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Exhibit 10.12

CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of October 31, 2024,
by and among
WEALTHFRONT CORPORATION,
as Borrower,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Lender



TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
I.DEFINITIONS1
1.1Definitions1
1.2Other Definitions and Provisions27
1.3Accounting Terms27
1.4UCC Terms28
1.5Rounding28
1.6References to Agreement and Laws28
1.7Times of Day28
1.8Guarantees/Earn-Outs28
1.9Covenant Compliance Generally28
1.10Rates29
1.11Divisions29
II.REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY29
2.1Revolving Credit Loans29
2.2Intentionally Omitted30
2.3Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans30
2.4Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans30
2.5Termination of Revolving Credit Facility31
III.INTENTIONALLY OMITTED31
IV.INTENTIONALLY OMITTED32
V.GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS32
5.1Interest32
5.2[Reserved]33
5.3Commitment Fee33
5.4Manner of Payment33
5.5Evidence of Indebtedness33
5.6Changed Circumstances34
5.7Indemnity37
5.8Increased Costs37
5.9Taxes39
5.10Mitigation Obligations40
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VI.CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING41
6.1Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit41
6.2Conditions to All Extensions of Credit44
VII.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES45
7.1Organization; Power; Qualification45
7.2Ownership45
7.3Authorization; Enforceability46
7.4Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc46
7.5Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals46
7.6Tax Returns and Payments47
7.7Intellectual Property Matters47
7.8Environmental Matters47
7.9Employee Benefit Matters49
7.10Margin Stock50
7.11Government Regulation50
7.12Material Contracts50
7.13Employee Relations51
7.14Financial Statements51
7.15No Material Adverse Change51
7.16Solvency51
7.17Title to Properties51
7.18Litigation51
7.19Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions51
7.20Absence of Defaults52
7.21Disclosure52
VIII.AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS53
8.1Financial Statements53
8.2Certificates; Other Reports53
8.3Notice of Litigation and Other Matters55
8.4Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters56
8.5Maintenance of Property and Licenses56
8.6Insurance56
8.7Accounting Methods and Financial Records57
8.8Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations57
8.9Compliance with Laws and Approvals57
8.10[Reserved]57
8.11Compliance with ERISA57
8.12Compliance with Material Contracts57
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8.13Visits and Inspections57
8.14Additional Guarantors and Collateral58
8.15Depository Bank58
8.16Use of Proceeds58
8.17Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions59
8.18Further Assurances59
8.19Post-Closing Matters59
IX.NEGATIVE COVENANTS60
9.1Indebtedness60
9.2Liens62
9.3Investments64
9.4Fundamental Changes65
9.5Asset Dispositions66
9.6Restricted Payments67
9.7Transactions with Affiliates67
9.8Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents68
9.9Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Indebtedness68
9.10No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements69
9.11Nature of Business70
9.12Financial Covenants70
9.13Disposal of Subsidiary Interests71
X.DEFAULT AND REMEDIES71
10.1Events of Default71
10.2Remedies73
10.3Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; Etc74
10.4Crediting of Payments and Proceeds74
XI.[RESERVED]74
XII.MISCELLANEOUS75
12.1Notices75
12.2Amendments, Waivers and Consents76
12.3Expenses; Indemnity76
12.4Right of Setoff78
12.5Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc78
12.6Waiver of Jury Trial79
12.7Reversal of Payments79
12.8Injunctive Relief80
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12.9Successors and Assigns80
12.10Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality80
12.11Performance of Duties81
12.12All Powers Coupled with Interest81
12.13Survival82
12.14Titles and Captions82
12.15Severability of Provisions82
12.16Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution82
12.17Term of Agreement84
12.18USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws84
12.19Independent Effect of Covenants84
12.20No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility84
12.21Inconsistencies with Other Documents85
12.22Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs85
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A
Form of Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT BForm of Notice of Account Designation
EXHIBIT CForm of Notice of Prepayment E
XHIBIT DForm of Compliance Certificate
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7.1Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification; Guarantors
SCHEDULE 7.2Subsidiaries and Capitalization
SCHEDULE 7.6
Tax Matters
SCHEDULE 7.9ERISA Plans
SCHEDULE 7.12Material Contracts
SCHEDULE 7.13Labor and Collective Bargaining Agreements
SCHEDULE 8.19Post-Closing Matters
SCHEDULE 9.1Existing Indebtedness
SCHEDULE 9.2Existing Liens
SCHEDULE 9.3Existing Loans, Advances and Investments
SCHEDULE 9.7Transactions with Affiliates
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2024, by and among WEALTHFRONT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Lender.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Lender has agreed to extend, certain credit facilities to the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows:
I.    DEFINITIONS.
1.1    Definitions. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
Acquisition” means any acquisition, or any series of related acquisitions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires any business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or business unit, line of business or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, exchange, issuance of stock or other equity or debt securities, merger, reorganization, amalgamation, division or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of members of the board of directors or the equivalent governing body (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company.
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “Simple SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) SOFR for the day (such day, a “SOFR Determination Day”) that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (A) if such Simple SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such Simple SOFR Rate Day or (B) if such Simple SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such Simple SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that if by 5:00 p.m. on the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided further that SOFR as determined pursuant to this proviso shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR for no more
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than three (3) consecutive Simple SOFR Rate Days and (b) the Floor. Any change in Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.
Advisers Act” means the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the rules and regulations thereunder and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means any and all laws, statutes, regulations or obligatory government orders, decrees, ordinances or rules related to terrorism financing, money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering or any financial record keeping, including any applicable provision of the PATRIOT Act and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act,” 31 U.S.C. §§5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).
Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
Applicable Margin” means the corresponding percentages per annum as set forth below:
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR+Base Rate+
2.00%1.00%
Asset Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any Property (including any sale and leaseback transaction, division, merger or disposition of Equity Interests), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, and any issuance of Equity Interests by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Person that is not a Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date of determination, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount or principal amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared
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as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease Obligation.
Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then- current Benchmark, as applicable, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement, as of such date.
Bankruptcy Code” means 11 U.S.C. §§101 et seq.
Base Rate” means, at any time, the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR in effect on such day plus 1.00%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable (provided that clause (c) shall not be applicable during any period in which Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is unavailable or unascertainable). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Base Rate be less than 1.00%.
Base Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate as provided in Section 5.1(a).
Benchmark” means, initially, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(i).
Benchmark Replacement” means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Lender and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Lender and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such
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Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a)    in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(b)    in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, is such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
If such Benchmark is a term rate, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
(a)    a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(b)    a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the FRB, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component),
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a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(c)    a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.
If such Benchmark is a term rate, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than ninety (90) days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 5.6(c)(i) and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 5.6(c)(i).
Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 CFR §1010.230.
Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
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Borrower” means Wealthfront Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Business Day” means any day that (a) is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed and (b) is not a day on which commercial banks in Charlotte, North Carolina are closed.
Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures that are (or would be) set forth in a Consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP, (b) Capital Lease Obligations during such period, and (c) capitalized software expenses during such period, but excluding expenditures for the restoration, repair or replacement of any fixed or capital asset which was destroyed or damaged, in whole or in part, to the extent financed by the proceeds of an insurance policy maintained by such Person.
Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases or finance leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Equivalents” means, collectively, (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s are not rating such fund, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency), (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances, money market deposits and time deposits maturing within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and having a long-term debt rating of “A” or better by S&P or “A2” or better from Moody’s (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s are not rating the debt of such bank, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency), (d) investments in any money market fund or money market mutual fund that has (i) substantially all of its assets invested in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above, (ii) net assets of not less than $250,000,000 and (iii) a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s are not rating such fund, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency), and (e) any investments permitted by Borrower’s board- approved investment policy, as amended from time to time provided, that, such investment policy (and any such amendment thereto) has been approved in writing by Lender.
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Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card (including non-card electronic payables and purchasing cards), electronic funds transfer, automatic clearing house arrangements, cash pooling arrangements, netting services, merchant services and other cash management arrangements.
Change in Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a)    at any time, Borrower shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests of each Guarantor and WF Brokerage; or
(b)    (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Permitted Investors becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a “person” or “group” shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Equity Interests that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of more than twenty percent (20%) of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower or (ii) a majority of the members of the board of directors (or other equivalent governing body) of the Borrower shall not constitute Continuing Directors; or
(c)    there shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any Indebtedness or Equity Interests in excess of the Threshold Amount any “change in control” or similar provision (as set forth in the indenture, agreement or other evidence of such Indebtedness) obligating the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the Indebtedness or Equity Interests provided for therein; or
(d)    a change of control occurs under the Advisers Act that is not consented to by the clients under the Advisers Act.
Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.
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Clean Down Period” means a period of five consecutive days commencing on the date the Revolving Credit Loans are repaid.
Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Collateral” means the collateral security for the Secured Obligations pledged or granted pursuant to the Security Documents.
Collateral Agreement” means the collateral agreement of even date herewith executed by the Credit Parties in favor of the Lender which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Lender.
Commitment” means the obligation of the Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000.
Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.3.
Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.).
Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D.
Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 5.7 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Lender decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Lender in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Lender decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Lender determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Lender decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
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Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries:
(a)    Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus
(b)    the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i)    Consolidated Interest Expense;
(ii)    expense for Taxes measured by net income, profits or capital (or any similar measures), paid or accrued, including federal and state and local income Taxes, foreign income Taxes and franchise Taxes;
(iii)    depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or expenses (including non-cash stock based compensation expense), excluding any non-cash charge or expense that represents an accrual for a cash expense to be taken in a future period;
(iv)    unusual and non-recurring losses (excluding losses from discontinued operations); and
(v)    all transaction fees, charges and other costs related to entering into this Agreement; minus
(c)    the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:
(i)    interest income (but, Borrower’s income from the partner bank program shall not be considered interest income for this purpose),
(ii)    federal, state, local and foreign income Tax credits of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (to the extent not netted from income Tax expense);
(iii)    any unusual and non-recurring gains;
(iv)    non-cash gains or non-cash items; and
(v)    any cash expense made during such period which represents the reversal of any non-cash expense that was added in a prior period pursuant to clause (b)(iii) above subsequent to the fiscal month in which the relevant non-cash expenses, charges or losses were incurred.
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All non-cash gain or loss in respect of fair value adjustments on the convertible note of the Borrower issued to UBS Americas Inc. pursuant to that certain Convertible Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September 2, 2022 will be disregarded for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed Reference Period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for the most recently completed Reference Period.
Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis for such period, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) Consolidated Interest Expense paid or payable in cash, (b) scheduled principal payments with respect to Indebtedness, (c) Capital Expenditures (not financed through an issuance of Indebtedness (other than Revolving Credit Loans) or Equity Issuance permitted hereunder), (d) federal, state, local and foreign income taxes paid in cash and (e) cash Restricted Payments made by the Borrower.
Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, interest expense (including interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations, the interest component of Synthetic Leases and all net payment obligations pursuant to Hedge Agreements but, excluding interest expense paid on the partner bank program) for such period.
Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided, that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party, except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), (c) the net income (if positive), of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends or distributions, but in each case only to the extent of such prohibition or taxes, (d) the net income (or loss) of any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the extent such net income (or loss) is attributable to the minority interest in such Subsidiary and (e) any gain or loss from Asset Dispositions during such period.
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Continuing Directors” means the directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower on the Closing Date and each other director (or equivalent) of the Borrower, if, in each case, such other Person’s nomination for election to the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower is approved by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors.
Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
Covered Party” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 12.22(a).
Credit Facility” means the Revolving Credit Facility.
Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Default” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1 which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
Disqualified Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interest into which they are convertible or for which they are exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full in cash of the Loans and all other Obligations ((other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) and the termination of the Commitment), (b) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests) (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full in cash of the Loans and all other Obligations ((other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) and the termination of the Commitment), in whole or in part, (c) provide for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash or (d) are or become convertible into, or exchangeable for, Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case of clauses (a) through (d), prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the latest scheduled maturity date of the Loans and Commitment; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such officers or employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because
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they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
Dollars” or “$” means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person, which Subsidiary is incorporated or otherwise organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.
Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006.
Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006.
Employee Benefit Plan” means (a) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is maintained for employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has at any time within the preceding five (5) years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.
Environmental Claims” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, accusations, allegations, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law, including any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to public health or the environment.
Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of public health or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interests” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a
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share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Equity Issuance” means (a) any issuance by the Borrower of shares of its Equity Interests to any Person that is not a Credit Party (including in connection with the exercise of options or warrants or the conversion of any debt securities to equity) and (b) any capital contribution from any Person that is not a Credit Party into the Borrower.
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate” means any Person who together with any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1; provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. §77 et seq.).
Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the liability of such Credit Party for or the guarantee of such Credit Party of, or the grant by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any liability or guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Credit Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the liability for or the guarantee of such Credit Party or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation (such determination being made after giving effect to any applicable keepwell, support or other agreement for the benefit of such Credit Party, including under the keepwell provisions in the applicable Guaranty Agreement). If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal for the reasons identified in the immediately preceding sentence of this definition.
Excluded Subsidiary” means (i) WF Brokerage, (ii) any other Subsidiary that is registered as a broker-dealer with a Governmental Authority, (iii) the Public Fund Adviser, and (iv) any Foreign Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, no Borrower or Guarantor shall constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, and no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to become a Borrower or Guarantor.
Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to the Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Lender, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits
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Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of the Lender being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of the Lender, United States federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of the Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) the Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) the Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.9, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to the Lender’s assignor immediately before the Lender became a party hereto or to the Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to the Lender’s failure to comply with Section 5.9(f) and (d) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Extensions of Credit” means an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by the Lender then outstanding.
FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Lender from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on July 31.
Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.00%.
Founder Loan” means that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2022, by and among the Borrower and Andrew Rachleff, as amended from time to time (including pursuant to that certain Loan Amendment and Assignment Agreement dated as of August 7, 2023).
Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person, which Subsidiary is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
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FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
Funding Agreement” means that certain Funding Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2024, by and between Borrower and Wealthfront Holdings, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, and all registrations and filings with or issued by, any Governmental Authorities.
Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank), including without limitation, securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation or (e) for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (whether in whole or in part); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in connection with any disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than any such obligations with respect to Indebtedness).
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Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) the Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 7.1 that are identified as a “Guarantor” and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall be required to execute and deliver a guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 8.14. For the avoidance of doubt, “Guarantors” does not include any Excluded Subsidiary.
Guaranty Agreement” means the unconditional guaranty agreement of even date herewith executed by the Guarantors in favor of the Lender.
Hazardous Materials” means any substances or materials (a) which are or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to public health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority, (c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law or common law, (d) the discharge or emission or release of which requires a permit or license under any Environmental Law or other Governmental Approval, (e) which are deemed by a Governmental Authority to constitute a nuisance or a trespass which pose a health or safety hazard to Persons or neighboring properties, or (f) which contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
Hedge Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement.
Hedge Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark- to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender).
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Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date and without duplication, the sum of the following:
(a)    all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, including obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, of such Person;
(b)    all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services of such Person (including all payment obligations under non-competition, earn- out or similar agreements, solely to the extent any such payment obligation under non- competition, earn-out or similar agreements becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP), except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business not more than ninety (90) days past due, or that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of such Person;
(c)    the Attributable Indebtedness of such Person with respect to such Person’s Capital Lease Obligations and Synthetic Leases (regardless of whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP);
(d)    all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person to the extent of the value of such property (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(e)    all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f)    all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn and banker’s acceptances issued for the account of such Person;
(g)    all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests;
(h)    all net obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreements; and
(i)    all Guarantees of such Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. In respect of Indebtedness of
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another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, if such Indebtedness shall not have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse to the assets securing such Lien, the amount of such Indebtedness as of any date of determination will be the lesser of (x) the fair market value of such assets as of such date (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (y) the amount of such Indebtedness as of such date. The amount of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of obligations in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interests shall be valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends that are past due.
Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 12.3(b).
Information” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 12.10.
Interest Payment Date” means as to any Base Rate Loan or SOFR Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar month and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
Interstate Commerce Act” means the body of law commonly known as the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. App. §1 et seq.).
Investment” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) purchases, owns, invests in or otherwise acquires (in one transaction or a series of transactions), by division or otherwise, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests, interests in any partnership or joint venture (including the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of Indebtedness or other obligation or security, substantially all or a portion of the business or assets of any other Person or any other investment or interest whatsoever in any other Person, (b) makes any Acquisition or (c) makes or holds, directly or indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment in cash or by delivery of Property in, any Person.
Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. §80(a)(1), et seq.).
IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Lender” means Wells Fargo and any other Person that shall have become a party to this Agreement as the Lender.
Lending Office” means the office of the Lender maintaining its Extensions of Credit, which office may include an office of any Affiliate of the Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of the Lender or Affiliate.
Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For
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the purposes of this Agreement, a 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 Obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guaranty Agreement and each other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries in favor of or provided to the Lender in connection with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or contemplated hereby (excluding any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement).
Loans” means the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Loans, and “Loan” means any of such Loans.
Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (a) a material adverse effect on the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of any such Person, (b) a material impairment of the ability of any such Person to perform its payment obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Lender under any Loan Document, or (d) a material impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
Material Contract” means (a) any contract or agreement of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries involving monetary liability of or to any such Person in an amount in excess of $2,500,000 per annum in the immediately preceding twelve month period, or (b) any other contract or agreement, written or oral, of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the breach, non- performance, cancellation or failure to renew of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding five years, or to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability (contingent or otherwise).
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not Wholly-Owned.
Notice of Account Designation” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(b).
Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(a).
Notice of Prepayment” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4(c).
Obligations” means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or
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similar petition) the Loans and (b) all other fees and commissions (including attorneys’ fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Credit Parties to the Lender, in each case under any Loan Document or with respect to any Loan of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Organizational Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement or limited liability company agreement (or equivalent or comparable documents); and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
Other Connection Taxes” means Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from the Lender 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” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 5.10).
PATRIOT Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.
Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which (a) is maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (b) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained, funded or
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administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliates or (c) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability (contingent or otherwise).
Permitted Investors” means (a) any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of Parent as of the Closing Date and (b) any Affiliate of any Person referred to in the preceding clause (a).
Permitted Liens” means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 9.2.
Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Lender as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Lender as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Equity Interests.
Public Fund Adviser” means Wealthfront Strategies LLC.
Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
Reference Period” means, as of any date of determination, the period of 12 consecutive fiscal months ended on or immediately prior to such date for which financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been delivered to the Lender hereunder.
Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
Relevant Governmental Body” means the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the FRB or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person or any other officer of such Person designated in writing by the Borrower or such Person and reasonably acceptable to the Lender; provided that, to the extent requested thereby, the Lender shall have received a certificate of such Person certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each such officer. Any document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Person shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or
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other action on the part of such Person and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.
Restricted Payment” means any dividend on, or the making of any payment or other distribution on account of, or the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition (directly or indirectly) of, or the setting apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or the making of any distribution of cash, property or assets to the holders of any Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof on account of such Equity Interests.
Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility established pursuant to Article II.
Revolving Credit Loan” means any revolving loan made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1, and all such revolving loans collectively as the context requires.
Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) October 30, 2025, (b) the date of termination of the entire Commitment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.5, and (c) the date of termination of the Commitment pursuant to Section 10.2(a).
Revolving Credit Outstanding” means with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans occurring on such date.
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Service, a division of S&P Global Inc. and any successor thereto.
Sanctioned Country” means at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself (or whose government is) the subject or target of any Sanctions.
Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC (including OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and OFAC’s Consolidated Non-SDN List), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European member state, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) and (b), including a Person that is deemed by OFAC to be a Sanctions target based on the ownership of such legal entity by Sanctioned Person(s) or (d) any Person otherwise a target of Sanctions, including vessels and aircraft, that are designated under any Sanctions program.
Sanctions” means any and all economic or financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes and restrictions and anti-terrorism laws, including but not limited to those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government
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(including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority in any jurisdiction in which (a) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or conducts business, (b) in which any of the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used, or (c) from which repayment of the Extensions of Credit will be derived.
Secured Cash Management Agreement” means (a) any Cash Management Agreement in effect on the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is the Lender or an Affiliate of the Lender, in each case as determined as of the Closing Date or (b) any Cash Management Agreement entered into after the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is the Lender or an Affiliate of the Lender, in each case as determined at the time such Cash Management Agreement is entered into.
Secured Cash Management Obligations” means all existing or future payment and other obligations owing by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Cash Management Agreement.
Secured Hedge Agreement” means (a) any Hedge Agreement in effect on the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is the Lender or an Affiliate of the Lender, in each case as determined as of the Closing Date or (b) any Hedge Agreement entered into after the Closing Date between or among any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is the Lender or an Affiliate of the Lender, in each case as determined at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into.
Secured Hedge Obligations” means all existing or future payment and other obligations owing by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Hedge Agreement; provided that the “Secured Hedge Obligations” of a Credit Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Person.
Secured Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations, (b) any Secured Hedge Obligations and (c) any Secured Cash Management Obligations.
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. §77 et seq.).
Security Documents” means the collective reference to the Collateral Agreement and each other agreement or writing pursuant to which any Credit Party pledges or grants a security interest in any Property or assets securing the Secured Obligations.
Simple SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR”.
SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
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SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR”.
SOFR Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate based on Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as provided in Section 5.1(a).
Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this definition, the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Subordinated Indebtedness” means the collective reference to any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is subordinated in right and time of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, including the Founder Loan.
Subsidiary” means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (i) of which more than 50% of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) or (ii) the management is otherwise controlled by (directly or indirectly) such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither Wealthfront Holdings nor UNM LLC shall be a “Subsidiary” pursuant to clause (ii) of this definition.
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Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.
Tangible Net Worth” means, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, Shareholders’ Equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on that date minus the Intangible Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on that date. For purposes of this definition, (a) “Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP, and (b) “Intangible Assets” means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.
Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the following which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Credit Parties in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount: (a) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA, or (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any event or condition which results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a
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Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate.
Threshold Amount” means $2,500,000.
Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the initial Extensions of Credit, and (b) the payment of all fees, expenses and costs incurred in connection with the foregoing.
UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
United States” means the United States of America.
UNM LLC” means Unified National Mortgage LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of 100% of all cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are held in bank accounts or securities accounts located in the United States at Wells Fargo, in each case that are unrestricted and not subject to any Liens (other than Liens permitted under Section 9.2(a) and (j)); provided that the proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred substantially concurrently with the determination of such amount shall be excluded.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements in Sections 2.3(a) and 2.4(c), in each case, such day is also a Business Day.
Wealthfront Holdings” means Wealthfront Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Wells Fargo” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association.
WF Brokerage” means Wealthfront Brokerage, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by Applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries).
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Withholding Agent” means any Credit Party and the Lender.
1.2    Other Definitions and Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (d) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (f) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (g) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (h) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (i) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form and (j) in the computation of periods 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;” and the word “through” means “to and including”.
1.3    Accounting Terms.
(a)    All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time and in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements required by Section 6.1(e) and Section 8.1(a), except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b)    If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and the Borrower or the Lender shall so request, the Lender and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Lender financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after
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giving effect to such change in GAAP; provided, further, that all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the effectiveness of FASB ASC 842 shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations for purposes of this Agreement (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with FASB ASC 842 (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as Capital Lease Obligations in the financial statements.
1.4    UCC Terms. Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term “UCC” refers, as of any date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.
1.5    Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.6    References to Agreement and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any definition or reference to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual documents or instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) any definition or reference to any Applicable Law, including Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, the Bankruptcy Code, the Code, the Commodity Exchange Act, ERISA, the Exchange Act, the PATRIOT Act, the Securities Act, the UCC, the Investment Company Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department, shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
1.7    Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.8    Guarantees/Earn-Outs. Unless otherwise specified, (a) the amount of any Guarantee shall be the lesser of the amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee and (b) the amount of any earn-out or similar obligation shall be the amount of such obligation as reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
1.9    Covenant Compliance Generally. For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.5 and 9.6, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be
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converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the most recent annual financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or Section 6.1(e), as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no breach of any basket contained in such sections shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.9 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
1.10    Rates. The Lender does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Benchmark, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.6(c), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Benchmark or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Lender and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Benchmark, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to the Borrower. The Lender may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, SOFR, or any other Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
1.11    Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
II.    REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY.
2.1    Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth
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in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date to, but not including, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date as requested by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3; provided, that the Revolving Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
2.2    Intentionally Omitted.
2.3    Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a)    Requests for Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Lender irrevocable prior written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A (a “Notice of Borrowing”) not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the same Business Day as each Base Rate Loan and (ii) at least one U.S. Government Securities Business Day before each SOFR Loan, of its intention to borrow, specifying (A) the date of such borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (B) the amount of such borrowing, which shall be, (x) with respect to Base Rate Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (y) with respect to SOFR Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, in each case, the remaining amount of the Commitment) and (C) whether such Revolving Credit Loan is to be a SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan. If the Borrower fails to specify a type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans. A Notice of Borrowing received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day or U.S. Government Securities Business Day, as applicable.
(b)    Disbursement of Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Lender to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant to this Section in immediately available funds by crediting or wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the Borrower identified in the most recent notice substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B (a “Notice of Account Designation”) delivered by the Borrower to the Lender or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Lender from time to time.
2.4    Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a)    Repayment on Termination Date. The Borrower hereby agrees to repay the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans in full on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
(b)    Mandatory Prepayments.
(i)    Overline. If at any time the Revolving Credit Outstanding exceeds the Commitment, the Borrower agrees to repay immediately upon notice from the Lender Extensions of Credit in an amount equal to such excess with each such
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repayment applied to the principal amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.
(ii)    Clean Down. The Borrower shall, no later than ten (10) Business Days following a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, prepay in full all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such day. No additional Revolving Credit Loans may be made under Section 2.1 during each Clean Down Period.
(c)    Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, with irrevocable prior written notice to the Lender substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (a “Notice of Prepayment”) given not later than 11:00 a.m. on the same Business Day as prepayment of each Base Rate Loan or SOFR Loan, specifying the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of SOFR Loans, Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date set forth in such notice. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof with respect to Base Rate Loans, and $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof with respect to SOFR Loans. A Notice of Prepayment received after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next Business Day or U.S. Government Securities Business Day, as applicable. Each such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 5.7 hereof.
(d)    [Reserved].
(e)    Hedge Agreements. No repayment or prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section shall affect any of the Borrower’s obligations under any Hedge Agreement entered into with respect to the Loans.
2.5    Termination of Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility and the Commitment shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. In addition, the Borrower shall have the right at any time upon at least five Business Days prior written notice to the Lender (provided that such written notice may be contingent upon the occurrence of an event, including, without limitation, a refinancing or Change of Control), to permanently terminate in full, without premium or penalty, the entire Commitment. Termination of the Commitment shall be accompanied by payment of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and accrued interest. All Commitment Fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Commitment shall be paid on the effective date of such termination. If termination of the Commitment requires the repayment of any SOFR Loan, such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 5.7 hereof. Upon payment of all Obligations on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or on such optional termination date, the Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated.
III.    INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
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IV.    INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
V.    GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS.
5.1    Interest.
(a)    Interest Rate Options. Subject to the provisions of this Section, at the election of the Borrower, Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest at (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (ii) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Margin (provided that Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR shall not be available until three U.S. Government Securities Business Days after the Closing Date). The Borrower shall select the rate of interest applicable to any Loan at the time a Notice of Borrowing is given.
(b)    Default Rate. Subject to Section 10.3, (i) immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 10.1(a), (b), (i) or (j), or (ii) at the election of the Lender, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, (A) the Borrower shall no longer have the option to request SOFR Loans, (B) all outstanding SOFR Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum of 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to SOFR Loans until the applicable Interest Payment Date and thereafter at a rate per annum of 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans, (C) all outstanding Base Rate Loans and other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum of 2% in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans or such other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (D) all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on demand of the Lender. Interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any Debtor Relief Law.
(c)    Interest Payment and Computation. Interest on each Revolving Credit Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date (for the avoidance of doubt, Revolving Credit Loans may be repaid without repaying accrued interest thereon and no penalty, premium or interest shall be charged on accrued interest so long as such accrued interest is paid on the applicable Interest Payment Date). All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty- five (365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360)-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty-five (365)/three hundred sixty-six (366)-day year).
(d)    Maximum Rate. In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed interest under this Agreement charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible under any
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Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the event that such a court determines that the Lender has charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, the rate in effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law and the Lender shall either (i) promptly refund to the Borrower any interest received by the Lender in excess of the maximum lawful rate or (ii) apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations. It is the intent hereof that the Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that the Lender not receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.
(e)    Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR Conforming Changes. In connection with the use or administration of Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the Lender will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Lender will promptly notify the Borrower of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
5.2    [Reserved].
5.3    Commitment Fee. Commencing on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender a nonrefundable commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to 0.50% on the actual daily unused portion of the Commitment. The Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement and ending on the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising under the Revolving Credit Facility shall have been paid and satisfied in full and the Commitment has been terminated.
5.4    Manner of Payment. Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans or of any fee, expense or other amounts payable to the Lender under this Agreement shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Lender in Dollars, in immediately available funds and shall be made without any setoff, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after such time but before 2:00 p.m. on such day shall be deemed a payment on such date for the purposes of Section 10.1, but for all other purposes shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes. If any payment under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with such payment.
5.5    Evidence of Indebtedness. The Extensions of Credit made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest
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error of the amount of the Extensions of Credit made by the Lender to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations provided that the Lender shall provide a reasonable explanation (and calculations, if applicable) of any such error.
5.6    Changed Circumstances.
(a)    Circumstances Affecting Benchmark Availability. Subject to clause (c) below, in connection with any request for a SOFR Loan or otherwise, if for any reason the Lender shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that (i) reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR pursuant to the definition thereof or (ii) Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lender of making or maintaining such Loans, then, in each case, the Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. Upon notice thereof by the Lender to the Borrower, any obligation of the Lender to make SOFR Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans) until the Lender revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected SOFR Loans) or, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (B) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted into Base Rate Loans immediately. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 5.7.
(b)    Laws Affecting SOFR Availability. If, after the date hereof, the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law 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 the Lender (or any of its Lending Offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for the Lender (or any of its Lending Offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any SOFR Loan, or to determine or charge interest based upon SOFR or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, the Lender shall promptly give notice to the Borrower (an “Illegality Notice”). Thereafter, until the Lender notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, (i) any obligation of the Lender to make SOFR Loans, shall be suspended and (ii) if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Lender shall compute the Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”. Upon receipt of an Illegality Notice, the Borrower shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from the Lender, prepay or, if applicable, convert all SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans (in each case, if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Lender shall compute the Base Rate without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”), on the Interest Payment Date therefor, if the Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such
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SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if the Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day. Upon any such prepayment, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 5.7.
(c)    Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(i)    Benchmark Replacement.
(A)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Lender and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 5.6(c)(i)(A) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(B)    No Hedge Agreement shall be deemed to be a “Loan Document” for purposes of this Section 5.6(c).
(ii)    Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Lender will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(iii)    Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Lender will promptly notify the Borrower of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Lender will notify the Borrower of (i) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(iv) and (ii) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Lender pursuant to this Section 5.6(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 5.6(c).
(iv)    Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time
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(including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then- current Benchmark is a term rate and either (1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Lender in its reasonable discretion or (2) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Lender may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non- representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (A) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Lender may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(v)    Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, (A) the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of SOFR Loans to be made during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans and (B) any outstanding affected SOFR Loans will be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans immediately. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
(d)    Illegality. If, in any applicable jurisdiction, the Lender determines that any Applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for the Lender to (i) perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or (ii) issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest or fees with respect to any Extension of Credit, the Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower, and until such notice by such Person is revoked, any obligation of the Lender to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest or fees with respect to any such Extension of Credit shall be suspended, and to the extent required by Applicable Law, cancelled. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, (A) repay the Loans or other applicable Obligations on the Interest Payment Date for each Loan, or on another applicable date with respect to another Obligation, occurring after the Lender has notified the Borrower (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by Applicable Law) and (B) take all reasonable actions requested by such Person to mitigate or avoid such illegality.
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5.7    Indemnity. The Borrower hereby indemnifies the Lender against any loss, cost or expense (including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds or from any fees payable) which may arise, be attributable to or result due to or as a consequence of (a) any failure by the Borrower to make any payment when due of any amount due hereunder in connection with a SOFR Loan, (b) any failure of the Borrower to borrow a SOFR Loan on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing, or (c) any failure of the Borrower to prepay any SOFR Loan on a date specified therefor in any Notice of Prepayment. A certificate of the Lender setting forth the basis for determining such amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Lender shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusively presumed to be correct save for manifest error. All of the obligations of the Borrower under this Section 5.7 shall survive any assignment of rights by the Lender, the termination of the Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
5.8    Increased Costs.
(a)    Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including pursuant to regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, special, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the FRB, as amended and in effect from time to time)), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, the Lender;
(ii)    subject the Lender to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii)    impose on the Lender any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by the Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Lender of making, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of the Lender, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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(b)    Capital Requirements. If the Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting the Lender or any of its Lending Offices or its holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Lender’s capital or on the capital of the Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment or the Loans made by the Lender to a level below that which the Lender or the Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the Lender’s policies and the policies of the Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time upon written request of the Lender, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender or the Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. It is acknowledged that this Agreement is being entered into by the Lender on the understanding that the Lender will not be required to maintain capital against the Commitment under current Applicable Laws, regulations and regulatory guidelines. In the event the Lender shall be advised by any Governmental Authority or shall otherwise determine on the basis of pronouncements of any Governmental Authority that such understanding is incorrect, it is agreed that the Lender will be entitled to make claims under this Section (each such claim to be made within a reasonable period of time after the period to which it relates) based upon market requirements prevailing on the date hereof for commitments under comparable credit facilities against which capital is required to be maintained.
(c)    Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of the Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Lender or any of its holding companies, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.
(d)    Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of the Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of the Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate the Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that the Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of the Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that if the Change in Law 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).
(e)    Survival. All of the obligations of the Borrower under this Section 5.8 shall survive any assignment of rights by the Lender, the termination of the Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
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5.9    Taxes.
(a)    Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section 5.9, the term “Applicable Law” includes FATCA.
(b)    Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Credit Party shall be increased as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c)    Payment of Other Taxes. The Credit Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Lender timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d)    Indemnification by the Borrower. The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify the Lender, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by the Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Lender and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the applicable Credit Party by the Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e)    Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Credit Parties to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 5.9, the Credit Parties shall deliver to the Lender the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.
(f)    Status of Lender. If the Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document, it shall deliver to the Borrower, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, the Lender, if reasonably requested by the
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Borrower, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will enable the Borrower to determine whether or not the Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject the Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of the Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender shall deliver to the Borrower from time to time upon the reasonable request of the Borrower executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that Lender is exempt from United States federal backup withholding tax.
The Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g)    Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.9 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.9), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h)    Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.9 shall survive any assignment of rights by the Lender, the termination of the Commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
5.10    Mitigation Obligations. If the Lender requests compensation under Section 5.8, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to the Lender or
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any Governmental Authority for the account of the Lender pursuant to Section 5.9, then the Lender shall, at the request of the Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of the Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.8 or Section 5.9, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject the Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to the Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. Lender may make any Loan to the Borrower through any Lending Office, provided that the exercise of this option shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise alter the rights of the parties hereto.
VI.    CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING.
6.1    Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lender to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loans, if any, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a)    Executed Loan Documents. This Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement and the Security Documents to be delivered on the Closing Date, together with any other applicable Loan Documents, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Lender by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b)    Closing Certificates; Etc. The Lender shall have received each of the following in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender:
(i)    Officer’s Certificate. A certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) all representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true, correct and complete; (B) the Credit Parties are not in violation of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (C) after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (D) since July 31, 2023, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (E) the Borrower has satisfied each of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2.
(ii)    Certificate of Secretary of each Credit Party. A certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Credit Party certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each officer of such Credit Party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles or certificate of incorporation or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, of such Credit Party and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation,
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organization or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, (B) the bylaws or governing documents of such Credit Party as in effect on the Closing Date, (C) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) of such Credit Party authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (D) each certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(iii).
(iii)    Certificates of Good Standing. Certificates as of a recent date of the good standing of each Credit Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation (or equivalent), as applicable.
(iv)    Opinions of Counsel. Opinions of counsel to each Credit Party, including opinions of special counsel and local counsel as may be reasonably requested by the Lender, addressed to the Lender with respect to such Credit Party, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Lender shall request.
(c)    Personal Property Collateral.
(i)    Filings and Recordings. Subject to the limitations and qualifications in the Security Documents, the Lender shall have received all filings and recordations that are necessary to perfect the security interests of the Lender in the Collateral and the Lender shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender that upon such filings and recordations such security interests constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens thereon (subject to Permitted Liens).
(ii)    Lien Search. The Lender shall have received the results of a Lien search (including a search as to judgments, bankruptcy, intellectual property and tax matters), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory thereto, made against each Credit Party under the Uniform Commercial Code (or applicable judicial docket) as in effect in each jurisdiction in which filings or recordations under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in all assets of the Credit Parties, indicating among other things that the assets of the Credit Parties are free and clear of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens).
(iii)    Property and Liability Insurance. The Lender shall have received in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, evidence of property, business interruption and liability insurance covering each Credit Party, and if requested by the Lender, copies of such insurance policies.
(iv)    [Reserved].
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(v)    Other Collateral Documentation. The Lender shall have received any documents reasonably requested thereby or as required by the terms of the Security Documents to evidence its security interest in the Collateral.
(d)    Consents; Defaults.
(i)    Governmental and Third Party Approvals. Each Credit Party shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third party consents and approvals necessary (or any other material consents as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Lender) in connection with the Transactions, which shall be in full force and effect.
(ii)    No Injunction, Etc. No action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit, or to obtain substantial damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the Transactions, or which, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)    Financial Matters.
(i)    Financial Statements. The Lender shall have received (A) the audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of July 31, 2023, and the related audited statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, and (B) the unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024, and related unaudited statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows.
(ii)    Financial Condition/Solvency Certificate. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, and certified as accurate by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, that (A) after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and each Subsidiary is Solvent, and (B) attached thereto are calculations evidencing compliance on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Transactions with the covenants contained in Section 9.12.
(iii)    Payment at Closing. The Borrower shall have paid or made arrangements to pay contemporaneously with closing (A) all reasonable and documented expenses, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lender (directly to such counsel if requested by the Lender) to the extent accrued and unpaid prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Lender) and (B) to Lender an
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upfront fee of $125,000, which fee shall be fully earned on the Closing Date and non-refundable.
(f)    Miscellaneous.
(i)    Notice of Account Designation. The Lender shall have received a Notice of Account Designation specifying the account or accounts to which the proceeds of any Loans made on or after the Closing Date are to be disbursed.
(ii)    Due Diligence. The Lender shall have completed, to its satisfaction, all legal, tax, environmental, business and other due diligence with respect to the business, assets, liabilities, operations and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in scope and determination satisfactory to the Lender in its sole discretion.
(iii)    Existing Indebtedness. All existing Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.1) shall be repaid in full, all commitments (if any) in respect thereof shall have been terminated and all guarantees therefor and security therefor shall be released, and the Lender shall have received pay-off letters in form and substance satisfactory to it evidencing such repayment, termination and release.
(iv)    PATRIOT Act, Etc.
(A)    The Lender shall have received, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information requested by the Lender at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order for the Lender to comply with requirements of any Anti- Money Laundering Laws, including the PATRIOT Act and any applicable “know your customer” rules and regulations.
(B)    The Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to it, in each case at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(v)    Other Documents. All opinions, certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Lender. The Lender shall have received copies of all other documents, certificates and instruments reasonably requested thereby, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.2    Conditions to All Extensions of Credit. The obligations of the Lender to make any Extensions of Credit (including the initial Extension of Credit) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing date:
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(a)    Continuation of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, on and as of such borrowing date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date).
(b)    No Existing Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the borrowing date with respect to such Loan or after giving effect to the Loans to be made on such date.
(c)    Clean Down Period. No Clean Down Period shall be in effect, unless the Lender otherwise consents in writing to such Extension of Credit.
(d)    Notices. The Lender shall have received a Notice of Borrowing from the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.3(a).
Each Notice of Borrowing, submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 6.2(a) through (c) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Extension of Credit.
VII.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES. To induce the Lender to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lender to make Extensions of Credit, each Credit Party hereby represents and warrants to the Lender both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date and as otherwise set forth in Section 6.2, that:
7.1    Organization; Power; Qualification. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent the concept is applicable in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the power and authority to own its Properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization. The jurisdictions in which each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries are organized and qualified to do business as of the Closing Date are described on Schedule 7.1. Schedule 7.1 identifies each Guarantor as of the Closing Date. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is a Covered Party.
7.2    Ownership. Each Subsidiary of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date is listed on Schedule 7.2. As of the Closing Date, the capitalization of each Credit Party and its
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Subsidiaries consists of the number of shares, authorized, issued and outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on Schedule 7.2. All outstanding shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and, other than with respect to the Borrower, not subject to any preemptive or similar rights, except as described in Schedule 7.2. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide for or require the issuance of Equity Interests of any Credit Party (other than the Borrower) or any Subsidiary thereof, except as described on Schedule 7.2.
7.3    Authorization; Enforceability. Each Credit Party has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Credit Party that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party that is a party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal Debtor Relief Laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
7.4    Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement other than (i) consents, authorizations, filings or other acts or consents for which the failure to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) consents or filings under the UCC.
7.5    Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, (b) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and
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in compliance with all other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties and (c) has timely filed all reports, documents and other materials required to be filed by it under all Applicable Laws with any Governmental Authority and has retained all records and documents required to be retained by it under Applicable Law, except in each case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), where the failure to have or comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.6    Tax Returns and Payments. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has duly filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, and material local and other material tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal, state, material local and other material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which are due and payable (other than any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the Borrower). Such returns accurately reflect in all material respects all liability for taxes of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof for the periods covered thereby. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 7.6, there is no ongoing audit or examination or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, other investigation by any Governmental Authority of the tax liability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof. No Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien or other claim against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or resolved (other than (a) any amount the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of the Borrower and (b) Permitted Liens). The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof in respect of federal, state, local and other taxes for all Fiscal Years and portions thereof since the organization of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof are in the judgment of the Borrower adequate, and the Borrower does not anticipate any additional taxes or assessments for any of such years.
7.7    Intellectual Property Matters. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof owns or possesses rights to use all material franchises, licenses, software, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent rights or licenses, patent applications, trademarks, trademark rights, service mark, service mark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights and other rights with respect to the foregoing which are reasonably necessary to conduct its business. No event has occurred which permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such rights, and no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is liable to any Person for infringement under Applicable Law with respect to any such rights as a result of its business operations.
7.8    Environmental Matters.
(a)    To each Credit Party’s and each Subsidiary’s knowledge, the properties owned, leased or operated by each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof now or in the past do not contain, and to their knowledge have not previously contained, any
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Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which constitute or constituted a violation of applicable Environmental Laws;
(b)    Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof and such properties and all operations conducted in connection therewith are in compliance, and to their knowledge have been in compliance in all material respects, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and to their knowledge, there is no contamination at, under or about such properties or such operations which could interfere with the continued operation of such properties or impair the fair saleable value thereof;
(c)    No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof has received any written notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters, Hazardous Materials, or compliance with Environmental Laws, nor does any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof have knowledge that any such notice will be received or is being threatened in writing, in each case, other than with respect to matters that if adversely determined, would not be expected to be material to the Credit Parties or the Subsidiaries thereof;
(d)    To each Credit Party’s and each Subsidiary’s knowledge, Hazardous Materials have not been transported or disposed of to or from the properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in violation of, or in a manner or to a location which could give rise to material liability under, Environmental Laws, nor have any Hazardous Materials been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of such properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to material liability under, any applicable Environmental Laws;
(e)    No judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative action is pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing, under any Environmental Law to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is or will be named as a potentially responsible party, nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any applicable Environmental Law with respect to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, with respect to any real property owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or operations conducted in connection therewith; and
(f)    There has been no release, or to its knowledge, threat of release, of Hazardous Materials at or from properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, now or in the past, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under applicable Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.9    Employee Benefit Matters.
(a)    As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to, or has any obligation under, any Employee Benefit Plans other than (i) ordinary course health and wellness plans and (ii) those identified on Schedule 7.9;
(b)    Each Credit Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans except for any required amendments for which the remedial amendment period as defined in Section 401(b) of the Code has not yet expired and in each case, except where a failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified, and each trust related to such plan has been determined to be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code except for such plans that have not yet received determination letters but for which the remedial amendment period for submitting a determination letter has not yet expired. No liability has been incurred by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties assessed with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan except for a liability that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)    As of the Closing Date, no Pension Plan has been terminated, nor has any Pension Plan become subject to funding based upon benefit restrictions under Section 436 of the Code, nor has any funding waiver from the IRS been received or requested with respect to any Pension Plan, nor has any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts due and owing as required by Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any Pension Plan on or prior to the due dates of such contributions under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, nor has there been any event requiring any disclosure under Section 4041(c)(3)(C) or 4063(a) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan;
(d)    Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Credit Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has: (i) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of the ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, (ii) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums and there are no premium payments which are due and unpaid, (iii) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan, or (iv) failed to make a required installment or other required payment under Sections 412 or 430 of the Code;
(e)    No Termination Event has occurred or to Borrower’s knowledge, is reasonably expected to occur;
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(f)    Except where the failure of any of the following representations to be correct could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no proceeding, claim (other than a benefits claim in the ordinary course of business), lawsuit and/or investigation is existing or, to its knowledge, threatened concerning or involving (i) any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) currently maintained or contributed to by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (ii) any Pension Plan or (iii) any Multiemployer Plan;
(g)    No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is a party to any contract, agreement or arrangement that could, solely as a result of the delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of transactions contemplated hereby, result in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code;
(h)    As of the Closing Date the Borrower is not nor will be using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR §2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans or the Commitment.
7.10    Margin Stock. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the FRB). Following the application of the proceeds of each Extension of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section 9.2 or Section 9.5 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or instrument between the Borrower and the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender relating to Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount will be “margin stock”.
7.11    Government Regulation. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act) and no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or after giving effect to any Extension of Credit will be, subject to regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act, or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
7.12    Material Contracts. Schedule 7.12 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts of each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof in effect as of the Closing Date. Other than as set forth in Schedule 7.12, as of the Closing Date, each such Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will be, in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof. To the extent requested by the Lender in writing, the Borrower has delivered to the Lender a true and complete copy of each Material Contract required to be listed on Schedule 7.12 or any other Schedule hereto. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof (nor, to its knowledge, any other party thereto) is in breach of or in default under any Material Contract in any material respect.
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7.13    Employee Relations. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any collective bargaining agreement, nor has any labor union been recognized as the representative of its employees except as set forth on Schedule 7.13. The Borrower knows of no pending, threatened or contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes involving its employees or those of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.14    Financial Statements. The audited and unaudited financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e)(i) are complete and correct, in all material respects, and fairly present on a Consolidated basis the assets, liabilities and financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended (other than customary year-end adjustments for unaudited financial statements and the absence of footnotes from unaudited financial statements). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Such financial statements show all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments, and Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent required to be disclosed under GAAP.
7.15    No Material Adverse Change. Since July 31, 2023, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.16    Solvency. The Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
7.17    Title to Properties. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has valid and legal title to all of its personal property and assets, except those which have been disposed of by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries subsequent to such date which dispositions have been in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder.
7.18    Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to its knowledge, threatened against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.19    Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.
(a)    None of (i) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or Affiliates, or (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent or representative of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Credit Facility, (A) is a Sanctioned Person or currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (B) has its assets located in a Sanctioned Country, (C) is under administrative, civil or criminal investigation for an alleged violation of, or received notice from or made a voluntary disclosure to any governmental entity regarding a
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possible violation of, Anti- Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions by a governmental authority that enforces Sanctions or any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or (D) directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons.
(b)    Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and ensure compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.
(c)    Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, director, officer, employee, agent and Affiliate of the Borrower and each such Subsidiary, is in compliance in all material respects with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti- Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.
(d)    No proceeds of any Extension of Credit have been used, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents in violation of Section 8.16(b).
7.20    Absence of Defaults. No event has occurred or is continuing (a) which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, or (b) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a default or event of default by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof under (i) any Material Contract that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any judgment, decree or order to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is a party or by which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
7.21    Disclosure. The Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries have disclosed to the Lender all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which any Credit Party and any Subsidiary thereof are subject, and all other matters known to them, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to the Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken together as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being recognized by the Lender that projections are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may vary from such projections). As of the Closing Date, all of the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct.
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VIII.    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash and the Commitment terminated, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
8.1    Financial Statements. Deliver to the Lender, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Lender:
(a)    Annual Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days (or, if earlier, on the date of any required public filing thereof) after the end of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ended July 31, 2024), an audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the year. Such annual financial statements shall be audited by an independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Lender, and accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by such certified public accountants prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards that is not subject to any “going concern” or similar qualification or exception or any qualification as to the scope of such audit or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.
(b)    Monthly Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month of each Fiscal Year (commencing with the fiscal month ended October 31, 2024), an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal month and unaudited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal month then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
8.2    Certificates; Other Reports. Deliver to the Lender:
(a)    at each time financial statements are delivered pursuant to Sections 8.1(a) or (b) and at such other times as the Lender shall reasonably request, a duly completed
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Compliance Certificate that, among other things, (i) states that no Default or Event of Default is continuing as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or, if a Default or Event of Default is continuing, states the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) demonstrates compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.12 as of the last day of the applicable Reference Period covered by such financial statements;
(b)    promptly upon the receipt thereof, copies of all reports, if any, submitted to any Credit Party, and Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective boards of directors by their respective independent public accountants in connection with their auditing function, including any management report and any management responses thereto;
(c)    promptly after furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of the Threshold Amount pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement;
(d)    promptly, and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any material investigation or possible material investigation or any other material inquiry by such agency regarding any Credit Party of any Subsidiary thereof, excluding any routine exam or industry investigation; provided that no Credit Party shall be required to deliver such notice or other correspondence if prohibited by Applicable Law or the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction).
(e)    promptly upon the request thereof, such other information and documentation required under applicable “know your customer” rules and regulations, the PATRIOT Act or any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws, in each case as from time to time reasonably requested by the Lender; and
(f)    such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, as the Lender may reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or (b) may be delivered electronically (including by email) and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (a) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet; (b) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which the Lender has access (whether a commercial or third-party website); or (c) on which such documents are emailed to Lender; provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Lender if it so requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Lender and (ii) provided that: in the case of the forgoing clauses (a) and (b), the Borrower shall notify the Lender (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of
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any such documents and provide to the Lender by electronic mail electronic versions of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 8.2 to the Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 12.1.
8.3    Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) days after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof) notify the Lender in writing of:
(a)    the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b)    the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any arbitrator against or involving any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses, in each case, that if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or liability exceeding the Threshold Amount; provided that no Credit Party will be required to deliver such notice if restricted or prohibited by Applicable Law or any court or arbitrator relating to such action, proceeding or investigation;
(c)    any labor controversy that has resulted in, or threatens to result in, a strike or other work action against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d)    any attachment, judgment, lien, levy or order (i) exceeding the Threshold Amount that has been assessed against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof or (ii) is threatened against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof and if adversely determined, would, in the case of this clause (ii), be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)    any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute a default or event of default under any Material Contract to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound, in each case, to the extent reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(f)    (i) any unfavorable determination letter from the IRS regarding the qualification of an Employee Benefit Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code (along with a copy thereof), (ii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate of the PBGC’s intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Pension Plan, (iii) all notices received by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA and (iv) the Borrower obtaining knowledge or reason to know that any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate has filed or intends to file a notice of intent to terminate any Pension Plan under a distress termination within the
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meaning of Section 4041(c) of ERISA with anticipated liability exceeding the Threshold Amount; and
(g)    the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to Section 8.3 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 8.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
8.4    Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters. Except as permitted by Section 9.4, preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence or equivalent form and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.5    Maintenance of Property and Licenses.
(a)    In addition to the requirements of any of the Security Documents, protect and preserve all Properties necessary in and material to its business, including software, copyrights, patents, trade names, service marks and trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal property; and from time to time make or cause to be made all repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and additions to such Property necessary for the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner; in each case, other than as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Maintain, in full force and effect in all material respects, each and every material license, permit, certification, qualification, approval or franchise issued by any Governmental Authority required for each of them to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted (including under the Advisers Act), in each case, other than as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.6    Insurance. Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against at least such risks and in at least such amounts as are customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by Applicable Law and as are required by any Security Documents. All such insurance shall, (a) provide that no cancellation or material modification thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Lender of written notice thereof (except as a result of non-payment of premium in which case only 10 days’ prior written notice shall be required), (b) in the case of liability insurance, name the Lender as an additional insured party thereunder and (c) in the case of each property insurance policy, name the Lender as lender’s loss payee or mortgagee, as applicable. From time to time promptly deliver to the Lender upon its request information in reasonable detail as to the insurance policies
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then in effect, stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby.
8.7    Accounting Methods and Financial Records. Maintain a system of accounting, and keep proper books, records and accounts (which shall be accurate and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance in all material respects with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its Properties.
8.8    Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations. Pay and perform (a) all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges that may be levied or assessed upon it or any of its Property, except those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside and (b) all other Indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance with customary trade practices.
8.9    Compliance with Laws and Approvals. Observe and remain in compliance with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business (including under the Advisers Act), in each case, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.10    [Reserved].
8.11    Compliance with ERISA. In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 8.9, except where the failure to so comply could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) comply with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans, (ii) not take any action or fail to take action the result of which could reasonably be expected to result in a liability to the PBGC or to a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) not participate in any prohibited transaction that could result in any civil penalty under ERISA or tax under the Code and (iv) operate each Employee Benefit Plan in such a manner that will not incur any tax liability under Section 4980B of the Code or any liability to any qualified beneficiary as defined in Section 4980B of the Code.
8.12    Compliance with Material Contracts. Comply in all respects with, and maintain in full force and effect, each Material Contract, in each case, except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.13    Visits and Inspections. Permit representatives of the Lender, from time to time upon prior reasonable notice and at such times during normal business hours, all at the expense of the Borrower, to visit and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects; provided that if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Lender shall not exercise any of the rights pursuant to this Section 8.13 more frequently than once per fiscal year; provided
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further that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Lender may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time without advance notice.
8.14    Additional Guarantors and Collateral.
(a)    Additional Subsidiaries. Promptly notify the Lender of the creation or acquisition (including by division) of a Person that becomes a Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) and, within thirty (30) days after such creation or acquisition, cause such Domestic Subsidiary to (A) become a Guarantor by delivering to the Lender a duly executed joinder agreement or such other document as the Lender shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (B) grant a security interest in all Collateral (subject to the exceptions specified in the Collateral Agreement) owned by such Subsidiary by delivering to the Lender a duly executed joinder agreement and a supplement to each applicable Security Document or such other document as the Lender shall deem appropriate for such purpose and comply with the terms of each applicable Security Document, (C) deliver to the Lender such opinions, documents and certificates of the type referred to in Section 6.1 as may be reasonably requested by the Lender, (D) if such Equity Interests are certificated, deliver to the Lender such original certificated Equity Interests or other certificates and stock or other transfer powers evidencing the Equity Interests of such Person, (E) deliver to the Lender such updated Schedules to the Security Documents as requested by the Lender with respect to such Subsidiary, and (F) deliver to the Lender such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Lender, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.
(b)    Additional Collateral. Comply with the requirements set forth in the Security Documents with respect to any Property constituting Collateral thereunder.
8.15    Depository Bank. On or before thirty (30) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as agreed by Lender), and at all times thereafter, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiaries) shall, on an aggregate basis, maintain at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Credit Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ (other than any Excluded Subsidiaries) cash and Cash Equivalents with Wells Fargo or one or more of its Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, purposes of this Section 8.15, the term “cash and Cash Equivalents” shall be limited to unrestricted operational cash and Cash Equivalents as set forth on the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 8.1(a) or (b) and shall exclude any cash or Cash Equivalents maintained by any Excluded Subsidiary. This Section 8.15 shall be tested as of the last day of each fiscal quarter based on the Credit Party’s and their Subsidiaries (other than any Exclude Subsidiaries) average account balances during such fiscal quarter.
8.16    Use of Proceeds.
(a)    Use the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit solely, (i) to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Transactions and (ii) for short term operational matters, including without limitation, for (A) funding reserve requirements relating to Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (B) funding
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reserve requirements and providing liquidity relating to settlement and trade errors, market making settlement failures, and delayed wires, and (C) other matters resulting in or requiring a temporary increase in reserves; provided that no part of the proceeds of any of the Loans shall be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the FRB) or for any purpose or in any manner which violates Applicable Law, any other provision of this Agreement or the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the FRB. If requested by the Lender, the Borrower shall promptly furnish to the Lender a statement in conformity with the requirements of Form G-3 or Form U-1, as applicable, under Regulation U of the FRB.
(b)    Not request any Extension of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Extension of Credit, directly or indirectly, (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti- Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
8.17    Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. (a) Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions, (b) notify the Lender of any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified therein (or, if applicable, the Borrower ceasing to fall within an express exclusion to the definition of “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation) and (c) promptly upon the reasonable request of the Lender, provide any information or documentation requested by it for purposes of complying with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
8.18    Further Assurances. Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law, or which the Lender may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Borrower. The Borrower also agrees to provide to the Lender, from time to time upon the reasonable request by the Lender, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
8.19    Post-Closing Matters. Complete each of the actions that is described in Schedule 8.19 as soon as commercially reasonable following the Closing Date, but in any event no later
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than the date set forth in Schedule 8.19 with respect to such action (or such later date as may be approved by the Lender in its sole discretion).
IX.    NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, and the Commitment terminated, the Credit Parties will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than (x) with respect to Sections 9.2, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.10 (unless specifically provided therein) WF Brokerage or any other Subsidiary that is registered as a broker-dealer with a Governmental Authority and (y) with respect to Sections 9.2, 9.4, 9.5, 9.10, 9.11 and 9.13, the Public Fund Adviser) to:
9.1    Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:
(a)    the Obligations;
(b)    Indebtedness (i) owing under Hedge Agreements entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate or exchange rate risks and not for speculative purposes and (ii) in respect of Cash Management Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(c)    Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 9.1 and the renewal, refinancing, extension and replacement thereof (but not the increase in the aggregate principal amount thereof);
(d)    Attributable Indebtedness with respect to Capital Lease Obligations and Indebtedness incurred in connection with purchase money Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding, including the renewal, refinancing, extension and replacement thereof;
(e)    unsecured intercompany Indebtedness (i) owed by any Credit Party to another Credit Party, (ii) owed by any Credit Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party (provided that such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Lender), (iii) owed by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (iv) owed by any joint venture or Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to any Credit Party to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 9.3(b)(iii) or Section 9.3(b)(iv);
(f)    Indebtedness owing from WF Brokerage to any Credit Party in an aggregate amount that, to WF Brokerage’s knowledge after reasonable inquiry, does not exceed the sum of (A) the amount required to ensure that WF Brokerage maintains, at all times, net capital of approximately twenty percent (20%) of its aggregate debit items for purposes of the minimum net capital requirements set forth in 17 CFR § 240.15c-3-1, calculated using the “Alternative Standard” thereunder (where debit items are computed in accordance with the Formula for Determination of Reserve Requirements for Brokers and Dealers (Exhibit A to Securities Exchange Act Rule 15c3-3, 17 CFR § 240.15c3-3a)), plus (B) the amount required to ensure that WF Brokerage maintains, at
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all times, up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in excess of the minimum amount required in connection with the Securities Exchange Act “Customer Protection Rule,” 17 CFR § 240.15c3-3 (such amount, the “Customer Protection Amount”); provided that Borrower will use its best efforts to notify Lender promptly when WF Brokerage borrows from any Credit Party, including temporarily borrows from any Credit Party to fund WF Brokerage’s “Special Reserve Bank Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers” required under 17 CFR § 240.15c3-3(e)(1) (a “Customer Protection Loan”); and provided further that WF Brokerage shall, to the fullest extent practicable, repay any portion of the amounts borrowed from a Credit Party in connection with a Customer Protection Loan within five (5) Business Days of any determination by WF Brokerage that such portion of the Customer Protection Loan is no longer required in order to ensure maintenance of the Customer Protection Amount.
(g)    Indebtedness owing from a Credit Party to WF Brokerage pursuant to the terms of that certain Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Services and Expense Sharing Agreement among the Company, WF Brokerage and Wealthfront Advisers LLC, dated as of August 1, 2022, or (ii) any similar agreement, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified and/or restated from time to time;
(h)    Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or other similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(i)    Indebtedness under performance bonds, surety bonds, release, appeal and similar bonds, statutory obligations or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, and reimbursement obligations in respect of any of the foregoing;
(j)    the Founder Loan in an original principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, so long as it is subordinated to the Obligations (and any extensions thereof);
(k)    Indebtedness owed to any Person providing worker’s compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is outstanding only during such year;
(l)    Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with any letters of credit securing obligations under any real estate lease; and
(m)    Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 9.1 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding, including the renewal, refinancing, extension and replacement thereof.
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9.2    Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a)    Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(b)    Liens in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 9.2 and the replacement, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the scope of any such Lien shall not be increased, or otherwise expanded, to cover any additional property or type of asset, as applicable, beyond that in existence on the Closing Date, except for products and proceeds of the foregoing;
(c)    Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or Environmental Laws) (i) not yet due or as to which the period of grace (not to exceed thirty (30) days), if any, related thereto has not expired or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
(d)    the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which (i) are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days, or if more than thirty (30) days overdue, no action has been taken to enforce such Liens and such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP and (ii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e)    deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of business in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or similar legislation, or to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case, so long as no foreclosure sale or similar proceeding has been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(f)    encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do not, in any case, detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business;
(g)    Liens arising from the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to personal property leased pursuant to operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(h)    Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.1(d); provided that (i) such Liens shall be created within one hundred twenty (120) days of the acquisition, repair, construction, improvement or lease, as applicable, of the related Property, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the Property financed or improved by such Indebtedness, (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased and (iv) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien shall at no time exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the original price for the purchase, repair, construction, improvement or lease amount (as applicable) of such Property at the time of purchase, repair, construction, improvement or lease (as applicable);
(i)    Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1(m) or securing appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments;
(j)    (i) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, and (ii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of any assets or property in the ordinary course of business;
(k)    Liens of landlords arising in the ordinary course of business to the extent relating to the property and assets relating to any lease agreements with such landlord;
(l)    (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others which do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or materially detract from the value of the relevant assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or (B) secure any Indebtedness and (ii) any interest or title of a licensor, sub-licensor, lessor or sub-lessor under leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses entered into by the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries as licensee, sub-licensee, lessee or sub-lessee in the ordinary course of business or any customary restriction or encumbrance with respect to the Property subject to any such lease, license, sublease or sublicense;
(m)    (i) Liens on Equity Interests of joint ventures securing capital contributions thereto and (ii) customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar rights in joint venture agreements and agreements with respect to Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries;
(n)    customary Liens in favor of financial institutions arising in connection with Borrowers’ deposit and/or securities accounts held at such institutions, including bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and similar Liens incurred on deposits made in the ordinary course of business and not securing borrowed money;
(o)    deposits and liens on cash collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Sections 9.1(b), 9.1(k) or 9.1(l); and
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(p)    Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder on assets other than the Collateral securing Indebtedness or other obligations in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding.
9.3    Investments. Make, hold or otherwise permit to exist any Investment, except:
(a)    Investments existing on the Closing Date (other than Investments in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date) and described on Schedule 9.3 and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof so long as such modification, renewal or extension thereof does not increase the amount of such Investment except as otherwise permitted by this Section 9.3;
(b)    Investments (i) existing on the Closing Date in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date, (ii) made after the Closing Date by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party, (iii) made after the Closing Date by the Borrower in any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party (other than WF Brokerage) up to $500,000 in any fiscal year and (iv) made to Wealthfront Holdings or UNM LLC pursuant to the Funding Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 during the term of this Agreement;
(c)    Investments by any Credit Party in WF Brokerage under Section 9.1(f);
(d)    Investments by WF Brokerage in any Credit Party under Section 9.1(g) that do not otherwise violate any other provision of this Agreement;
(e)    Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(f)    deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of leases or other obligations as permitted by Section 9.2;
(g)    Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 9.1;
(h)    Investments in the form of Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 9.6;
(i)    Guarantees permitted pursuant to Section 9.1;
(j)    Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business;
(k)    Investments accepted in connection with any Asset Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 9.5 (excluding clause (g) thereof);
(l)    Investments consisting of (i) travel advances, employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or arrangements approved by Borrower’s board of directors; provided, that, the aggregate amount of loans or other
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Investments made pursuant to this clause (l) does not exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding;
(m)    Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;
(n)    Investments consisting of notes receivable and other credit extensions to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the ordinary course of business; provided, that, this clause (n) shall not apply to Investments by a Borrower in any Subsidiary;
(o)    Investments in joint ventures or strategic alliances in the ordinary course of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business consisting of the non-exclusive licensing of technology, the development of technology or the providing of technical support, provided that any cash Investments by Borrower or its Subsidiaries do not exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in the aggregate in any fiscal year;
(p)    Investments consisting of margin lending products, including portfolio lines of credit, and securities lending products provided by Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Wealthfront Strategies LLC, WF Brokerage or any other Subsidiary that is a registered investment advisor or registered broker-dealer; and
(q)    Investments not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15,000,000; provided that, immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Investments and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.12, as certified by the Borrower to the Lender prior to such Investment.
For purposes of determining the amount of any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section 9.3, such amount shall be deemed to be the amount of such Investment when made, purchased or acquired (without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment or interest that may accrue thereon) less any amount realized in respect of such Investment upon the sale, collection or return of capital (not to exceed the original amount invested).
9.4    Fundamental Changes. Merge, consolidate, amalgamate or enter into any similar combination with (including by division), or enter into any Asset Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of transactions) with, any other Person or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except:
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(a)    any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than WF Brokerage) may be merged, amalgamated, liquidated, dissolved, wound up or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary (provided that if such Subsidiary is a Credit Party, such Subsidiary shall be merged, amalgamated, liquidated, dissolved, wound up or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Credit Party and the Borrower or such Credit Party shall be the continuing or surviving entity);
(b)    any Guarantor may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, any other Guarantor;
(c)    any Guarantor may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding up, division or otherwise) to any other Credit Party; and
(d)    Asset Dispositions permitted by Section 9.5.
9.5    Asset Dispositions. Make any Asset Disposition except:
(a)    the disposition, termination or unwinding of any Hedge Agreement;
(b)    dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;
(c)    Asset Dispositions solely among Credit Parties;
(d)    the transfer by any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party of its assets to any Credit Party (provided that in connection with any such transfer, such Credit Party shall not pay more than an amount equal to the fair market value of such assets as determined in good faith at the time of such transfer);
(e)    non-exclusive licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business not interfering, individually or in the aggregate, in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(f)    leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of real or personal property granted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to others in the ordinary course of business not detracting from the value of such real or personal property or interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(g)    Asset Dispositions of property in the form of an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 9.3; and
(h)    Asset Dispositions not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section; provided that (i) at the time of such Asset Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from such Asset Disposition, (ii) such Asset Disposition is made for fair market value as determined in good faith by the Borrower and the consideration received shall be no less than 100% in cash, (iii) the aggregate fair market
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value of all property disposed of in reliance on this clause (h) shall not exceed $500,000 during the term of this Agreement, and (iv) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.12, as certified by the Borrower to the Lender prior to such Asset Disposition.
9.6    Restricted Payments. Declare or make any Restricted Payments; provided that:
(a)    so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay dividends in shares of its own Qualified Equity Interests;
(b)    any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor;
(c)    Borrower may purchase or repurchase fractional shares of capital stock arising out of stock dividends, splits, or combination provided that the aggregate amount expended pursuant to this clause (c) does not exceed $25,000;
(d)    Borrower may convert or exchange any of its convertible securities solely into Qualified Equity Interests;
(e)    Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests upon the exercise of stock options or warrants (i.e., net exercise) if such repurchased Equity Interests represent all or a portion of the exercise price of such warrants or options and no cash consideration (other than with respect to any tax liabilities) is paid to the holders thereof in connection therewith;
(f)    Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests with the proceeds of Qualified Equity Interests issued substantially concurrently with such repurchase; and
(g)    so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower is in compliance on a pro forma basis with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.12, as certified by the Borrower to the Lender prior to such Restricted Payment, (iii) there are no outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and (iv) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments under this clause (g), do not exceed $25,000,000 during the term of this Agreement, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in cash in the form of stock buybacks; provided that if any stock buyback is in the form of a tender offer, the conditions in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) must only be satisfied at the time the tender offer is launched.
9.7    Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with (i) any officer, director, holder of any Equity Interests in, or other Affiliate of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any Affiliate of any such officer, director or holder, other than:
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(a)    transactions permitted by Sections 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.6;
(b)    transactions existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 9.7;
(c)    transactions solely among Credit Parties and not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement;
(d)    other transactions in the ordinary course of business on terms at least as favorable to the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries as would be obtained by it on a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an independent, unrelated third party as determined in good faith by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower;
(e)    employment, severance and other similar compensation arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business;
(f)    payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and
(g)    transfer pricing, cost plus and cost sharing arrangements among Borrower and its Subsidiaries or among the Borrower’s Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
9.8    Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents.
(a)    Change its Fiscal Year end, or make (without the consent of the Lender) any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required by GAAP.
(b)    Amend, modify or change its Organizational Documents in any manner materially adverse to the rights or interests of the Lender.
9.9    Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Indebtedness.
(a)    Amend, modify, waive or supplement (or permit the modification, amendment, waiver or supplement of) any of the terms or provisions of (i) the Founder Loan without Lender’s prior written consent (other than to extend the maturity date or in connection with a partial or full prepayment, including the principal and interest thereon, otherwise permitted hereunder) or (ii) any other Subordinated Indebtedness in any respect which would materially and adversely affect the rights or interests of the Lender hereunder or would violate the subordination terms thereof or the subordination agreement applicable thereto.
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(b)    Prepay, repay, redeem, purchase, defease or acquire for value (including (x) by way of depositing with any trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due and (y) at the maturity thereof) any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, except:
(i)    so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would be caused thereby, mandatory repayments, repurchases, redemptions or defeasances of Subordinated Indebtedness (in each case, except to the extent prohibited by the subordination terms thereof or the subordination agreement applicable thereto and excluding the Founder Loan);
(ii)    payments and prepayments of any Subordinated Indebtedness made solely with the proceeds of Qualified Equity Interests or any capital contribution in respect of Qualified Equity Interests of Borrower, so long as immediately before and after giving effect to any such payment or prepayment, no Default or Event of Default then exists;
(iii)    (A) payments and prepayments of Subordinated Indebtedness as a result of the conversion of all or any portion of such Subordinated Indebtedness into Qualified Equity Interests of Borrower, and (B) payments of interest in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness in the form of payment in kind interest constituting Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.1; and
(iv)    the payment of regularly scheduled interest, expenses and indemnities in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness (except to the extent prohibited by the subordination terms thereof or the subordination agreement applicable thereto).
(v)    repayment of principal of the Founder Loan; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower is in compliance on a pro forma basis with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.12, as certified by the Borrower to the Lender prior to such repayment, and (iii) there are no outstanding Revolving Credit Loans.
9.10    No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements.
(a)    Enter into, assume or be subject to any agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for such obligation if security is given for some other obligation, except (i) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 9.1(d) (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets financed thereby), (iii) customary restrictions contained in the organizational documents of any Subsidiary that is
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not a Guarantor as of the Closing Date and (iv) customary restrictions in connection with any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien).
(b)    Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary on its Equity Interests or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Credit Party, or (iii) make loans or advances to any Credit Party, except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) Applicable Law.
(c)    Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to (i) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Credit Party or (ii) act as a Credit Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (B) Applicable Law, (C) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 9.1(d) (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in connection therewith), (D) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (E) customary restrictions contained in an agreement related to the sale of Property (to the extent such sale is permitted pursuant to Section 9.5) that limit the transfer of such Property pending the consummation of such sale, (F) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted by this Agreement so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto and (G) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business.
9.11    Nature of Business. Engage in any business other than the businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and businesses and business activities reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
9.12    Financial Covenants.
(a)    Minimum Tangible Net Worth. As of the last day of any fiscal month, permit Tangible Net Worth to be less than $50,000,000.
(b)    Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal month, permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.25 to 1.00.
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(c)    Minimum Liquidity. At any time, permit Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents to be less than $55,000,000.
9.13    Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Permit any Subsidiary to be a Non-Wholly- Owned Subsidiary except as a result of or in connection with a dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposition permitted by Section 9.4 or 9.5.
X.    DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.
10.1    Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a)    Default in Payment of Principal of Loans. The Borrower shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or a Clean Down Period or otherwise).
(b)    Other Payment Default. The Borrower or any other Credit Party shall default in the payment when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) of interest on any Loan or the payment of any other Obligation, and such default shall continue for a period of three (3) Business Days.
(c)    Misrepresentation. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed made or any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.
(d)    Default in Performance of Certain Covenants. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5(b) 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19 or Article IX.
(e)    Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as specifically provided for in this Section 10.1) or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the Lender’s delivery of written notice thereof to the Borrower and (ii) a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party having obtained knowledge thereof.
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(f)    Indebtedness Cross-Default. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall (i) default in the payment of any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) the aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts), or with respect to any Hedge Agreement, the Hedge Termination Value, of which is in excess of the Threshold Amount beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) the aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts), or with respect to any Hedge Agreement, the Hedge Termination Value, of which is in excess of the Threshold Amount or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice and/or lapse of time, if required, any such Indebtedness to (A) become due, or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity (any applicable grace period having expired) or (B) be cash collateralized.
(g)    Other Cross-Defaults. Any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the payment when due, or in the performance or observance, of any obligation or condition of any Material Contract that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    Change in Control. Any Change in Control shall occur.
(i)    Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. Any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any Debtor Relief Laws, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.
(j)    Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding. A case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under any Debtor Relief Laws, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of its assets, domestic or foreign, and such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, or an order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding under such Debtor Relief Laws shall be entered.
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(k)    Failure of Agreements. Any provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof party thereto or any such Person shall so state in writing, or any Loan Document shall for any reason cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on, or security interest in, any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, in each case other than in accordance with the express terms hereof or thereof.
(l)    ERISA Events. The occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Pension Plan or Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto and such unpaid amounts are in excess of the Threshold Amount, (ii) a Termination Event or (iii) any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan and the Multiemployer Plan notifies any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate that such entity has incurred a withdrawal liability requiring payments in an amount exceeding the Threshold Amount.
(m)    Judgment. One or more judgments, orders or decrees shall be entered against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof by any court and continues without having been paid, discharged, vacated or stayed for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the entry thereof and such judgments, orders or decrees (i) in the case of the payment of money, are individually or in the aggregate (to the extent not paid or covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged the claim and has not disputed coverage), in excess of the Threshold Amount or (ii) in the case of injunctive or other non-monetary relief, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
10.2    Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Lender may, by notice to the Borrower:
(a)    Acceleration; Termination of Credit Facility. Terminate the Commitment and declare the principal of and interest on the Loans at the time outstanding, and all other amounts owed to the Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and all other Obligations, to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Credit Party, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate the Credit Facility and any right of the Borrower to request borrowings thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(i) or (j), the Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated and all Obligations shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Credit Party, anything in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
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(b)    General Remedies. Exercise all of its other rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and Applicable Law, in order to satisfy all of the Secured Obligations.
10.3    Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; Etc.. The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Lender set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Lender of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the part of the Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of dealing between the Borrower and the Lender or their respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.
10.4    Crediting of Payments and Proceeds. In the event that the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2 or the Lender has exercised any remedy set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all payments received on account of the Secured Obligations and all net proceeds from the enforcement of the Secured Obligations shall be applied by the Lender as follows:
First, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lender under the Loan Documents, including attorney fees;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, and Secured Hedge Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations then owing, ratably among the holders of such obligations in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.
XI.    [RESERVED].
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XII.    MISCELLANEOUS.
12.1    Notices.
(a)    Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows:
If to the Borrower:
Wealthfront Corporation
261 Hamilton Ave.
Palo Alto, California 94301
Attention of: Chief Legal & Compliance Officer
With copies to:
Fenwick & West LLP
555 California Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Attention of: Michael A. Brown
If to Wells Fargo, as the Lender:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
7711 Plantation Rd
Roanoke, VA 24019
Attention: Loan Servicing Representative

With copies to:
Wells Fargo Corporate and Investment Banking
90 South Seventh, 15th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention of: Nick Brokke

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
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(b)    Electronic Communications. The Lender or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Lender otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or other communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(c)    Lender’s Office. The Lender hereby designates its office located at the address set forth above, or any subsequent office which shall have been specified for such purpose by written notice to the Borrower, as the Lender’s Office referred to herein, to which payments due are to be made and at which Loans will be disbursed.
(d)    Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower and the Lender may change its address or other contact information for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
12.2    Amendments, Waivers and Consents. Any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived by the Lender, and any consent given by the Lender, if, but only if, such amendment, waiver or consent is in writing and delivered by the Lender and, in the case of an amendment, signed by the Borrower.
12.3    Expenses; Indemnity.
(a)    Costs and Expenses. The Borrower and each other Credit Party, jointly and severally, shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Lender and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Lender), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
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(b)    Indemnification by the Credit Parties. Each Credit Party shall indemnify the Lender (and any sub-agent thereof) and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, any and all losses, claims (including any Environmental Claims), penalties, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless, each Indemnitee from, and shall pay or reimburse any such Indemnitee for, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements for attorneys of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Credit Party), arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Transactions), (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, or (v) any claim (including any Environmental Claims), investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the Lender is a party thereto) and the prosecution and defense thereof, arising out of or in any way connected with the Loans, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including reasonable attorneys and consultant’s fees, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non- appealable judgment to have resulted from the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. This Section 12.3(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)    [Reserved].
(d)    Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower and each other Credit Party shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications,
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electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby except for such damages arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non- appealable judgment.
(e)    Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.
(f)    Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.
12.4    Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by the Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Lender or any of its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not the Lender or any such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of the Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of the Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Lender or its Affiliates may have. The Lender agrees to notify the Borrower promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
12.5    Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.
(a)    Governing Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(b)    Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Lender or any Related Party of the Lender in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any
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appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)    Waiver of Venue. The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)    Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 12.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
12.6    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (a) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (b) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
12.7    Reversal of Payments. To the extent any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to the Lender or the Lender receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral or the Lender exercises its right of setoff, which payments or proceeds (including any proceeds of such setoff) or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any Debtor
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Relief Law, other Applicable Law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Secured Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Lender.
12.8    Injunctive Relief. The Borrower recognizes that, in the event the Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Lender. Therefore, the Borrower agrees that the Lender, at its option, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.
12.9    Successors and Assigns.
(a)    Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lender and (ii) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment by Lender unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, provided, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Lender within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)    Certain Pledges. The Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of the Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release the Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for the Lender as a party hereto.
12.10    Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. The Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective Related Parties in connection with the Credit Facility, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or in connection with marketing of services by such Affiliate or Related Party to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by, or required to be disclosed to, any regulatory or similar authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) or in accordance with the Lender’s regulatory compliance policy if the Lender
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deems such disclosure to be necessary for the mitigation of claims by those authorities against the Lender or any of its Related Parties (in which case, the Lender shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, promptly notify the Borrower, in advance, to the extent practicable and otherwise permitted by Applicable Law), (c) as to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or in any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other compulsory process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement, under any other Loan Document or under any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or participant in, or any prospective assignee of or participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and, in each case, their respective financing sources or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Credit Facility or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Credit Facility, (h) with the prior written consent of the Borrower, (i) deal terms and other information customarily reported to Thomson Reuters, other bank market data collectors and similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Lender in connection with the administration of the Loan Documents, (j) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Lender or any of its Affiliates from a third party that is not, to such Person’s knowledge, subject to confidentiality obligations to the Borrower, (k) to the extent that such information is independently developed by such Person (without the use, reference or reliance of any Information), and (l) to the extent required by an insurance company in connection with providing insurance coverage or providing reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
12.11    Performance of Duties. Each of the Credit Party’s obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by such Credit Party at its sole cost and expense.
12.12    All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lender and any Persons designated by the Lender pursuant to any
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provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due), the Commitment remains in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.
12.13    Survival.
(a)    All representations and warranties set forth in Article VII and all representations and warranties contained in any certificate, or any of the Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such representation or warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute representations and warranties made under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and as of the Closing Date (except those that are expressly made as of a specific date), shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lender or any borrowing hereunder.
(b)    Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Lender is entitled under the provisions of this Article XII and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Lender against events arising after such termination as well as before.
12.14    Titles and Captions. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
12.15    Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. In the event that any provision is held to be so prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Lender and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision to preserve the original intent thereof in such jurisdiction.
12.16    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.
(a)    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Lender, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 6.1, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall
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have been executed by the Lender and when the Lender shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b)    Electronic Execution. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery” and words of like import in or related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document, amendment, approval, consent, waiver, modification, information, notice, certificate, report, statement, disclosure, or authorization to be signed or delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures or execution in the form of an Electronic Record, and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Lender, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Each party hereto agrees that any Electronic Signature or execution in the form of an Electronic Record shall be valid and binding on itself and each of the other parties hereto to the same extent as a manual, original signature. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the parties of a manually signed paper which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed paper converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Lender is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Lender pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Lender has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature from any party hereto, the Lender shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the executing party without further verification and (ii) upon the request of the Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by an original manually executed counterpart thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby (A) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Lender and the Credit Parties, electronic images of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case, including with respect to any signature pages thereto) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, and (B) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents based solely on the lack of paper original copies of any Loan Documents, including with respect to any signature pages thereto.
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12.17    Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been paid and satisfied in full in cash and the Commitment has been terminated. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives such termination.
12.18    USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act or any other Anti- Money Laundering Laws, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow the Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act or such Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
12.19    Independent Effect of Covenants. The Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that each covenant contained in Articles VIII or IX hereof shall be given independent effect. Accordingly, the Borrower shall not engage in any transaction or other act otherwise permitted under any covenant contained in Articles VIII or IX, if before or after giving effect to such transaction or act, the Borrower shall or would be in breach of any other covenant contained in Articles VIII or IX.
12.20    No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
(a)    In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that (i) the facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lender, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof), (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person, (iii) the Lender has not assumed and will not assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Lender has advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and the Lender has no obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the financing transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, (iv) the Lender and its Affiliates may be
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engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from, and may conflict with, those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and the Lender has no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship and (v) the Lender has not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Credit Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate.
(b)    Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that the Lender and any Affiliate thereof may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any of the Borrower, any Affiliate thereof or any other person or entity that may do business with or own securities of any of the foregoing, all as if the Lender or such Affiliate thereof were not the Lender or an Affiliate thereof (or an agent or any other person with any similar role under the Credit Facilities) and without any duty to account therefor to the Borrower or any Affiliate of the foregoing.
12.21    Inconsistencies with Other Documents. In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control; provided that any provision of the Security Documents which imposes additional burdens on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or further restricts the rights of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or gives the Lender additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement and shall be given full force and effect.
12.22    Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedge Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and, each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the FDIC under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a)    In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a
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proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b)    As used in this Section 12.22, the following terms have the following meanings:
BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i)    a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §252.82(b);
(ii)    a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §47.3(b); or
(iii)    a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §382.2(b).
Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first written above.
WEALTHFRONT CORPORATION, as Borrower
By:/s/ Alan Imberman
Name:Alan Imberman
Title:Chief Financial Officer
Signature Page to
Credit Agreement


LENDER:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Lender
By:/s/ Nick Brokke
Name:Nick Brokke
Title:Executive Director
Signature Page to
Credit Agreement


EXHIBIT A
to
Credit Agreement
dated as of October 31, 2024
by and between
Wealthfront Corporation,
as Borrower,
and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Lender
NOTICE OF BORROWING
Dated as of: ____________
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
7711 Plantation Rd
Roanoke, VA 24019
Attention: Loan Servicing Representative

Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Borrowing is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 31, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and between Wealthfront Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as Borrower (the “Borrower”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lender (the “Lender”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
1.    The Borrower hereby requests that the Lender makes a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in the aggregate principal amount of $___________.1
2.    The Borrower hereby requests that such Loan(s) be made on the following Business Day: ______________.2
3.    The Borrower hereby requests that such Loan(s) bear interest at the following interest rate, plus the Applicable Margin, as set forth below:
Component
of Loan3    Interest Rate
[Base Rate or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR]4
1 Complete with an amount in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement.
2 Complete with a Business Day in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement for Revolving Credit Loans.
3 Complete with the Dollar amount of that portion of the overall Loan requested that is to bear interest at the selected interest rate.
4 Complete with the Base Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR for Revolving Credit Loans.
Form of Notice of Borrowing


4.    The aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding as of the date hereof (including the Loan(s) requested herein) does not exceed the maximum amount permitted to be outstanding pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.
5.    All of the conditions applicable to the Loan(s) requested herein as set forth in the Credit Agreement have been satisfied as of the date hereof and will remain satisfied to the date of such Loan.
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Form of Notice of Borrowing


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of Borrowing as of the day and year first written above.
WEALTHFRONT CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Page to Notice of Borrowing


EXHIBIT B
to
Credit Agreement
dated as of October 31, 2024
by and between
Wealthfront Corporation,
as Borrower,
and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Lender
NOTICE OF ACCOUNT DESIGNATION
Dated as of: ______________
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
7711 Plantation Rd
Roanoke, VA 24019
Attention: Loan Servicing Representative

Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Notice of Account Designation is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.3(b) of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 31, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and between Wealthfront Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as Borrower (the “Borrower”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lender (the “Lender”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
1.    The Lender is hereby authorized to disburse all Loan proceeds into the following account(s):
Bank Name:
ABA Routing Number:
Account Number:
2.    This authorization shall remain in effect until revoked or until a subsequent Notice of Account Designation is provided to the Lender.
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Form of Notice of Account Designation


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of Account Designation as of the day and year first written above.
WEALTHFRONT CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Page to
Notice of Account Designation


EXHIBIT C
to
Credit Agreement
dated as of October 31, 2024
by and between
Wealthfront Corporation,
as Borrower,
and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Lender
NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT
Dated as of: ____________________
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
7711 Plantation Rd
Roanoke, VA 24019
Attention: Loan Servicing Representative

Ladies and Gentlemen:
This irrevocable Notice of Prepayment is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.4(c) of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 31, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and between Wealthfront Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as Borrower (the “Borrower”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lender (the “Lender”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
1.    The Borrower hereby provides notice to the Lender that it shall repay the following [Base Rate Loans] [SOFR Loans]: ______________.5
2.    The Loan(s) to be prepaid consist of a Revolving Credit Loan.
3.    The Borrower shall repay the above-referenced Loans on the following Business Day: ______________.
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5 Complete with an amount in accordance with Section 2.4(c) of the Credit Agreement.
Form of Notice of Prepayment


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Notice of Prepayment as of the day and year first written above.
WEALTHFRONT CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
Signature Page to
Notice of Prepayment


EXHIBIT D
to
Credit Agreement
dated as of October 31, 2024
by and between
Wealthfront Corporation,
as Borrower,
and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lender
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Dated as of: ____________
The undersigned Responsible Officer, on behalf of Wealthfront Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby certifies to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lender (the “Lender”), as follows:
1.    This certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 31, 2024 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and between the Borrower and the Lender. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.
2.    I have reviewed the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated as of ________________ and for the __________ period[s] then ended and such statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the period[s] indicated.
3.    I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and the related Loan Documents and have made, or caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and the condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the financial statements referred to in Paragraph 2 above. Such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, nor do I have any knowledge of the existence of any such condition or event as at the date of this certificate [except, if such condition or event existed or exists, describe the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto].
4.    As of the date of this certificate, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the financial covenants contained in Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement as shown on Schedule 1 and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the other covenants and restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement.
5.    The representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, except for any representation
Form of Compliance Certificate


and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty is true and correct in all respects, on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except for any such representation and warranty that by its terms is made only as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty remains true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty is true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date).
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Form of Compliance Certificate


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Compliance Certificate as of the day and year first written above.
WEALTHFRONT CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
Form of Compliance Certificate