its capacity as lender with respect to such Collateral Loan) pursuant to escrow
arrangements, (c) any amount with respect to any Collateral Loan repurchased or substituted by the Seller under Article VI
to the extent such amount is attributable to a time after the effective date of such repurchase or substitution, (d) any origination
fee retained by the Seller in connection with the origination of any Collateral Loan and (e) any Equity Security related to any
Collateral Loan that the Seller determines will not be transferred to the Buyer by the Seller in connection with the sale of any
related Collateral Loan hereunder.
“Fifth Street”
shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Governmental
Authorizations” means all franchises, permits, licenses, approvals, consents, orders and other authorizations of all
Authorities.
“Governmental
Filings” means all filings, including franchise and similar tax filings, and the payment of all fees, assessments, interests
and penalties associated with such filings with all Authorities.
“Indemnified
Party” shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.01.
“Loan List”
means the list of Collateral Loans provided by the Seller to the Buyer on each Purchase Date and incorporated as Schedule I to
this Agreement by reference, as such list may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Original Agreement”
shall have the meaning provided in the recitals of this Agreement.
“Participation”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04(a).
“Payment in
Full” means payment in full in cash of all Obligations (other than any unasserted contingent obligations), including
without limitation all principal, interest, Commitment Fees, Administrative Expenses and fees, if any, payable under the Engagement
Letter or any fee letter entered into in connection with the Loan Documents.
“Payment in
Full Date” means the date on which a Payment in Full occurs and the Commitments are terminated.
“Purchase”
means a purchase, transfer, settlement or other acquisition by the Buyer of Collateral from or as directed by the Seller pursuant
to Section 2.01.
“Purchase Date”
means any day on which any Collateral is acquired by the Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including any Substitution
Date), and including, for the avoidance of doubt, any day on which any Collateral is settled directly with the Buyer from a third
party in a transaction intermediated, arranged and underwritten by the Seller and any day on which any Collateral is settled with
the Buyer in a transaction in which the Buyer is the designee of the Seller under the instruments of conveyance relating to the
applicable Collateral.
“Purchase Price”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.02.
"Rating Condition"
means, with respect to any action taken by the Seller specified in Section 5.02(e), a condition that is satisfied if DBRS
has been notified in writing by the Borrower of such action or proposed action and none of the Borrower, the Collateral Manager,
the Seller or any of the Secured Parties has received a written communication (including by electronic messages, facsimile, press
release, posting to its internet website, or other means deemed acceptable to DBRS) objecting to such action or proposed action
from DBRS within 10 Business Days following such notification by the Borrower; provided that such 10 Business Day period
may be waived in writing by DBRS in its sole discretion. If at any time the Loans are not then rated by DBRS, the Rating
Condition will automatically be deemed to be satisfied at such time with respect to any action or proposed action.
“Related Contracts”
means all credit agreements, indentures, notes, security agreements, leases, financing statements, guaranties, and other contracts,
agreements, instruments and other papers evidencing, securing, guaranteeing or otherwise relating to any Collateral Loan or Eligible
Instrument or other investment with respect to any Collateral or proceeds thereof (including the related Underlying Instruments),
together with all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under all property or assets securing or otherwise
relating to any Collateral Loan or other loan or security of the Seller or Eligible Instrument or other investment with respect
to any Collateral or proceeds thereof or any Related Contract.
“Replaced Loan”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
“Repurchase
Price” means, on any date of determination with respect to any Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan with respect to which
the Seller elects to exercise its option to repurchase pursuant to Section 6.02 of this Agreement, an amount equal to at
least the Market Value of such Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan in accordance with Section 10.1(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as from
time to time in effect, or any successor law, rules or regulations, and any reference to any statutory or regulatory provisions
shall be deemed to be a reference to any successor statutory or regulatory provision.
“Seller”
shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Substitute
Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.01.
“Substitution
Date” means any date on which the Seller transfers a Substitute Loan to the Buyer.
Section
1.02 Other Terms.
All accounting terms
used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States. The symbol “$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America. All terms used in Article
9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
Section
1.03 Computation of Time Periods.
Unless otherwise stated
in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from”
means “from and including,” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.
Section
1.04 Interpretation.
In this Agreement,
unless a contrary intention appears:
(i) the
singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(ii) reference
to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted
by the Loan Documents;
(iii) references
to “including” means “including, without limitation”;
(iv) reference
to day or days without further qualification means calendar days;
(v) unless
otherwise stated, reference to any time means New York, New York time;
(vi) references
to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography, electronic or other means of reproducing words in a visible form;
(vii) reference
to any agreement (including any Loan Document), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended,
modified, supplemented, replaced, restated, waived or extended and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof
and, if applicable, the terms of the other Loan Documents, and reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note that
is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefore; and
(viii) reference
to any applicable law means such applicable law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and
in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and reference to any Section or other provision
of any applicable law means that provision of such applicable law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive
amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such Section or other provision.
Section
1.05 References.
All section references
(including references to the preamble), unless otherwise indicated, shall be to Sections (and the preamble) in this Agreement.
Section
1.06 Calculations.
Except as otherwise
provided herein, all interest rate and basis point calculations hereunder will be made on the basis of a 360 day year and the actual
days elapsed in the relevant period and will be carried out to at least three decimal places.
ARTICLE
II
TRANSFER OF COLLATERAL LOAN ASSETS
Section
2.01 Sale, Transfer and Assignment.
(a) On the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including the conditions to purchase set forth in Article III), on each
Purchase Date, the Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Buyer, and the Buyer hereby
Purchases and takes from the Seller all right, title and interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever
located) of the Seller (including all obligations of the Seller as lender to fund any Revolving Collateral Loan or Delayed Funding
Loan conveyed by the Seller to Buyer hereunder which obligations Buyer hereby assumes) in the property identified in clauses (i)
- (v) below and all accounts, cash and currency, chattel paper, tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, copyrights, copyright
licenses, equipment, fixtures, general intangibles, instruments, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, inventory, investment
property, letter-of-credit rights, accessions, proceeds and other property consisting of, arising out of, or related to any of
the following (in each case excluding the Excluded Amounts) (collectively, the “Collateral”):
(i) the
Collateral Loans listed on each Loan List delivered by the Seller to the Buyer from time to time pursuant to this Agreement and
all monies due, to become due or paid in respect of such Collateral Loans on and after the related Purchase Date, including but
not limited to all Collections and other recoveries thereon, in each case as they arise after the related Purchase Date;
(ii) all
Liens with respect to the Collateral Loans referred to in clause (i) above;
(iii) all
Related Contracts with respect to the Collateral Loans referred to in clause (i) above;
(iv) all
collateral security granted under any Related Contracts; and
(v) all
income and proceeds of the foregoing.
For the avoidance of
doubt, and without limiting the foregoing, the term “Collateral” shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be deemed
to include any Collateral Loan settled directly with the Buyer from a third party in a transaction intermediated, arranged and
underwritten by the Seller or any Collateral Loan acquired by the Buyer in a transaction in which the Seller passes its equitable
title to the Buyer as designee of the Seller under the instruments of conveyance relating to the applicable Collateral Loan.
(b) From and after
each Purchase Date, the Collateral listed on the Loan List shall be deemed to be Collateral hereunder.
(c) On any Purchase
Date with respect to the Collateral to be acquired by the Buyer on that date, the Seller shall be deemed to, and hereby does, reaffirm
and certify to the Buyer, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and the Administrative Agent, as of such Purchase
Date, that each of the representations and warranties in Section 4.02 is true and correct as of such Purchase Date.
(d) Except as specifically
provided in this Agreement, the sale and purchase of Collateral under this Agreement shall be without recourse to the Seller; it
being understood that the Seller shall be liable to the Buyer for all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made
by the Seller pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all of which obligations are limited so as not to constitute recourse to
the Seller for the credit risk of the Obligors.
(e) In connection
with each Purchase of Collateral as contemplated by this Agreement, the Buyer hereby directs the Seller to, and the Seller agrees
that it will deliver in accordance with the Credit Agreement, or cause to be delivered in accordance with the Credit Agreement
(on behalf of the Borrower), to the Custodian, as agent and custodian for the Collateral Agent, each Collateral Loan being transferred
to the Buyer on such Purchase Date in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Credit Agreement. Each item of Collateral
shall be delivered to the Custodian by:
(i) with
respect to such of the Collateral as constitutes an instrument, tangible chattel paper, a negotiable document, or money, causing
the Custodian to take possession of such instrument indorsed to the Custodian or in blank, or such money, negotiable document,
or tangible chattel paper, in the State of New York separate and apart from all other property held by the Custodian;
(ii) with
respect to such of the Collateral as constitutes a certificated security in bearer form, causing the Custodian to take possession
of the related security certificate in the State of New York;
(iii) with
respect to such of the Collateral as constitutes a certificated security in registered form, causing the Custodian to take possession
of the related security certificate in the State of New York, indorsed to the Custodian or in blank by an effective indorsement,
or registered in the name of the Custodian, upon original issue or registration of transfer by the issuer of such certificated
security;
(iv) with
respect to such of the Collateral as constitutes an uncertificated security, causing the issuer of such uncertificated security
to register the Custodian or its nominee for the account of the Custodian as the registered owner of such uncertificated security;
(v) with
respect to such of the Collateral as constitutes a security entitlement, causing the Securities Intermediary to indicate by book
entry that the financial asset relating to such security entitlement has been credited to the Custodial Account;
(vi) with
respect to such of the Collateral as constitutes a deposit account, causing such deposit account to be established and maintained
in the name of the Collateral Agent or the Custodian, as applicable, by a bank the jurisdiction of which for purposes of the UCC
is the State of New York; and
(vii) taking
such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to grant a first priority, perfected security interest
in such items of the Collateral to the Collateral Agent, consistent with applicable law or regulations.
If any item of Collateral
is a financial asset issued by an issuer that is not the United States of America, an agency or instrumentality thereof, or some
other United States person or entity, and if such item cannot be delivered as set forth above, such item may be delivered by the
Collateral Agent holding such item in an account created and maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent with a banking or securities
institution or a clearing agency or system located outside the United States such that the Collateral Agent holds a first priority,
perfected security interest in such item of Collateral.
The Seller represents
and warrants that each Collateral Loan purchased prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Original Agreement has been delivered
in accordance with the requirements of this clause (e).
The Seller shall record
and file (or cause to be recorded or filed) on or before the related Purchase Date all financing statements, and the Seller agrees
to record and file (or cause to be recorded or filed) after the related Purchase Date all appropriate financing statements, continuation
statements, and other amendments, meeting the requirements of applicable law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary
to perfect and protect the interests of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in the Collateral under the applicable Uniform
Commercial Code against all creditors of and purchasers from the Seller. The Seller promptly shall deliver (or cause to be delivered)
file-stamped copies of such financing statements, continuation statements, and amendments to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative
Agent. The Seller shall also take such action requested by the Buyer or the Administrative Agent, from time to time hereafter,
that may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the Buyer has an enforceable ownership interest and its assigns under the Credit
Agreement have an enforceable and perfected security interest in the Collateral Purchased by the Buyer as contemplated by this
Agreement.
(f) In connection
with the Purchase by the Buyer of the Collateral as contemplated by this Agreement, the Seller further agrees that it will, at
its own expense, indicate clearly and unambiguously in its computer files and its financial statements, on or prior to each Purchase
Date, that such Collateral has been Purchased by the Buyer in accordance with this Agreement.
(g) The Seller further
agrees to deliver to the Buyer on or before each Purchase Date a computer file containing a true, complete and correct Loan List
(which shall contain the related Principal Balance, outstanding principal balance, loan number and Obligor name for each Collateral
Loan) as of the related Purchase Date. Such file or list shall be marked as Schedule I to this Agreement, shall be delivered
to the Buyer as confidential and proprietary, and is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement as such Schedule
I may be supplemented and amended from time to time.
Section
2.02 Purchase Price.
The purchase price
for each item of Collateral sold to the Buyer by the Seller under this Agreement shall be a dollar amount equal to the fair market
value thereof as determined from time to time by the Seller and the Buyer and each such transaction shall be on terms no less favorable
to the Buyer than it would obtain in an comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate (in each
case, the “Purchase Price”).
Section
2.03 Payment of Purchase Price.
(a) For any transfer
or purchases the Purchase Price for any Collateral sold by the Seller to the Buyer on any Purchase Date shall be paid in a combination
of (i) immediately available funds in cash and (ii) if the Buyer does not have sufficient funds in cash to pay the full amount
of the Purchase Price, by means of a capital contribution by the Seller to the Buyer.
(b) The Purchase
Price for any Collateral Purchased by the Buyer to be settled directly with a third party on any Purchase Date shall be paid in
immediately available funds, which may comprise, if the Buyer does not have sufficient funds in cash to pay the full amount of
the Purchase Price (after taking into account any Loan the Buyer expects to receive pursuant to the Credit Agreement), amounts
contributed by the Seller to the Buyer.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, the Seller may on any Purchase Date elect to designate all or a portion of the Collateral
proposed to be transferred to the Buyer on such date as a capital contribution to the Buyer. In such event, the cash portion of
the Purchase Price payable with respect to such transfer shall be reduced by that portion of the Purchase Price of the Collateral
that was so contributed; provided that Collateral contributed to the Buyer as capital shall constitute Collateral for all
purposes of this Agreement. To the extent the fair market value of any Collateral purchased or acquired by replacement and substitution
by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement exceeds the amount of cash paid or other consideration exchanged therefore, such excess shall
be deemed to be a capital contribution from the Seller to the Buyer.
(d) The Seller,
in connection with each Purchase hereunder relating to any Collateral, shall be deemed to have certified, and hereby does certify,
with respect to the Collateral to be Purchased by the Buyer on such day, that its representations and warranties contained in Article
IV are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such day, with the same effect as though made on and as of such
day.
(e) Upon the payment
of the Purchase Price for any Purchase, title to the Collateral included in such Purchase shall vest in Buyer, whether or not the
conditions precedent to such Purchase and the other covenants and agreements contained herein were in fact satisfied; provided
that Buyer shall not be deemed to have waived any claim it may have under this Agreement for the failure by the Seller in fact
to satisfy any such condition precedent, covenant or agreement.
(f) The Seller and
the Buyer acknowledge and agree that, solely for administrative convenience, any transfer document or assignment agreement (or,
in the case of any underlying promissory note, any chain of endorsement) required to be executed and delivered in connection with
the transfer of a Collateral Loan in accordance with the terms of any Related Contracts may reflect that the Seller is assigning
such Collateral Loan directly to the Buyer. Nothing in such assignment agreements shall be deemed to impair the transfers of the
Collateral Loans by the Seller to the Buyer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section
2.04 [Intentionally Omitted].
Section
2.05 Characterization.
It is the intention
of the parties hereto that the conveyance of all right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral to the Buyer as provided
in this Article II shall constitute an absolute sale, conveyance and transfer conveying good title, free and clear of any
Lien and that the Collateral shall not be part of the Seller’s bankruptcy estate in the event of an Event of Bankruptcy with
respect to the Seller. Furthermore, it is not intended that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Collateral Loans and the
other Collateral to the Buyer to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. If, however, notwithstanding the intention of
the parties, the conveyance provided for in this Article II is determined to be a transfer for security and not to be an
absolute sale, then this Agreement shall also be deemed to be, and hereby is, a “security agreement” within the meaning
of Article 9 of the UCC and the Seller hereby grants to the Buyer a security interest in all right, title and interest in, to and
under the Collateral, now existing and hereafter created, to secure the prompt and complete payment of a loan deemed to have been
made in an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of the Collateral together with all of the other obligations of the Seller
hereunder. The Buyer shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies which it may have under this Agreement, all other rights
and remedies provided to a secured creditor under the UCC and other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
The Seller authorizes the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties to file UCC
financing statements naming the Seller as “debtor”, the Buyer as “assignor secured party” and the Collateral
Agent as “assignee secured party”, or similar applicable designations, and describing the Collateral, in each jurisdiction
that the Buyer deems necessary in order to protect the security interests in the Collateral granted under this Section 2.05.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section
3.01 Conditions Precedent to Closing.
The closing hereunder
is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 of the Credit Agreement.
Section
3.02 Conditions Precedent to all Purchases.
The obligations of
the Buyer to Purchase the Collateral from the Seller on any Purchase Date (including the initial Purchase Date) shall be subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent that:
(a) all representations
and warranties of the Seller contained in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 shall be true and correct in all material respects
on and as of such date as though made on and as of such date and shall be deemed to have been made on and as of such date (unless
stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date);
(b) the Seller shall
have delivered to the Buyer a duly completed Loan List that is true, accurate and complete in all respects as of the related Purchase
Date, which list shall be as of such date incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement;
(c) on and as of
such Purchase Date, the Seller shall have performed all of the obligations, covenants and agreements required to be performed by
it on or prior to such date pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including ensuring that all financing statements or other
similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Buyer’s
ownership interest in the Collateral Loans have been duly filed;
(d) no event has
occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Purchase, that constitutes an Event of Default (unless such purchase would
cure such Event of Default) and the Buyer makes such Purchase in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof and of the Credit
Agreement;
(e) except in connection
with the transfer of a Substitute Loan in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and of the Credit Agreement, the final
day of the Reinvestment Period shall not have occurred;
(f) the Purchase
Date shall be a Business Day falling during the Commitment Period;
(g) no applicable
law shall prohibit or enjoin, and no order, judgment or decree of any federal, state or local court or governmental body, agency
or instrumentality shall prohibit or enjoin, the making of any such Purchase by the Buyer in accordance with the provisions hereof;
and
(h) all corporate
and legal proceedings and all instruments in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyer and its assignees, and the Buyer shall have received from the Seller copies of
all documents (including, without limitation, records of corporate proceedings, approvals and opinions) relevant to the transactions
herein contemplated as the Buyer may reasonably have requested.
Section
3.03 Release of Excluded Amounts.
The parties acknowledge
and agree that the Buyer has no interest in the Excluded Amounts. Promptly upon the receipt by or release to the Buyer of any Excluded
Amounts, the Buyer hereby irrevocably agrees to deliver and release to the Seller such Excluded Amounts, which release shall be
automatic and shall require no further act by the Buyer; provided that the Buyer shall execute and deliver such instruments
of release and assignment or other documents, or otherwise confirm the foregoing release of such Excluded Amounts, as may be reasonably
requested by the Seller in writing.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section
4.01 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Seller.
As of the Effective
Date and as of each Purchase Date, the Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer for the benefit of the Buyer and each of its
successors and assigns that:
(a) Due Organization.
The Seller is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power, authority
and legal right to own its assets and properties, conduct the business in which it is now engaged and to execute and deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
(b) Due Qualification
and Good Standing. The Seller is in good standing in the State of Delaware. The Seller is duly qualified to do business and,
to the extent applicable, is in good standing and has obtained all material governmental licenses and approvals as required in
Delaware and each other jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified, maintain good standing or obtain such license or
approval, is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Due Authorization;
Execution and Deliver; Legal, Value and Binding; Enforceability; Valid Sale. The execution and delivery by the Seller of, and
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and the other instruments,
certificates and agreements contemplated hereby and thereby are within its powers and have been duly authorized by all requisite
action by it and have been duly executed and delivered by it and constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms, subject, as to enforcement, (A) 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 Seller and (B) to general equitable principles (whether enforceability
of such principles is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity). This Agreement shall effect a valid sale, transfer and assignment
of or grant of a security interest in the Collateral Loans from the Seller to the Buyer, enforceable against the Seller and creditors
of and purchasers from the Seller, subject, as to enforcement, (A) 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 Seller and (B) to general equitable principles (whether enforceability of such principles is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(d) Non-Contravention.
None of the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, the consummation
of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or performance and compliance by it with the terms, conditions and provisions
hereof or thereof, will (i) contravene in any material respect the terms of any Constituent Documents of the Seller, or any amendment
thereof, (ii) (A) contravene in any material respect any applicable law, (B) conflict in any material respect, with or result in
any breach of, any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, loan, agreement, mortgage, deed
of trust or other contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets, or (C) contravene in any material respect
any order, writ, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its assets or properties or (iii) result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, any contractual obligation or any agreement or document to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its assets are bound (or to which any such obligation, agreement or document relates), in each case which
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Governmental
Authorizations; Governmental Filings. Other than any filings the Seller may be required to file after the Effective Date as
a public company subject to the Exchange Act and any registration it may be required to make after the Effective Date as an investment
adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act, the Seller has obtained, maintained and kept in full force and effect all Governmental
Authorizations which are necessary for it to properly carry out its business, and has made all Governmental Filings necessary for
the execution and delivery by it of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance by the Seller of its obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and no Governmental Authorization or Governmental Filing which has not been
obtained or made is required to be obtained or made by it in connection with the execution and delivery by it of any Loan Document
to which it is a party or the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party.
(f) Compliance
with Applicable Law. The Seller has duly observed and complied with all applicable laws, including the Securities Act and the
Investment Company Act, relating to the conduct of its business and its assets except where the failure to do so could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Taxes.
The Seller has filed or caused to be filed all tax returns which, to its knowledge, are required to be filed and has paid all taxes
shown to be due and payable on such returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees
or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any applicable Authority (other than any amount of tax due, the validity
of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance
with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Seller).
(h) Place of
Business; No Changes. The Seller’s location (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) is the State of Delaware. The
Seller has not changed its name, whether by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, by reorganization or otherwise, and
has not changed its location within the four months preceding the Effective Date.
(i) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(j) Sale Treatment.
Other than for accounting and tax purposes, the Seller has treated the transfer of Collateral Loans to the Buyer for all purposes
as a sale and/or capital contribution and purchase on all of its relevant books and records.
(k) Security
Interest.
(i) As described
in Section 2.05 hereof, it is the intention of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Collateral to the Buyer be, and be
construed as, an absolute sale without recourse. If, however, notwithstanding the intention of the parties, such conveyance is
determined for any reason not to be an absolute sale, this Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined
in the applicable UCC) in favor of the Buyer in all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Collateral Loans,
which security interest shall be a first priority perfected security interest prior to all other Liens (except for Permitted Liens),
and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller upon execution and delivery of this Agreement, subject,
as to enforcement, (A) 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 Seller
and (B) to general equitable principles (whether enforceability of such principles is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity);
(ii) the
Collateral Loans, along with the Related Contracts, constitute “general intangibles,” “instruments,” “accounts,”
“investment property,” or “chattel paper,” within the meaning of the applicable UCC;
(iii) the
Seller owns and has, and upon the sale and transfer thereof by the Seller to the Buyer, the Buyer will have good and marketable
title to such Collateral Loans free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), claim or encumbrance of any Person;
(iv) the
Seller has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Collateral Loans to the sale of the Collateral Loans
hereunder to the Buyer (except (A) to the extent that the requirement for such consent is rendered ineffective under Section 9-406
of the UCC and (B) for any customary procedural requirements and agents’ and/or Obligors’ consents expected to be obtained
in due course in connection with the transfer of the Collateral Loans to the Buyer (except, in the case of clause (B), for any
such agents’ consents where the Seller or any of its Affiliates is the agent which the Seller has or will obtain));
(v) the
Seller has caused the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions
under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Collateral Loans granted to the Buyer under this Agreement
to the extent perfection can be achieved by filing a financing statement;
(vi) other
than the security interest granted to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted
a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral Loans. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements naming the Seller as debtor that include a description of collateral covering the Collateral
Loans other than any financing statement (A) relating to the security interest granted to the Buyer under this Agreement, or (B)
that has been terminated or for which a release or partial release has been or will be timely filed. The Seller is not aware of
the filing of any judgment or tax Lien filings against the Seller;
(vii) except
with respect to any Collateral Loan for which there is no promissory note, all original executed copies of each promissory note
that constitutes or evidences the Collateral Loans have been delivered in accordance with the Credit Agreement by the Seller at
the direction of the Buyer as required under the Credit Agreement; and
(viii) none
of the promissory notes, if any, that constitute or evidence any Collateral Loans has any marks or notations indicating that they
have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Buyer.
(l) Value Given.
The cash payments received by the Seller and the increase in the Seller’s equity interest in the Buyer as a result of any
capital contribution by the Seller to the Buyer in respect of the Purchase Price of the Collateral Loans sold hereunder constitute
reasonably equivalent value in consideration for the transfer to the Buyer of such Collateral Loans under this Agreement, such
transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Seller to the Buyer, and such transfer was not and is
not voidable or subject to avoidance under any applicable bankruptcy laws.
(m) Bulk Transfer
Laws. The transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Collateral Loans by the Seller pursuant to this Agreement are not subject
to the bulk transfer laws or any similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
(n) Origination
and Collection Practices. The origination and collection practices used by the Seller and any of its Affiliates with respect
to each Collateral Loan prior to the Purchase Date with respect thereto have been consistent with the Servicing Standard.
(o) Lack of Intent
to Hinder, Delay or Defraud. Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates has sold, or will sell, any interest in any Collateral
Loans with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of their respective creditors.
(p) Nonconsolidation.
The Seller conducts its affairs such that (i) the Buyer would not be substantively consolidated in the estate of the Seller and
their respective separate existences would not be disregarded in the event of the Seller’s bankruptcy and (ii) in its capacity
as designated manager of the Buyer, such that Buyer is in compliance with the provisions of the LLC Agreement (provided, however,
the Seller does not hereby agree to maintain the solvency of the Buyer).
(q) No Proceedings.
There is no action, suit or proceeding pending against or, to the actual knowledge of a Senior Authorized Officer of the Seller
after due inquiry, threatened against or adversely affecting (i) the Seller or (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
before any court, arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official, in each case, which has had or would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(s) Externally
Managed Company. The Seller is an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company.
(t) Investments.
The Seller was formed on May 22, 2013, and as of September 16, 2013, it held investments of approximately $59,000,000. On July
17, 2013, the Seller announced that it raised approximately $100,000,000 in gross proceeds from its initial public offering of
6,666,668 common shares.
The representations
and warranties set forth in this Section 4.01 shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Collateral Loans to
the Buyer. Upon discovery by a Senior Authorized Officer of either the Seller or the Buyer of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other upon obtaining
knowledge of such breach.
Section
4.02 Representations and Warranties of the Seller Relating to the Agreement and the Collateral.
The Seller hereby represents
and warrants to the Buyer as of the Effective Date and as of each Purchase Date:
(a) Valid Transfer
and Security Interest. This Agreement constitutes a valid transfer to the Buyer of all right, title and interest of the Seller
in, to and under all of the Collateral, free and clear of any Lien of any Person claiming through or under the Seller or its Affiliates;
provided that, the existence of any lien imposed by law on the property of an Obligor (as described in Section 1.3(o) of
the Credit Agreement) of which the Seller has no knowledge shall not cause a breach of this Section 4.02(a). If the conveyances
contemplated by this Agreement are determined to be a transfer for security, then this Agreement constitutes a grant of a security
interest in all of the Collateral to the Buyer, which security interest is a valid and first priority perfected security interest
in all Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens. Neither the Seller nor any Person claiming through or under Seller shall have
any claim to or interest in the Collection Account and if this Agreement constitutes the grant of a security interest in such property,
except for the interest of the Seller in such property as a debtor for purposes of the UCC.
(b) Eligibility
of Collateral. As of the Effective Date and each Purchase Date, (i) the Loan List is an accurate and complete listing of all
Collateral as of the related Purchase Date and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such Collateral
and the amounts owing thereunder is true and correct in all material respects as of the related Purchase Date and (ii) as of its
Purchase Date, each such Collateral Loan satisfies or satisfied, as applicable, the definition of Collateral Loan.
(c) [Intentionally
Omitted].
(d) No Fraud.
Each Collateral Loan was originated without any fraud or material misrepresentation by the Seller or, to the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, on the part of the Obligor.
(e) Ordinary
Course of Business. Any sale of Collateral Loans pursuant to this Agreement is in the ordinary course of business and financial
affairs of the Seller. Each remittance of Collections by the Seller to the Buyer, as transferee under this Agreement, will have
been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by the Seller in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Seller and
the Buyer and (ii) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Seller and the Buyer.
Section
4.03 Representations and Warranties Regarding the Buyer.
By its execution of
this Agreement, the Buyer represents and warrants to the Seller that:
(a) Due Organization.
The Buyer is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full
power and authority to own its assets and properties, conduct the business in which it is now engaged and to execute and deliver
and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(b) Due Qualification
and Good Standing. The Buyer is in good standing in the State of Delaware. The Buyer is duly qualified to do business and,
to the extent applicable, is in good standing and has obtained or will obtain all material governmental licenses and approvals
in Delaware and each other jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified, maintain good standing or obtain such license
or approval, is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Due Authorization;
Execution and Delivery; Legal, Valid and Binding; Enforceability. The execution and delivery by the Buyer of, and the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and the other instruments, certificates
and agreements contemplated hereby or thereby are within its powers and have been duly authorized by all requisite action by it
and have been duly executed and delivered by it and constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it
in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity, regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(d) Non-Contravention.
None of the execution and delivery by the Buyer of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, the consummation
of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or performance and compliance by it with the terms, conditions and provisions
hereof or thereof, will (i) contravene in any material respect or result in any breach of, any of the terms and provisions of,
and will not constitute a default under, its Constituent Documents, (ii) conflict with or contravene in any material respect (A)
any applicable law, (B) any indenture, agreement or other contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets,
or (C) contravene in any material respect any order, writ, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its assets
or properties or (iii) result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any contractual obligation or any agreement
or document to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets are bound (or to which any such obligation, agreement or
document relates), in each case which would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) Governmental
Authorizations; Governmental Filings. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording
or registration with, or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to
authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of any Loan Document (to which it is a party)
or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby other than those that have already been duly made or obtained
and remain in full force and effect or those recordings and filings in connection with the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent
under the Loan Documents, except for any order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording
or registration with, or exemption, that, if not obtained, would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) [Intentionally
Omitted.]
(g) Place of
Business; No Changes. The Buyer’s location (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) is the State of Delaware. The
Buyer has not changed its name, whether by amendment of its certificate of formation, by reorganization or otherwise, and has not
changed its location, within the four months preceding the Effective Date.
(h) Sale Treatment.
Other than for accounting and tax purposes, the Buyer has treated the transfer of Collateral Loans from the Seller for all purposes
as a sale and purchase on all of its relevant books and records and other applicable documents.
(i) Ordinary
Course of Business. Any purchase or sale of Collateral Loans pursuant to this Agreement is in the ordinary course of business
and financial affairs of the Buyer. Each remittance of Collections by the Seller to the Buyer, as transferee under this Agreement,
will have been received by the Buyer in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Buyer.
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V
COVENANTS
Section
5.01 Affirmative Covenants of the Seller.
From the date hereof
until the Payment in Full Date:
(a) Compliance
with Laws. The Seller will comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law with respect to the Collateral
Loans.
(b) Preservation
of Corporate Existence. The Seller will preserve and maintain its corporate existence, material rights, franchises and privileges
in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification has had, or would reasonably
be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Performance
and Compliance with Collateral. The Seller will, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply in all material respects
with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under all agreements related to such Collateral.
(d) Protection
of Interest in Collateral. With respect to the Collateral Purchased by the Buyer, the Seller will (i) sell such Collateral
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) (at the Seller’s expense) take all action necessary
to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the Buyer’s or its assignee’s ownership of or security interest in such
Collateral free and clear of any Lien other than the Lien created hereunder and Permitted Liens, including, without limitation,
(a) filing and maintaining (at the Seller’s expense), effective financing statements naming the Seller, as debtor, the Buyer,
as secured party, and the Collateral Agent, as assignee, in all necessary or appropriate filing offices, and filing continuation
statements, amendments or assignments with respect thereto in such filing offices, and (b) executing or causing to be executed
such other instruments or notices as may be necessary or appropriate, and (iii) take all additional action that the Buyer and the
Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the respective
interests of the parties to this Agreement in the Collateral and of the Collateral Agent under the Credit Agreement.
(e) Delivery
of Collections. The Seller will cause all payments relating to all Collateral to be remitted directly to the Collection Account.
In the event any payments relating to any Collateral are remitted directly to the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller, the Seller
will remit (or will cause all such payments to be remitted) directly to the Collection Account within two (2) Business Days following
receipt thereof, and, at all times prior to such remittance, the Seller will itself hold or, if applicable, will cause such payments
to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Buyer (and its assignees).
(f) Separate
Identity. The Seller acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties are entering into
the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement in reliance upon the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity that is separate
from the Seller and each other Affiliate of the Seller. Therefore, from and after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the Seller will take all reasonable steps to maintain the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity that is separate from the Seller
and each other Affiliate of the Seller and to make it manifest to third parties that the Buyer is an entity with assets and liabilities
distinct from those of the Seller and each other Affiliate thereof and not just a division of the Seller or any such other Affiliate
(except as otherwise required under GAAP or applicable tax law). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition
to the other covenants set forth herein, the Seller agrees that:
(i) the
Seller will take all other actions necessary on its part to ensure that the Buyer is at all times in compliance with Section 5.18
of the Credit Agreement (provided, however, that the Seller does not hereby guaranty the solvency of the Buyer);
(ii) the
Seller shall maintain corporate records and books of account separate from those of the Buyer;
(iii) the
annual financial statements of the Seller shall disclose the effects of the Seller’s transactions in accordance with GAAP
and the annual financial statements of the Seller shall not reflect in any way that the assets of the Buyer, including, without
limitation, the Collateral, could be available to pay creditors of the Seller or any other Affiliate of the Seller;
(iv) the
Seller shall maintain an arm’s–length relationship with the Buyer and will not hold itself out as being liable for
the debts of the Buyer;
(v) except
as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Seller shall keep its assets and its liabilities wholly separate from those
of the Buyer or, other than by reason of owning equity interests of the Buyer, for any decisions or actions relating to the Buyer;
(vi) the
Seller will avoid the appearance, and promptly correct any known misperception of any of the Seller’s creditors, that the
assets of the Buyer are available to pay the obligations and debts of the Seller;
(vii) to
the extent that the Seller services the Collateral Loans and performs other services on the Buyer’s behalf, the Seller will
clearly identify itself as an agent for the Buyer in the performance of such duties; provided, however, that
the Seller will not be required to so identify itself when communicating with the Obligors not in its capacity as agent for the
Buyer but rather in its capacity as agent for a group of lenders; and
(viii) the
Seller shall take or refrain from taking, as applicable, each of the activities specified or assumed in the true sale and non-consolidation
opinions of Dechert LLP delivered on November 1, 2013, upon which the conclusions expressed therein are based.
(g) Cooperation
with Requests for Information or Documents. The Seller will cooperate fully with all reasonable requests of the Buyer regarding
the provision of any information or documents in the possession of or reasonably obtainable by the Seller without undue burden
or expense which are necessary or desirable, including the provision of such information or documents in electronic or machine–readable
format, to allow each of the Buyer and its assignees to carry out their responsibilities under the Loan Documents.
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5.02 Negative Covenants of the Seller.
From the date hereof
until the Payment in Full Date:
(a) Security
Interests. Except for the transfers hereunder, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or
grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Collateral Loan, whether now existing or hereafter transferred
hereunder, or any interest therein. The Seller will promptly notify the buyer of the existence of any Lien on any Collateral Loan
and the Seller shall defend to right, title and interest of the Buyer and its assignees in, to and under the Collateral Loans,
against all claims of third parties, provided that nothing in this Section 5.02(a) shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit
the Liens created under the Credit Agreement; provided further that, the existence of any lien imposed by law on the property
of an Obligor (as described in Section 1.3(o) of the Credit Agreement) of which the Seller has no knowledge shall not cause a breach
of this Section 5.02(a).
(b) Change of
Name or Location of Loan Files. The Seller shall not change its name, move the location of its principal place of business
and chief executive office, or change the jurisdiction of its incorporation, unless the Seller gives 30 days’ prior written
notice thereof to the Buyer, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent and takes all actions required under the UCC of
each relevant jurisdiction in order to continue the first priority perfected security interest of the Buyer and the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral.
(c) Accounting
of Purchases. Other than for tax and consolidated accounting purposes, the Seller will not account for or treat (whether in
financial statements or otherwise) the transactions contemplated hereby in any manner other than as a sale of the Collateral by
the Seller to the Buyer; provided that for federal income tax reporting purposes, the Buyer is treated as a “disregarded
entity” and, therefore, the transfer of Collateral by the Seller to the Buyer hereunder will not be recognized.
(d) Change in
Payment Instructions to Obligor. The Seller shall not make any change in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments to
be made to the Collection Account, unless the Administrative Agent shall have given its prior written consent to such change.
ARTICLE
VI
Option to repurchase AND SUBSTITute collateral loans
Section
6.01 Substitution of Collateral Loans.
On any day prior to
the occurrence of an Event of Default (and thereafter with the prior consent of the Administrative Agent) and so long as the Buyer
is permitted to do so pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement, the Seller may, subject to the conditions set forth
in this Section 6.01, replace any Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan with one or more other Collateral Loans, provided that
no such replacement shall occur unless each of the following conditions is satisfied as of the date of such replacement and substitution:
(a) the Seller has
notified the Buyer, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent in writing identifying the Collateral Loan to be replaced
(a “Replaced Loan”) and the Collateral Loan(s) to be substituted therefore (each, a “Substitute Loan”);
(b) each Substitute
Loan is a Collateral Loan meeting the requirements set forth in the definition of Collateral Loan on the date of substitution;
(c) the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of such Substitute Loan(s) shall be equal to or greater than the outstanding principal balance of
such Replaced Loan(s);
(d) the substitution
of any Substitute Loan will not cause a Default or an Event of Default to occur;
(e) the Repurchase
and Substitution Limits applicable to any such substitution are satisfied;
(f) after giving
effect to any such substitution, each Coverage Test shall be satisfied;
(g) after giving
effect to any such substitution, each Collateral Quality Test is maintained or improved;
(h) after giving
effect to any such substitution, the Eligibility Criteria shall be satisfied;
(i) the Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer on the date of such substitution a revised Schedule I that shall include such Substitute Loan(s) and shall
have deleted such Replaced Loan(s); and
(j) the Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent on the date of such substitution a certificate of an Authorized
Officer stating that the foregoing conditions have been or will be met upon such replacement and substitution and an assignment
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto with respect to such Substitute Loan(s).
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6.02 Seller’s Optional Right to Repurchase Collateral Loans.
(a) In addition
to its right of substitution hereunder, on any day prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default (and thereafter with the prior
consent of the Administrative Agent) and so long as the Buyer is permitted to do so pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(vii) of
the Credit Agreement, the Seller may, subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 6.02, repurchase any Credit Risk
Loan or Defaulted Loan at the Repurchase Price, provided that no such repurchase shall occur unless each of the following conditions
is satisfied as of the date thereof:
(i) the
Repurchase and Substitution Limits applicable to any such repurchase are satisfied;
(ii) the
Seller shall deposit in the Collection Account the Repurchase Price with respect to such Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan as
of the date of such repurchase.
(b) Promptly upon
request of the Seller to do so, the Buyer (or the Collateral Manager on its behalf) shall determine the Repurchase Price and shall
notify the Seller of each thereof and of the Repurchase Price with respect thereto should the Seller elect to exercise its repurchase
option. No later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such information, the Seller may, at its option, by written notice
to the Buyer, the Collateral Manager, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, elect to exercise its right to repurchase
such Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan and, on such date or within five (5) Business Days thereafter, repurchase such Credit Risk
Loan or Defaulted Loan. Failure by the Seller to exercise such option to repurchase any Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan at any
time shall not affect the ability of the Seller to exercise such right at a later date with respect to such Credit Risk Loan or
Defaulted Loan provided the Repurchase Price is redetermined at such later time.
(c) Contemporaneously
with the receipt of the Repurchase Price, the Buyer shall sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Seller,
without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Buyer in, to and under any Credit Risk Loan or Defaulted Loan repurchased
by the Seller pursuant to Section 6.02(a), and the Buyer shall cause the Collateral Agent to release the Lien of the Credit
Agreement thereon.
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VII
INDEMNIFICATION BY THE ORIGINATOR
Section
7.01 Indemnification.
The Seller agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Buyer, its officers, directors, employees and agents (any one of which is an “Indemnified
Party”) from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, judgments (provided that any
indemnification for damages is limited to actual damages, not consequential, special or punitive damages), reasonable legal fees
and related costs and any other reasonable costs, fees and expenses that such Person may sustain as a result of the Seller’s
fraud or the failure of the Seller to perform its duties in compliance in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement,
except to the extent arising from gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud by the Person claiming indemnification, provided
that the Seller shall not be liable for any consequential (including loss of profit), indirect, special or punitive damages hereunder.
Any Person seeking indemnification hereunder shall promptly notify the Seller if such Person receives a complaint, claim, compulsory
process or other notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability giving rise to a claim of indemnification hereunder but failure
to provide such notice shall not relieve the Seller of its indemnification obligations hereunder unless and to the extent the Seller
is deprived of material substantive or procedural rights or defenses as a result thereof. The Seller shall assume (with the consent
of the Indemnified Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) the defense and any settlement of any such claim and pay
all expenses in connection therewith, including reasonable counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or
decree which may be entered against the Indemnified Party in respect of such claim. The parties agree that the provisions of this
Section 7.01 shall not be interpreted to provide recourse to the Seller against loss by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency
or lack of creditworthiness of an Obligor with respect to a Collateral Loan. The Seller shall have no liability for making indemnification
hereunder to the extent any such indemnification constitutes recourse for uncollectible or uncollected Collateral Loans.
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7.02 Liabilities to Obligors.
Except with respect
to the funding commitment assumed by the Buyer with respect to any Delayed Funding Loan or Revolving Collateral Loan, no obligation
or liability to any Obligor under any of the Collateral Loans is intended to be assumed by the Buyer, the Collateral Agent or any
of the other the Secured Parties under or as a result of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
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7.03 Operation of Indemnities.
If the Seller has made
any indemnity payments to an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article VII and such Indemnified Party thereafter collects
any such amounts from others, such Indemnified Party will repay such amounts collected to the Seller.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERM AND TERMINATION
Section
8.01 Termination.
This Agreement shall
commence as of the date of execution and delivery hereof and shall continue in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) the
Payment in Full Date and (ii) with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the date specified by either party upon
30 days’ prior written notice to the other party as the termination date; provided that the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall not discharge any Person from obligations incurred prior to any such termination of
this Agreement.
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IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
9.01 Amendments and Waivers.
Except as provided
in this Section 9.01, no amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless
signed by the Buyer and Seller and consented to in writing by the Majority Lenders, other than an amendment to this Agreement to
incorporate by reference and/or amend a Loan List on the related Purchase Date.
Section
9.02 Notices, Etc.
All notices and other
communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing and mailed, e-mailed, transmitted or
delivered, as to each party hereto, at its address set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof or at such other address
as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall
be effective, upon receipt, or in the case of (a) notice by mail, three Business Days after being deposited in the United States
mail, first class postage prepaid, (b) notice by e-mail or by facsimile mail, when electronic confirmation or verbal communication
of receipt is obtained.
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9.03 Binding Effect; Benefit of Agreement.
This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of, and the obligations hereunder shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns. The Seller agrees that the Collateral Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement,
shall be a third party beneficiary hereof. Any permitted assigns of the Buyer shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
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9.04 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Objection to Venue Service
of Process.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO
THE NON–EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES
ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
COURTS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT.
Each of the Buyer and
the Seller agrees that service of process may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
to the Buyer or the Seller, as applicable, at its address specified in the signature pages to this Agreement or at such other address
as the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in accordance with the Credit Agreement. Nothing
in this Section 9.04 shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent to serve legal process in
any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Borrower in any other jurisdiction.
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9.05 Waiver of Jury Trial.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER
SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. INSTEAD, ANY SUCH
DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.
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9.06 Certain Taxes. The Seller shall pay on demand any and all stamp, sales,
excise and other taxes and fees payable or determined to be payable to any applicable Authority in connection with the execution,
delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.
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9.07 Non-Petition.
(a) The Seller hereby
agrees not to institute against, or join, cooperate with or encourage any other Person in instituting against the Buyer any bankruptcy,
reorganization, receivership, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under federal
or state bankruptcy or similar laws 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 the Loans and termination of all Commitments, provided that nothing in this Section
9.07 shall preclude, or be deemed to stop, the Seller (i) from taking any action prior to the expiration of the aforementioned
one year and one day period, or if longer the applicable preference period then in effect plus one day, in (a) any case or proceeding
voluntarily filed or commenced by the Buyer or (b) any involuntary insolvency proceeding filed or commenced against the Buyer by
a Person other than the Seller or its Affiliates, or (ii) from commencing against the Buyer or any properties of the Buyer any
legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceeding
or other proceeding under federal or state bankruptcy or similar laws.
(b) The provisions
of this Section 9.07 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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9.08 Recourse Against Certain Parties.
(a) No recourse
under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement (including, without limitation, the payment of any fees or any other
obligations) of the Seller as contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document
entered into by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be had against any stockholder,
incorporator, authorized representative, officer, employee or director of the Seller by the enforcement of any assessment or by
any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise it being expressly agreed and understood that the
agreements of the Seller contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document and all of the other agreements, instruments and
documents entered into by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document are, in each case, solely
the corporate obligations of the Seller, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by any stockholder,
incorporator, authorized representative, officer, employee or director of the Seller, or any of them, under or by reason of any
of the obligations, covenants or agreements of the Seller contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or in any other
such instruments, documents or agreements, or which are implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability of each stockholder,
incorporator, authorized representative, officer, employee or director of the Seller, or any of them, for breaches by the Seller
of any such obligations, covenants or agreements, which liability may arise either at common law or at equity, by statute or constitution,
or otherwise, is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement. The provisions
of this Section 9.08(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations of the Buyer under this Agreement and any other Loan Document are limited
recourse obligations of the Buyer payable solely from the Collateral and, following realization of the Collateral, and application
of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the Priority of Payments and all obligations of and any claims by the Seller against
the Buyer hereunder after any such realization and application shall be extinguished and shall not thereafter revive. No recourse
under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement (including, without limitation, the payment of any fees or any other
obligations) of the Buyer as contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document
entered into by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be had against any member,
manager, authorized representative, officer, employee or director of the Buyer by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal
or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise it being expressly agreed and understood that the agreements
of the Buyer contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document and all of the other agreements, instruments and documents entered
into by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document are, in each case, solely the limited liability
company obligations of the Buyer, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by any authorized representative,
member, manager, officer, employee or director of the Buyer or any of them, under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants
or agreements of the Buyer contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or in any other such instruments, documents or
agreements, or which are implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability of each authorized representative, member,
manager, officer, employee or director of the Buyer, or any of them, for breaches by the Buyer of any such obligations, covenants
or agreements, which liability may arise either at common law or at equity, by statute or constitution, or otherwise, is hereby
expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section
9.08(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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9.09 Protection of Right, Title and Interest in, to and under the Collateral; Further Action Evidencing Purchases.
(a) The Seller shall
cause all financing statements and continuation statements and any other necessary documents perfecting the Buyer’s security
and interest in the Collateral to be promptly recorded, registered and filed, and at all times to be kept recorded, registered
and filed, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and protect the perfection and priority
of the security interest of the Buyer in all property comprising the Collateral. The Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the file–stamped
copies of, or filing receipts for, any document recorded, registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available following
such recording, registration or filing. The Seller shall cooperate fully with the Buyer in connection with the obligations set
forth above and will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent of this Section 9.09(a).
(b) The Seller agrees
that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all actions,
that the Buyer, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may reasonably request in order
to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Purchases hereunder and the security and/or interest granted in the Collateral.
(c) If the Seller
fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, the Buyer or the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be required to) perform,
or cause performance of, such obligation; and the Buyer’s, the Collateral Agent’s or the Administrative Agent’s
costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Seller. The Seller irrevocably authorizes the Buyer,
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent at any time (so long as it has filed to perform its obligations hereunder) at
the Buyer’s, the Collateral Agent’s or the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion and appoints the Collateral
Agent and the Administrative Agent as its attorney–in–fact to act on behalf of the Seller (i) to execute on behalf
of the Seller and to file financing statements on behalf of the Seller, as debtor, necessary or desirable in the Buyer’s,
the Collateral Agent’s and the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and
priority of the security interest of the Buyer (and its assignees) in the Collateral and (ii) to file a carbon, photographic or
other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Collateral as a financing statement in such
offices as the Buyer, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect
and to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interests of the Buyer (and its assignees) in the Collateral. This
appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
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9.10 Execution in Counterparts; Severability; Integration.
This Agreement may
be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts (including by facsimile), each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any
other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This Agreement, together with the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, to the extent that a party is a signatory thereto, and any agreements or letters (including fee letters)
executed in connection herewith contains the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
Section
9.11 Heading and Exhibits.
The headings herein
are for purposes of references only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof. The schedules
and exhibits attached hereto and referred to herein shall constitute a part of this Agreement and are incorporated into this Agreement
for all purposes.
Section
9.12 Assignment.
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Buyer or the Seller except as permitted by this Section
9.12 or by the Credit Agreement. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Buyer shall collaterally
assign all of its right, title and interest herein to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to which assignment
the Seller hereby expressly consents. Upon such assignment, the Seller agrees to perform its obligations hereunder for the benefit
of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, shall be a third party
beneficiary hereof. The Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement upon such assignment may enforce
the provisions of this Agreement, exercise the rights of the Buyer and enforce the obligations of the Seller hereunder without
joinder of the Buyer.
Section
9.13 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No failure to exercise
and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Buyer or the Seller, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate
as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges
herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. Any waiver of
this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
FIFTH STREET SENIOR FLOATING RATE CORP.,
as the Seller
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
FS SENIOR FUNDING LLC,
as the Buyer
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit A
Form of Assignment
[ Date ]
In accordance with
the Loan Sale and Contribution Agreement (together with all amendments and modifications from time to time thereto, the “Agreement”),
dated as of November 1, 2013, made by and between the undersigned, Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp., as the Seller (together
with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Seller”), and FS Senior Funding LLC, as the Buyer (together
with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Buyer”), as assignee thereunder, the undersigned does hereby
sell, transfer, convey and assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Buyer, all of the Seller’s right, title and interest
in, to and under the following (including, without limitation, all obligations of the lender to fund any Revolving Collateral Loan
or Delayed Funding Loan conveyed by the undersigned to Buyer hereunder which obligations Buyer hereby assumes):
(i) the
Collateral Loans listed on Schedule I attached hereto (which Schedule I is hereby incorporated by reference in and shall become
part of the Loan List referred to as Schedule I in the Agreement), all payments paid in respect thereof and all monies due, to
become due or paid in respect thereof accruing on and after the Purchase Date and all Collections and other recoveries thereon,
in each case as they arise after the Purchase Date;
(ii) all
Liens with respect to the Collateral Loans referred to in clause (i) above;
(iii) all
Related Contracts with respect to the Collateral Loans referred to in clause (i) above;
(iv) all
collateral security granted under any Related Contracts; and
(v) all
income, payments, proceeds and other benefits of any and all of the foregoing, including but not limited to, all accounts, cash
and currency, chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, tangible chattel paper, copyrights, copyright licenses, equipment, fixtures,
general intangibles, instruments, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, inventory, investment property, letter of credit rights,
software, supporting obligations, accessions, proceeds and other property consisting of, arising out of, or related to the foregoing,
but excluding any Excluded Amount with respect thereto.
Capitalized terms used
herein have the meaning given such terms in the Agreement.
This Assignment is
made pursuant to and in reliance upon the representations and warranties on the part of the undersigned contained in Article IV
of the Agreement and no others.
THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be duly executed on the date written above.
FIFTH STREET SENIOR FLOATING RATE CORP.
By: ___________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Title: __________________________________
Fifth Street
Senior Floating Rate Corp. Announces the
Upsizing of
its Credit Facility with Natixis to $200 Million
GREENWICH, CT, Oct. 20, 2014 — Fifth Street Senior Floating
Rate Corp. (NASDAQ:FSFR) (“FSFR”), today announced the upsizing of its existing credit facility with Natixis, New York
Branch (“Natixis”) to $200 million, which will include a $100 million term loan and a $100 million revolving credit
facility. Through Natixis’ syndication efforts, Fifth Third Bank (NASDAQ:FITB) (“Fifth Third”) joined the facility
as a term loan lender.
The expansion will occur in two stages. The revised facility
initially closed on October 16, 2014, with the existing $100 million revolving credit facility converting into a $50 million term
loan and a $50 million revolving credit facility. On October 30, 2014, the total facility will increase to $200 million, and will
be comprised of a $100 million term loan and a $100 million revolving credit facility that both mature on November 1, 2021. The
$50 million term loan provided by Fifth Third is priced at LIBOR plus 2% per annum, and the $100 million revolving credit facility
and $50 million term loan provided by Natixis are priced at the applicable commercial paper rate plus 1.9% per annum. DBRS, Inc.
currently rates the facility AA.
“We are pleased with the expeditious upsizing of the Natixis
credit facility and welcome the addition of Fifth Third to the group. The expanded funding capacity will allow FSFR to continue
leveraging the Fifth Street origination platform to provide custom-tailored senior secured financing solutions to support the needs
of our private equity partners,” said Ivelin M. Dimitrov, FSFR’s Chief Executive Officer, adding “The syndicated
facility provides us with flexible and low-cost leverage as we pursue a 0.80x to 0.90x targeted debt-to-equity ratio at FSFR in
a timely manner following our recent equity raise.”
About Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp.
Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. is a specialty finance
company that provides financing solutions in the form of floating rate senior secured loans to mid-sized companies, primarily in
connection with investments by private equity sponsors. FSFR’s investment objective is to maximize its portfolio’s
total return by generating current income from its debt investments while seeking to preserve its capital. The company has elected
to be regulated as a business development company and is externally managed by Fifth Street Management LLC, an SEC-registered investment
adviser and leading alternative asset manager with over $5 billion in assets under management. With a track record of more than
16 years, Fifth Street’s nationally recognized platform has the ability to hold loans up to $250 million and structure and
syndicate transactions up to $500 million. Fifth Street received the 2014 ACG New York Champion’s Award for “Senior
Lender Firm of the Year” and was named both 2013 “Lender Firm of the Year” by The M&A Advisor and “Lender
of the Year” by Mergers & Acquisitions. FSFR’s website can be found at fsfr.fifthstreetfinance.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements,
including statements with regard to the future performance of the company. Words such as “believes,” “expects,”
“estimates,” “projects,” “anticipates,” and “future” or similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in
predicting future results and conditions. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected
in these forward-looking statements, and these factors are identified from time to time in the company’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT:
Investor Contact:
Robyn Friedman, Vice President, Investor Relations
(203) 681-3720
ir@fifthstreetfinance.com
Media Contact:
Nick Rust
Prosek Partners
(212) 279-3115 ext. 252
pro-fifthstreet@prosek.com
Natixis Contact:
Michael Hopson, Head of Structured Credit
(212) 891-5869
michael.hopson@us.natixis.com
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