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Exhibit 10.31
EXECUTION VERSION

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 21, 2020 (the “Amendment Date”), is entered into by and among ARCC FB FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the borrower (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS party to the Revolving Credit Agreement, BNP PARIBAS, as the administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as the equityholder (in such capacity, the “Equityholder”), ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as the servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Equityholder, the Servicer and the Collateral Agent are party to the Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2020 (as amended from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Revolving Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Revolving Credit Agreement, in accordance with Section 13.01(b) of the Revolving Credit Agreement subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Defined Terms.  Terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Revolving Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE II

Amendments to Revolving Credit Agreement
SECTION 2.1.     As of the Amendment Date, the Revolving Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the bold and double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: bold and double-underlined text) as set forth on the pages attached as Appendix A hereto.
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.1. The Borrower and the Equityholder hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lender that, as of the Amendment Date, (i) no Default, Event of Default, Potential Servicer Removal Event or Servicer Removal Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder contained in Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.03 of the Revolving Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Date (other than any representation and warranty that is made as of a specific date).

   ARTICLE IV

Conditions Precedent
SECTION 4.1. This Amendment will be effective upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions: 
(a)    the execution and delivery of this Amendment by the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Equityholder, the Servicer and the Collateral Agent; and
(b)    all fees due and owing to the Administrative Agent and each Lender on or prior to the Amendment Date have been paid.

ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.1. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 5.2. Severability Clause.  In case any provision in this Amendment is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Amendment remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5.3. Ratification.  Except as expressly amended hereby, the Revolving Credit Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof will remain in full force and effect.  When effective, this Amendment will form a part of the Revolving Credit Agreement for all purposes.
SECTION 5.4. Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Amendment in counterparts, all of which together constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or email transmission 
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(including electronic signature pursuant to and in accordance with the Revolving Credit Agreement) is effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.  
SECTION 5.5. Headings. The headings of the Articles and Sections in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and are not deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.
SECTION 5.6 .Direction to Execute. The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to execute this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the Amendment Date.
  
									
			ARCC FB FUNDING LLC, as Borrower

			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ Scott C. Lem

		Name:
	Scott C. Lem

		Title:
	Chief Accounting Officer

[Signature Page to First Amendment to Revolving Credit and Security Agreement]

EXECUTION VERSION

									
			ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Equityholder
			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ Scott C. Lem

		Name:
	Scott C. Lem

		Title:
	Authorized Signatory

									
			ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Servicer
			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ Scott C. Lem

		Name:
	Scott C. Lem

		Title:
	Authorized Signatory

    [Signature Page to First Amendment to Revolving Credit and Security Agreement]

									
			BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent

			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ David Lee

		Name:
	David Lee
		Title:
	Director

									
			BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent

			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ Sohaib Naim

		Name:
	Sohaib Naim

		Title:
	Vice President

									
			BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender

			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ David Lee

		Name:
	David Lee
		Title:
	Director

									
			BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender
			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ Sohaib Naim

		Name:
	Sohaib Naim

		Title:
	Vice President

[Signature Page to First Amendment to Revolving Credit and Security Agreement]

									
			U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent

			
			
			
		By:
	/s/ Ralph J. Creasia, Jr.

		Name:
	Ralph J. Creasia, Jr.

		Title:
	Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to First Amendment to Revolving Credit and Security Agreement]

APPENDIX A

EXECUTION VERSION
Conformed through First Amendment, dated December 21, 2020

REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
among
ARCC FB FUNDING LLC,
as Borrower,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,
BNP PARIBAS,
as Administrative Agent,
ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as Equityholder,
ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as Servicer,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Collateral Agent
Dated as of June 11, 2020 

THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR AN UNCOMMITTED FACILITY. ALL ADVANCES ARE DISCRETIONARY ON THE PART OF THE LENDERS IN THEIR SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I 
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; COMPUTATIONS
									
	SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
		1 	
	SECTION 1.02. Rules of Construction
		55 	
	SECTION 1.03. Computation of Time Periods
		56 	
	SECTION 1.04. Collateral Value Calculation Procedures
		56 	

ARTICLE II 
ADVANCES
									
	SECTION 2.01.  Revolving Credit Facility
		58 	
	SECTION 2.02.  Requests for Collateral Loan Approval
		58 	
	SECTION 2.03.  Making of the Advances
		60 	
	SECTION 2.04.  Evidence of Indebtedness
		61 	
	SECTION 2.05.  Payment of Principal and Interest
		61 	
	SECTION 2.06.  Prepayment of Advances
		62 	
	SECTION 2.07.  Changes of Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts
		63 	
	SECTION 2.08.  Maximum Lawful Rate
		63 	
	SECTION 2.09.  Several Obligations
		64 	
	SECTION 2.10.  Increased Costs
		64 	
	SECTION 2.11.  Compensation; Breakage Payments
		65 	
	SECTION 2.12.  Inability to Determine Rates
		66 	
	SECTION 2.13.  Rescission or Return of Payment
		66 	
	SECTION 2.14.  Post-Default Interest
		66 	
	SECTION 2.15.  Payments Generally
		66 	
	SECTION 2.16.  Extension of Facility Termination Date
		67 	
	SECTION 2.17.  Defaulting Lenders
		67 	
	SECTION 2.18.  LIBOR Discontinuation
		69 	

ARTICLE III 
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
									
	SECTION 3.01.  Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance
		73 	
	SECTION 3.02.  Conditions Precedent to Each Advance
		75 	

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ARTICLE IV 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
									
	SECTION 4.01.  Representations and Warranties of the Borrower
		76 	
	SECTION 4.02.  Representations and Warranties of the Servicer
		80 	
	SECTION 4.03.  Representations and Warranties of the Equityholder
		82 	

ARTICLE V 
COVENANTS
									
	SECTION 5.01.  Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower
		85 	
	SECTION 5.02.  Covenants of the Servicer
		90 	
	SECTION 5.03.  Negative Covenants of the Borrower
		92 	
	SECTION 5.04.  Covenants of the Equityholder
		95 	
	SECTION 5.05.  Certain Undertakings Relating to Separateness
		96 	

ARTICLE VI 
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
									
	SECTION 6.01.  Events of Default
		96 	
	SECTION 6.02.  OC Ratio Breach Cures
		99 	

ARTICLE VII 
PLEDGE OF COLLATERAL; RIGHTS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
									
	SECTION 7.01.  Grant of Security
		100 	
	SECTION 7.02.  Release of Security Interest
		101 	
	SECTION 7.03.  Rights and Remedies
		101 	
	SECTION 7.04.  Remedies Cumulative
		104 	
	SECTION 7.05.  Related Documents
		104 	
	SECTION 7.06.  Borrower Remains Liable
		105 	
	SECTION 7.07.  Protection of Collateral
		105 	

ARTICLE VIII 
ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES
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	SECTION 8.01.  Collection of Money
		106 	
	SECTION 8.02.  Collateral Account and Collection Account
		106 	
	SECTION 8.03.  Payment Account
		107 	
	SECTION 8.04.  The Revolving Reserve Account; Fundings
		108 	
	SECTION 8.05.  [Reserved]
		109 	
	SECTION 8.06.  Reinvestment of Funds in Covered Accounts; Reports by Collateral Agent
		109 	
	SECTION 8.07.  Accountings
		110 	
	SECTION 8.08.  Release of Collateral
		111 	
	SECTION 8.09.  Reports by Independent Accountants
		112 	

ARTICLE IX 
APPLICATION OF MONIES
									
	SECTION 9.01.  Disbursements of Monies from Payment Account
		113 	

ARTICLE X 
SALE OF COLLATERAL LOANS;
            PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL LOANS
									
	SECTION 10.01.  Sales of Collateral Loans
		117 	
	SECTION 10.02.  Purchase of Additional Collateral Loans
		122 	
	SECTION 10.03.  Conditions Applicable to All Sale and Purchase Transactions
		122 	
	SECTION 10.04.  Additional Equity Contributions
		123 	

ARTICLE XI 
ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
									
	SECTION 11.01.  Appointment and Designation of the Servicer
		124 	
	SECTION 11.02.  Duties of the Servicer
		125 	
	SECTION 11.03.  Authorization of the Servicer
		128 	
	SECTION 11.04.  Collection Efforts, Modification of Collateral
		128 	
	SECTION 11.05.  Servicer Compensation and Expenses
		129 	
	SECTION 11.06.  The Servicer Not to Resign
		129 	

ARTICLE XII
THE AGENTS
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	SECTION 12.01.  Authorization and Action
		129 	
	SECTION 12.02.  Delegation of Duties
		130 	
	SECTION 12.03.  Agents’ Reliance, Etc
		131 	
	SECTION 12.04.  Indemnification
		133 	
	SECTION 12.05.  Successor Agents
		133 	
	SECTION 12.06.  The Collateral Agent
		134 	

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ARTICLE XIII
THE AGENTS
									
	SECTION 13.01.  No Waiver; Modifications in Writing
		136 	
	SECTION 13.02.  Notices, Etc
		137 	
	SECTION 13.03.  Taxes
		138 	
	SECTION 13.04.  Costs and Expenses; Indemnification
		142 	
	SECTION 13.05.  Execution in Counterparts
		144 	
	SECTION 13.06.  Assignability
		144 	
	SECTION 13.07.  Governing Law
		146 	
	SECTION 13.08.  Severability of Provisions
		147 	
	SECTION 13.09.  Confidentiality
		147 	
	SECTION 13.10.  Merger
		148 	
	SECTION 13.11.  Survival
		148 	
	SECTION 13.12.  Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers; Etc
		148 	
	SECTION 13.13.  Waiver of Jury Trial
		149 	
	SECTION 13.14.  Right of Setoff; Payments Pro Rata
		149 	
	SECTION 13.15.  PATRIOT Act Notice
		150 	
	SECTION 13.16.  Legal Holidays
		150 	
	SECTION 13.17.  Non-Petition
		150 	
	SECTION 13.18.  Waiver of Setoff
		151 	
	SECTION 13.19.  Collateral Agent Execution and Delivery
		151 	
	SECTION 13.20.  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions
		151 	
	SECTION 13.21.  WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
		152 	
	SECTION 13.22.  Securitisation Regulation Requirements
		152 	
	SECTION 13.23.  Adequacy of Monetary Damages Against the Lenders
		154 	

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                    SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1     Initial Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts and Percentages
SCHEDULE 2         [Reserved]
SCHEDULE 3         Initial Collateral Loans
SCHEDULE 4         Moody’s Industry Classifications
SCHEDULE 5        Notice Information
SCHEDULE 6         Authorized Signatories
SCHEDULE 7    Diversity Score
SCHEDULE 8     [Reserved]
SCHEDULE 9     Initial Asset List

                    EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A          Form of Note
EXHIBIT B          Form of Notice of Borrowing (with attached form of Borrowing Base Calculation Statement)
EXHIBIT C        Form of Notice of Prepayment
EXHIBIT D        Form of Assignment and Acceptance
EXHIBIT E        [Reserved]
EXHIBIT F        Agreed-Upon Procedures
EXHIBIT G        [Reserved]
EXHIBIT H        Form of Data Report
EXHIBIT I        Form of Approval Request
EXHIBIT J        Form of Notice and Request for Consent

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REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of June 11, 2020, among ARCC FB FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as borrower (the “Borrower”), the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, BNP PARIBAS (“BNP”), as administrative agent for the Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined) (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as equityholder (in such capacity, the “Equityholder”), ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“U.S. Bank”), as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined) (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower desires that the Lenders make advances on a revolving basis to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each Lender is willing to make such advances to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; COMPUTATIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
“Account Control Agreement” means that certain Account Control Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Servicer, the Collateral Agent and U.S. Bank, as Securities Intermediary, which agreement relates to the Covered Accounts.
“Adjusted Principal Balance” means, for any Eligible Collateral Loan, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Loan Value of such Eligible Collateral Loan as of such date multiplied by the Principal Balance of such Eligible Collateral Loan as of such date; provided that, the parties hereby agree that the Adjusted Principal Balance of any Ineligible Collateral Loan as of such date of determination shall be zero.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction to this Agreement.
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“Administrative Agent Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Administrative Agent, the Structuring Agent, the Borrower and the Servicer, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Administrative Expense Cap” means, for any Payment Date, an amount not to exceed $225,000 for any twelve (12) month period.
“Administrative Expenses” means the fees and expenses (including indemnities) and other amounts of the Borrower due or accrued with respect to any Payment Date and payable in the following order:
(a)    first, on a pro rata basis, to the Collateral Agent, the Custodian and the Securities Intermediary, any amounts and indemnities payable to such entities pursuant to the Facility Documents; and
(b)    second, on a pro rata basis, to:
(i)    the Independent Accountants, agents (other than the Servicer) and outside counsel of the Borrower for fees and expenses related to the Collateral and the Facility Documents and to the Independent Director of the Borrower for its fees and expenses incurred in acting in such capacity; and
(ii)    to any rating agency for fees and expenses in connection with the rating of (or provision of credit estimates in respect of) any Collateral Loan.
“Advance” means each loan advanced by each Lender to the Borrower on a Borrowing Date pursuant to Article II.
“Advance Rate” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, the percentage set forth in the below table corresponding to the Loan Type and Loan Class of such Collateral Loan, subject to the exceptions and adjustments set forth immediately following such table: 
									
	Loan Type	Loan Class	Advance Rate
	First Lien Loans that are not Recurring Revenue Loans........	Class 1 Loans...........	65%
		Class 2 Loans...........	62.5%
		Class 3 Loans...........	60%
	First Lien Last Out Loans.....................	Class 1 Loans...........	55%
		Class 2 Loans...........	55%
		Class 3 Loans...........	50%
	Second Lien Loans...............................	Class 1 Loans...........	35%
		Class 2 Loans...........	35%
		Class 3 Loans...........	30%

Notwithstanding the percentages set forth in the preceding table:
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(a)    if such Collateral Loan is a First Lien Loan that is a Recurring Revenue Loan, the Administrative Agent will assign an Advance Rate in its sole discretion;
(b)    any First Lien Last Out Loans with a First Out Leverage greater than 2.00:1.00 will be assigned the percentages set forth in the preceding table corresponding to Second Lien Loans of the Loan Class applicable to such Collateral Loan;
(c)    the Advance Rate of any First Lien Loans that are not Recurring Revenue Loans with a Senior Net Leverage Ratio exceeding the First Lien Senior Leverage Cut-Off will be a blended rate, calculated as follows:
(i)    the portion of such First Lien Loan up to the First Lien Senior Leverage Cut-Off will be assigned the percentage set forth in the preceding table corresponding to First Lien Loans of the Loan Class applicable to such Collateral Loan;
(ii)    the portion of such First Lien Loan above the First Lien Senior Leverage Cut-Off up to the First Lien Senior Leverage Cap will be assigned the percentage set forth in the preceding table corresponding to Second Lien Loans of the Loan Class applicable to such Collateral Loan; and
(iii)    the portion of such First Lien Loan above the First Lien Senior Leverage Cap will be assigned an Advance Rate of zero;
(d)    portions of First Lien Loans assigned a percentage set forth in the preceding table corresponding to Second Lien Loans will be treated as First Lien Loans and not be treated as Second Lien Loans for all other purposes hereunder, including for purposes of calculating Concentration Limitations; and
(e)    for the purposes of determining Advance Rates, the Senior Net Leverage Ratio of a Collateral Loan will be based on the senior leverage of the Obligor on the date the Administrative Agent has approved an Approval Request for such Collateral Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 or, after the occurrence of a Revaluation Event, the most recent financial reporting of the Obligor at that time.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affected Person” means (a) the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates and (b) any assignee or participant of any Lender (unless the benefit of any particular provision hereof to any such Affected Person is otherwise expressly excluded herein).
“Affiliate” means, in respect of a referenced Person at any time, another Person Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such referenced Person but which shall not, with respect to the Borrower, include the Obligors under any Collateral Loan; provided that (a) an Obligor will not be considered an “Affiliate” of any other Obligor solely due to the fact that each such Obligor is under the control of the same financial sponsor and (b) Obligors in 
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respect of Collateral Loans shall be deemed not to be “Affiliates” if they have distinct corporate family ratings and/or distinct issuer credit ratings; provided that, for the purposes of Section 5.03(h), Section 10.01(a) and Section 10.03 of this Agreement, the term “Affiliate” shall not include any Excluded Affiliate.  
“Agent” or “Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, collectively or individually, as the context requires.
“Aggregate Adjusted Collateral Balance” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the Adjusted Principal Balances of all Collateral Loans in the Collateral (including each potential Collateral Loan that the Borrower has entered into a binding commitment to purchase that has not yet settled) on such date, after giving effect to all Collateral Loans added to and removed from the Collateral on such date.
“Aggregate Class 1 Net Collateral Balance” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the portion of the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance allocable to Class 1 Loans as of such date of determination.
“Aggregate Class 2 Net Collateral Balance” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the portion of the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance allocable to Class 2 Loans as of such date of determination.
“Aggregate Class 3 Net Collateral Balance” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the portion of the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance allocable to Class 3 Loans as of such date of determination.
“Aggregate Net Collateral Balance” means, as of any date of determination, the Aggregate Adjusted Collateral Balance minus the Excess Concentration Amount, in each case, as of such date of determination.
“Aggregate Principal Balance” means, when used with respect to all or a portion of the Collateral Loans, the sum of the Principal Balances of all or of such portion of such Collateral Loans.
“Agreement” means this Revolving Credit and Security Agreement.
“Applicable Law” means, for any Person, any Law of any Governmental Authority, including all federal and state banking or securities laws, to which the Person in question is subject or by which it or any of its assets or properties are bound.
“Applicable Margin” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Lender Fee Letter.
“Appraisal” means an appraisal or valuation of a Collateral Loan that is conducted by an Approved Valuation Firm, which may be in the form of an update or reaffirmation by an Approved Valuation Firm of an appraisal or valuation previously performed by such Approved Valuation Firm or another Approved Valuation Firm.
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“Approval Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a)(i) hereof.
“Approved List” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a)(ii) hereof.
“Approved Valuation Firm” means Lincoln International LLC (f/k/a Lincoln Partners LLC), Valuation Research Corporation, Alvarez & Marsal, Duff & Phelps, Houlihan Lokey, Murray, Devine & Co., FTI Consulting and any appraisal or valuation firm providing such service to the Servicer; provided that any independent appraisal or valuation firm or independent financial advisor recognized as being experienced in conducting valuations of secured loans may be added as an “Approved Valuation Firm” with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
“Ares Competitor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Lender Fee Letter.
“Asset Information” means, with respect to any Obligor, in each case to the extent available to the Borrower and subject to any redactions required by the Servicer’s internal policies and procedures (it being understood that to the extent any of the information described in any of the following is contained in the Servicer’s internal credit memo described in clause (d) below, such information need not be separately represented by any document or file and shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed delivered upon delivery of such internal credit memo): (a) the legal name of such Obligor, (b) the jurisdiction in which such Obligor is domiciled, (c) the audited financial statements for the two prior fiscal years of such Obligor (or such shorter period of time for which such audited financial statements have been prepared and are available), (d) the Servicer’s internal credit memo with respect to such Obligor and the related Collateral Loan, (e) the informational memorandum, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, issued by the bookrunner or the administrative agent for such Obligor and relating to such Collateral Loan, (f) a company forecast of such Obligor including plans related to capital expenditures, (g) the business model, company strategy and names of known peers of such Obligor, (h) the shareholding pattern and details of the management team of such Obligor, (i) details of any banking facilities and the debt maturity schedule of such Obligor and (j) a copy of the related credit agreement (which may be a draft) specifying the terms and governing the repayment of such Collateral Loan.
“Asset List” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an Assignment and Acceptance in substantially the form of Exhibit D, entered into by a Lender, an assignee, the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the Borrower.
“AUP Report Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
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“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union (as amended or re-enacted) establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).  For the purposes of this definition, a reference to “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, Title 11, United States Code §§101 et seq., or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Base Rate” means, on any date, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate or (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%.  The Base Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer of any Agent or any Lender.  Interest calculated pursuant to clause (a) above will be determined based on a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and actual days elapsed.  Interest calculated pursuant to clause (b) above will be determined based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed.  If the calculation of the Base Rate results in a Base Rate of less than zero (0), the Base Rate shall be deemed to be zero (0) for all purposes hereunder.
“Benchmark” means, initially, LIBOR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to LIBOR 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 2.18(b) or (c).
“BNP” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Borrowing Base” means, at any time and date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts in the Principal Collection Subaccount, (ii) an amount equal to the product of (x) the Weighted Average Advance Rate as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral from the calculation of the Weighted Average Advance Rate), (y) the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral from the calculation of the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance) and (z) the 
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Portfolio Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date and (iii) the aggregate sale price (expressed in Dollars) of the Sale Settlement Pending Collateral as of such date.
“Borrowing Base Calculation Statement” means a statement in substantially the form attached to the form of Notice of Borrowing attached hereto as Exhibit B, as such form of Borrowing Base Calculation Statement may be modified as mutually agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time.
“Borrowing Date” means the date of an Advance.
“Business Day” means any day of the year except:  (a) a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, Boston, Massachusetts, St. Paul, Minnesota, Florence, South Carolina or the city in which the offices of the Collateral Agent, the Custodian or the Securities Intermediary are located are authorized or required by law to close; and (b) if such day relates to any interest rate setting as to an Advance determined by reference to LIBOR, any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollars in the London interbank market.
“CAD Collection Account” means the single, segregated account with respect to Collections in Canadian Dollars at the Securities Intermediary in the name of the Borrower subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Canadian Dollars” means the lawful currency of Canada.
“Cash” means Dollars immediately available on the day in question.
“Certificated Security” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.
“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.10(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) 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, (y) the Securitisation Regulation and all rules promulgated thereunder and (z) 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” hereunder regardless of the date of effectiveness.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which (A)(i) the Equityholder or its Affiliates, collectively, ceases to possess, directly or indirectly, the right to 
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elect or appoint (through contract, ownership of voting securities, or otherwise) directors that at all times have a majority of the votes of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower or to direct the management policies and decisions of the Borrower or (ii) the Equityholder or its Affiliates ceases, directly or indirectly, to own and control legally and beneficially all of the equity interests of the Borrower or (B) Ares Capital Management LLC or its Affiliates shall cease to be the investment advisor of the Equityholder.
“Class” means the Class 1 Advances, the Class 2 Advances or the Class 3 Advances, as the context requires.
“Class 1” means, at any time, all Class 1 Loans at such time.
“Class 1 Advance” means each Advance allocated to Class 1 pursuant to, and in accordance with, this Agreement.
“Class 1 Borrowing Base” means, at any time and date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts in the Principal Collection Subaccount, (ii) an amount equal to the product of (x) the Weighted Average Class 1 Advance Rate as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 1 Loans from the calculation of the Weighted Average Class 1 Advance Rate), (y) the Aggregate Class 1 Net Collateral Balance as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 1 Loans from the calculation of the Aggregate Class 1 Net Collateral Balance) and (z) the Portfolio Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date and (iii) the aggregate sale price (expressed in Dollars) of any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 1 Loans as of such date.
“Class 1 Loan” means any Collateral Loan (a) that, as of the Trade Date of such Collateral Loan, has a tranche size of at least the Dollar Equivalent of $400,000,000 and (b) the relevant Obligor of which has EBITDA of at least the Dollar Equivalent of $100,000,000 as calculated in accordance with the Related Documents as of the Trade Date of such Collateral Loan.
“Class 1 Minimum OC Coverage Test” means, as of any date, a test that is satisfied if the Class 1 OC Ratio as of such date is equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00.
“Class 1 OC Ratio” means, as of any Business Day, the ratio of (a) the Class 1 Borrowing Base to (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class 1 Advances and (y) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate purchase price of all Class 1 Loans for which the Borrower has entered into a binding commitment to purchase that have not yet settled.
“Class 2” means, at any time, all Class 2 Loans at such time.
“Class 2 Advance” means each Advance allocated to Class 2 pursuant to, and in accordance with, this Agreement.
“Class 2 Borrowing Base” means, at any time and date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts in the Principal Collection Subaccount, (ii) an 
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amount equal to the product of (x) the Weighted Average Class 2 Advance Rate as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 2 Loans from the calculation of the Weighted Average Class 2 Advance Rate), (y) the Aggregate Class 2 Net Collateral Balance as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 2 Loans from the calculation of the Aggregate Class 2 Net Collateral Balance) and (z) the Portfolio Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date and (iii) the aggregate sale price (expressed in Dollars) of any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 2 Loans as of such date.
“Class 2 Loan” means a Collateral Loan (a) that is not a Class 1 Loan and (b) the relevant Obligor of which has EBITDA of at least the Dollar Equivalent of $35,000,000 as calculated in accordance with the Related Documents as of the Trade Date of such Collateral Loan.
“Class 2 Minimum OC Coverage Test” means, as of any date,  a test that is satisfied if the Class 2 OC Ratio as of such date is equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00.
“Class 2 OC Ratio” means, as of any Business Day, the ratio of (a) the Class 2 Borrowing Base to (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class 2 Advances and (y) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate purchase price of all Class 2 Loans for which the Borrower has entered into a binding commitment to purchase that have not yet settled.
“Class 3” means, at any time, all Class 3 Loans at such time.
“Class 3 Advance” means each Advance allocated to Class 3 pursuant to, and in accordance with, this Agreement.
“Class 3 Borrowing Base” means, at any time and date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the amounts in the Principal Collection Subaccount, (ii) an amount equal to the product of (x) the Weighted Average Class 3 Advance Rate as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 3 Loans from the calculation of the Weighted Average Class 3 Advance Rate), (y) the Aggregate Class 3 Net Collateral Balance as of such date (excluding any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 3 Loans from the calculation of the Aggregate Class 3 Net Collateral Balance) and (z) the Portfolio Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date and (iii) the aggregate sale price (expressed in Dollars) of any Sale Settlement Pending Collateral for the Class 3 Loans as of such date.
“Class 3 Loan” means a Collateral Loan (a) that is not a Class 1 Loan or a Class 2 Loan and (b) the relevant Obligor of which has an EBITDA of less than the Dollar Equivalent of $35,000,000 as calculated in accordance with the Related Documents as of the Trade Date of such Collateral Loan.
“Class 3 Minimum OC Coverage Test” means, as of any date, a test that is satisfied if the Class 3 OC Ratio as of such date is equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00.
“Class 3 OC Ratio” means, as of any Business Day, the ratio of (a) the Class 3 Borrowing Base to (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class 3 
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Advances and (y) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate purchase price of all Class 3 Loans for which the Borrower has entered into a binding commitment to purchase that have not yet settled.
“Class Minimum OC Coverage Test” means the Class 1 Minimum OC Coverage Test, the Class 2 Minimum OC Coverage Test or the Class 3 Minimum OC Coverage Test, as applicable.
“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
“Clearing Corporation” means each entity included within the meaning of “clearing corporation” under Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC.
“Clearing Corporation Security” means securities which are in the custody of or maintained on the books of a Clearing Corporation or a nominee subject to the control of a Clearing Corporation and, if they are Certificated Securities in registered form, properly endorsed to or registered in the name of the Clearing Corporation or such nominee.
“Closing Date” means June 11, 2020.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01(a).
“Collateral Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02(a)(i).
“Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Collateral Agent Fee Letter” means the fee letter between the Collateral Agent and the Borrower setting forth the fees and other amounts payable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Custodian and the Securities Intermediary under the Facility Documents, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Collateral Interest Amount” means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of Interest Proceeds that has been received or that is expected to be received (other than Interest Proceeds expected to be received from Defaulted Collateral Loans and Ineligible Collateral Loans) and (b) the aggregate amount of Interest Proceeds that the Servicer has determined, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, are likely to be received from Defaulted Collateral Loans and Ineligible Collateral Loans, in each case, during the Collection Period (and, if such Collection Period does not end on a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) in which such date of determination occurs.
“Collateral Loan” means a loan, debt obligation, debt security or participation therein acquired by the Borrower.  
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“Collateral Loan Buy Confirmation” means with respect to any Collateral Loan, documentation evidencing, in reasonable detail, the Borrower’s acquisition of such Collateral Loan, and which shall identify at least the obligor, price and the Principal Balance of such Collateral Loan.  
“Collateral Quality Test” means a test that is satisfied as of any Business Day on or after the date that is three (3) months after the Closing Date if, in the aggregate, the Collateral Loans owned (or, in relation to a proposed purchase of a Collateral Loan, both owned and proposed to be owned) by the Borrower satisfy the Maximum Weighted Average Life Test (or in relation to a proposed purchase after the date that is three (3) months after the Closing Date, if not in compliance, the test is maintained or improved after giving effect to any purchase or sale effected on any such Business Day), calculated in accordance with Section 1.04.
“Collection Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02(a)(ii), including the Principal Collection Subaccount, the Interest Collection Subaccount, the CAD Collection Account, the EUR Collection Account and the GBP Collection Account.
“Collection Date” means the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances have been repaid in full and all Interest and fees and all other Obligations (other than contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations which are unknown, unmatured and/or for which no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted) have been paid in full, and the Borrower shall have no further right to request any additional Advances.
“Collection Period” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the monthly period from and including the date on which the first Advance is made hereunder to but excluding the first Collection Period Start Date following the date of such Advance and each successive monthly period from and including a Collection Period Start Date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Collection Period Start Date or, in the case of the Collection Period immediately preceding the Final Maturity Date or the Collection Period immediately preceding an optional prepayment in whole of the Advances, ending on the day preceding the Final Maturity Date or the date of such prepayment, respectively.
“Collection Period Start Date” means the first calendar day of each month of each year (or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), commencing in July 2020.
“Collections” means all cash collections, distributions, payments or other amounts received, or to be received, by the Borrower from any Person in respect of any Collateral Loan constituting Collateral, including all principal, interest, fees, distributions and redemption and withdrawal proceeds payable to the Borrower under or in connection with any such Collateral Loans and all Proceeds from any sale or disposition of any such Collateral Loans.
“Concentration Calculation Amount” means (a) from the Closing Date to the date that is the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, the greater of (i) the Maximum Portfolio Amount and (ii) the Aggregate Adjusted Collateral Balance (after giving effect to any proposed 
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purchase of Collateral Loans) and (b) after the date that is the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Aggregate Adjusted Collateral Balance.
“Concentration Limitations” means, as of any date of determination, the following limitations (calculated without duplication) as applied to the Eligible Collateral Loans owned (or, in relation to a proposed purchase of an Eligible Collateral Loan, proposed to be owned, with respect to which, if such purchase results in noncompliance with the limitations, the relevant requirements must be maintained or improved after giving effect to the purchase) by the Borrower, unless a waiver is provided in writing by the Administrative Agent specifying the agreed treatment of such Collateral Loan or Concentration Limitation:
(a)    not more than 15.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of First Lien Last Out Loans or Second Lien Loans; 
(b)    not more than 10.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Second Lien Loans;
(c)    (i) not more than 20.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Class 1 Loans and Class 2 Loans that are Cov-Lite Loans and (ii) not more than 10.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Class 2 Loans that are Cov-Lite Loans;
(d)    not less than 80.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Collateral Loans denominated in Dollars;
(e)    not less than 80.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Collateral Loans the Obligors of which have their headquarters in, a principal place of business in or are organized, formed or incorporated in the United States;
(f)    not more than 10.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Revolving Collateral Loans or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans; 
(g)    not more than 5.00% of the Maximum Portfolio Amount may consist of Collateral Loans that are issued by any Obligor and its Affiliates, except that Collateral Loans that are issued by the two largest Obligors and their respective Affiliates may consist of up to 10.00% and 7.50% of the Maximum Portfolio Amount, respectively;
(h)    not more than 7.50% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Collateral Loans that are issued by Obligors and their Affiliates that belong to any single Moody’s Industry Classification, except that (i) up to 20.0025.00% may consist of Collateral Loans with Obligors and their Affiliates in the largest Moody’s Industry Classification and, (ii) up to 15.0020.00% may consist of Collateral Loans with Obligors and their Affiliates in the second largest Moody’s Industry Classification and (iii) up to 15.00% may consist of Collateral Loans with Obligors and their Affiliates in the third largest Moody’s Industry Classification;
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(i)    not more than 5.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Fixed Rate Loans; 
(j)    not more than 10.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Partial PIK Loans; and
(k)    not more than 10.00% of the Concentration Calculation Amount may consist of Recurring Revenue Loans.
“Constituent Documents” means, in respect of any Person, the certificate or articles of formation or organization, the limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other applicable agreement of formation or organization (or equivalent or comparable constituent documents) and other organizational documents and by-laws and any certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership and other agreement, similar instrument filed or made in connection with its formation or organization, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Contribution Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(a).
“Control” means the direct or indirect possession of the power to vote 50% or more of the voting securities of such Person or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership, by contract, arrangement or understanding, or otherwise.  “Controlled” and “Controlling” have the meaning correlative thereto.
“Cov-Lite Loan” means a loan that does not (I) contain any financial covenants or (II) require the related Obligor of such loan to comply with any maintenance covenant; provided that a loan described in clause (I) or (II) above that either (i) contains a cross-default provision to, or (ii) is pari passu with, another loan of the Obligor that requires the Obligor to comply with a maintenance covenant will be deemed not to be a Cov-Lite Loan.  For the avoidance of doubt, a loan that is capable of being described in clause (I) or (II) above only (x) until the expiration of a period of twelve months or less after the initial issuance thereof or (y) for so long as there is no funded balance in respect thereof, in each case as set forth in the applicable Related Documents, will be deemed not to be a Cov-Lite Loan.
“Covered Account” means each of the Collection Accounts (including the Interest Collection Subaccount, the Principal Collection Subaccount, the CAD Collection Account, the EUR Collection Account and the GBP Collection Account), the Payment Account, the Collateral Account, the Revolving Reserve Account and any other account established by the Borrower at the Securities Intermediary with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent and subject to an agreement establishing “control” (as used in the UCC) over such account in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Facility Documents.
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“Custodian” means U.S. Bank in its capacity as custodian under the Custodian Agreement, and any successor thereto under the Custodian Agreement.
“Custodian Agreement” means that certain Custodian Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Custodian, the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“Data File” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.07(b).
“Default” means any event which, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would (if not cured or otherwise remedied during such time) constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Collateral Loan” means any Collateral Loan as to which at any time:
(a)    a default as to all or any portion of one or more payments of principal and/or interest (including a failure of a selling institution to pay amounts due and payable to the Borrower with respect to the related participation) has occurred after the earlier of (i) any grace period applicable thereto and (ii) five (5) Business Days, in each case, past the applicable due date;
(b)    a default (other than a default described in clause (a) of this definition) has occurred under the applicable Related Documents and for which the Borrower (or the agent or required lenders pursuant to the applicable Related Documents, as applicable) has elected to exercise any of its rights or remedies under the applicable Related Documents (including acceleration, foreclosing on collateral or the imposition of default pricing (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any default pricing that occurs automatically without election pursuant to the terms of the applicable Related Documents, subject to agreement by the Administrative Agent));
(c)    any portion of principal and/or interest payable thereunder has been waived or forgiven by the holders of such obligation; or
(d)    a Revaluation Event under clauses (c) or (f) of the definition thereof has occurred.
“Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that (a) has failed for three (3) or more Business Days after a Borrowing Date to fund its portion of an Advance required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (other than failures to fund as a result of a bona fide dispute as to whether the conditions to borrowing were satisfied on the relevant Borrowing Date), (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund an Advance hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the 
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Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgment or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.
“Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loan” means a Collateral Loan that (a) requires the Borrower to make one or more future advances to the Obligor under the applicable Related Documents, (b) specifies a maximum amount that can be borrowed at one or more specified times, and (c) does not permit the re-borrowing of any amount previously repaid by the Obligor thereunder; provided that any such Collateral Loan will be a Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loan only to the extent of undrawn commitments and solely until all commitments by the Borrower to make advances on such Collateral Loan to the Obligor under the Related Documents expire or are terminated or are reduced to zero.
“Deliver” or “Delivered” or “Delivery” means the taking of the following steps:
(a)    subject to clause (h) below, in the case of each Certificated Security (other than a Clearing Corporation Security):
(i)    causing the delivery of such Certificated Security to the Securities Intermediary by registering the same in the name of the Securities Intermediary or its affiliated nominee or by endorsing the same to the Securities Intermediary in blank;
(ii)    causing the Securities Intermediary to indicate continuously on its books and records that such Certificated Security is held for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and
(iii)    causing the Securities Intermediary to maintain continuous possession of such Certificated Security;
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(b)    subject to clause (h) below, in the case of each Uncertificated Security (other than a Clearing Corporation Security):
(i)    causing such Uncertificated Security to be continuously registered on the books of the issuer thereof to the Securities Intermediary (or its nominee); and
(ii)    causing the Securities Intermediary (or its nominee) to continuously indicate on its books and records that such Uncertificated Security is credited to the applicable Covered Account;
(c)    in the case of each Clearing Corporation Security:
(i)    causing the relevant Clearing Corporation to credit such Clearing Corporation Security to the securities account of the Securities Intermediary; and
(ii)    causing the Securities Intermediary to continuously indicate on its books and records that such Clearing Corporation Security is credited to the applicable Covered Account;
(d)    in the case of each security issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof and that is maintained in book-entry records of a Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) (each such security a “Government Security”):
(i)    causing the creation of a Security Entitlement to such Government Security by the credit of such Government Security to the securities account of the Securities Intermediary at such FRB; and
(ii)    causing the Securities Intermediary to continuously indicate on its books and records that such Government Security is credited to the applicable Covered Account;
(e)    in the case of each Security Entitlement not governed by clauses (a) through (d) above:
(i)    causing (x) the underlying Financial Asset to be credited to and continuously maintained in the appropriate Covered Account, (y) the Securities Intermediary to receive a Financial Asset from a securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) or to acquire the underlying Financial Asset from a securities intermediary, and in either case, accepting it for credit to and continuously maintaining it in the appropriate Covered Account or (z) a securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) to become obligated under other law, regulation or rule to credit the underlying Financial Asset to the Securities Intermediary’s securities account and causing the Securities Intermediary to make entries on its books and records that such Security Entitlement is credited to one of the Covered Accounts, which shall at all times be securities accounts; and
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(ii)    causing the Securities Intermediary to continuously indicate on its books and records that such Security Entitlement (or all rights and property of the Securities Intermediary representing such Security Entitlement) is credited to the applicable Covered Account;
(f)    in the case of each Instrument, Cash or Money:
(i)    causing the delivery of such Instrument, Cash or Money to the Securities Intermediary;
(ii)    causing the Securities Intermediary to credit such Cash or Money to a “securities account” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC), which may be a subaccount of the applicable Covered Account, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC, and to hold such Instrument for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to agreement by the Securities Intermediary to treat such Instrument, Cash or Money as a Financial Asset; and
(iii)    causing the Securities Intermediary to continuously indicate on its books and records that such Cash or Money so held is credited to the applicable Covered Account and such Instrument is held for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
(g)    with respect to such of the Collateral as constitutes an account or a general intangible or is not otherwise described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (f), causing to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a properly completed UCC financing statement that names the Borrower as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party and that describes such Collateral (which financing statement may have been previously filed) or any equivalent filing in any applicable jurisdiction; 
(h)    in the case of any certificated security or uncertificated security either physically located outside of the United States or issued by a Person organized outside of the United States, that such additional actions shall have been taken as shall be necessary under applicable law or as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent under applicable law to accord the Collateral Agent rights substantially equivalent to those accorded to a secured party under the UCC that has possession or Control (as defined in the UCC) of such certificated security or uncertificated security; or
(i)    in the case of each of clauses (a) through (h) above, such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to perfect the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder in such items of the Collateral, consistent with Applicable Law.
In addition, the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower will obtain any and all consents required by the Related Documents relating to any Instruments, accounts or general intangibles for the transfer of ownership and/or pledge hereunder (except to the extent that the requirement for such consent is rendered ineffective under Section 9-406 of the UCC).
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“Determination Date” means the last day of each Collection Period.
“Diversity Score” means, as of any day, a single number that indicates collateral concentration in terms of both issuer and industry concentration, calculated as set forth in Schedule 7 hereto, as such Diversity Scores shall be updated at the option of the Administrative Agent with the approval of the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) if Moody’s publishes revised criteria.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, as of any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a currency other than Dollars, the Dollar equivalent of such amount determined by (1) the Servicer so long as no Event of Default exists either prior to or after giving effect to such conversion or (2) if an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent, by reference to (x) for an actual currency exchange, the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate obtained by the Servicer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, through customary banking channels, including, without limitation, any spot rate published by the Custodian or (y) for all other purposes, the applicable currency-Dollar spot rate that appeared on the Bloomberg screen for such currency at the end of the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Dollars” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States of America.
“Due Date” means each date on which any payment is due on a Collateral Loan in accordance with its terms.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Relevant Test Period and the Obligor of any Collateral Loan, the meaning of the term “Adjusted EBITDA,” the term “EBITDA” or any comparable definition in the Related Documents for such period and Collateral Loan (or, in the case of a Collateral Loan for which the Related Documents have not been executed, as set forth in the relevant marketing materials or financial model in respect of such Collateral Loan) as determined in the good faith discretion of the Servicer, and, in any case that the term “Adjusted EBITDA,” the term “EBITDA” or such comparable definition is not defined in such Related Documents, an amount, for the principal Obligor thereunder and any of its parents or subsidiaries that are obligated as guarantor pursuant to the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP (and also on a pro forma basis as determined in good faith by the Servicer in case of any acquisitions)) equal to earnings from continuing operations for such period plus interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization for such period, other non-cash charges and organization costs, extraordinary, one-time and/or non-recurring losses or charges, any other customary add-backs for similarly situated obligors the Servicer deems to be appropriate and any other item the Servicer and the Administrative Agent mutually deem to be appropriate.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established 
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in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Collateral Loan” means, as of any date of determination, a Collateral Loan that meets each of the following criteria:
(a)    it is (i) a First Lien Loan, (ii) a Second Lien Loan or (iii) a First Lien Last Out Loan;
(b)    if such Collateral Loan is a Class 3 Loan, it is not a Cov-Lite Loan;
(c)    except in the case of a Recurring Revenue Loan, as of the date the Borrower acquired such Collateral Loan, the Obligor of such Collateral Loan has a minimum EBITDA of the Dollar Equivalent of $10,000,000 as determined in the good faith discretion of the Servicer, evidence of which is agreed to by the Administrative Agent;
(d)    it was acquired by the Borrower for a price of not less than 85% of its Principal Balance;
(e)    it is not a Defaulted Collateral Loan at the time of acquisition by the Borrower;
(f)    it is denominated in a Permitted Currency and does not permit the currency or country in which such Collateral Loan is payable to be changed except to another Permitted Currency;
(g)    the relevant Obligor’s principal place of business and/or incorporation, formation or organization and/or headquarters are in an Eligible Country;
(h)    the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan are governed by the laws of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or a member state of the European Union;
(i)    it is not a credit linked note or a single purpose real estate loan;
(j)    it does not constitute Margin Stock and is not by its terms convertible into or exchangeable for an equity security at the option of either the Borrower thereof or the holder, and it does not have attached warrants to purchase equity securities;
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(k)    it has an original term to maturity of not more than eight (8.0) years; 
(l)    it has been approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
(m)    the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan permit the pledge to the Collateral Agent by the Borrower;
(n)    the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan provide for payments that do not, at the time the obligation is acquired, subject to the Borrower to withholding tax or other similar taxes, unless the related Obligor is required to make “gross-up” payments that ensure that the net amount actually received by the Borrower (after payment of all taxes, whether imposed on such Obligor or the Borrower) will equal the full amount that the Borrower would have received had no such taxes been imposed;
(o)    it is capable of being sold, assigned or participated to the Borrower, together with any associated security, without any breach of applicable selling restrictions, any contractual provisions or any legal or regulatory requirements and the Borrower does not require any authorizations, consents, approvals or filings (other than such as have been obtained or effected) as a result of or in connection with any such sale, assignment or participation under any Applicable Law;
(p)    it is not subject to a tender offer from the related Obligor other than (A) a Permitted Offer or (B) an exchange offer in which a security is exchanged for a security that would otherwise qualify for purchase herein;
(q)    it is not a Structured Finance Obligation, a Zero Coupon Obligation or a Synthetic Security;
(r)    it is not a PIK Loan, unsecured senior loan or Mezzanine Obligation;
(s)    it is not a project, shipping/aircraft or infrastructure/construction financing;
(t)    the relevant the Obligor of such Collateral Loan is not a Governmental Authority;
(u)    the Obligor of such Collateral Loan is not a commodity trader and producer, oil field services company or other entity highly exposed to commodity price/volume risk;
(v)    the Obligor of such Collateral Loan is not operating, domiciled or conducting business in a country subject to Sanctions;
(w)    it is not a lease; 
(x)    it will not cause the Borrower or the pool of assets to be required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; and
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(y)    if such Collateral Loan is a Recurring Revenue Loan, such Collateral Loan meets the requirements set forth in the definition of Ongoing Recurring Revenue Loan Eligibility;
provided that the Administrative Agent may agree in writing to specifically waive any criteria set forth above (other than clauses (l), (m), (o), (v) and (x)) with respect to any single Collateral Loan, including any waiver of any requirement for a Recurring Revenue Loan contained in the definition thereof (it being understood that the Administrative Agent is not required to provide any such waiver under any circumstances) and upon such waiver, such waived criteria will not constitute criteria for such Collateral Loan to qualify as an “Eligible Collateral Loan”.
“Eligible Country” means (a) the United States, (b) Canada, (c) the United Kingdom or (d) OECD countries with a country ceiling for foreign currency bonds of at least “Aa2” by Moody’s and a foreign currency issuer credit rating of at least “AA” by S&P.
“Eligible Investments” means any Dollar investment that, at the time it is Delivered, is Cash or one or more of the following obligations or securities:
(a)    direct interest bearing obligations of, and interest bearing obligations guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;
(b)    demand or time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, bank deposit products, demand notes of, or bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (including any federal or state branch or agency of a foreign depository institution or trust company) and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities (including, if applicable, the Collateral Agent, the Custodian or the Administrative Agent or any agent thereof acting in its commercial capacity); provided that the short-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company at the time of such investment, or contractual commitment providing for such investment, are rated at least “A-1” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s;
(c)    commercial paper that (i) is payable in Dollars and (ii) is rated at least “A-1” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s; and
(d)    units of money market funds having a rating of the Highest Required Investment Category from each of S&P and Moody’s.
No Eligible Investment shall have an “f,” “r,” “p,” “pi,” “q,” “sf” or “t” subscript affixed to its S&P rating.  Any such investment may be made or acquired from or through the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent or any of their respective Affiliates, or any entity for whom the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Custodian or any of their respective Affiliates provides services and receives compensation (so long as such investment otherwise meets the applicable requirements of the foregoing definition of Eligible Investment at 
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the time of acquisition) or acts as offeror of; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), unless the Borrower and the Servicer have received the written advice of counsel of national reputation experienced in such matters to the contrary (together with an officer’s certificate of the Borrower or the Servicer to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that the advice specified in this definition has been received by the Borrower and the Servicer), Eligible Investments may only include obligations or securities that constitute cash equivalents for purposes of the rights and assets in paragraph (c)(8)(i)(B) of the exclusions from the definition of “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule.  The Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary and Custodian shall have no obligation to determine or oversee compliance with the foregoing.
“Equity Security” means any stock or similar security, certificate of interest or participation in any profit sharing agreement, reorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, voting trust certificate or certificate of deposit for an equity security, limited partnership interest, interest in a joint venture, or certificate of interest in a business trust; any security future on any such security; or any security convertible, with or without consideration into such a security, or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase such a security; or any such warrant or right.
“Equityholder” has the meaning given to such term in the recitals.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the thirty (30) day notice requirement is waived); (b) the failure with respect to any Plan to satisfy the “minimum funding standard” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA); (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (e) the incurrence by the Borrower or any member of its ERISA Group of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (f) (i) the receipt by the Borrower or any member of its ERISA Group from the PBGC of a notice of determination that the PBGC intends to seek termination of any Plan or to have a trustee appointed for any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (ii) the filing by the Borrower or any member of its ERISA Group of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan; (g) the incurrence by the Borrower or any member of its ERISA Group of any liability (i) with respect to a Plan pursuant to Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA, (ii) with respect to a facility closing pursuant to Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (iii) with respect to the complete withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by the Borrower or any member of its ERISA Group of any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in endangered status or critical status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA or is or is expected to be insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; or (i) the failure of the Borrower or any member of its 
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ERISA Group to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, in each case of subsections (a) through (i), that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“ERISA Group” means each controlled group of corporations or trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control that is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code (and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder), Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code, with the Borrower.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the document described as the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“EU Due Diligence Requirements” means the due diligence and verification requirements applicable to EU Institutional Investors under Article 5 of the Securitisation Regulation (together with any delegated regulations, applicable guidance, regulatory technical standards, or implementing technical standards made thereunder) in respect of securitization positions, as in effect and/or amended or supplemented from time to time.
“EU Institutional Investor” has the meaning given to “institutional investor” under the Securitisation Regulation.
“EU Risk Retention Requirement” means Article 6 of the Securitisation Regulation (together with any delegated regulations, applicable guidance, regulatory technical standards, or implementing technical standards made thereunder).
“EUR Collection Account” means the single, segregated account with respect to Collections in Euros at the Securities Intermediary in the name of the Borrower subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Euros” or “€” means the lawful currency of the EEA Member Countries that have adopted and retain the single currency in accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time.
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events, acts or circumstances set forth in Section 6.01.
“Excess Concentration Amount” means, as of any date of determination on which any one or more of the Concentration Limitations are exceeded, an amount (calculated by the Servicer and without duplication) equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the portion of the Adjusted Principal Balance of each Eligible Collateral Loan that causes such Concentration Limitation to be exceeded.
“Excess Interest Proceeds” means, at any time of determination, the excess of (1) amounts then on deposit in the Interest Collection Subaccount representing Interest Proceeds 
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over (2) the projected amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(i)(A), (B), (C) and (D), on the next Payment Date, any prepayment date or the Final Maturity Date, as applicable, in each case, as determined by the Borrower in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as from time to time in effect, or any successor law, rules or regulations, and any reference to any statutory or regulatory provision shall be deemed to be a reference to any successor statutory or regulatory provision.
“Excluded Affiliate” means any portfolio company of (x) the Servicer, (y) the Equityholder or (z) any Affiliate thereof, as applicable, that is not consolidated on the financial statements of the Servicer or the Equityholder, as applicable.
“Excluded Amounts” means (a) any amount received in the Collection Account with respect to any Collateral Loan included as part of the Collateral, which amount is attributable to the payment of any Taxes, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority on such Collateral Loan or on any underlying asset securing such Collateral Loan and (b) any amount received in the Collection Account (or other applicable account) representing (i) any amount representing a reimbursement of insurance premiums, (ii) any escrows relating to Taxes, insurance and other amounts in connection with Collateral Loans which are held in an escrow account for the benefit of the Obligor and the applicable secured party pursuant to escrow arrangements under a Related Document, (iii) any amount received in the Collection Account with respect to any Collateral Loan sold or transferred by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.01 to the extent such amount is attributable to a time after the effective date of such sale, (iv) any interest accruing on a Collateral Loan prior to the related purchase date that was not purchased by the Borrower and is for the account of the Person from whom the Borrower purchased such Collateral Loan, and (v) any amounts deposited into the Collection Account manifestly in error.
“Excluded Principal Distributions” means Permitted Distributions of Principal Proceeds designated as “Excluded Principal Distributions” by mutual agreement of the Servicer and Administrative Agent.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Secured Party or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Secured Party:  (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by a Secured Party’s net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes imposed on a Secured Party, and branch profits Taxes imposed on a Secured Party, in each case, (i) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such Secured Party is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of any Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender becomes a party hereto or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 13.03, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto 
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or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Secured Party’s failure to comply with Section 13.03(g), and (d) Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Expedited Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(d).
“Facility Amount” means (a) on or prior to the Facility Termination Date, an amount equal to the Maximum Facility Amount (as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07) and (b) following the Facility Termination Date, the outstanding principal balance of all of the Advances.
“Facility Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Account Control Agreement, the Collateral Agent Fee Letter, the Custodian Agreement, the Lender Fee Letter, the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, the Loan Sale Agreement and any other security agreements and other instruments entered into or delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(c) to create, perfect or otherwise evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral.
“Facility Reduction Fee” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Lender Fee Letter.
“Facility Termination Date” means the last day of the Reinvestment Period (as and to the extent extended in accordance with Section 2.16).
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, the greater of (a) 0% and (b) a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that, if at any time a Lender is borrowing overnight funds from a Federal Reserve Bank that day, the Federal Funds Rate for such Lender for such day shall be the average rate per annum at which such overnight borrowings are made on that day as promptly reported by such Lender to the Borrower and the Agents in writing.  Each determination of the Federal Funds Rate by a Lender pursuant to the foregoing proviso shall be conclusive and binding except in the case of manifest error.
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“Fee Basis Amount” means, for any Payment Date, an amount equal to the Aggregate Principal Balance.
“Final Maturity Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the Business Day 24 months after the Facility Termination Date and (ii) the date on which the Final Maturity Date is declared pursuant to Section 6.01.
“Financial Asset” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
“First Lien First Out Loan” means one or more tranches of First Lien Loans issued by an Obligor under the same Related Documents as a First Lien Last Out Loan that at any time prior to and/or after an event of default under the Related Documents, will be paid in full in accordance with a specified waterfall or other priority of payments as specified in the Related Documents, an agreement among lenders or other applicable agreement before such First Lien Last Out Loan is paid.
“First Lien Last Out Loan” means a Collateral Loan that would be a First Lien Loan but for the fact that at any time prior to and/or after an event of default under the Related Documents, such Collateral Loan will be paid after any First Lien First Out Loan issued by the Obligor have been paid in full in accordance with a specified waterfall or other priority of payments as specified in the Related Documents, an agreement among lenders or other applicable agreement or the Obligor has a Working Capital Revolver that is at any time prior to and/or after an event of default, senior to such Collateral Loan in payment priority or in lien priority with respect to all collateral securing such Collateral Loan; provided that if the First Out Leverage of such Collateral Loan is less than 0.25:1.00, as determined by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard, then such Collateral Loan will constitute a First Lien Loan.
“First Lien Loan” means any Collateral Loan (for purposes of this definition, a “loan”) that meets the following criteria:
(a)    is not (and is not expressly permitted by its terms to become) subordinate to any obligation of the relevant Obligor in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings (other than pursuant to a Permitted Lien, a Permitted Working Capital Lien and customary waterfall provisions contained in the applicable loan agreement or indenture);
(b)    is secured by a pledge of collateral, which security interest is (i) validly perfected and first priority under Applicable Law (subject to liens permitted under the applicable credit agreement that are reasonable for similar Collateral Loans, Permitted Working Capital Liens and liens accorded priority by law in favor of any Governmental Authority) or (ii)(1) validly perfected and second priority in the accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, deposit accounts, investments accounts (as such terms are defined in the UCC) and any other assets securing any Working Capital Revolver under Applicable Law and proceeds of any of the foregoing (a first priority lien on such assets, a “Permitted Working Capital Lien”) and (2) 
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validly perfected and first priority (subject to liens permitted under the applicable credit agreement that are reasonable for similar Collateral Loans and liens accorded priority by law in favor of any Governmental Authority) in all other collateral under Applicable Law;
(c)    the Servicer determines in good faith that the value of the collateral for such Collateral Loan (including based on enterprise value) on or about the time of acquisition equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance of the Collateral Loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other Collateral Loans of equal or higher seniority secured by a first priority Lien over the same collateral; and
(d)    for which the Obligor of such loan and its Affiliates has been designated on the date such Collateral Loan was acquired by the Borrower as a “First Lien Loan” by the Administrative Agent.
“First Lien Senior Leverage Cap” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, if such Collateral Loan is (a) a Class 1 Loan, a Senior Net Leverage Ratio of 6.00:1.00, (b) a Class 2 Loan, a Senior Net Leverage Ratio of 6.00:1.00 or (c) a Class 3 Loan, a Senior Net Leverage Ratio of 5.50:1.00.
“First Lien Senior Leverage Cut-Off” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, if such Collateral Loan is (a) a Class 1 Loan, a Senior Net Leverage Ratio of 5.00:1.00, (b) a Class 2 Loan, a Senior Net Leverage Ratio of 5.00:1.00 or (c) a Class 3 Loan, a Senior Net Leverage Ratio of 4.50:1.00.
“First Out Leverage” means the ratio of (x) the sum of first out indebtedness and Working Capital Revolver capacity that is secured by a Permitted Working Capital Lien to (y) EBITDA.
“Fixed Rate Loan” means any Collateral Loan that bears a fixed rate of interest.
“Foreign Lender” means a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“FRB” has the meaning specified in the definition of Deliver.
“Fundamental Amendment” means, with respect to each Lender, any amendment, modification, waiver or supplement of or to this Agreement that would (a) increase or extend the term of the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts or change the Final Maturity Date (other than an increase of the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount of a particular Lender or the addition of a new Lender agreed to by the relevant Lender), (b) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on any Advance or any fee hereunder, (c) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal, (d) reduce the rate at which Interest is payable thereon or any fee is payable hereunder (other than in connection with the appointment of a Benchmark Replacement), (e) release any material portion of the Collateral, except in connection with dispositions permitted hereunder, (f) alter the terms of Section 9.01 or Section 13.01(b), (g) modify the definition of the terms “Majority Lenders,” “Required Lenders,” “Maximum 
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Available Amount,” “Advance Rate,” “Borrowing Base,” “Minimum OC Coverage Test,” “Collateral Quality Test,” “Collateral Loan,” “Eligible Collateral Loan,” “Eligible Country,” “Class 1 Borrowing Base,” “Class 2 Borrowing Base,” “Class 3 Borrowing Base,” “Class 1 Minimum OC Coverage Test,” “Class 2 Minimum OC Coverage Test,” “Class 3 Minimum OC Coverage Test,” “Class 1 Loan,” “Class 2 Loan” or “Class 3 Loan” or any component thereof defined therein (in each case, other than any administrative, non-material amendment agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent); (h) modify in any other manner the number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any determinations or waive any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof or (i) extend the Reinvestment Period, in each case to the extent such amendment, modification, waiver or supplement relates to such Lender.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States.
“GBP Collection Account” means the single, segregated account with respect to Collections in Pounds Sterling at the Securities Intermediary in the name of the Borrower subject to the lien of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Government Security” has the meaning specified in the definition of Deliver.
“Governmental Authority” means, with respect to any Person, any nation or government, any supranational, state or other political or subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator, in each case, having jurisdiction or authority over such Person.
“Governmental Authorizations” means all franchises, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations of all Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Filings” means all filings, including franchise and similar tax filings, and the payment of all fees, assessments, interests and penalties associated with such filings with all Governmental Authorities.
“Highest Required Investment Category” means (a) with respect to ratings assigned by Moody’s, “Aa2” or “P-1” for one month instruments, “Aa2” and “P-1” for three month instruments, “Aa3” and “P-1” for six month instruments and “Aa2” and “P-1” for instruments with a term in excess of six months and (b) with respect to rating assigned by S&P, “A-1” for short-term instruments and “A” for long-term instruments.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.04(b).
“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 the Borrower under any Facility Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
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“Independent Accountants” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09(a).
“Independent Director” means a natural person who, (A) for the five-year period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Director, has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Director is not:  (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager, partner or officer of the Borrower, the Equityholder or any of their respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director or officer of the Borrower or other Affiliates that are structured to be “bankruptcy remote”); (ii) a customer or supplier of the Borrower, the Equityholder or any of their respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director or officer of the Borrower or any other Affiliates that are structured to be “bankruptcy remote”); (iii) a Person controlling or under common control with any partner, shareholder, member, manager, Affiliate or supplier of the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower or (iv) any member of the immediate family of a person described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii); and (B) has (i) prior experience as an independent director for a Person whose charter documents required the consent of the independent director thereof before such Person could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy and (ii) at least three years of employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or securities.
“Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount” means, as to each Lender on any date of determination, the maximum amount of Advances to the Borrower that may be lent by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.01 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding for such Lender up to but not exceeding the amount applicable to such Lender on such date of determination as specified on Schedule 1 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount, as applicable, as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 or increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to assignments effected in accordance with Section 13.06(a).
“Ineligible Collateral Loan” means, at any time, a Collateral Loan or any portion thereof, that fails to satisfy any criteria of the definition of Eligible Collateral Loan as of the date when such criteria are applicable (other than any criteria that has been waived pursuant to the definition thereof); it being understood that such criteria in the definition of Eligible Collateral Loan that is specified to be applicable only as of the date of acquisition of such Collateral Loan shall not be applicable after the date of acquisition of such Collateral Loan.
“Initial AUP Report Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09(a).
“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable insolvency law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, 
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assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable insolvency law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
“Instrument” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.
“Interest” means, with respect to the Advances made with respect to each Loan Class for each Interest Accrual Period (or any other period), the sum of the products (for each day elapsed during such Interest Accrual Period or other period) of:
     
where:
IR    =    the Interest Rate applicable to such Class for such day;
P    =    the principal amount of the Advances made in respect of such Loan Class outstanding on such day; and
D    =    360 days.
“Interest Accrual Period” means (a) with respect to the first Payment Date, the period from and including the Closing Date to and including the last day of the calendar month preceding the first Payment Date and (b) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, the period from and including the first day of the calendar month in which the preceding Payment Date occurred and ending on the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Payment Date occurs; provided that the final Interest Accrual Period hereunder shall end on and include the day prior to the payment in full of the Advances hereunder.
“Interest Collection Subaccount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02(a).
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan for any Relevant Test Period, the meaning of “Interest Coverage Ratio,” “Pro Forma Interest Coverage Ratio” or any comparable term in the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan, and in any 
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case that “Interest Coverage Ratio,” “Pro Forma Interest Coverage Ratio” or such comparable term is not defined in such Related Documents, the ratio, for such Collateral Loan, of (a) EBITDA of the related Obligor for the Relevant Test Period to (b) cash interest expense of such Obligor for the Relevant Test Period, in each case, as calculated by the Servicer in good faith using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor as per the requirements of the applicable Related Documents.
“Interest Proceeds” means, with respect to any Collection Period or the related Determination Date, without duplication, the sum of:
(a)    all payments of interest and other income received in cash by the Borrower during such Collection Period on the Collateral Loans (including interest purchased with Principal Proceeds, interest and other income received in cash on Ineligible Collateral Loans and the accrued interest received in cash in connection with a sale of any such Collateral Loan during such Collection Period);
(b)    all principal and interest payments received by the Borrower during such Collection Period on Eligible Investments purchased with Interest Proceeds and all interest payments received by the Borrower during such Collection Period on Eligible Investments purchased with amounts credited to the Revolving Reserve Account;
(c)    all amendment and waiver fees, late payment fees (including compensation for delayed settlement or trades), and all protection fees and other fees and commissions received by the Borrower during such Collection Period unless the Servicer has determined in its sole discretion that such payments are to be treated as Principal Proceeds; and
(d)    commitment fees, facility fees, anniversary fees, ticking fees and other similar fees received by the Borrower during such Collection Period unless the Servicer has determined in its sole discretion that such payments are to be treated as Principal Proceeds;
provided that:
(1)    as to any Defaulted Collateral Loan (and only so long as it remains a Defaulted Collateral Loan), any amounts received in respect thereof will constitute Principal Proceeds (and not Interest Proceeds) until the aggregate of all Collections in respect thereof since it became a Defaulted Collateral Loan equals the Principal Balance of such Defaulted Collateral Loan at the time as of which it became a Defaulted Collateral Loan and all amounts received in excess thereof will constitute Interest Proceeds; and
(2)    any amounts received in respect of any Equity Security that was received in exchange for a Defaulted Collateral Loan will constitute Principal Proceeds (and not Interest Proceeds) until the aggregate of all collections in respect of such Equity Security 
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equals the outstanding Principal Balance of the related Collateral Loan, at the time it became a Defaulted Collateral Loan, for which such Equity Security was received in exchange.
“Interest Rate” means, for any Class as of any date of determination, an interest rate per annum equal to LIBOR (or, if at any time LIBOR cannot be determined,the Benchmark (or the Base Rate, if applicable) plus the Applicable Margin.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Law” means any action, code, consent decree, constitution, decree, directive, enactment, finding, guideline, law, injunction, interpretation, judgment, order, ordinance, policy statement, proclamation, promulgation, regulation, requirement, rule, rule of law, treaty, rule of public policy, settlement agreement, statute, or writ, of any Governmental Authority, or any particular section, part or provision thereof.
“Lender” means each Person listed on Schedule 1 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto in accordance with the terms hereof pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.
“Lender Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Lenders, the Borrower and the Servicer, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and any other fee letter between a Lender, the Borrower and the Servicer that identifies itself as a Lender Fee Letter hereunder.
“Liabilities” means all liabilities, obligations, losses, claims, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of agents, experts and outside attorneys) and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever.
“LIBOR” means, for any LIBOR Period, the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited London interbank offered rate per annum for deposits in the relevant currency for a period equal to three months as displayed in the Bloomberg Financial Markets System (or such other page on that service or such other service designated by the ICE Benchmark Limited for the display of such administration’s London interbank offered rate for deposits in the relevant currency) as of 11:00 a.m., London time on the day that is two Business Days prior to the first day of the LIBOR Period (the “Screen Rate”); provided that if the Administrative Agent determines that the relevant foregoing sources are unavailable for the relevant LIBOR Period, LIBOR shall mean the rate of interest determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the rates per annum at which deposits in the relevant currency are offered to the Administrative Agent two (2) Business Days preceding the first day of such LIBOR Period by four leading banks (selected by the Administrative Agent after consultation with the Borrower) in the London or other offshore interbank market for the relevant currency as of 11:00 a.m. for delivery on the first day of such 
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LIBOR Period, for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of the Administrative Agent’s portion of the relevant Advance; provided, if such rate is less than 0.45%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.45% for purposes of this Agreement.
“LIBOR Period” means (a) with respect to the first LIBOR Period, the period from and including the Closing Date to and including the last day of September 2020 and (b) with respect to any subsequent LIBOR Period, the three-month period commencing from and including the first day of the next calendar month after the previous LIBOR Period ended and ending on the last day of the third calendar month after the previous LIBOR Period ended; provided that the final LIBOR Period hereunder shall end on and include the day prior to the payment in full of the Advances hereunder.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, encumbrance, lien or security interest (statutory or other), or preference, priority or other security agreement, charge or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing authorized by the Borrower of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction).
“Lien Release Dividend” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.01(f).
“Lien Release Dividend Date” means the date specified by the Borrower, which date may be any Business Day, provided written notice is given in accordance with Section 10.01(f).
“Listed Collateral Loan” means, at any time, a Collateral Loan for which three or more bids are quoted and available from a Pricing Source, subject in each case to the proviso in the definition of “Listed Value”.
“Listed Value” means, for any Listed Collateral Loan at any time, the bid price for such Collateral Loan most recently quoted by a Pricing Source; provided that, if the Servicer reasonably believes that the price quoted by any such source is based on less than three bona fide bids, then at the Servicer’s election, upon notice thereof from the Servicer to the Administrative Agent, such Collateral Loan will not be considered a “Listed Collateral Loan” and the “Loan Value” of such Collateral Loan will be determined in accordance with clause (b)(ii) of the definition of Loan Value.
“LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Borrower (as amended, restated, amended and restated, or otherwise modified).
“Loan Class” means a Class 1 Loan, a Class 2 Loan or a Class 3 Loan, as applicable.
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“Loan Sale Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Equityholder and the Borrower, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Loan Type” means a First Lien Loan, a First Lien Last Out Loan or a Second Lien Loan, as applicable.
“Loan Value” means, with respect to each Collateral Loan, as of any date of determination and expressed as a percentage of the Principal Balance of such Collateral Loan, a percentage equal to:
(a)    if a Revaluation Event has not occurred with respect to such Collateral Loan, the purchase price of such Collateral Loan (excluding any original issue discount of 3% or less);
(b)    if a Revaluation Event has occurred with respect to such Collateral Loan and such Collateral Loan is not a Defaulted Collateral Loan:
(i)    if such Collateral Loan is a Listed Collateral Loan as of such date, the lesser of (x) the Listed Value of such Collateral Loan as at such date and (y) the purchase price of such Collateral Loan; and
(ii)    if such Collateral Loan is not a Listed Collateral Loan as of such date:
(A)    and the Servicer provides three bona fide bids that are acceptable to the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion), the average of such bona fide bids; otherwise
(B)    the fair market value of such Collateral Loan as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion; and
(C)    if a Revaluation Event has occurred with respect to such Collateral Loan and such Collateral Loan is a Defaulted Collateral Loan, the fair market value of such Collateral Loan as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
If the Borrower disagrees with the Loan Value assigned by the Administrative Agent to a Collateral Loan pursuant to clauses (b)(ii) or (c) above (an “Agent Valuation”), then the Borrower may at its own expense and within sixty (60) days from the date on which the Administrative Agent assigned the Agent Valuation (the “Dispute Period”) obtain an Appraisal (the “New Valuation”) from an Approved Valuation Firm or a valuation firm selected by the Borrower with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such process, a “Valuation Agent Dispute”).  If a New Valuation is obtained during the Dispute Period, then the New Valuation shall be treated as the amended Loan Value, otherwise the Agent Valuation shall be treated as the amended Loan Value.  During the Dispute Period, the Loan Value shall be the Agent Valuation.  If the Borrower has exercised its dispute right with respect to a Collateral Loan and the Loan 
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Value has been amended to be the New Valuation for any such Collateral Loan, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, further amend the Loan Value in respect of such Collateral Loan on any subsequent date, subject to the valuation procedures and dispute mechanics set forth above, and such further determination shall constitute the Loan Value; provided, that the Administrative Agent may only further amend such Loan Value (i) once per calendar quarter; (ii) following the occurrence of a subsequent Revaluation Event; or (iii) more than once per calendar quarter at the Administrative Agent’s expense by obtaining an Appraisal from an Approved Valuation Firm.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may at any time resubmit a New Valuation for any Collateral Loan for approval by the Administrative Agent.
“Majority Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the Administrative Agent and Lenders having an aggregate Percentage greater than 50%; provided, however, that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time, then Advances owing to such Defaulting Lender and such Defaulting Lender’s unfunded Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts shall be excluded from the determination of Majority Lenders.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, financial condition or operations of the Borrower or the Servicer either individually or taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the LLC Agreement or any other Facility Document or the validity, enforceability or collectability of the Collateral Loans or the Related Documents generally or any material portion of the Collateral Loans or the Related Documents, (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties with respect to matters arising under this Agreement or any other Facility Document, (d) the ability of each of the Borrower or the Servicer to perform its obligations under any Facility Document to which it is a party, or (e) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Collateral.
“Material Modification” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, any amendment, waiver, consent or modification of, or supplement to or inaction with, a Related Document with respect thereto (it being understood that a release document or similar instrument executed or delivered in connection with a disposition that is otherwise permitted under the applicable Related Documents shall not constitute an amendment or modification to such Related Document) executed or effected after the date on which such Collateral Loan is acquired by the Borrower, that:
(a)    reduces, defers or forgives any principal amount of such Collateral Loan;
(b)    reduces or forgives one or more interest payments which reduces the spread or coupon by more than 50 basis points or permits any interest due with respect to such Collateral Loan in cash to be deferred or capitalized and added to the principal amount of such Collateral Loan (other than (i) any modification that results in such Collateral Loan becoming a Partial PIK Loan, which, at the Borrower’s option, either (x) constitutes a “Revaluation Event” and a reclassification of such Collateral Loan as a Partial PIK Loan for purposes of clause (j) of the Concentration Limitations or (y) can be resubmitted to the 
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Administrative Agent for approval under Section 2.02 as a new Collateral Loan, or (ii) any deferral or capitalization already expressly permitted by the terms of its Related Documents or pursuant to the application of a pricing grid, in each case, as of the date such Collateral Loan was acquired by the Borrower);
(c)    extends, delays or waives any date fixed for any scheduled payment (including at maturity) or mandatory prepayment of principal on such Collateral Loan, subject to any grace period agreed to by the Administrative Agent at the time of such modification; provided that a “Material Modification” shall not be deemed to have occurred pursuant to this clause (c) if (x) the Average Life of such Collateral Loan is increased by not more than the lesser of (i) six months or (ii) 20% from its Average Life on the related date of acquisition of such Collateral Loan by the Borrower and (y) the Senior Net Leverage Ratio of such Collateral Loan is not more than 85% of the maximum established in the Senior Net Leverage Ratio covenant of such Collateral Loan;
(d)    in the case of a First Lien Last Out Loan or a First Lien Loan, contractually or structurally subordinates such Collateral Loan by operation of a priority of payments, turnover provisions or the transfer of assets in order to limit recourse to the related Obligor (other than as permitted by the terms of the Related Documents on the date such Collateral Loan was acquired);
(e)    substitutes, alters, releases or terminates any material portion of the underlying assets securing such Collateral Loan (other than as expressly permitted by the Related Documents as of the date such Collateral Loan was acquired by the Borrower) or releases any material guarantor or co-Obligor from its obligations with respect thereto, and each such substitution, alteration, release or termination materially and adversely affects the value of such Collateral Loan (as determined in the commercially reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent);
(f)    modifies any term or provision of the Related Documents of such Collateral Loan that, as determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, materially and adversely impacts the calculation of any financial covenant, the definition of “Permitted Liens” (or any analogous definition), or the determination of any default or event of default with respect to the related Collateral Loan;
(g)    results in change of currency of the Collateral Loan; or
(h)    any other modification not set forth in clauses (a) through (g) above which, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent after consultation with the Borrower, is, in and of itself, material and adverse to the overall value of such Collateral Loan;
provided that, for any Revaluation Event triggered by a “Material Modification” pursuant to clause (h) hereof, if the Borrower disagrees with the classification of such modification as a Material Modification under clause (h), then the Loan Value of such Collateral Loan will remain 
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the assigned Loan Value for 15 Business Days or until a New Valuation is obtained, which New Valuation will be treated as the amended Loan Value; provided, further, that if a New Valuation is not obtained during such 15 Business Day period, then the amended Loan Value will be an Agent Valuation; provided, further, that if the Borrower has exercised its dispute right and the Loan Value has been amended to be the New Valuation for any such Collateral Loan pursuant to the first proviso above, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, further amend the Loan Value in respect of such Collateral Loan on any subsequent date, subject to the valuation procedures and dispute mechanics set forth in the definition of “Loan Value”.
“Maximum Available Amount” means, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of:
(a)    the Maximum Facility Amount at such time; and
(b)    the Borrowing Base (calculated after giving effect to the deposit or investment of such borrowed funds on the borrowing date).
“Maximum Facility Amount” means $300,000,000 (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.07); provided that it is understood that the loan facility established under this Agreement is an uncommitted facility and there is no express or implied commitment on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to provide any Advance except that, in the case of Collateral Loans approved by means of an Approval Request or Approved List, the Lenders shall have committed to fund the related Advances (up to the amount(s) specified in the related Approval Request or Approved List), provided that the related conditions precedent set forth in Article III are satisfied with respect to such Advances on the applicable Borrowing Date.
“Maximum Portfolio Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the Maximum Facility Amount as of such date and (ii) the aggregate amount of all contributions by the Equityholder to the Borrower (other than contributions made to cure a Default or an Event of Default) less any principal distributions that constitute a return of capital to the Equityholder other than Excluded Principal Distributions.
“Maximum Weighted Average Life Test” means a test that will be satisfied on any date of determination if the Weighted Average Life of the Collateral Loans as of such date is less than or equal to six and a half (6.5) years.
“Measurement Date” means (a) the Closing Date, (b) each Borrowing Date, (c) each Payment Date Report Determination Date and (d) each other date reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
“Mezzanine Obligations” means unsecured obligations that are contractually subordinated in right of payment to other debt of the same issuer.
“Minimum OC Coverage Test” means, as of any date, a test that is satisfied if the OC Ratio as of such date is equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00.
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“Money” has the meaning specified in Section 1-201(24) of the UCC.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., together with its successors.
“Moody’s Industry Classification” means the industry classifications set forth in Schedule 4 hereto, as such industry classifications shall be updated at the option of the Servicer if Moody’s publishes revised industry classifications.  The determination of which Moody’s Industry Classification to which an Obligor belongs shall be made in good faith by the Servicer.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is sponsored by the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group or to which the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group is obligated to make contributions or has any liability.
“Net-Debt-to-Recurring-Revenue Ratio” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan for any period, the meaning of “Net-Debt-to-Recurring-Revenue Ratio” or any comparable term defined in the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan, and in any case that “Net-Debt-to-Recurring-Revenue Ratio” or such comparable term is not defined in such Related Documents, the ratio of (a) indebtedness of the related Obligor under such Collateral Loan and all other indebtedness of such Obligor that is senior or pari passu in right of payment to such Collateral Loan minus Unrestricted Cash and cash equivalents to (b) TTM Recurring Revenue, as calculated by the Servicer in good faith in accordance with the Servicing Standard using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor as per the requirements of the Related Documents; provided that, in the event of a lack of any such information necessary to calculate the Net-Debt-to-Recurring-Revenue Ratio for any Collateral Loan, the Net-Debt-to-Recurring-Revenue Ratio for such Collateral Loan shall be a ratio calculated by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion after consultation with the Servicer or, if agreed to by the Administrative Agent, by the Servicer in good faith in accordance with the Servicing Standard.
“Non-Approval Event” means an event that (x) will be deemed to have occurred if the ratio (measured on a rolling three-month basis) of (i) the number or Dollar amount of Approval Requests for loans that satisfy the requirements of an Eligible Collateral Loan rejected by the Administrative Agent over (ii) the total number or aggregate Dollar amount of Approval Requests is greater than 70% and (y) will be continuing until the conditions set forth in clause (x) of this definition are no longer true; provided that, until ten (10) loans have been submitted for approval to the Administrative Agent by the Servicer, the ratio of clause (x)(i) over clause (x)(ii) shall be deemed to be zero. 
“Note” means each promissory note, if any, issued by the Borrower to a Lender in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04(b), substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(a).
“Notice of Prepayment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(a).
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“Obligations” means all indebtedness, whether absolute, fixed or contingent, at any time or from time to time owing by the Borrower to any Secured Party or any Affected Person under or in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or any other Facility Document, including all amounts payable by the Borrower in respect of the Advances, with interest thereon, and all other amounts payable hereunder or thereunder by the Borrower.
“Obligor” means, in respect of any loan, each Person obligated to pay Collections in respect of such loan, including any applicable guarantors; provided that for purposes of determining the domicile of an Obligor for purposes of the definitions of Concentration Limitations and Eligible Collateral Loan, the term “Obligor” shall only include the Person in respect of which the Collateral Loan was principally underwritten.
“Obligor Measurement Date” means the last day of each relevant period for which an Obligor delivers financial reporting information that includes the calculation of financial covenants, as certified by a Responsible Officer of such Obligor (which is required to occur no less frequently than quarterly).
“OC Ratio” means, as of any Business Day, the ratio of (a) the Borrowing Base to (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Advances and (y) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate purchase price of all Collateral Loans for which the Borrower has entered into a binding commitment to purchase that have not yet settled.
“OC Ratio Breach” means, on any Business Day, a failure of the Minimum OC Coverage Test.
“OC Ratio Posting Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
“OECD” means the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Ongoing Recurring Revenue Loan Eligibility” means a Collateral Loan that satisfies the definition of Recurring Revenue Loan and has a Net-Debt-to-Recurring-Revenue Ratio of 3.00x or less as of the most recent Obligor Measurement Date.
“Optional Sale” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01(e).
“Optional Sale Date” means any Business Day, provided 45 days’ prior written notice is given in accordance with Section 10.01(e).
“Other Connection Taxes” means, in the case of any Secured Party, any Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Secured Party having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced this Agreement, the Notes or any other Facility Document).
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“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or 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 Facility Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 13.03(h)).
“Partial PIK Loan” means a Collateral Loan that requires the Obligor to pay only a portion of the accrued and unpaid interest in Cash on a current basis, the remainder of which is or can be deferred and paid later; provided that (x) the portion of such interest required to be paid in Cash pursuant to the terms of the applicable Related Documents carries a current Cash pay interest rate paid at a fixed rate of not less than 3.5% per annum, (y) the terms of the applicable Related Documents do not permit the amount of current Cash pay interest to be less than 25% of the ordinary specified interest at any time and (z) the terms of the applicable Related Documents do not permit any accrued and unpaid interest to be deferred for more than 12 months or paid later than the date that is 12 months after the initial due date for such interest.
“Participant” means any bank or other Person to whom a participation is sold as permitted by Section 13.06(c).
“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.06(c)(ii).
“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.15.
“Payment Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03.
“Payment Date” means the 15th day of each month, commencing with October 2020; provided that, if any such day is not a Business Day, then such Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
“Payment Date Report” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.07(b).
“Payment Date Report Determination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.07(b).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor agency or entity performing substantially the same functions.
“Percentage” means with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, (a) with respect to each Lender party hereto and listed on Schedule 1, the percentage applicable to such Lender on such date of determination as specified on Schedule 1, as such amount is reduced by any Assignment and Acceptance entered into by such Lender with an assignee or increased by any Assignment and Acceptance entered into by such Lender with an assignor, and (b) with respect to each Lender that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance and not listed on Schedule 1, the percentage set forth therein as such Lender’s 
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Percentage, in each case as such amount is reduced by an Assignment and Acceptance entered into between such Lender and an assignee or increased by any Assignment and Acceptance entered into by such Lender with an assignor.
“Permitted Assignee” means (a) a Lender or any of its Affiliates or (b) any Person managed by a Lender or any of its Affiliates.
“Permitted Currencies” means Pounds Sterling, Euro, Dollars and Canadian Dollars.
“Permitted Distribution” means, on any Business Day, distributions of (x) Interest Proceeds so long as immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution, sufficient Interest Proceeds remain to pay all amounts payable on the immediately following Payment Date pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(i) as determined by the Servicer in good faith and/or (y) prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period, Principal Proceeds; provided that amounts may be distributed pursuant to this definition so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or would occur after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution), (ii) the Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution and (iii) solely with respect to clause (y) above, the OC Ratio as of such date is equal to or greater than 1.20:1.00.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this definition shall limit the right or ability of the Borrower to make a Permitted Tax Distribution.
“Permitted Liens” means any of the following: (a) Liens for Taxes if such Taxes shall not at the time be due and payable or if a Person shall currently be contesting the validity thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of such Person; (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens, arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for sums that are not overdue or are being contested in good faith; (c) Liens granted pursuant to or by the Facility Documents, (d) judgement Liens not constituting an Event of Default hereunder, (e) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash and cash equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by such Person, in each case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank with respect to cash management, operating account arrangements and netting arrangements, (f) with respect to collateral underlying any Collateral Loan, the Lien in favor of the Borrower herein and Liens permitted under the underlying instruments related to such Collateral Loan, (g) as to any agented Collateral Loan, Liens in favor of the agent on behalf of all the lenders to the related obligor, (h) Liens of clearing agencies, broker-dealers and similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Liens (x) attach only to the securities (or proceeds) being purchased or sold and (y) secure only obligations incurred in connection with such purchase or sale, and not any obligation in connection with financing and (i) precautionary Liens, and filings of financing statements under the UCC, covering assets sold or contributed to any Person not prohibited hereunder.
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“Permitted Offer” means a tender offer pursuant to the terms of which the offeror offers to acquire a debt obligation (including a Collateral Loan) in exchange for consideration consisting of (x) Cash in an amount equal to or greater than the full face amount of the debt obligation being exchanged plus any accrued and unpaid interest or (y) other debt obligations that rank pari passu or senior to the debt obligation being exchanged which have a face amount equal to or greater than the full face amount of the debt obligation being exchanged and are eligible to be Collateral Loans plus any accrued and unpaid interest in Cash.
“Permitted Refinancing” means any refinancing transaction undertaken by the Equityholder, the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Equityholder that is secured, directly or indirectly, by any Collateral Loan currently or formerly included in the Collateral or any portion thereof or any interest therein released from the Lien of this Agreement.
“Permitted Securitization” means any private or public term or conduit securitization transaction (a) undertaken by the Equityholder, the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Equityholder, that is secured, directly or indirectly, by any Collateral Loan currently or formerly included in the Collateral or any portion thereof or any interest therein released from the Lien of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any collateralized loan obligation or collateralized debt obligation offering or other asset securitization and (b) in the case of a term securitization, in which the Equityholder or an Affiliate thereof or underwriter or placement agent has agreed to purchase or place 100% of the equity and non-investment grade tranches of notes issued in such term securitization transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any agreement by the Equityholder or an Affiliate to purchase or place 100% of the equity in such term securitization transaction, any such party agreeing to so purchase or place may designate other Persons as purchasers of such equity provided such party or parties remain primarily liable therefor if such designees fail to purchase or place in connection with the closing date of such term securitization and/or, after the closing of such term securitization, may transfer equity it purchases at the closing thereof.
“Permitted Tax Distribution” means distributions to the Equityholder (from the Collection Account or otherwise) to the extent required to allow the Equityholder to make sufficient distributions to qualify as a “regulated investment company” within the meaning of Section 851 of the Code and to otherwise eliminate federal or state income or excise taxes payable by the Equityholder in or with respect to any taxable year of the Equityholder (or any calendar year, as relevant); provided that (A) the amount of any such payments made in or with respect to any such taxable year (or calendar year, as relevant) of the Equityholder shall not exceed 115% of the amounts that the Borrower would have been required to distribute to the Equityholder to: (i) allow the Borrower to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements that would be imposed by Section 852(a) of the Code (or any successor thereto) to maintain its eligibility to be taxed as a regulated investment company for any such taxable year, (ii) reduce to zero for any such taxable year the Borrower’s liability for federal income taxes imposed on (x) its investment company taxable income pursuant to Section 852(b)(1) of the Code (or any successor thereto) or (y) its net capital gain pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Code (or any successor thereto), and (iii) reduce to zero the Borrower’s liability for federal excise taxes for any such calendar year imposed pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code (or any successor thereto), 
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in the case of each of (i), (ii) or (iii), calculated assuming that the Borrower had qualified to be taxed as a regulated investment company under the Code, (B) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the amount of Permitted Tax Distributions made in any calendar quarter shall not exceed U.S.$1,500,000 (or such greater amount consented to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and (C) amounts may be distributed pursuant to this definition only to the extent of available Excess Interest Proceeds and/or Principal Proceeds and only so long as (x) the Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Tax Distribution (unless otherwise consented to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), (y) the Borrower certifies the above in a RIC Distribution Notice to the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Business Days prior to the applicable distribution and (z) the Borrower provides at least two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Permitted Working Capital Lien” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “First Lien Loan”.
“Person” means an individual or a corporation (including a business trust), partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, limited liability company, government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“PIK Loan” means a loan (other than a Partial PIK Loan) that permits the Obligor thereon to defer or capitalize any portion of the accrued interest thereon.
“Plan” means an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code, in any case, which is sponsored by the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group or to which the Borrower or a member of its ERISA Group is obligated to make contributions or has any liability.
“Plan Asset Rule” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(m).
“Portfolio Advance Rate Adjustment” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage set forth on the table below corresponding to the highest Diversity Score then-applicable to the Collateral Loans:
						
	Diversity Score	Advance Rate Adjustment
	Less than 4	0%
	Greater than or equal to 4, but less than 6	40%
	Greater than or equal to 6, but less than 10	60%
	Greater than or equal to 10, but less than 14	80%
	Greater than or equal to 14	100%

“Post-Default Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate otherwise in effect pursuant to this Agreement plus 2.00% per annum.
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“Potential Servicer Removal Event” means any event which, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would (if not cured or otherwise remedied during such time) constitute a Servicer Removal Event.
“Pounds Sterling” and “₤” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Pricing Source” means any of Loan Pricing Corporation, Mark-it Partners (formerly known as Loan X), Interactive Data Corporation or another nationally recognized broker-dealer or nationally recognized quotation service mutually agreed from time to time by (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the Servicer.
“Prime Rate” means the rate determined by BNP from time to time as its prime rate in the United States, such rate to change as and when such designated rate changes.  The Prime Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by BNP in connection with extensions of credit to debtors.
“Principal Balance” means, with respect to any loan, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of such loan, excluding any capitalized interest.
“Principal Collection Subaccount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02(a).
“Principal Proceeds” means, with respect to any Collection Period or the related Determination Date, all amounts received by the Borrower during such Collection Period that do not constitute Interest Proceeds, including unapplied proceeds of the Advances and any amounts received by the Borrower as equity contributions (and not designated as Interest Proceeds in accordance with Section 10.04).
“Priority of Payments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(a).
“Private Authorizations” means all franchises, permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations of all Persons (other than Governmental Authorities).
“Proceeds” has, with reference to any asset or property, the meaning assigned to it under Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include any and all amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with such asset or property.
“QIB” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.06(e).
“Qualified Institution” means a depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the States thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (a)(i) that has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of “A” or better by S&P and “A2” or better by Moody’s or (B) a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit rating of “A-1” or better by S&P or “P-1” or better by Moody’s, (ii) the parent corporation of which has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of “A” or better by S&P and “A2” or better by Moody’s or (B) a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit rating of “A-1” or better by S&P and “P-1” or better by 
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Moody’s or (iii) is otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (b) the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“Qualified Purchaser” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.06(e).
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent and each Lender.
“Recurring Revenue” means, with respect to any Obligor, (a) the “Recurring Revenue” of such Obligor or any comparable term defined in the Related Documents, or (b) in the case of any Collateral Loan with respect to which the Related Documents do not include a definition of “Recurring Revenue” or any comparable term, the amount of revenues of such Obligor in respect of perpetual licenses, subscription agreements, maintenance streams or other similar and perpetual cash flow streams, as calculated by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion after consultation with the Servicer or, if agreed to by the Administrative Agent, by the Servicer in good faith in accordance with the Servicing Standard using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor as per the requirements of the Related Documents.
“Recurring Revenue Loan” means a Collateral Loan that meets each of the following criteria as of the date of acquisition by the Borrower, subject to waiver by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of Eligible Collateral Loan hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, if any Collateral Loan does not meet the below listed conditions, but such failure is waived by the Administrative Agent, such Collateral Loan shall still be subject to the Advance Rates, Concentration Limitations and Revaluation Events applicable to Recurring Revenue Loans set forth herein):
(a)    such Collateral Loan is a First Lien Loan;
(b)    the Obligor with respect to such Collateral Loan is in a high growth industry or industry that customarily has businesses with recurring revenue models as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion or, if agreed to by the Administrative Agent, by the Servicer, in good faith in accordance with the Servicing Standard;
(c)    the Obligor with respect to such Collateral Loan has generated a minimum of $15,000,000 in TTM Recurring Revenue during the most recent reporting period;
(d)    the Net-Debt-to-Recurring-Revenue Ratio with respect to such Collateral Loan is less than 2.50:1.00 as of the later of the initial closing date of such Collateral Loan or the most recent Obligor Measurement Date, as applicable; and
(e)    the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan require the Obligor with respect to such Collateral Loan to meet a minimum of two (2) financial covenants as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, including a covenant for minimum liquidity and maximum ratio of principal loan amount outstanding to TTM Recurring Revenue.
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“Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.06(d).
“Regulation T,” “Regulation U” and “Regulation X” mean Regulation T, U and X, respectively, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
“Reinvestment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to and including the earlier of (a) the date that is the third anniversary of the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender pursuant to Section 2.16) and (b) the date of the termination of the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts pursuant to Section 6.01.
“Related Documents” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, (i) the loan or credit agreement evidencing such Collateral Loan, (ii) the principal security agreement, and (iii) if the same can be obtained without undue expense or effort, all other documents evidencing, securing, guarantying, governing or giving rise to such Collateral Loan but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding immaterial certificates, notices and other ancillary documentation.
“Relevant Test Period” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, the relevant test period for the calculation of EBITDA, Interest Coverage Ratio or Senior Net Leverage Ratio, as applicable, for such Collateral Loan in the applicable Related Documents or, if no such period is provided for therein, for Obligors delivering monthly financial statements, each period of the last twelve consecutive reported calendar months, and for Obligors delivering quarterly financial statements, each period of the last four consecutive reported fiscal quarters of the principal Obligor on such Collateral Loan; provided that, with respect to any Collateral Loan for which the relevant test period is not provided for in the applicable Related Documents, if an Obligor is a newly-formed entity as to which twelve consecutive calendar months have not yet elapsed, “Relevant Test Period” shall initially include the period from the date of formation of such Obligor or closing date of the applicable Collateral Loan to the end of the twelfth calendar month or fourth fiscal quarter (as the case may be) from the date of formation or closing, as applicable, and shall subsequently include each period of the last twelve consecutive reported calendar months or four consecutive reported fiscal quarters (as the case may be) of such Obligor.
“Requested Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the Administrative Agent and Lenders having aggregate Percentages greater than or equal to 66 2/3%; provided, however, that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time, then Advances owing to such Defaulting Lender and such Defaulting Lender’s unfunded Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts shall be excluded from the determination of Required Lenders.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means (a) in the case of (i) a corporation or (ii) a partnership or limited liability company that, in each case, pursuant to its Constituent 
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Documents, has officers, any chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief administrative officer, managing director, president, senior vice president, vice president, assistant vice president, treasurer, director or manager, and, in any case where two Responsible Officers are acting on behalf of such entity, the second such Responsible Officer may be a secretary or assistant secretary (provided that a director or manager of the Borrower shall be a Responsible Officer regardless of whether its Constituent Documents provide for officers), (b) without limitation of clause (a)(ii), in the case of a limited partnership, the Responsible Officer of the general partner, acting on behalf of such general partner in its capacity as general partner, (c) without limitation of clause (a)(ii), in the case of a limited liability company, any Responsible Officer of the sole member or managing member, acting on behalf of the sole member or managing member in its capacity as sole member or managing member, (d) in the case of a trust, the Responsible Officer of the trustee, acting on behalf of such trustee in its capacity as trustee, (e) an “authorized signatory” or “authorized officer” that has been so authorized pursuant to customary corporate proceedings, limited partnership proceedings, limited liability company proceedings or trust proceedings, as the case may be, and that has responsibilities commensurate with the matter for which it is acting as a Responsible Officer:  the initial “authorized signatories” of the parties hereto are set forth on Schedule 6 (as such Schedule 6 may be modified from time to time by written notice), and (f) in the case of the Custodian, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent, an officer of the Custodian, the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent, as applicable, having direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.
“Retained Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.22(a).
“Retention Basis Amount” means the nominal value of all Collateral Loans held by the Borrower from time to time.
“Retention Holder Originated Collateral Loan” means (a) a Collateral Loan which the Equityholder, itself or through related entities, directly or indirectly, was involved in the original agreement which created the obligations or potential obligations of the debtor or potential debtor giving rise to such Collateral Loan; or (b) a Collateral Loan which the Equityholder purchased on its own account before transferring it to the Borrower.
“Revaluation Event” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan as of any date of determination, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events after the date on which such Collateral Loan is acquired by the Borrower (any of which, for the avoidance of doubt, may occur more than once):
(a)    the Interest Coverage Ratio of the Obligor of such Collateral Loan (x) decreases by 15.0% or more from the time the Collateral Loan was acquired by the Borrower and (y) is less than 1.80:1.00;
(b)    the Senior Net Leverage Ratio for the current period of the related Obligor with respect to such Collateral Loan increases by the greater of (x) 20.00% or (y) 1.00:1.00, or more, in either case, from the ratio calculated on the date the Borrower acquired such Collateral Loan; 
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(c)    an Insolvency Event occurs with respect to the Obligor;
(d)    an Obligor defaults in the payment of principal or interest on revolving loan facilities (after giving effect to any applicable grace period under the Related Documents, but not to exceed five days) with respect to such Collateral Loan or any other debt obligation of such Obligor secured by the same collateral and which is senior or pari passu to such Collateral Loan or the occurrence of any other default with respect to such Collateral Loan, in each case, together with the election by any agent or lender (including the Borrower) to accelerate such Collateral Loan or to enforce any other material secured creditor rights or remedies;
(e)    the occurrence of a Material Modification with respect to such Collateral Loan that was not approved by the Administrative Agent (in its sole discretion); or
(f)    the related Obligor fails to deliver to the Borrower or the Servicer any financial reporting information (i) as required by the Related Documents of such Collateral Loan (after giving effect to any applicable grace period thereunder) and (ii) no less frequently than quarterly (subject to the delivery requirements of the Related Documents);
provided that, for any Collateral Loan that is determined to be a Recurring Revenue Loan, the Revaluation Events in respect of such Recurring Revenue Loan will be determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and provided by the Administrative Agent to the Servicer in writing prior to the initial inclusion of such Recurring Revenue Loan in the Borrowing Base or, if agreed to by the Administrative Agent, the Revaluation Events provided by the Servicer to the Administrative Agent.
“Revolving Collateral Loan” means any Collateral Loan (other than a Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loan) that is a loan (including revolving loans, funded and unfunded portions of revolving credit lines and letter of credit facilities, unfunded commitments under specific facilities and other similar loans and investments) that by its terms may require one or more future advances to be made to the related Obligor by the Borrower and which provides that such borrowed money may be repaid and re-borrowed from time to time; provided that any such Collateral Loan will be a Revolving Collateral Loan only until all commitments to make revolving advances to the Obligor expire or are terminated or irrevocably reduced to zero.
“Revolving Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Unfunded Amount of each Collateral Loan (including each Ineligible Collateral Loan and each Defaulted Collateral Loan) at such time.
“Revolving Reserve Account” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.04.
“RIC Distribution Notice” means a written notice setting forth the calculation of the Borrower’s net taxable income (determined as if the Borrower were a domestic corporation 
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for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and of any Permitted Tax Distribution and certifying that the Equityholder remains a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Code.
“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC business.
“Sale Settlement Condition” means, with respect to any binding commitment of the Borrower to sell a Collateral Loan, a condition that is beyond the control of the Borrower and/or the Servicer, as certified in writing by the Servicer to the Administrative Agent, which has resulted in the settlement of such sale not occurring within 30 days of the date of the Borrower entering into such binding commitment to sell.
“Sale Settlement Pending Collateral” means, on any date of determination, Collateral Loans that the Borrower, within the immediately preceding 30 days (or if a Sale Settlement Condition applies, within the immediately preceding 60 days (or any longer period to which the Administrative Agent may agree)), has entered into a binding commitment to sell that has not settled.
“Sanctioned Country” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.01(r).
“Sanctioned Person” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.01(r).
“Sanctions” means any economic or trade sanctions or restrictive measures enacted, administered, imposed or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, the French Republic, Her Majesty’s Treasury and/or any other relevant sanctions authority.
“Scheduled Distribution” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, for each Due Date, the scheduled payment of principal and/or interest and/or fees due on such Due Date with respect to such Collateral Loan.
“Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBOR.”
“Second Lien Loan” means any Collateral Loan (for purposes of this definition, a “loan”) that meets the following criteria:
(a)    is secured by a pledge of collateral, which security interest is validly perfected and second priority (subject to liens permitted under the related underlying instruments that are reasonable and customary for similar Collateral Loans) under Applicable Law (other than a Collateral Loan that is second priority to a Permitted Working Capital Lien); and
(b)    the Servicer determines in good faith that the value of the collateral securing the Collateral Loan (including based on enterprise value) on or about the time of origination or acquisition by the Borrower equals or exceeds the outstanding principal 
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balance of the Collateral Loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other Collateral Loans of equal or higher seniority secured by the same collateral.
“Secured Parties” means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodian, each Lender and the Securities Intermediary.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as from time to time in effect.
“Securities Intermediary” means U.S. Bank in its capacity as Securities Intermediary under the Account Control Agreement and any other entity as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC.
“Securitisation Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/2402.
“Security Entitlement” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC.
“Senior Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan for any Relevant Test Period, the meaning of “Senior Net Leverage Ratio” or any comparable term defined in the Related Documents for such Collateral Loan, and in any case that “Senior Net Leverage Ratio” or such comparable term is not defined in such Related Documents, the ratio of (a) total indebtedness of the Obligor (other than indebtedness of such Obligor that is junior in terms of lien subordination to indebtedness of such Obligor held by the Borrower) minus Unrestricted Cash and cash equivalents to (b) EBITDA as calculated by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.
“Servicer” means Ares Capital Corporation, in its capacity as servicer hereunder and any successor thereto in accordance herewith.
“Servicer Expense Cap” means, for any Payment Date, an amount not to exceed $75,000 during any twelve (12) month period.
“Servicer Expenses” means the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the Facility Documents.
“Servicer Fee” means, for any Collection Period, an amount equal to the product of (i) 0.50% per annum multiplied by (ii) the Fee Basis Amount (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the related Collection Period).
“Servicer Removal Event” means any one of the following events:
(a)    except as set forth in another clause of this definition, the Servicer breaches in any material respect any covenant or agreement applicable to it under this Agreement or any other Facility Document to which it is a party (it being understood that failure to meet the Minimum OC Coverage Test, any Concentration Limitation or the Collateral Quality Test is not a breach under this clause (a)), and, if capable of being 
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cured, is not cured within 30 days of the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer of the Servicer acquiring actual knowledge of such breach or (ii) the Servicer receiving written notice from either Agent of such breach;
(b)    [reserved];
(c)    an act by the Servicer, or any of its senior investment personnel actively involved in managing the portfolio of the Borrower, that constitutes fraud or criminal activity in the performance of its obligations under the Facility Documents or the Servicer or any of its senior investment personnel actively involved in managing the portfolio of the Borrower being indicted for a criminal offense materially related to its asset management business; provided that the Servicer will be deemed to have cured any event of cause pursuant to this clause (c) if the Servicer (A)(x) with respect to any such person indicted for a criminal offense materially related to its asset management business, removes or causes the removal of such person from having any responsibility for the performance of the Servicer in managing the portfolio of the Borrower, or (y) terminates or causes the termination of employment of all individuals who engaged in the conduct constituting cause pursuant to this clause (c) and (B) makes the Borrower whole for any actual financial loss that such conduct caused the Borrower;
(d)    the failure of any representation, warranty, or certification made or delivered by the Servicer in or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Facility Document to be correct when made that has a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower or any Secured Party and is either incapable of being cured or is not cured within 30 days of the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer of the Servicer acquiring actual knowledge of such breach or (ii) the Servicer receiving written notice from either Agent of such breach;
(e)    the rendering of one or more final judgments, decrees or orders by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction for the payment of money in excess individually or in the aggregate of $100,000,000, with respect to the Servicer (in each case, net of amounts covered by insurance), and the Servicer shall not have either (i) discharged, satisfied or provided for the discharge or satisfaction of any such judgment, decree or order in accordance with its terms or (ii) perfected a timely appeal of such judgment, decree or order and caused the execution of same to be stayed, vacated or bonded during the pendency of the appeal, in each case, within sixty (60) days from the date of entry thereof;
(f)    the Servicer shall have made payments to settle any litigation, claim or dispute (in each case, net of amounts covered by insurance) totaling more than, in the aggregate, $100,000,000;
(g)    an Insolvency Event relating to the Servicer occurs;
(h)    except as permitted hereunder, the Servicer or an Affiliate thereof ceases to be the Servicer;
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(i)    any failure by the Servicer to deliver any required reporting under the Facility Documents on or before the date occurring five (5) Business Days after the date such report is required to be made;
(j)    any failure by the Servicer to deposit or credit, or to deliver for deposit, in the Covered Accounts any amount required hereunder to be so deposited, credited or delivered by it, or to make any distributions therefrom required by it, in each case on or before the date occurring three (3) Business Days after the date such deposit or distribution is required to be made by the Servicer; or
(k)    a Change of Control occurs.
“Servicer Removal Notice” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01(b).
“Servicing Standard” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.02(d).
“Solvent” means, as to any Person, such Person is not “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 271 of the Debtor and Creditor Law of the State of New York.
“Specified Eligible Investment” means an Eligible Investment meeting the requirements of Section 8.06(a) and that is available to the Collateral Agent, specified by the Servicer to the Collateral Agent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the initial Borrowing Date; provided that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, at any time with not less than five Business Days’ notice to the Collateral Agent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) the Servicer may (and, if the then Specified Eligible Investment is no longer available to the Collateral Agent, shall) designate another Eligible Investment that meets the requirements of Section 8.06(a) and that is available to the Collateral Agent to be the Specified Eligible Investment for purposes hereof.  After the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, a Specified Eligible Investment shall mean an Eligible Investment meeting the requirements of Section 8.06(a) and which has been selected by the Administrative Agent and specified to the Collateral Agent.
“Structured Finance Obligation” means any debt obligation owing by a special purpose finance vehicle that is secured directly and primarily by, primarily referenced to, and/or primarily representing ownership of, a pool of receivables or a pool of other assets, including collateralized debt obligations, residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities, “future flow” receivable transactions and other similar obligations; provided that loans to financial service companies, factoring businesses, health care providers and other genuine operating businesses do not constitute Structured Finance Obligations.
“Structuring Agent” means BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
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“Substitute Eligible Collateral Loan” means each Eligible Collateral Loan pledged by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, pursuant to Section 10.01(d).
“Synthetic Security” means a security or swap transaction (excluding, for purposes of this Agreement, a participation interest) that has payments associated with either payments of interest and/or principal on a reference obligation or the credit performance of a reference obligation.
“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, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Trade Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.04(l).
“TTM Recurring Revenue” means, with respect to any Obligor and any date, the Recurring Revenue for such Obligor for the trailing twelve months ending on such date, as calculated by the Servicer in good faith in accordance with the Servicing Standard using information from and calculations consistent with the relevant compliance statements and financial reporting packages provided by the relevant Obligor as per the requirements of the Related Documents.
“UCC” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code; provided that if, by reason of any mandatory provisions of law, the perfection, the effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority of the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement are governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction of the United States of America other than the State of New York, then “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Uncertificated Security” has the meaning specified in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC.
“Unfunded Amount” means, with respect to any Collateral Loan, as of any date of determination, the unfunded commitment of the Borrower with respect to such Collateral Loan as of such date.
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“Unrestricted Cash” has the meaning assigned to the term “Unrestricted Cash” or any comparable term defined in the Related Documents for each Collateral Loan, and in any case that “Unrestricted Cash” or such comparable term is not defined in such Related Documents, all cash available for use for general corporate purposes and not held in any reserve account or legally or contractually restricted for any particular purposes or subject to any lien (other than blanket liens permitted under or granted in accordance with such Related Documents).
“Unused Fees” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Lender Fee Letter.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.03(g)(iii).
“Volcker Rule” means Section 13 of the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
“Weighted Average Advance Rate” means, as of any date of determination with respect to all Eligible Collateral Loans included in the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance, the number obtained by (a) summing the products obtained by multiplying (i) the Advance Rate of each Eligible Collateral Loan by (ii) such Eligible Collateral Loan’s contribution to the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance and dividing (b) such sum by the Aggregate Net Collateral Balance.
“Weighted Average Class 1 Advance Rate” means, as of any date of determination with respect to all Class 1 Loans included in the Aggregate Class 1 Net Collateral Balance, the number obtained by (a) summing the products obtained by multiplying (i) the Advance Rate of each Class 1 Loan by (ii) such Class 1 Loan’s contribution to the Aggregate Class 1 Net Collateral Balance and dividing (b) such sum by the Aggregate Class 1 Net Collateral Balance.
“Weighted Average Class 2 Advance Rate” means, as of any date of determination with respect to all Class 2 Loans included in the Aggregate Class 2 Net Collateral Balance, the number obtained by (a) summing the products obtained by multiplying (i) the Advance Rate of each Class 2 Loan by (ii) such Class 2 Loan’s contribution to the Aggregate Class 2 Net Collateral Balance and dividing (b) such sum by the Aggregate Class 2 Net Collateral Balance.
“Weighted Average Class 3 Advance Rate” means, as of any date of determination with respect to all Class 3 Loans included in the Aggregate Class 3 Net Collateral Balance, the number obtained by (a) summing the products obtained by multiplying (i) the Advance Rate of each Class 3 Loan by (ii) such Class 3 Loan’s contribution to the Aggregate Class 3 Net Collateral Balance and dividing (b) such sum by the Aggregate Class 3 Net Collateral Balance.
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“Weighted Average Life” means, as of any date of determination with respect to all Eligible Collateral Loans, the number of years following such date obtained by:
(a)    summing the products of (i) the Average Life at such time of each Eligible Collateral Loan multiplied by (ii)(A) the Principal Balance plus (B) the Unfunded Amount of such Collateral Loan; and
(b)    dividing such sum by the sum of the Aggregate Principal Balance plus the Unfunded Amount of all Eligible Collateral Loans as of such date.
For purposes of the foregoing, the “Average Life” is, on any date of determination with respect to any Eligible Collateral Loan, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (A) the number of years (rounded to the nearest one hundredth thereof) from such date of determination to the respective dates of each successive Scheduled Distribution of principal of such Collateral Loan and (B) the respective amounts of principal of such Scheduled Distributions by (ii) the sum of all successive Scheduled Distributions of principal on such Collateral Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Weighted Average Life of a Revolving Collateral Loan shall be excluded from such calculation unless mutually agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Working Capital Revolver” means a revolving lending facility secured on a first lien basis solely by all or a portion of the current assets of the related obligor, which current assets subject to such security interest do not constitute a material portion of the obligor’s total assets (it being understood that such revolving lending facility may be secured on a junior lien basis by other assets of the related obligor).
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time in relation to any Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described as such in relation to that Bail-in Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
“Zero Coupon Obligation” means a loan that does not provide for periodic payments of interest in Cash or that pays interest only at its stated maturity.
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Section 1.02    Rules of Construction.  For all purposes of this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, (a) singular words shall connote the plural as well as the singular and vice versa (except as indicated), as may be appropriate, (b) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import used in any Facility Document refer to such Facility Document as a whole and not to any particular article, schedule, section, paragraph, clause, exhibit or other subdivision thereof, (c) the headings, subheadings and table of contents set forth in any Facility Document are solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of such Facility Document nor shall they affect the meaning, construction or effect of any provision hereof, (d) references in any Facility Document to “include” or “including” shall mean include or including, as applicable, without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term, (e) any definition of or reference to any Facility Document, agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as referring to such Facility Document, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein or any other Facility Document), (f) any reference in any Facility Document, including the introduction and recitals to such Facility Document, to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions set forth herein or in any other applicable agreement), (g) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time, (h) any Event of Default shall be continuing until expressly waived in writing by the requisite Lenders, (i) except as set forth herein, references herein to the knowledge or actual knowledge of a Person shall mean the actual knowledge following due inquiry of such Person, (j) except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, any use of “material” or “materially” or words of similar meaning in this Agreement shall mean material, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (k) unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, if at any time any change in generally accepted accounting principles (including the adoption of IFRS) would affect the computation of any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) set forth in this Agreement or any other Facility Document, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such covenant to preserve the original intent in light of such change; provided, that, until so amended, (i) such covenant shall continue to be computed in accordance with the application of generally accepted accounting principles prior to such change and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between calculations of such covenant made before and after giving effect to such change in generally accepted accounting principles, (l) the words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures 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 and (m) any reference in any Facility Document to the Interest Collection Subaccount or the Principal Collection Subaccount (or, in each case, amounts on deposit therein) shall be deemed to include any Interest Proceeds or any Principal Proceeds, 
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respectively, in the CAD Collection Account, the EUR Collection Account and the GBP Collection Account.
Section 1.03    Computation of Time Periods.  Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Facility Document, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including,” the word “through” means “to and including” and the words “to” and “until” both mean “to but excluding.”  Periods of days referred to in any Facility Document shall be counted in calendar days unless Business Days are expressly prescribed.  Unless otherwise indicated herein, all references to time of day refer to Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in New York City on such day.
Section 1.04    Collateral Value Calculation Procedures.  In connection with all calculations required to be made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Scheduled Distributions on any Collateral Loan, or any payments on any other assets included in the Collateral, with respect to the sale of and reinvestment in Collateral Loans, and with respect to the income that can be earned on Scheduled Distributions on such Collateral Loans and on any other amounts that may be received for deposit in the Collection Account, the provisions set forth in this Section 1.04 shall be applied.  The provisions of this Section 1.04 shall be applicable to any determination or calculation that is covered by this Section 1.04, whether or not reference is specifically made to Section 1.04, unless some other method of calculation or determination is expressly specified in the particular provision.
(a)    All calculations with respect to Scheduled Distributions on any Collateral Loan shall be made on the basis of information as to the terms of each such Collateral Loan and upon reports of payments, if any, received on such Collateral Loan that are furnished by or on behalf of the Obligor of such Collateral Loan and, to the extent they are not manifestly in error, such information or reports may be conclusively relied upon in making such calculations.
(b)    For purposes of calculating the Minimum OC Coverage Test, except as otherwise specified in the definition thereof, such calculations will not include (i) scheduled interest and principal payments on Defaulted Collateral Loans and Ineligible Collateral Loans unless or until such payments are actually made or such payments are determined likely to be received by the Servicer pursuant to the definition of Collateral Interest Amount and (ii) ticking fees and other similar fees in respect of Collateral Loans, unless or until such fees are actually paid.
(c)    For each Collection Period and as of any date of determination, the Scheduled Distribution on any Collateral Loan (other than a Defaulted Collateral Loan or an Ineligible Collateral Loan, which, unless such payments are determined likely to be received by the Servicer pursuant to the definition of Collateral Interest Amount and except as otherwise provided herein, shall be assumed to have Scheduled Distributions of zero) shall be the total amount of (i) payments and collections to be received during such Collection Period in respect of such Collateral Loan, (ii) proceeds of the sale of such Collateral Loan received and, in the case of sales which have not yet settled, to be received during such Collection Period that are not reinvested in additional Collateral Loans or retained in a Collection Account for subsequent reinvestment pursuant to Article X, which proceeds, if received as scheduled, will be available in 
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a Collection Account and available for distribution at the end of such Collection Period and (iii) amounts referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above that were received in prior Collection Periods but were not disbursed on a previous Payment Date or retained in a Collection Account for subsequent reinvestment pursuant to Article X.
(d)    Each Scheduled Distribution receivable with respect to a Collateral Loan shall be assumed to be received on the applicable Due Date.
(e)    References in the Priority of Payments to calculations made on a “pro forma basis” shall mean such calculations after giving effect to all payments, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, that precede (in priority of payment) or include the clause in which such calculation is made.
(f)    For purposes of calculating all Concentration Limitations, in both the numerator and the denominator of any component of the Concentration Limitations, Ineligible Collateral Loans will be treated as having a Principal Balance equal to zero.  Except as otherwise provided herein, Ineligible Collateral Loans will not be included in the calculation of the Collateral Quality Test.
(g)    Determinations of the Collateral Loans, or portions thereof, that constitute Excess Concentration Amounts will be determined in the way that produces the highest Borrowing Base at the time of determination, it being understood that a Collateral Loan (or portion thereof) that falls into more than one category of Collateral Loans will be deemed, solely for purposes of such determinations, to fall only into the category that produces the highest such Borrowing Base at such time (without duplication).
(h)    All calculations required to be made hereunder with respect to the Collateral Loans and the Borrowing Base will be made on a Trade Date basis and after giving effect to (x) all purchases or sales to be entered into on such Trade Date and (y) all Advances requested to be made on such Trade Date plus the balance of all unfunded Advances to be made in connection with the Borrower’s purchase of previously requested (and approved) Collateral Loans.
(i)    Unless otherwise expressly provided for herein, all monetary calculations (other than for Dollars) under this Agreement shall be the Dollar Equivalent of such amount, as applicable. 
(j)    References in this Agreement to the Borrower’s “purchase” or “acquisition” of a Collateral Loan include references to the Borrower’s acquisition of such Collateral Loan by way of a sale and/or contribution from the Equityholder and the Borrower’s making or origination of such Collateral Loan.  Portions of the same Collateral Loan acquired by the Borrower on different dates (whether through purchase, receipt by contribution or the making or origination thereof, but excluding subsequent draws under Revolving Collateral Loans or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans) will, for purposes of determining the purchase price of such Collateral Loan, be treated as a weighted average purchase price for any particular Collateral Loan.
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(k)    For the purposes of calculating compliance with each of the Concentration Limitations all calculations will be rounded to the nearest 0.01%.
(l)    For purposes of calculating compliance with any test under this Agreement in connection with the acquisition or disposition of a Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment, the trade date (the “Trade Date”) (and not the settlement date) with respect to any such Collateral Loan or Eligible Investment under consideration for acquisition or disposition shall be used to determine whether such acquisition or disposition is permitted hereunder.
ARTICLE II.

ADVANCES
Section 2.01    Revolving Credit Facility.  On the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, including Article III, each Lender severally agrees to make available to the Borrower an uncommitted revolving credit facility providing for Advances under each Class from time to time in Dollars on any Business Day during the Reinvestment Period (or immediately thereafter pursuant to Section 8.04), pro rata based on each Lender’s unused Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount as of such date, in each case in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to but not exceeding such Lender’s Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount and, as to all Lenders, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to but not exceeding the Maximum Available Amount as then in effect; provided that, after making any such Advance, each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test shall be satisfied.  
Within such limits and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow (and re-borrow) Advances under this Section 2.01 and prepay Advances under Section 2.06.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge that this is an uncommitted facility and there is no express or implied commitment on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to provide any Advance, except that, in the case of Collateral Loans approved by means of an Approval Request or Approved List, the Lenders shall have committed to fund the related Advances (up to the amount(s) specified in the related Approval Request or Approved List) provided that the related conditions precedent set forth in Article III are satisfied.
Section 2.02    Requests for Collateral Loan Approval.    (a) Prior to the date of purchase of any loan, the Servicer, on behalf of the Borrower, shall provide to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) a list of loans (the “Asset List”) that the Borrower is requesting be included in the Approved List (as defined below) and which, subject to such inclusion, may be purchased with, if applicable, funds held in the Principal Collection Subaccount, the proceeds of Advances or Principal Proceeds pursuant to Section 10.02. The Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) and the Administrative Agent shall adhere to the following procedures in requesting and approving Collateral Loans for purchase:
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i.For each loan on the Asset List sent to the Administrative Agent or for any single Approval Request pursuant to clause (vii) below, the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) may provide a notice by electronic mail that contains the information listed in Exhibit I with respect to each loan (which information shall include the amount of the Advance to be requested in order to settle the related purchase) (together with any attachments required in connection therewith, an “Approval Request”).
ii.The initial Asset List which the Administrative Agent has approved for purchase by the Borrower is attached hereto as Schedule 9 (such list, the “Approved List”), which Approved List may be updated from time to time after the Closing Date by the Borrower with the consent of the Administrative Agent.
iii.From the time the Administrative Agent has provided the Approved List, the Borrower shall have the ability to commit to purchase and purchase any loan on the Approved List without further approval by the Administrative Agent only if the Borrower commits to purchase such loan within ten (10) Business Days of approval by the Administrative Agent. On the date occurring ten (10) Business Days after the date of approval by the Administrative Agent, any approved loan, if not purchased or committed to be purchased by the Borrower, will be deemed to be removed from the Approved List.
iv.The Borrower shall have the ability to request (A) an addition to the Approved List by undertaking similar procedure to clause (vii) below, or (B) a removal from the Approved List.
v.[Reserved.]
vi.As early as commercially practicable, but no later than 2:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day following the day that the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) purchases a Collateral Loan on the Approved List, the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall provide by electronic mail to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent) a copy of the Collateral Loan Buy Confirmation.
vii.With respect to loans that are not on the Approved List, the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) may send an Approval Request at any time to the Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent receives an Approval Request by 12:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Servicer and Borrower in writing (including via electronic mail) whether it has approved or rejected such Approval Request by 12:00 p.m. New York City time on or prior to the second Business Day thereafter (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that (x) any Approval Request received by the Administrative Agent after 12:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day and (y) any Approval Request as to which the Administrative Agent has not notified the Servicer and Borrower that it has approved such Approval Request by 12:00 p.m. New York City time on or prior to the second Business Day thereafter shall be deemed to have been rejected); 
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provided further that the Borrower shall have the ability to commit to purchase any loan approved and added to the Approved List pursuant to this clause (vii) without further approval by the Administrative Agent only if the Borrower commits to purchase such loan within ten (10) Business Days from the date of such approval by the Administrative Agent. On the date occurring ten (10) Business Days after the date of such approval by the Administrative Agent, any such approved loan, if not purchased or committed to be purchased by the Borrower, will be deemed to be removed from the Approved List.
viii.[Reserved.]
ix.Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, acting in its sole and absolute discretion, to (A) approve or reject any Approval Request or any loan in the Asset List, (B) at any time, rescind the approval of any Approval Request or any loan in the Approved List, and (C) request additional information reasonably available to the Borrower regarding any proposed Collateral Loan; provided that any rescission of approval shall not invalidate any commitment to purchase a Collateral Loan entered into by the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) prior to one hour after the delivery (via email) of such rescission; provided, further that the Servicer shall not initiate negotiations to acquire any proposed Collateral Loan on the Approved List after receipt of a notice of rescission in respect thereof.
Section 2.03    Making of the Advances.    (a) If the Borrower desires that the Lenders make an Advance under this Agreement with respect to any Loan Class in connection with the Borrower’s purchase of a Collateral Loan for which the Approval Request has been approved or which has been identified on the Approved List pursuant to Section 2.02, it shall give the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent (with a copy to each Lender) a written notice (each, a “Notice of Borrowing”) for such Advance (which notice shall be irrevocable and effective upon receipt) not later than 2:00 p.m. at least one (1) Business Day prior to the day of the requested Advance.
Each Notice of Borrowing shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B, dated the date the request for the related Advance is being made, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, shall attach a Borrowing Base Calculation Statement (which Borrowing Base Calculation Statement shall give pro forma effect to any Collateral Loans being acquired with the proceeds of such Advance on such date or the following Business Day), and shall otherwise be appropriately completed.  In addition, the Servicer must provide (or have previously provided) to the Administrative Agent for each Collateral Loan copies of the Asset Information related to such Collateral Loan and such additional materials related to such Collateral Loan as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.  Each Notice of Borrowing shall specify the Class under which the related Advance shall be allocated.  The proposed Borrowing Date specified in each Notice of Borrowing shall be a Business Day falling on or prior to the Facility Termination Date, the currency of the Advance requested shall be Dollars and the amount of the Advance requested in such Notice of Borrowing (the “Requested Amount”) shall be equal to at least $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess 
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thereof (or, if less, the remaining unfunded Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts hereunder or, in the case of Revolving Collateral Loans and Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans, such lesser amount required to be funded by the Borrower in respect thereof).
(b)    Each Lender shall, not later than 2:00 p.m. on each Borrowing Date in respect of Advances under any Class, make its Percentage of the applicable Requested Amount available to the Borrower by disbursing such funds in Dollars to the applicable Principal Collection Subaccount (or in accordance with the wire instructions delivered in connection with the Notice of Borrowing).
(c)    [Reserved.]
(d)    Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03 to the contrary, the Servicer, on behalf of the Borrower, may deliver a Notice of Borrowing to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent (with a copy to each Lender) after 2 p.m. on the first Business Day prior to the proposed Advance and prior to 11 a.m. on the date of the proposed Advance (an “Expedited Notice of Borrowing”). Upon receipt of an Expedited Notice of Borrowing, each Lender shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such Advance on the proposed funding date set forth in the Expedited Notice of Borrowing subject to the terms and conditions for borrowings otherwise set forth in this Agreement; provided, that if a Lender is unable to make an Advance pursuant to an Expedited Notice of Borrowing due to the occurrence of a force majeure, or any other unexpected and unforeseen event, including, without limitation, market disruptions, such Lender shall make such Advance subject to the terms and conditions for Advances otherwise set forth in this Agreement as soon as such Lender is reasonably able to do so.
Section 2.04    Evidence of Indebtedness.    (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to it and resulting from the Advances made by such Lender to the Borrower, from time to time, including the amounts and currencies of principal and interest thereon and paid to it, from time to time hereunder; provided that the failure of any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b)    Any Lender may request that its Advances to the Borrower be evidenced by a Note.  In such event, the Borrower shall promptly prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to such Lender and otherwise appropriately completed.  Thereafter, the Advances of such Lender evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after any assignment pursuant to Section 13.06(a)) be represented by a Note payable to such Lender (or registered assigns pursuant to Section 13.06(a)), except to the extent that such Lender (or assignee) subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Advances once again be evidenced as described in clause (a) of this Section 2.04.
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Section 2.05    Payment of Principal and Interest.  The Borrower shall pay principal and Interest on the Advances as follows:
(a)    100% of the outstanding principal amount of each Advance, together with all accrued and unpaid Interest thereon, shall be payable on the Final Maturity Date.
(b)    Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance from the date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in full.  The Administrative Agent shall, prior to each Payment Date, determine the accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to each Class for the related Interest Accrual Period and Unused Fees payable thereto using the Interest Rate applicable to such Class during such Interest Accrual Period to be paid by the Borrower on each Payment Date for the related Interest Accrual Period and shall advise each Lender, the Collateral Agent and the Servicer thereof and shall send a consolidated invoice of all such Interest and Unused Fees to the Borrower on the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the Payment Date Report Determination Date with respect to such Payment Date.
(c)    Accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to each Class shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Payment Date, and (ii) in connection with any prepayment of the Advances pursuant to Section 2.06(a); provided that (x) with respect to any prepayment in full of the Advances outstanding, accrued and unpaid Interest on such amount through the date of prepayment shall be payable on such date or as otherwise agreed to between the Lenders and the Borrower and (y) with respect to any partial prepayment of the Advances outstanding, accrued and unpaid Interest on such amount through the date of prepayment shall be payable on the Payment Date following such prepayment (or on such date of prepayment if requested by the Administrative Agent).
(d)    The obligation of the Borrower to pay the Obligations, including the obligation of the Borrower to pay the Lenders the outstanding principal amount of the Advances and accrued interest thereon, shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof (including Section 2.15), under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower or any other Person may have or have had against any Secured Party or any other Person except as otherwise provided under the Facility Documents.
Section 2.06    Prepayment of Advances.
(a)    Optional Prepayments.  The Borrower may, from time to time on any Business Day, voluntarily prepay Advances under one or more Classes in whole or in part, without penalty or premium; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent written notice of such prepayment (such notice, a “Notice of Prepayment”) in the form of Exhibit C not later than 2:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of such Notice of Prepayment.  Each such Notice of Prepayment shall specify the portion of the outstanding principal balance under each Class that shall be prepaid and be irrevocable and effective upon receipt and shall be dated the date such notice is being given, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and otherwise appropriately completed.  Each 
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Notice of Prepayment shall provide for prepayment of Advances by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.06(a), in each case, in an aggregate principal amount of at least $500,000 or, if less, the entire outstanding principal amount of the Advances of the Borrower.  If a Notice of Prepayment is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(b)    Mandatory Prepayments.  The Borrower shall prepay the Advances on each Payment Date in the manner and to the extent provided in the Priority of Payments.
(c)    Additional Prepayment Provisions.  Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.06 shall be subject to Sections 2.05(c) and 2.11 and applied to the Advances in accordance with the Lenders’ respective Percentages.
(d)    Re-designation of Class Advances.  The Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall be permitted at any time, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent, to re-allocate the aggregate outstanding principal balance under each Class to cause each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test to be satisfied or, if not satisfied, improved.  If any of the Class Minimum OC Coverage Tests is not satisfied and such failure has not been cured within five Business Days of the occurrence thereof (provided that no such cure period shall be permitted if an OC Ratio Breach has occurred and is continuing), the Administrative Agent may, upon written notice to the Borrower, each Lender and the Collateral Agent, re-allocate the aggregate outstanding principal balance under each Class so long as after giving effect to such re-allocation, each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied or, if not satisfied, improved.
Section 2.07    Changes of Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts.
(a)    Automatic Reduction and Termination.  Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts of each Lender shall be automatically reduced to zero at 5:00 p.m. on the Facility Termination Date.
(b)    Optional Reductions.  At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have the right to terminate or reduce the unused amount of the Facility Amount at any time or from time to time concurrently with the payment of any applicable Facility Reduction Fee payable in connection therewith upon not less than two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent of each such termination or reduction, which notice shall specify the effective date of such termination or reduction and the amount of any such reduction; provided that (i) the amount of any such reduction of the Facility Amount shall be equal to at least $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the remaining unused portion thereof, (ii) no such reduction will reduce the Facility Amount below the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Advances outstanding at such time and (y) the positive difference, if any, between the Revolving Exposure at such time and the amount in the Revolving Reserve Account and (iii) no Facility Reduction Fee shall be payable if a Non-Approval Event has occurred and is continuing or if the reduction occurs in connection with a refinancing of all or a portion of the facility by BNP Paribas or any affiliate thereof.  Such notice of termination or reduction shall be irrevocable and effective only upon receipt and shall 
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be applied pro rata to reduce the respective Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts of each Lender.  Except as otherwise set forth herein, upon the occurrence of the Collection Date, this Agreement shall terminate automatically.
(c)    Effect of Termination or Reduction.  The Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts of the Lenders once terminated or reduced may not be reinstated.  Each reduction of the Facility Amount pursuant to this Section 2.07 shall be applied ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts.
Section 2.08    Maximum Lawful Rate.  It is the intention of the parties hereto that the interest on the Advances shall not exceed the maximum rate permissible under Applicable Law.  Accordingly, anything herein or in any Note to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event any interest is charged to, collected from or received from or on behalf of the Borrower by the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto in excess of such maximum lawful rate, then the excess of such payment over that maximum shall be applied first to the payment of amounts then due and owing by the Borrower to the Secured Parties under this Agreement (other than in respect of principal of and interest on the Advances) and then to the reduction of the outstanding principal amount of the Advances of the Borrower.
Section 2.09    Several Obligations.  The failure of any Lender to make any Advance to be made by it on the date specified therefor shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to make its Advance on such date.  Neither Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Lender to make any Advance, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make an Advance required to be made by such other Lender.
Section 2.10    Increased Costs.
(a)    Increased Costs Generally.  If any Change in Law shall:
(i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, compulsory loan, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for account of, or credit extended by, any Affected Person;
(ii)    subject any Affected Person to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded 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 any Affected Person or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes), affecting this Agreement or Advances made by such Affected Person by reference to LIBOR or any participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Affected Person of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Advance made by reference to LIBOR (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Advance) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Affected Person hereunder (whether of principal, interest or 
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otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Affected Person for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered as specified in a certificate delivered to the Borrower pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 2.10.
(b)    Capital Requirements.  If any Affected Person determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Affected Person’s capital or on the capital of such Affected Person’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Advances made by such Affected Person to a level below that which such Affected Person or such Affected Person’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Affected Person’s policies and the policies of such Affected Person’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity coverage), by an amount deemed to be material by such Affected Person, then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Affected Person in Dollars, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Affected Person or such Affected Person’s holding company for any such reduction suffered or charge imposed; provided that the amounts payable under this Section 2.10(b) shall be without duplication of amounts payable under Section 13.03 and shall not include any Indemnified Taxes or Excluded Taxes.
(c)    Certificates from Lenders.  A certificate of an Affected Person setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such demand and the amount or amounts, in Dollars, necessary to compensate such Affected Person or its holding company as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.10 shall be promptly delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such amount shown as due on any such certificate on the next Payment Date after receipt thereof.
(d)    Delay in Requests.  Failure or delay on the part of any Affected Person to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall not constitute a waiver of such Affected Person’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate an Affected Person pursuant to this Section 2.10 for any costs, reductions, penalties or interest incurred more than nine months prior to the date that such Affected Person notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to any increased costs or reductions and of such Affected Person’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.  
(e)    Lending Office.  Upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the Borrower’s obligation to pay additional amounts to a Lender pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 2.10, such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate a different lending office if such designation would reduce or obviate the obligations of the Borrower to make future payments of such additional amounts; provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and its lending office suffer no unreimbursed cost or material legal or regulatory disadvantage (as reasonably determined by such Lender), with the object of avoiding future consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of any such provision.
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Section 2.11    Compensation; Breakage Payments.  The Borrower agrees to compensate each Affected Person from time to time, on the Payment Date (or on the applicable date of prepayment) immediately following such Affected Person’s written request (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts) in accordance with the Priority of Payments, for all reasonable and documented actual losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid by such Affected Person to lenders of funds borrowed to make or carry an Advance bearing interest that was computed by reference to LIBOR and any loss sustained by such Affected Person in connection with the re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits), which such Affected Person may sustain:  (i) if for any reason (including any failure of a condition precedent set forth in Article III but excluding a default by the applicable Lender) any Advance bearing interest that was computed by reference to LIBOR by the Borrower does not occur on the Borrowing Date specified therefor in the applicable Notice of Borrowing delivered by the Borrower, and (ii) if any payment or prepayment of any Advance bearing interest that was computed by reference to LIBOR is not made on a Payment Date or pursuant to a Notice of Prepayment given by the Borrower.  A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.11 submitted to the Borrower by any Lender (with a copy to the Agents, and accompanied by a reasonably detailed calculation of such amounts and a description of the basis for requesting such amounts) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.12    Inability to Determine Rates.  If, prior to a Benchmark Transition Start Date and prior to the first day of any Interest Accrual Period or prior to the date of any Advance, as applicable, the Administrative Agent determines that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining LIBOR for the applicable Advances, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and each Lender; provided that the Administrative Agent has made a similar determination with respect to similarly situated borrowers in similar facilities.  Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Majority Lenders) revokes such notice; provided that new Advances may be made at, and existing Advances would be maintained and converted to bear interest at, the Base Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.12 shall not apply during a Benchmark Unavailability Period.
Section 2.13    Rescission or Return of Payment.  The Borrower agrees that, if at any time (including after the occurrence of the Final Maturity Date) all or any part of any payment theretofore made by it to any Secured Party or any designee of a Secured Party is or must be rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates), the obligation of the Borrower to make such payment to such Secured Party shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence and this Agreement and any other applicable Facility Document shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as to such obligations, all as though such payment had not been made.
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Section 2.14    Post-Default Interest.  The Borrower shall pay interest on all Obligations (other than any Administrative Expenses) that are not paid when due (after taking into account any applicable grace periods) for the period from the due date thereof until the date the same is paid in full at the Post-Default Rate.  Interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable on each Payment Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
Section 2.15    Payments Generally.    (a) All amounts owing and payable to any Secured Party, any Affected Person or any Indemnified Party, in respect of the Advances and other Obligations, including the principal thereof, interest, fees, indemnities, expenses or other amounts payable under this Agreement or any other Facility Document, shall be paid by the Borrower to the applicable recipient in Dollars, in immediately available funds, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, and all without counterclaim, setoff, deduction, defense, abatement, suspension or deferment.  Each Lender shall provide wire instructions to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.  All payments made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to a Payment Date Report on any Payment Date shall be wired by the Collateral Agent by 4:00 p.m. on such Payment Date.  Prepayments to be made pursuant to Section 2.06 for which the Collateral Agent has received a Notice of Prepayment two (2) Business Days prior to the scheduled date of prepayment shall be wired by the Collateral Agent by 2:00 p.m. on such date.  All other payments by the Borrower must be received by the Collateral Agent on or prior to 3:00 p.m. on a Business Day (the Collateral Agent shall then wire such funds to the Lenders by 5:00 p.m. on such Business Day); provided that, payments received by the Collateral Agent after 3:00 p.m. or payments received by the Lenders after 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day will be deemed to have been paid on the next following Business Day.  For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of Section 6.01, amounts paid by the Borrower shall be deemed received upon payment by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent.  At no time will the Collateral Agent have any duty (express or implied) to fund (or front or advance) any amount owing by the Borrower hereunder.
(b)    Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all computations of interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed in computing interest on any Advance, the date of the making of the Advance shall be included and the date of payment shall be excluded; provided that, if an Advance is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s Interest shall be paid on such Advance.  All computations made by the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Facility Document shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c)    Any and all payments made by the Borrower under the Facility Documents shall be made in Dollars. Any Collections on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount denominated in a Permitted Currency may be converted by the Collateral Agent into Dollars on any Business Day (other than a Payment Date) pursuant to the definition of “Dollar Equivalent” (x) at the direction of the Servicer so long as no Event of Default exists either prior to or after giving effect to such conversion (as shall be deemed certified by the Servicer upon delivery of any such direction to the Collateral Agent) or (y) if an Event of Default exists, at the direction of the Administrative Agent. The Servicer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall provide no less than one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice to the Administrative Agent or the Servicer, as applicable, and the Collateral Agent of any such conversion. The 
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Servicer shall instruct the Collateral Agent, no later than two (2) Business Days immediately preceding each Payment Date, to convert amounts on deposit in the applicable Collection Account into Dollars pursuant to the definition of “Dollar Equivalent” to the extent necessary to make payments required in Dollars hereunder. All risks and expenses incident to such conversion are the responsibility of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent shall have (x) no responsibility for fluctuations in exchange rates affecting any Collections or conversion thereof and (y) to the extent it complies with the instructions provided by the Servicer or the Administrative Agent, no liability for any losses incurred or resulting from the rates obtained in such foreign exchange transactions.
Section 2.16    Extension of Facility Termination Date.  The Borrower shall have an option to extend the Facility Termination Date one time, by not longer than one year, subject to the satisfaction of conditions precedent to be agreed between the parties.
Section 2.17    Defaulting Lenders.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:
(i)    That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 13.01(d).
(ii)    Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, or otherwise), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows:  first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Event of Default or Default exists), to the funding of any Advance in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held as cash collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Advances under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to other Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Event of Default or Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Advances of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Advances of that Defaulting Lender.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that 
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are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii)    For any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender, that Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Unused Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such Defaulting Lender).
(b)    If the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Advances of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Advances to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts, whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.18    LIBOR Discontinuation.    (a) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Agreement, each party hereto acknowledges and agrees for the benefit of each of the other parties hereto:  (ax) LIBOR (i) may be subject to methodological or other changes which could affect its value, (ii) may not comply with applicable laws and regulations (such as the Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended) and/or (iiiii) may be permanently discontinued; and (by) the occurrence of any of the aforementioned events and/or a Benchmark Transition Event may have adverse consequences which may materially impact the economics of the financing transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
(b)    Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Facility Document, upon the occurrence ofif a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event or, to the extent BNP Paribas' Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount is at least 50% of the Maximum Facility Amount, Early Opt-in Election will become effective at 5:00 p.m.and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such 
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Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Facility Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Facility Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Facility Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders, the Borrower, the Servicer, the Equityholder and the Collateral Agentdate notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Facility Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendmentBenchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders.  So long as BNP Paribas' Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount is less than 50% of the Maximum Facility Amount, any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Majority Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.18 will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(c)     Term SOFR Transition Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Facility Document and subject to the proviso below in this paragraph, if a Term SOFR Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or under any Facility Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Facility Document; provided that, this clause (c) shall not be effective unless the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders and the Borrower a Term SOFR Notice. 
(d)    (c) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Facility Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Facility Document.
(e)    (d) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, the Lenders, the Servicer, the Equityholder and the Collateral Agent of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related 
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Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.18, 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 or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party heretoto this Agreement or any other Facility Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.18.
(f)    Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Facility Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or LIBOR) and either (A) 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 Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, in consultation with the Borrower, or (B) 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 or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, may modify the definition of “Interest Accrual Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (y) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (x) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, may modify the definition of “Interest Accrual Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(g)    (e) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower's receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any Notice of Borrowing to be made or any, conversion to or continuation of an Advance to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a Notice of Borrowing of or conversion of such Advance to bearto Advances bearing interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin. 
(h)    (f) Certain Defined Terms. As used in this  Section 2.18:
"Available Tenor" means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such 
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Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Accrual Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Accrual Period” pursuant to Section 2.18(e).
"Benchmark Replacement" means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1)    the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(2)    the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(3)    "Benchmark Replacement" means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor 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 of interest as a replacement to LIBOR for U.S. dollar-denominatedfor the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, in consultation with the Borrower; provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Facility Document, upon the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event, and the delivery of a Term SOFR Notice, on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date the “Benchmark Replacement” shall revert to and shall be deemed to be the sum of (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, as set forth in clause (1) of this definition (subject to the first proviso above).
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (3) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Facility Documents.
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"Benchmark Replacement Adjustment" means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Accrual Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:
(1)    for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower:
(a)    the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Accrual Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor;
(b)    the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Accrual Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and
(2)    "for purposes of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment" means, with respect to any replacement of LIBOR with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Accrual Period,,” 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 Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (ax) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of LIBORsuch Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (by) 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 LIBORsuch Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominatedDollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.;
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provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
"Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes" means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of "Business Day," the definition of "Interest Accrual Period," timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent reasonably decides in consultation with the Borrower may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of thesuch Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement; provided that the Administrative Agent has made a similar determination with respect to similarly situated borrowers in similar facilities and the other Facility Documents).
"Benchmark Replacement Date" means the earlierearliest to occur of the following events with respect to LIBORthe then-current Benchmark:
(1)    in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of "Benchmark Transition Event," the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of LIBORsuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide LIBOR; orall Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2)    in the case of clause (3) of the definition of "Benchmark Transition Event," the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.;
(3)    in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is thirty (30) days after the date a Term SOFR Notice is provided to the Lenders and the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18(c); or
(4)    in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date 
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notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders; provided that the Lenders may object to the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment only.
For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) 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 LIBORthe then-current Benchmark:
(1)    a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of LIBORsuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide LIBORall 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 LIBORany Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2)    a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR, the U.S.such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve SystemBoard, the NYFRB, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBORsuch Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for LIBORsuch Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for LIBORsuch Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of LIBORsuch Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide LIBORall 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 LIBORany Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3)    a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of LIBORsuch Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that LIBOR 
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isall Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer representative.
"Benchmark Transition Start Date" means (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (x) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (y) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 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 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Administrative Agent (or the Borrower, as applicable), by notice to the Borrower (or the Administrative Agent, as applicable), the Servicer, the Lenders, the Equityholder and the Collateral Agent.
For the avoidance of doubt, 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 Unavailability Period" means, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to LIBOR and solely to the extent that LIBOR has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that sucha Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBORthe then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Facility Document in accordance with Section 2.18 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced LIBORthe then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder pursuant toand under any Facility Document in accordance with Section 2.18.
"Corresponding Tenor" with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
"Daily Simple SOFR" means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
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"Early Opt-in Election" means, if the then-current Benchmark is LIBOR, the occurrence of:
(1)    (i) a determinationnotification by the Administrative Agent, to (ii) a determinationor the request by the Borrower, or (iii) a notification by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined that U.S. dollar-denominatedto notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section 2.18 are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR, and contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and
(2)    (i) the joint election by the Administrative Agent, (ii) the election by and the Borrower or (iii) the election by the Required Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurredto trigger a fallback from LIBOR and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Borrower and the Lenders, by the Borrower of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or by the Required Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative AgentLenders.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
"Floor" means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to LIBOR.
"ISDA Definitions" means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.
"NYFRB" means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
"Federal Reserve Bank of New York'sNYFRB's Website" means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
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"Reference Time" with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is LIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two Business Days prior to the first day of the LIBOR Period, and (2) if such Benchmark is not LIBOR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
"Relevant Governmental Body" means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkNYFRB, or any successor thereto.
"SOFR" means, with respect to any day meansBusiness Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Website.for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website at approximately 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
"SOFR Administrator" means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
"SOFR Administrator’s Website" means the NYFRB’s Website, 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.
"Term SOFR" means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
"Term SOFR Notice" means a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event.
"Term SOFR Transition Event" means the determination by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion in consultation with the Borrower that (a) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body, (b) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (c) a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, has previously occurred resulting in a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 2.18 that is not Term SOFR.
"Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement" means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
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ARTICLE III.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 3.01    Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance.  The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Advance hereunder shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a)    each of the Facility Documents (other than the Collateral Agent Fee Letter, which shall be delivered directly to the Collateral Agent) duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, which shall each be in full force and effect;
(b)    true and complete copies of the Constituent Documents of the Borrower, the Equityholder and the Servicer as in effect on the Closing Date;
(c)    a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (i) as to its Constituent Documents, (ii) as to its resolutions or other action of its member approving this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (iii) that its representations and warranties set forth in the Facility Documents to which it is a party are true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to any earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), (iv) that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (v) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each of its Responsible Officers authorized to execute the Facility Documents to which it is a party;
(d)    [Reserved];
(e)    [Reserved];
(f)    a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer certifying (i) as to its Constituent Documents, (ii) as to its resolutions or other action of its board of directors or members approving this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (iii) that its representations and warranties set forth in the Facility Documents to which it is a party are true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to any earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), and (iv) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each of its Responsible Officers authorized to execute the Facility Documents to which it is a party;
(g)    financing statements (or the equivalent thereof in any applicable foreign jurisdiction, as applicable) in proper form for filing on the Closing Date, under the UCC with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and any other applicable filing office in any 
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applicable jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent deems necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests in the Collateral contemplated by this Agreement;
(h)    copies of proper financing statement amendments (or the equivalent thereof in any applicable foreign jurisdiction, as applicable), if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Collateral previously granted by the Borrower, the Equityholder or any transferor;
(i)    legal opinions (addressed to each of the Secured Parties) of counsel to the Borrower, the Equityholder, the Servicer, the Collateral Agent and the Custodian, covering such matters as the Administrative Agent and its counsel shall reasonably request;
(j)    evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all of the Covered Accounts shall have been established, and the Account Control Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary and shall be in full force and effect;
(k)    evidence that (i) all invoiced fees and expenses due and payable to each Lender on or prior to the Closing Date have been received or will be received contemporaneously with the Closing Date; (ii) the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (to the extent invoiced on or prior the Closing Date) shall have been paid by the Borrower; and (iii) all other reasonable and documented up-front expenses and fees (including legal fees of outside counsel and any fees required under the Collateral Agent Fee Letter) that are invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date shall have been paid by the Borrower;
(l)    delivery of such Collateral (including any promissory note, executed assignment agreements and Word or pdf copies of the principal credit agreement for each initial Collateral Loan, to the extent received by the Borrower) in accordance with the Custodian Agreement shall have been effected;
(m)    a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying to the effect that, in the case of each item of Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent, on the Closing Date and, in the case of clauses (i) through (iii) below, immediately prior to the delivery thereof on the Closing Date:
(i)    the Borrower is the owner of such Collateral free and clear of any Liens except for those which are being released on the Closing Date or Permitted Liens;
(ii)    the Borrower has not assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered any interest in such Collateral (or, if any such interest has been assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered, it has been released) other than Permitted Liens or interests granted pursuant to this Agreement; and
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(iii)    upon the grant by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, except Permitted Liens or as permitted by this Agreement; and
(n)    such other opinions, instruments, certificates and documents from the Borrower as the Agents or any Lender shall have reasonably requested.
Section 3.02    Conditions Precedent to Each Advance.  The obligation of each Lender to make each Advance to be made by it (including the initial Advance) on each Borrowing Date shall be subject to the fulfillment (or written waiver) of the following conditions; provided that the conditions described in clauses (d) and (e) (other than a Default or Event of Default described in Section 6.01(i)) below need not be satisfied if the proceeds of the Advance are used to fund Revolving Collateral Loans or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans then owned by the Borrower to fund the Revolving Reserve Account to the extent required under Section 8.04:
(a)    subject to Section 2.02, the Administrative Agent must have received and approved an Approval Request for the loan(s) the Borrower intends to purchase with the proceeds of the Advance and such approval has not expired or been rescinded or the loan(s) the Borrower intends to purchase with the proceeds of the Advance must be on the current Approved List;
(b)    the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing with respect to such Advance (including the Borrowing Base Calculation Statement attached thereto, all duly completed) delivered in accordance with Section 2.03;
(c)    immediately before and after the making of such Advance on the applicable Borrowing Date, the Minimum OC Coverage Test shall be satisfied and each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test shall be satisfied (as demonstrated on the Borrowing Base Calculation Statement attached to such Notice of Borrowing) and the Collateral Quality Test will be satisfied, maintained or improved;
(d)    each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder contained in the Facility Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such Borrowing Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to any earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date as if made on such date);
(e)    no Default, Event of Default, Potential Servicer Removal Event or Servicer Removal Event shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the making of such Advance or shall result upon the making of such Advance;
(f)    the Reinvestment Period shall not have terminated; and
(g)    after giving effect to such Advance, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Advances shall not exceed the Maximum Facility Amount.
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ARTICLE IV.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.01    Representations and Warranties of the Borrower.  The Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Secured Parties on and as of each Measurement Date, as follows:
(a)    Due Organization.  It is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and authority to own and operate its assets and properties, conduct the business in which it is now engaged and to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.
(b)    Due Qualification.  It is duly qualified to do business and, to the extent applicable, is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, assets and properties, including the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the other Facility Documents to which it is a party and its Constituent Documents, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Due Authorization; Execution and Delivery; Legal, Valid and Binding; Enforceability.  The execution and delivery by it of, and the performance of its obligations under, the Facility Documents to which it is a party and the other instruments, certificates and agreements contemplated thereby are within its powers and have been duly authorized by all requisite action by it and have been duly executed and delivered by it and constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(d)    [Reserved.]
(e)    Non-Contravention.  None of the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement or the other Facility Documents to which it is a party, the Advances or the pledge of the Collateral hereunder, the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or compliance by it with the terms, conditions and provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under its Constituent Documents or (ii) conflict with or contravene in any material respect, and with respect to clause (B), result in the creation of a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) under, (A) any Applicable Law, (B) any indenture, agreement or other contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets, including any Related Document, or (C) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its assets or properties.
(f)    Governmental Authorizations; Private Authorizations; Governmental Filings.  It has obtained, maintained and kept in full force and effect all material Governmental 
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Authorizations and material Private Authorizations which are necessary for it to properly carry out its business, and made all material Governmental Filings necessary for the execution and delivery by it of the Facility Documents to which it is a party, the Advances under this Agreement, the pledge of the Collateral under this Agreement and the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.
(g)    Compliance with Agreements, Laws, Etc.  It has duly observed and complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to the conduct of its business and its assets.  It has preserved and kept in full force and effect its legal existence.  It has preserved and kept in full force and effect its rights, privileges, qualifications and franchises, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    Location.  Its office in which it maintains its limited liability company books and records is located at the addresses set forth on Schedule 5.  Its registered office and jurisdiction of organization is the jurisdiction referred to in Section 4.01(a).
(i)    Investment Company Act.  Neither it nor the pool of Collateral is required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.  
(j)    ERISA.  Neither it nor any member of the ERISA Group has, or during the past six years had, any liability or obligation with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(k)    Taxes.  It is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  It has filed all income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed by it, if any, and has paid all income taxes and all other material taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns, if any, or pursuant to any assessment received by any such Person other than any such taxes, assessments or charges that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established.
(l)    Filings and Stamp Taxes.  This Agreement is in proper legal form under the applicable law of the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of the Borrower for the enforcement hereof or thereof against the Borrower, and to ensure legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of this Agreement it is not necessary that (i) this Agreement, or any other document be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation of the Borrower or (ii) that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid in any jurisdiction on or in respect of this Agreement or any other document.
(m)    Plan Assets.  Its assets are not treated and during the term of this Agreement will not be treated as “plan assets” for purposes of 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 and Section 3(42) of ERISA (the “Plan Asset Rule”) and the Collateral is not and during the term of this Agreement will not be deemed to be “plan assets” for purposes of the Plan Asset Rule.
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(n)    Solvency.  After giving effect to each Advance hereunder, and the disbursement of the proceeds of such Advance, it is and will be Solvent.
(o)    Representations Relating to the Collateral.   (i) It owns and has good and marketable legal and beneficial title to all Collateral Loans and other Collateral free and clear of any Lien or claim of any Person, other than Permitted Liens;
(ii)    except for Permitted Liens or as contemplated by the Facility Documents, it has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral.  It has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements or any equivalent filing in any applicable jurisdiction against it that include a description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statement or any equivalent filing in any applicable jurisdiction relating to the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, relating to assets sold or contributed to any Person not prohibited hereunder, relating to the closing of a Permitted Securitization contemplated by Section 10.01(e) or that has been terminated; and it is not aware of any judgment, PBGC liens or tax lien filings against it or any of its assets;
(iii)    the Collateral constitutes Money, Cash, accounts (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(2) of the UCC), Instruments, general intangibles (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC), Uncertificated Securities, Certificated Securities or Security Entitlements to Financial Assets resulting from the crediting of Financial Assets to a “securities account” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC);
(iv)    all Covered Accounts constitute “securities accounts” under Section 8-501(a) of the UCC;
(v)    this Agreement creates a valid, continuing and, upon Delivery of Collateral, filing of the financing statements referred to in clause (viii) below and execution of the Account Control Agreement, perfected security interest (as defined in Section 1-201(37) of the UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties, which security interest is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and claims and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from it, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(iv)    it has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Related Documents in respect of such Collateral to the pledge hereunder to the Collateral Agent of its interest and rights in such Collateral;
(vii)    with respect to the Collateral that constitutes Security Entitlements, all such Collateral has been and will have been credited to the applicable Covered Account and the Securities Intermediary for each Covered Account has agreed to treat all assets credited to such Covered Account as Financial Assets;
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(viii)    with respect to Collateral that constitutes accounts or general intangibles (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC), it has caused or will have caused, on or prior to the Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law in order to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit and security of the Secured Parties, hereunder (which it hereby agrees may be an “all assets” filing);
(ix)    it has taken all steps necessary to enable the Collateral Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) with respect to each Covered Account;
(x)    the Covered Accounts are in its name and not in the name of any other Person.  It has not instructed the Securities Intermediary of any Covered Account to comply with the entitlement order of any Person other than the Collateral Agent; provided that, until the Collateral Agent delivers a notice of exclusive control, it and the Servicer may cause Cash in the Covered Accounts to be invested in Eligible Investments, and the proceeds thereof to be paid and distributed in accordance with this Agreement; and
(xi)    all Covered Accounts constitute “securities accounts” as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC.
(p)    Eligibility.  (i) The information contained in each Notice of Borrowing delivered pursuant to Section 2.03, is an accurate and complete listing of all Collateral Loans included in the Collateral as of the related Borrowing Date and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such Collateral Loan and the amounts owing thereunder is true, correct and complete as of the related Borrowing Date and (ii) with respect to each Collateral Loan included in any calculation of the Borrowing Base or OC Ratio, such Collateral Loan is an Eligible Collateral Loan at such time; provided that, notwithstanding anything to contrary contained herein, to the extent any such Collateral Loan is repurchased or otherwise removed from the Borrowing Base pursuant to the Loan Sale Agreement, then no such breach of the foregoing clause (ii) shall constitute an Event of Default or other breach of this Agreement.
(q)    Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Terrorism Laws.  None of the Borrower, its subsidiaries, their respective directors or officers, or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, their respective employees or Persons Controlling or Controlled by the Borrower has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction and the Borrower has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to prevent violation of such laws, regulations and rules.
(r)    Sanctions.  None of the Borrower, its subsidiaries, their respective directors or officers, or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, their respective employees or Persons Controlling or Controlled by the Borrower is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are:  (i) the target of any Sanctions, including any government or governmental agency that is the subject of Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with such government or government agency (a “Sanctioned Person”) or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or 
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territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions broadly prohibiting dealings with such government, country, or territory (a “Sanctioned Country”).
(s)    No Default.  Neither it nor any of its subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any contractual obligation or restriction that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t)    No Proceedings.  There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against it before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of any Facility Document to which it is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Facility Document to which it is a party or (iii) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u)    Information.  All information heretofore or hereafter furnished by it or on its behalf to any Secured Party in connection with the Facility Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is and will be (when taken as a whole) true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date such information is stated or certified and does not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading; provided that solely with respect to information furnished by the Borrower which was provided to the Borrower from an Obligor with respect to a Collateral Loan, such information shall only need to be true, complete and correct to the actual knowledge of the Borrower; provided further that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information represents the Borrower’s good faith estimates as of the date of preparation thereof, based upon methods and data the Borrower believes to be reasonable and accurate, but actual results during the periods covered by such projections may differ materially from such projections.
(v)    Procedures.  In selecting and disposing of the Collateral, no selection procedures were employed which are intended to be adverse to the interests of any Secured Party.
(w)    Volcker Rule. The transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Facility Documents do not result in any Lender or the Administrative Agent holding an “ownership interest” in a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule.
Section 4.02    Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.  The Servicer represents and warrants to each of the other Secured Parties on and as of each Measurement Date, as follows:
(a)    Due Organization.  It is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the laws of Maryland, with full power and authority to own and operate its assets and properties, conduct the business in which it is now engaged and to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.
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(b)    Due Qualification.  It is duly qualified to do business and, to the extent applicable, is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, assets and properties, including the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the other Facility Documents to which it is a party and its Constituent Documents, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Due Authorization; Execution and Delivery; Legal, Valid and Binding; Enforceability.  The execution and delivery by it of, and the performance of its obligations under the Facility Documents to which it is a party and the other instruments, certificates and agreements contemplated thereby are within its powers and have been duly authorized by all requisite action by it and have been duly executed and delivered by it and constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(d)    [Reserved.]  
(e)    Non-Contravention.  None of the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement or the other Facility Documents to which it is a party, the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or compliance by it with the terms, conditions and provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under its Constituent Documents or (ii) conflict with or contravene in any material respect, and with respect to clause (B), result in the creation of a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) under, (A) any Applicable Law, (B) any indenture, agreement or other contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets, including any Related Document, or (C) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its assets or properties, except, in the case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, where such conflict, contravention, breach, violation or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)    Governmental Authorizations; Private Authorizations; Governmental Filings.  It has obtained, maintained and kept in full force and effect all material Governmental Authorizations and material Private Authorizations which are necessary for it to properly carry out its business, and made all material Governmental Filings necessary for the execution and delivery by it of the Facility Documents to which it is a party and the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.
(g)    Compliance with Agreements, Laws, Etc.  It has duly observed and complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to the conduct of its business and its assets.  It has preserved and kept in full force and effect its legal existence.  It has preserved and kept in full force and effect its rights, privileges, qualifications and franchises, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(h)    [Reserved.]  
(i)    Taxes.  It has filed all income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed by it, if any, and has paid all income taxes and all other material taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns, if any, or pursuant to any assessment received by any such Person other than any such taxes, assessments or charges that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established.
(j)    [Reserved.]  
(k)    Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Terrorism Laws.  None of the Servicer, its subsidiaries, their respective directors or officers, or, to the best knowledge of the Servicer, their respective employees or Persons Controlling or Controlled by the Servicer has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction and the Servicer has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to prevent violation of such laws, regulations and rules.
(l)    Sanctions.  None of the Servicer, its subsidiaries, their respective directors or officers, or, to the best knowledge of the Servicer, their respective employees or Persons Controlling or Controlled by the Servicer is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are:  (i) a Sanctioned Person or (ii) located, organized or resident in, or whose government is, a Sanctioned Country.
(m)    [Reserved.]
(n)    No Proceedings.  There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against it before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of any Facility Document to which it is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Facility Document to which it is a party or (iii) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o)    Information.  All information heretofore or hereafter furnished by it or on its behalf to any Secured Party in connection with the Facility Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is and will be (when taken as a whole) true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date such information is stated or certified and does not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading; provided that solely with respect to information furnished by the Servicer which was provided to the Servicer from an Obligor with respect to a Collateral Loan, such information shall only need to be true, complete and correct to the actual knowledge of the Servicer; provided further that, with respect to projected financial information, the Servicer represents only that such information represents the Servicer’s good faith estimates as of the date of preparation thereof, based upon methods and data the Servicer believes to be reasonable and accurate, but actual results during the periods covered by such projections may differ materially from such projections.
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(p)    Procedures.  In selecting and disposing of the Collateral, no selection procedures were employed which are intended to be adverse to the interests of any Secured Party.
Section 4.03    Representations and Warranties of the Equityholder.  The Equityholder represents and warrants to each of the other Secured Parties on and as of each Measurement Date, as follows:
(a)    Due Organization.  It is a corporation duly formed and validly existing under the laws of Maryland, with full power and authority to own and operate its assets and properties, conduct the business in which it is now engaged and to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.
(b)    Due Qualification.  It is duly qualified to do business and, to the extent applicable, is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, assets and properties, including the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the other Facility Documents to which it is a party and its Constituent Documents, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Due Authorization; Execution and Delivery; Legal, Valid and Binding; Enforceability.  The execution and delivery by it of, and the performance of its obligations under the Facility Documents to which it is a party and the other instruments, certificates and agreements contemplated thereby are within its powers and have been duly authorized by all requisite action by it and have been duly executed and delivered by it and constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(d)    Investment Company Act. It (i) is not required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act and (ii) has elected to be regulated as a “business development company” for purposes of the Investment Company Act.
(e)    Non-Contravention.  None of the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement or the other Facility Documents to which it is a party, the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or compliance by it with the terms, conditions and provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under its Constituent Documents or (ii) conflict with or contravene in any material respect, and with respect to clause (B), result in the creation of a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) under, (A) any Applicable Law, (B) any indenture, agreement or other contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets, including any Related Document, or (C) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its assets or properties, except, in the case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, where 
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such conflict, contravention, breach, violation or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)    Governmental Authorizations; Private Authorizations; Governmental Filings.  It has obtained, maintained and kept in full force and effect all material Governmental Authorizations and material Private Authorizations which are necessary for it to properly carry out its business, and made all material Governmental Filings necessary for the execution and delivery by it of the Facility Documents to which it is a party and the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.
(g)    Compliance with Agreements, Laws, Etc.  It has duly observed and complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to the conduct of its business and its assets.  It has preserved and kept in full force and effect its legal existence.  It has preserved and kept in full force and effect its rights, privileges, qualifications and franchises, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    [Reserved.]  
(i)    Taxes.  It has filed all income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed by it, if any, and has paid all income taxes and all other material taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns, if any, or pursuant to any assessment received by any such Person other than any such taxes, assessments or charges that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established.
(j)    Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Terrorism Laws.  None of the Equityholder, its subsidiaries, their respective directors or officers, or, to the best knowledge of the Equityholder, their respective employees or Persons Controlling or Controlled by the Equityholder has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction and the Equityholder has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to prevent violation of such laws, regulations and rules.
(k)    Sanctions.  None of the Equityholder, its subsidiaries, their respective directors or officers, or, to the best knowledge of the Equityholder, their respective employees or Persons Controlling or Controlled by the Equityholder is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are:  (i) a Sanctioned Person or (ii) located, organized or resident in, or whose government is, a Sanctioned Country.
(l)    No Default. Neither it nor any of its subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any contractual obligation or restriction that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m)    No Proceedings.  There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against it before any Governmental Authority 
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(i) asserting the invalidity of any Facility Document to which it is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Facility Document to which it is a party or (iii) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)    Information.  All information heretofore or hereafter furnished by it or on its behalf in its capacity as Equityholder to any Secured Party in connection with the Facility Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is and will be (when taken as a whole) true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date such information is stated or certified and does not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(o)    Originator. It is an “originator” for the purposes of the Securitisation Regulation in respect of the Retention Holder Originated Collateral Loans.
(p)    Establishment. It has established, and, in its capacity as Servicer, manages the securitisation contemplated by the Facility Documents.
(q)    Sole purpose. It (i) is not an entity that has been established or operates for the sole purpose of securitising exposures and (ii) has the capacity to meet its payment obligations from resources not related to the exposures it securitises.
(r)    Collateral Loans. As of the date hereof, more than 50% of the Collateral Loans held by the Borrower are Retention Holder Originated Collateral Loans.
ARTICLE V.

COVENANTS
Section 5.01    Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower.  The Borrower covenants and agrees that, until the Collection Date:
(a)    Compliance with Agreements, Laws, Etc.  It shall (i) duly observe and comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relative to the conduct of its business or to its assets, (ii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, (iii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its rights, privileges, qualifications and franchises, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) comply with the terms and conditions of each Facility Document to which it is a party, its Constituent Documents and each Related Document to which it is a party and (v) obtain, maintain and keep in full force and effect all Governmental Authorizations, Private Authorizations and Governmental Filings which are necessary to properly carry out its business and the transactions contemplated to be performed by it under the Facility Documents to which it is a party, its Constituent Documents and the Related Documents to which it is a party, except, in the case of this clause (v), where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b)    Enforcement.
(i)    It shall not take any action that would release any Obligor from any of such Obligor’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Collateral, except in the case of (A) repayment of Collateral Loans, (B) subject to the terms of this Agreement, (1) amendments to Collateral Loans in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (2) actions taken in connection with the work out or restructuring of any Collateral Loan in accordance with the provisions hereof, and (C) other actions by the Servicer required hereby or otherwise to the extent not prohibited by, or in conflict with, this Agreement.
(ii)    It will perform all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Agreement or any other Facility Document to which such Person is a party.
(c)    Further Assurances.  It shall promptly upon the reasonable request of either Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent), at its expense, execute and deliver such further instruments and take such further action in order to maintain and protect the Collateral Agent’s first-priority perfected security interest in the Collateral pledged by the Borrower for the benefit of the Secured Parties free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens).  At the request of either Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent), it shall promptly take, at the Borrower’s expense, such further action in order to establish and protect the rights, interests and remedies created or intended to be created under this Agreement in favor of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, including all actions which are necessary to (x) enable the Secured Parties to enforce their rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, and (y) effectuate the intent and purpose of, and to carry out the terms of, the Facility Documents.
(d)    Financial Statements; Other Information.  It shall provide to the Administrative Agent or cause to be provided to the Administrative Agent (with enough additional copies for each Lender):
(i)    within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Equityholder, an annual report of the Equityholder containing an audited consolidated statement (together with a consolidating schedule showing the balance sheet and income statement of the Borrower) of assets, liabilities, and capital as of the end of such fiscal year, and audited consolidated statements (together with a consolidating schedule showing the balance sheet and income statement of the Borrower) of operations and cash flows, for the year then ended, prepared in accordance with GAAP, each reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Equityholder and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided, that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i) which are made available via EDGAR, or any successor system of the Securities Exchange Commission, in the 
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Equityholder’s annual report on Form 10-K, shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date such documents are made available;
(ii)    within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Equityholder, an unaudited financial report of the Equityholder containing a consolidated statement (together with a consolidating schedule showing the balance sheet and income statement of the Borrower) of assets, liabilities, and capital, consolidated statements (together with a consolidating schedule showing the balance sheet and income statement of the Borrower) of operations, and a market value report regarding the Equityholder’s investments, in each case for the period then ended, all certified by one of its senior financial officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Equityholder and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; provided, that the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (ii) which are made available via EDGAR, or any successor system of the Securities Exchange Commission, in the Equityholder’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date such documents are made available;
(iii)    (x) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower within three Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence and continuance of any (A) Default, (B) Event of Default, (C) event or occurrence that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (D) receipt of notice from the agent on a Collateral Loan that the related Obligor has defaulted (beyond applicable grace periods) in the payment of principal or interest, a certificate ofand (y) a notice from the Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (which may be by email) within the later of (1) three Business Days after the Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge or (2) ten Business Days after the Servicer or Borrower receives notice of the occurrence and continuance of any (A) Revaluation Event, including any Revaluation Event with respect to a Recurring Revenue Loan (except that Revaluation Events under clauses (c), (d) and (e) thereof must be notified hereunder within three Business Days after the Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge) or (B) Collateral Loan that ceases to be an Eligible Collateral Loan, in each case setting forth the details thereof and the action, if any, which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(iv)    from time to time such additional information regarding the Borrower’s financial position or business and the Collateral (including reasonably detailed calculations of the Minimum OC Coverage Test and the Collateral Quality Test) as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request if reasonably available without undue burden or expense;
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(v)    promptly after the occurrence of any ERISA Event, notice of such ERISA Event and copies of any material communications with all Governmental Authorities or any Multiemployer Plan received by the Borrower with respect to such ERISA Event;
(vi)    promptly following any reasonable request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer,” anti-money laundering and sanctions rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act; 
(vii)    within two Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof, provide notice to the Administrative Agent of any settlement of, material judgment (including a material judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any material labor controversy, material litigation, material action, material suit or material proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, directly and adversely affecting in any material respect the Collateral (taken as a whole), the Facility Documents, or any Secured Party’s interest in the Collateral; and
(viii)    with respect to each Obligor of a Collateral Loan: (1) within ten (10) Business Days of the completion of the Servicer’s portfolio review of such Obligor (which, for each Obligor shall occur no less frequently than four (4) times per calendar year) (I) the most recent financial reporting packages that correspond to such portfolio review with respect to such Obligor and with respect to each related Collateral Loan (including any attached or included information, statements and calculations) received as of the date of the Servicer’s most recent portfolio review and (II) the internal monitoring report prepared by the Servicer with respect to each Obligor and (2) upon demand by the Administrative Agent, such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to any Collateral Loan or Obligor (to the extent reasonably available to the Servicer).
(e)    Access to Records and Documents.  It shall permit the Administrative Agent (or any Person designated by the Administrative Agent as its agent or representative, subject to delivery of standard confidentiality agreements) to, upon reasonable advance notice and during normal business hours, visit and inspect and make copies thereof at reasonable intervals: (i) its books, records and accounts relating to its business, financial condition, operations, assets and its performance under the Facility Documents and the Related Documents and to discuss the foregoing with its and such Person’s officers, partners, employees and accountants, and (ii) the Related Documents with respect to the Collateral; provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred, the Borrower shall be responsible for all costs and expenses for only one such visit per fiscal year by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall be permitted to schedule such visits on behalf of the Lenders and shall (1) coordinate in good faith with the Lenders to determine dates which are acceptable to a majority of the Lenders and whenever possible occur on one such date as a single group and 
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(2) provide 10 days’ prior notice to the Lenders of any such visit and any Lender shall be permitted to accompany the Administrative Agent in such visit.
(f)    Use of Proceeds.  It shall use the proceeds of each Advance made hereunder solely:
(i)    to fund or pay the purchase price of Collateral Loans or Eligible Investments acquired by the Borrower in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein (it being understood that the Borrower may request an Advance to fund the applicable Advance Rate of one or more Collateral Loans either on the date of acquisition or at a later time during the Reinvestment Period pursuant to Article II);
(ii)    to fund additional extensions of credit under Revolving Collateral Loans and Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans purchased in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; 
(iii)    to fund the Revolving Reserve Account on or prior to the Facility Termination Date to the extent the Revolving Reserve Account is required to be funded pursuant to Section 8.04 (and the Borrower shall submit a Notice of Borrowing requesting Advances for a Borrowing Date falling no more than five and no less than one Business Day prior to the Facility Termination Date with a Requested Amount sufficient to fully fund the Revolving Reserve Account under Section 8.04); and
(iv)    to make Permitted Distributions or Permitted Tax Distributions.
Without limiting the foregoing, it shall use the proceeds of each Advance in a manner that does not, directly or indirectly, violate any provision of its Constituent Documents or any Applicable Law, including Regulation T, Regulation U and Regulation X.
(g)    Information and Reports.  Each Notice of Borrowing, each Payment Date Report and all other written information, reports, certificates and statements furnished by or on behalf of it to any Secured Party for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Facility Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date such information is stated or certified; provided that solely with respect to information furnished by the Borrower which was provided to the Borrower from an Obligor with respect to a Collateral Loan, such information shall only need to be true, complete and correct to the actual knowledge of the Borrower; provided further that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information represents the Borrower’s good faith estimates as of the date of preparation thereof, based upon methods and data the Borrower believes to be reasonable and accurate, but actual results during the periods covered by such projections may differ materially from such projections.
(h)    Opinions as to Collateral.  On or before each five year anniversary of the Closing Date, at the request of the Administrative Agent, it shall furnish to the Agents an opinion of counsel addressed to the Agents and the Borrower stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, 
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as of the date of such opinion, under the Delaware UCC, the UCC financing statement(s) filed in connection with the lien and security interest created by this Agreement shall remain effective and no additional financing statements, continuation statements or amendments with respect to such financing statement(s) shall be required to be filed in the State of Delaware from the date thereof through the next five years to maintain the perfection of the security interest of this Agreement as such security interest otherwise exists on the date thereof.
(i)    No Other Business.  It shall not engage in any business or activity other than borrowing Advances pursuant to this Agreement, funding, acquiring, owning, holding, administering, selling, enforcing, lending, exchanging, redeeming, pledging, contracting for the management of and otherwise dealing with Collateral Loans, Eligible Investments and the Collateral in connection therewith and entering into and performing its obligations under the Facility Documents, any applicable Related Documents and any other agreement contemplated by this Agreement.
(j)    Tax Matters.  It shall remain a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  It shall (and each Lender hereby agrees to) treat the Advances and the Notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will take no contrary position, unless otherwise required pursuant to a closing agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or a non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. It will file (or cause to be filed) on a timely basis all income and other material Tax returns required to be filed by it, if any, and will pay all income and other material Taxes due and payable by it and any assessments made against it or any of its property (other than any amount the validity of which is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP are provided on the books of the Borrower).
(k)    Compliance with Legal Opinions.  The Borrower shall take all other actions necessary to maintain the accuracy of the factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinions of Latham & Watkins LLP, as special counsel to the Borrower, issued on the Closing Date and relating to the issues of substantive consolidation.
Section 5.02    Covenants of the Servicer.  The Servicer covenants and agrees that, until the Collection Date:
(a)    Compliance with Agreements, Laws, Etc.  It shall (i) duly observe and comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relative to the conduct of its business or to its assets, (ii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, (iii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its rights, privileges, qualifications and franchises, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) comply with the terms and conditions of each Facility Document to which it is a party and its Constituent Documents and (v) obtain, maintain and keep in full force and effect all Governmental Authorizations, Private Authorizations and Governmental Filings which are necessary to properly carry out its business and the transactions contemplated to be performed by it under the Facility Documents to which it is a party and its Constituent Documents, except, in the case of this clause (v), where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b)    Enforcement.  It shall not take any action that would release any Obligor from any of such Obligor’s material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement included in the Collateral, except in the case of (A) repayment of Collateral Loans, (B) subject to the terms of this Agreement, (1) amendments to Collateral Loans in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (2) actions taken in connection with the work out or restructuring of any Collateral Loan in accordance with the provisions hereof, and (C) other actions by the Servicer required hereby or otherwise to the extent not prohibited by, or in conflict with, this Agreement.
(c)    Further Assurances.  It shall promptly upon the reasonable request of either Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent), at its expense, execute and deliver such further instruments and take such further action in order to maintain and protect the Collateral Agent’s first-priority perfected security interest in the Collateral pledged by the Borrower for the benefit of the Secured Parties free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens).  At the request of either Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent), it shall promptly take, at the Borrower’s expense, such further action in order to establish and protect the rights, interests and remedies created or intended to be created under this Agreement in favor of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, including all actions which are necessary to (x) enable the Secured Parties to enforce their rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, and (y) effectuate the intent and purpose of, and to carry out the terms of, the Facility Documents.
(d)    Other Information.  It shall provide to the Administrative Agent or cause to be provided to the Administrative Agent:
(i)    (x) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer within three (3) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence and continuance of any (A) Default, (B) Event of Default, (C) Potential Servicer Removal Event, (D) Servicer Removal Event, (E) event or occurrence that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (F) receipt of notice from the agent on a Collateral Loan that the related Obligor has defaulted (beyond applicable grace periods) in the payment of principal or interest, a certificate ofand (y) a notice from a Responsible Officer of the Servicer (which may be by email) within the later of (1) three Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge or (2) ten Business Days after the Servicer receives notice of the occurrence and continuance of any (A) Revaluation Event, including any Revaluation Event with respect to a Recurring Revenue Loan (except that Revaluation Events under clauses (c), (d) and (e) thereof must be notified hereunder within three Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge) or (B) Collateral Loan that ceases to be an Eligible Collateral Loan, in each case setting forth the details thereof and the action, if any, which the Servicer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(ii)    from time to time such additional information regarding the Collateral (including reasonably detailed calculations of the Minimum OC Coverage Test and the Collateral Quality Test) as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the 
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Administrative Agent) may reasonably request if reasonably available without undue burden or expense;
(iii)    a Borrowing Base Calculation Statement on (A) each date on which the Servicer sells or substitutes (or commits to sell or substitute, as the case may be) any Collateral Loan and (B) each other date reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent upon at least two (2) Business Days’ notice to the Servicer; 
(iv)    promptly following any reasonable request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer,” anti-money laundering and sanctions rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act; and
(v)    within two (2) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge thereof, provide notice to the Administrative Agent of any settlement of, material judgment (including a material judgment with respect to the liability phase of a bifurcated trial) in or commencement of any material labor controversy, material litigation, material action, material suit or material proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, directly and adversely affecting in any material respect the Collateral (taken as a whole), the Facility Documents, or any Secured Party’s interest in the Collateral.
(e)    Access to Records and Documents.  It shall permit the Administrative Agent (or any Person designated by the Administrative Agent as its agent or representative, subject to delivery of standard confidentiality agreements) to, upon reasonable advance notice and during normal business hours, visit and inspect and make copies thereof at reasonable intervals its books, records and accounts relating to the Collateral, the Borrower, the Facility Documents and the performance of the Servicer under the Facility Documents and to discuss the foregoing with its and such Person’s applicable officers, partners, employees and accountants; provided that so long as no Event of Default has occurred the Borrower shall be responsible for all costs and expenses for only one such visit per fiscal year by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall be permitted to schedule such visits on behalf of the Lenders and shall (1) coordinate in good faith with the Lenders to determine dates which are acceptable to a majority of the Lenders and whenever possible occur on one such date as a single group and (2) provide 10 days’ prior notice to the Lenders of any such visit and any Lender shall be permitted to accompany the Administrative Agent in such visit.
(f)    Information and Reports.  Each Notice of Borrowing, each Payment Date Report and all other written information, reports, certificates and statements furnished by or on behalf of it to any other Secured Party for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Facility Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date such information is stated or certified; provided that solely with respect to information furnished by the Servicer which was provided to the Servicer from an Obligor with respect to a Collateral Loan, such information shall only need 
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to be true, complete and correct to the actual knowledge of the Servicer; provided further that, with respect to projected financial information, the Servicer represents only that such information represents the Servicer’s good faith estimates as of the date of preparation thereof, based upon methods and data the Servicer believes to be reasonable and accurate, but actual results during the periods covered by such projections may differ materially from such projections.
(g)    Collections.  It shall direct any agent or administrative agent for any Collateral Loan to remit all payments and collections with respect to such Collateral Loan and, if applicable, to direct the Obligor with respect to such Collateral Loan to remit all such payments and collections with respect to such Collateral Loan directly to the Collection Account.
(h)    Priority of Payments.  It shall instruct the Collateral Agent to apply all Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds solely in accordance with the Priority of Payments and the other provisions of this Agreement.
(i)    Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  The Servicer shall maintain policies and procedures designed to prevent violation of any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction.  The Servicer shall not use the proceeds of the loan hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, sister company, joint venture partner or any other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions, any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction by any Person (including any Person participating in the loan hereunder, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender, hedge provider, facility or security agent or otherwise).
Section 5.03    Negative Covenants of the Borrower.  The Borrower covenants and agrees that, until the Collection Date:
(a)    Restrictive Agreements.  It shall not enter into or suffer to exist or permit to become effective any agreement that prohibits, limits or imposes any condition upon its ability to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its property or revenues constituting Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Facility Documents other than this Agreement and the other Facility Documents.
(b)    Liquidation; Merger; Sale of Collateral.  It shall not consummate any plan of liquidation, dissolution, partial liquidation, merger, consolidation or division (or suffer any liquidation, dissolution or partial liquidation) nor sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of its assets, or enter into an agreement or commitment to do so or enter into or engage in any business with respect to any part of its assets, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement and the other Facility Documents (including in connection with the repayment in full of the Obligations).  
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(c)    Amendments to Constituent Documents, Etc.  Without the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (i) it shall not amend, modify or take any action inconsistent with its Constituent Documents and (ii) it will not amend, modify or waive in any material respect any term or provision in any Facility Document (other than in accordance with the respective terms thereof).
(d)    ERISA.  It shall not establish or incur any liability or obligation with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan and no member of the ERISA Group shall establish or incur any liability or obligation with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan that in each case would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)    Liens.  It shall not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of its assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it at any time, except for Permitted Liens or as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement and the other Facility Documents.
(f)    Margin Requirements; Covered Transactions.  It shall not (i) extend credit to others for the purpose of buying or carrying any Margin Stock in such a manner as to violate Regulation T or Regulation U or (ii) use all or any part of the proceeds of any Advance, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board of Governors, including, to the extent applicable, Regulation U and Regulation X.
(g)    Changes to Filing Information; Change of Location of Underlying Instruments.  It shall not change its name or its jurisdiction of organization from that referred to in Section 4.01(a), unless it gives thirty (30) days’ (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice to the Agents and takes all actions that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (through the Administrative Agent) reasonably request and determine to be necessary to protect and perfect the Collateral Agent’s perfected security interest in the Collateral.  It shall not, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, consent to the Collateral Agent moving any Certificated Securities or Instruments, unless the Borrower has given at least ten (10) days’ (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) written notice to the Administrative Agent and has taken all actions required under the UCC of each relevant jurisdiction in order to ensure that the Collateral Agent’s first priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) continues in full effect.
(h)    Transactions with Affiliates.  It shall not sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, the Servicer, the Equityholder and/or any of their Affiliates (including sales of Defaulted Collateral Loans and other Collateral Loans), unless (x) such transaction is upon terms no less favorable to the Borrower than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate (it being agreed that any purchase or sale at par shall be deemed to comply with this provision) or (y) the Borrower has received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent with respect to such transaction.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing 
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shall prohibit Borrower from (i) transferring or distributing the Collateral Loans to the Equityholder or an Affiliate of the Equityholder, as applicable, in accordance with Article X, (ii) making Permitted Distributions (in accordance with the definition thereof), (iii) making Permitted Tax Distributions (in accordance with the definition thereof) or (iv) effecting any transactions in accordance with the terms of the Loan Sale Agreement.
(i)    Investment Company Restriction.  It shall not and shall not permit the pool of Collateral to become required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
(j)    Anti-Corruption and Sanctions.  The Borrower shall ensure that policies and procedures applicable to it are maintained that are designed to prevent violation of any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction. The Borrower shall not use the proceeds of the loan hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, sister company, joint venture partner or any other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions, any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction by any Person (including any Person participating in the loan hereunder, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender, hedge provider, facility or security agent or otherwise).
(k)    [Reserved.]  
(l)    Indebtedness; Guarantees; Securities; Other Assets.  It shall not incur or assume or guarantee any indebtedness, obligations (including contingent obligations) or other liabilities, or issue any additional securities, whether debt or equity, in each case other than (i) pursuant to or as expressly permitted by this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, including expenses payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) obligations under its Constituent Documents or (iii) pursuant to customary indemnification, expense reimbursement and similar provisions under the Related Documents.  It shall not acquire any Collateral Loan or other property other than as expressly permitted under the Facility Documents, it being understood and agreed that the Borrower shall be permitted to acquire Collateral Loans from the Servicer, the Equityholder and/or their Affiliates and from unaffiliated third parties.  
(m)    Validity of this Agreement.  It shall not (i) take any action or omit to take any action, the result of which would permit the validity or effectiveness of any Facility Document or any grant of Collateral under this Agreement to be impaired, or permit the Lien of this Agreement to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or take any action or omit to take any action, the result of which would permit any Person to be released from any covenant or obligation with respect to this Agreement and (ii) except as permitted by any Facility Document, take any action that would permit the Lien of this Agreement not to constitute a valid first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral (subject to Permitted Liens).
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(n)    Subsidiaries.  It shall not have or permit the formation of any subsidiaries, except in connection with the receipt of equity securities pursuant to an exercise of remedies with respect to a Collateral Loan or any work-out or restructuring of a Collateral Loan.
(o)    Name.  It shall not conduct business under any name other than its own.
(p)    Employees.  It shall not have any employees.
(q)    Non-Petition.  It shall not be party to any agreements under which it has any material obligation or liability (direct or contingent) without using commercially reasonable efforts to include customary “non-petition” and “limited recourse” provisions therein (and shall not amend or eliminate such provisions in any agreement to which it is party), except for loan agreements, related loan documents, any agreements related to the purchase and sale of any Collateral Loan which contain customary (as determined by the Servicer) purchase or sale terms or which are documented using customary (as determined by the Servicer) loan trading documentation in connection with the Collateral Loans and any agreement that does not impose a material obligation on the Borrower and that is of a type that customarily does not include “non-petition” or “limited recourse” provisions (including customary service contracts and engagement letters entered into with third party service providers (including independent accountants and providers of independent directors)).
(r)    Certificated Securities.  It shall not acquire or hold any Certificated Securities in bearer form in a manner that does not satisfy the requirements of United States Treasury Regulations section 1.165-12(c) (as determined by the Servicer).
Section 5.04    Covenants of the Equityholder.  The Equityholder covenants and agrees that, until the Collection Date:
(a)    Compliance with Agreements, Laws, Etc.  It shall (i) duly observe and comply in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relative to the conduct of its business or to its assets, (ii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, (iii) preserve and keep in full force and effect its rights, privileges, qualifications and franchises, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) comply with the terms and conditions of each Facility Document to which it is a party and its Constituent Documents and (v) obtain, maintain and keep in full force and effect all Governmental Authorizations, Private Authorizations and Governmental Filings which are necessary to properly carry out its business and the transactions contemplated to be performed by it under the Facility Documents to which it is a party and its Constituent Documents, except, in the case of clause (v), where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Other Information.  It shall provide to the Administrative Agent or cause to be provided to the Administrative Agent (with enough additional copies for each Lender) promptly following any reasonable request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in 
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order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer,” anti-money laundering and sanctions rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.
(c)    Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  The Equityholder shall maintain policies and procedures designed to prevent violation of any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction. The Equityholder shall not use the proceeds of the loan hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, sister company, joint venture partner or any other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions, any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-terrorism or anti-money laundering laws, regulations or rules in any applicable jurisdiction by any Person (including any Person participating in the loan hereunder, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender, hedge provider, facility or security agent or otherwise).
(d)    Separateness.  The Equityholder shall not take any action that causes, or omit to take any action that results in, the Borrower’s failure to comply with any of its covenants in Section 5.05 and the Equityholder shall take all other actions necessary to maintain the accuracy of the factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinions of Latham & Watkins LLP, as special counsel to the Borrower, issued on the Closing Date and relating to the issues of substantive consolidation.
(e)    Liens.  The Equityholder shall neither pledge (nor permit to be pledged) the equity interests in the Borrower nor otherwise permit any equity interests of the Borrower to be subject to a Lien other than Permitted Liens.
Section 5.05    Certain Undertakings Relating to Separateness.  Without limiting any, and subject to all, other covenants of the Borrower, the Equityholder and the Servicer contained in this Agreement, the Borrower (the Servicer in acting on behalf or for the benefit of the Borrower and the Equityholder in acting on behalf of the Borrower as the member of the Borrower) shall conduct its business and operations in accordance with Section 9(j) of the LLC Agreement.  
ARTICLE VI.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section     6.01    Events of Default.  “Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
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(a)    a default in the payment, when due and payable, of (x) any principal in respect of the Advances or (y) any interest or other payment required to be made pursuant to this Agreement or any other Facility Document and if such date is not the Final Maturity Date, such default, solely in the case of this clause (y), has not been cured within three (3) Business Days after written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent; provided, that, in the case of clauses (x) and (y) on a date other than on the Final Maturity Date resulting solely from an administrative error or omission by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary or any paying agent, such default continues for a period of two (2) Business Days and five (5) Business Days, respectively, after the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary receives written notice or a Responsible Officer of such party has actual knowledge of such administrative error or omission;
(b)    any failure by the Borrower to deposit or credit, or to deliver for deposit, in the Covered Accounts any amount required hereunder to be so deposited credited or delivered by it, on or before the date occurring three (3) Business Days after the date such deposit or distribution is required to be made by the Servicer; 
(c)    the Borrower or the pool of Collateral becomes an investment company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act; 
(d)    except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.01, a default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Borrower or Equityholder under this Agreement or the other Facility Documents to which it is a party (it being understood, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that any failure to meet any Concentration Limitation, the Collateral Quality Test, any Class Minimum OC Coverage Test or the Minimum OC Coverage Test is not an Event of Default under this clause (d)), or the failure of any representation or warranty of the Borrower or the Equityholder made in this Agreement or in any other Facility Document to be correct, in each case, in all material respects when the same shall have been made, and the continuation of such default, breach or failure for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) written notice to the Borrower and the Servicer (which may be by e-mail) by either Agent, and (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the Servicer has acquired actual knowledge thereof; provided that if such default, breach or failure cannot be cured, such Event of Default shall occur immediately after receipt by the Borrower of such written notice from the Administrative Agent;
(e)    the Borrower ceases to have a valid ownership interest in all of the Collateral (subject to Permitted Liens); 
(f)    the Borrower assigns any of its rights, obligations, or duties under the Facility Documents without the prior written consent of each Lender; 
(g)    the Borrower’s assets (or the Collateral) constitute “plan assets” for purposes of the Plan Asset Rule; 
(h)    (i) any Facility Document or any material provision thereof shall (except in accordance with its terms) terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be the legally valid, 
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binding and enforceable obligation of the Borrower, the Equityholder or the Servicer, (ii) the Borrower, the Equityholder, the Servicer or any Governmental Authority shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner the effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Facility Document or any Lien purported to be created thereunder, or (iii) any Lien securing any obligation under any Facility Document shall, in whole or in part, cease to be a first priority perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent, except as otherwise permitted in accordance with the Facility Documents (subject to Permitted Liens); 
(i)    an Insolvency Event relating to the Borrower or the Equityholder; 
(j)    failure to reduce the Advances to $0 by the Final Maturity Date; 
(k)    [reserved]; 
(l)    the occurrence of an OC Ratio Breach and such OC Ratio Breach remains unremedied for a period of 10 consecutive Business Days without being cured; 
(m)    the rendering of one or more final judgments, decrees or orders by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction for the payment of money in excess individually or in the aggregate of $250,000, with respect to the Borrower (net of amounts covered by insurance), and the Borrower shall not have either (i) discharged or provided for the discharge of any such judgment, decree or order in accordance with its terms or (ii) perfected a timely appeal of such judgment, decree or order and caused the execution of same to be stayed during the pendency of the appeal, in each case, within sixty (60) days from the date of entry thereof; 
(n)    the Borrower fails to have at least one Independent Director; provided that the resignation of an Independent Director or the removal of an Independent Director for “cause” shall not affect this clause (n) unless the Borrower fails to appoint a new Independent Director within ten (10) Business Days of the effective date of such removal or resignation; 
(o)    any Payment Date Report shall fail to be delivered when due and such failure shall continue for three (3) Business Days after receipt of written notice thereof to the Borrower and the Servicer by the Administrative Agent; 
(p)    (i) a Servicer Removal Event or (ii) a Change of Control occurs; 
(q)    (i) the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 6321 of the Code with regard to any asset of the Borrower and such Lien shall not have been released within five (5) Business Days or (ii) the PBGC shall file notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any asset of the Borrower and such Lien shall not have been released within five (5) Business Days; 
(r)    the failure of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries to make any payment when due (after giving effect to any related grace period set forth in the related agreements) under one or more agreements for borrowed money to which it is a party in an amount in excess 
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of $250,000, with respect to the Borrower and its subsidiaries, whether or not such failure is waived pursuant to the related agreement; 
(s)    the Borrower shall have made payments to settle any litigation, claim or dispute totaling more than, in the aggregate, $250,000, with respect to the Borrower and its subsidiaries (net of amounts covered by insurance); or
(t)    the Borrower shall fail to qualify as a bankruptcy-remote entity based on customary criteria such that Borrower’s special counsel or any other reputable counsel could no longer render a substantive non-consolidation opinion with respect to the Borrower.
Upon a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the Servicer obtaining actual knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default, each of the Borrower and the Servicer shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) notify each other and the Agents, specifying each specific Event of Default that has then occurred as well as all other Events of Default that are then known to be continuing.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent (which will notify the Lenders promptly) of such Event of Default in writing.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, in addition to all rights and remedies specified in this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, including Article VII, and the rights and remedies of a secured party under Applicable Law, including the UCC, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may with the consent of, the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Collateral Agent), do any one or more of the following:  (1) declare the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts to be terminated, whereupon the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts shall be terminated, and (2) declare the principal of and the accrued Interest on the Advances and all other Obligations whatsoever payable by the Borrower hereunder to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such amounts shall be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; provided that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in clause (i) of this Section 6.01, the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts shall automatically terminate and the Advances and all such other amounts shall automatically become due and payable, without any further action by any party.
In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (and with respect to the remedy provided in clause (w) below, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default described in clause (p)(i) above), following written notice by the Administrative Agent (provided in its sole discretion or at the direction of the Required Lenders) to the Servicer of the exercise of control rights with respect to the Collateral, the Administrative Agent may exercise such rights, including:  (v) the exercise of the Servicer’s rights and obligations under the Facility Documents, including its unilateral power to (A) consent to modifications to Collateral Loans, (B) take any discretionary action with respect to Collateral Loans and (C) direct the acquisition, sales and other dispositions of Collateral Loans to be immediately terminated; (w) subject to delivery of a Servicer Removal Notice, remove the 
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Servicer and transfer of the Servicer’s rights and obligations under the Facility Documents to a Replacement Servicer; (x) if the Servicer is not terminated or otherwise replaced, to require the Servicer to obtain the consent of the Administrative Agent before agreeing to any modification of any Collateral Loan, taking any discretionary action with respect to any Collateral Loan or causing the Borrower to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral Loan; (y) if the Servicer is not terminated or otherwise replaced, to require the Servicer to cause the Borrower to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral Loan as directed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.03, and (z) with respect to any specific Collateral Loan, to require the Servicer to take such discretionary action with respect to such Collateral Loan as directed by the Administrative Agent.
Section 6.02    OC Ratio Breach Cures.    (a)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if an OC Ratio Breach has occurred, within ten (10) Business Days of the occurrence of such OC Ratio Breach, the Equityholder may, but shall not be required to, cure such condition by effecting one or more (or any combination thereof) of the following actions in order to cure such OC Ratio Breach as of such date of determination: (i) making a cash payment into the Principal Collection Subaccount in an amount (which shall be in increments of $500,000) that would cause such OC Ratio Breach to be cured after giving effect to such payment into the Principal Collection Subaccount (any such payment, an “OC Ratio Posting Payment”), (ii) repaying or causing the Borrower to repay outstanding Advances, and/or (iii) subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, by assignment and contribution of additional Eligible Collateral Loans to the Borrower.  
(b)    No later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day prior to the proposed repayment of outstanding Advances or assignment of additional Eligible Collateral Loans pursuant to Section 6.02(a), the Borrower (or the Equityholder on its behalf) shall deliver (i) to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) notice of such repayment or assignment and a duly completed Borrowing Base Calculation Statement, updated to the date such repayment or assignment is being made and giving pro forma effect to such repayment or assignment, and (ii) to the Administrative Agent, if applicable, a description of any Eligible Collateral Loan and each Obligor of such Eligible Collateral Loan to be assigned and added to the Data File.  Any notice pertaining to any repayment or any assignment pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be irrevocable.
ARTICLE VII.

PLEDGE OF COLLATERAL; RIGHTS OF THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Section 7.01    Grant of Security.   (a) The Borrower hereby grants, pledges, transfers and collaterally assigns to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for all Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and a Lien upon, all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under, the following property, in each case whether tangible or intangible, wheresoever located, and whether now owned by the Borrower or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence (in each case 
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excluding the Excluded Amounts) (all of the property described in this Section 7.01(a) being collectively referred to herein as the “Collateral”):
(i)    all Collateral Loans and Related Documents (including those listed, as of the Closing Date, in Schedule 3), both now and hereafter owned, including all Collections and other Proceeds thereon or with respect thereto;
(ii)    each Covered Account and all Money and all investment property (including all securities, all security entitlements with respect to such Covered Account and all financial assets carried in such Covered Account) from time to time on deposit in or credited to each Covered Account;
(iii)    all interest, dividends, distributions and other Money or property of any kind distributed in respect of the Collateral Loans of the Borrower, which the Borrower is entitled to receive, including all Collections in respect of its Collateral Loans;
(iv)    each Facility Document and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims under or in respect thereto (whether arising pursuant to the terms thereof or otherwise available to the Borrower at law or equity), including the right to enforce each such Facility Document and to give or withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, extensions or waivers under or with respect thereto, to the same extent as the Borrower could but for the assignment and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement;
(v)    all Cash or Money;
(vi)    all loans and investments and, in each case as defined in the UCC, securities, accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, instruments, financial assets, investment property, general intangibles, letter-of-credit rights, and supporting obligations of the Borrower, and all other property of any type or nature in which the Borrower has an interest (including the equity interests of each subsidiary of the Borrower), and all property of the Borrower which is delivered to the Collateral Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower (whether or not constituting Collateral Loans or Eligible Investments);
(vii)    all Liens, property, guaranties, supporting obligations, insurance and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of the assets, investments and properties described above; and
(viii)    all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
(b)    All terms used in this Section 7.01 but not defined in Section 1.01 shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the UCC as applicable.
Section 7.02    Release of Security Interest.  Upon the Collection Date or pursuant to Section 8.08, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall, at the expense of the Borrower, promptly execute, deliver and file or authorize for filing such instruments as the 
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Borrower shall reasonably request in order to reassign, release or terminate the Secured Parties’ security interest in the Collateral.  The Secured Parties acknowledge and agree that upon the sale or disposition of any Collateral by the Borrower in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the security interest of the Secured Parties in such Collateral shall automatically and immediately terminate and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall, at the expense of the Borrower, execute, deliver and file or authorize for filing such instrument as the Borrower shall reasonably request to reflect or evidence such termination.  Any and all actions under this Article VII in respect of the Collateral shall be without any recourse to, or representation or warranty by any Secured Party and shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower.
Section 7.03    Rights and Remedies.  The Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other Secured Parties) shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC and other Applicable Law.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent or its designees shall, at the written direction of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders acting through the Administrative Agent, (a) instruct the Borrower to deliver any or all of the Collateral, the Related Documents and any other document relating to the Collateral to the Collateral Agent or its designees and otherwise give all instructions for the Borrower regarding the Collateral; (b) sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral in a commercially reasonable manner, all without judicial process or proceedings; (c) take control of the Proceeds of any such Collateral; (d) subject to the provisions of the applicable Related Documents, exercise any consensual or voting rights in respect of the Collateral; (e) release, make extensions, discharges, exchanges or substitutions for, or surrender all or any part of the Collateral; (f) enforce the Borrower’s rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral; (g) institute and prosecute legal and equitable proceedings to enforce collection of, or realize upon, any of the Collateral; (h) require that the Borrower immediately take all actions necessary to cause the liquidation of the Collateral in order to pay all amounts due and payable in respect of the Obligations, in accordance with the terms of the Related Documents; (i) redeem any asset of the Borrower to pay amounts due and payable in respect of the Obligations; (j) make copies of all books, records and documents relating to the Collateral; and (k) endorse the name of the Borrower upon any items of payment relating to the Collateral or upon any proof of claim in bankruptcy against an account debtor.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder waive all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties arising out of the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent of any of their rights hereunder, except for any claims, damages and demands it may have against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent arising from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or their affiliates, or any agents or employees of the foregoing.
The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of either Agent or the Required Lenders (acting through the Administrative Agent), it shall execute all documents and agreements which are necessary or appropriate to have the Collateral to be assigned to the Collateral Agent or its designee.  For purposes of taking the actions described in clauses (a) through (k) of this Section 7.03 the Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact (which 
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appointment being coupled with an interest and is irrevocable while any of the Obligations remain unpaid), with power of substitution, in the name of the Collateral Agent or in the name of the Borrower or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Collateral Agent, but at the cost and expense of the Borrower and, except as expressly required by Applicable Law, without notice to the Borrower.
Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Collateral, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such item of Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agree that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of being a private sale.
Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder further agrees that a breach of any of their covenants contained in this Section 7.03 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, that the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 7.03 shall be specifically enforceable against the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder, and each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under this Agreement or any defense relating to the Administrative Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Pursuant to the UCC, each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder hereby specifically agrees (x) that it shall not raise any objection to any Secured Party’s purchase of the Collateral (through bidding on the obligations or otherwise) and (y) that a foreclosure sale conducted in conformity with the principles set forth in the No Action Letters promulgated by the SEC staff (1) shall be considered to be a “public” sale for purposes of the UCC, (2) shall be considered commercially reasonable notwithstanding that the Secured Party has not registered or sought to register the Collateral under the Securities Act, even if the Borrower agrees to pay all costs of the registration process, and (3) shall be considered to be commercially reasonable notwithstanding that the Secured Party purchases the Collateral at such a sale.
Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any general duty or obligation to make any effort to obtain or pay any particular price for any Collateral sold by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement.  Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall have the right to conduct, and shall not incur any liability as a result of, the sale of any Collateral, 
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or any part thereof, at any sale conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, it being agreed by the parties hereto that some or all of the Collateral is or may be of one or more types that threaten to decline speedily in value. The Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder hereby waive any claims against the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any of the Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, even if the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent accepts the first bid received and does not offer any Collateral to more than one bidder, provided that Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has acted in a commercially reasonable manner in conducting such private sale.  Without in any way limiting the Administrative Agent’s or the Collateral Agent’s right to conduct a foreclosure sale in any manner which is considered commercially reasonable, each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder hereby agrees that any foreclosure sale conducted in accordance with the following provisions shall be considered a commercially reasonable sale, and each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder hereby irrevocably waives any right to contest any such sale conducted in accordance with the following provisions:
(1)    the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent conducts such foreclosure sale in the State of New York;
(2)    such foreclosure sale is conducted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York; and
(3)    not more than thirty days before, and not less than three Business Days in advance of such foreclosure sale, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent notifies the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder at the address set forth herein of the time and place of such foreclosure sale.
In connection with the sale of the Collateral following the acceleration of the Obligations (and notification thereof to the Borrower, the Equityholder and the Servicer), the Equityholder, the Servicer and their respective Affiliates shall have the right to purchase any or all of the Collateral, in each case by paying to the Collateral Agent in immediately available funds, an amount equal to all outstanding Obligations. If the Equityholder, the Servicer and their respective Affiliates fail to exercise this purchase right within ten (10) days following such acceleration of the Obligations (and notification thereof), then such contractual rights shall be irrevocably forfeited by the Equityholder, the Servicer and all Affiliates thereof, but nothing herein shall prevent the Equityholder, the Servicer or their respective Affiliates from bidding at any sale of such Collateral.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7.03 to the contrary, the Collateral Agent shall be under no duty or obligation to take any affirmative action to exercise or enforce any power, right or remedy available to it under this Agreement unless and to the extent expressly so directed by the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders or the Majority Lenders, as applicable; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party if such action would, in the reasonable determination of the Collateral Agent (x) be in violation of or contrary to 
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applicable law or any provisions of this Agreement or other Facility Document or (y) expose the Collateral Agent to liability unless it has received reasonably satisfactory indemnity with respect thereto.
All sums paid or advanced by the Collateral Agent in connection with the foregoing and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection therewith, together with interest thereon at the Post-Default Rate from the date of payment until repaid in full, shall be paid by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent from time to time on demand in accordance with the Priority of Payments and shall constitute and become a part of the Obligations secured hereby.
Section 7.05    Remedies Cumulative.  (a)    Each right, power, and remedy of the Agents and the other Secured Parties, or any of them, as provided for in this Agreement or in the other Facility Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other Facility Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by either of the Agents or any other Secured Party of any one or more of such rights, powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by such Persons of any or all such other rights, powers, or remedies.
(b)    Related Documents.    Each of the Borrower and the Servicer hereby agrees that, to the extent not expressly prohibited by the terms of the Related Documents, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it shall (i) upon the written request of either Agent, promptly forward to such Person all material information and notices which it receives under or in connection with the Related Documents relating to the Collateral, (ii) upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, promptly forward to the Administrative Agent any reasonably requested information relating to any specified Collateral Loans and (iii) upon the written request of either Agent, act and refrain from acting in respect of any request, act, decision or vote under or in connection with the Related Documents relating to the Collateral only in accordance with the direction of the Administrative Agent (in its reasonable discretion).
1.The Borrower agrees that, to the extent the same shall be in the Borrower’s possession, it will hold all Related Documents relating to the Collateral in trust for the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, and upon request of either Agent following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or as otherwise provided herein, promptly deliver the same to the Collateral Agent or its designee.  In addition, in accordance with the Custodian Agreement, promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) following its acquisition of any Collateral Loan, the Borrower shall deliver to the Custodian, to the extent applicable, copies of the Related Documents.
Section7.06    Borrower Remains Liable.    (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Borrower shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in and relating to the Collateral (including the Related Documents) to the extent set forth therein, 
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and shall perform all of its duties and obligations under such contracts and agreements to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, and (ii) the exercise by any Secured Party of any of its rights hereunder shall not release the Borrower from any of its duties or obligations under any such contracts or agreements included in the Collateral.
(b)    No obligation or liability of the Borrower is intended to be assumed by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party under or as a result of this Agreement or the other Facility Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including under any Related Document or any other agreement or document that relates to Collateral and, to the maximum extent permitted under provisions of Law, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties expressly disclaim any such assumption.
Section7.07    Protection of Collateral.  The Borrower shall from time to time execute, deliver, file and/or authorize the filing of all UCC-1 financing statements and continuation statements and the equivalent thereof in any applicable foreign jurisdiction, if applicable, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, and shall take such other action as may be necessary or advisable to secure the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder and to:
(a)    grant security more effectively on all or any portion of the Collateral;
(b)    maintain, preserve and perfect any grant of security made or to be made by this Agreement including the first priority nature of the Lien granted hereunder or to carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(c)    perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any grant made or to be made by this Agreement (including any and all actions necessary as a result of changes in Law);
(d)    enforce any of the Collateral or other instruments or property included in the Collateral;
(e)    preserve and defend title to the Collateral and the rights therein of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in the Collateral against the claims of all third parties; and
(f)    pay or cause to be paid any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the Collateral.
The Borrower hereby designates the Collateral Agent as its agent and attorney in fact to prepare and file any UCC-1 financing statement and continuation statement and the equivalent thereof in any applicable foreign jurisdiction, if applicable, and all other instruments, and take all other actions, required pursuant to this Section 7.07 if the Borrower fails to take any such action within ten (10) Business Days after either Agent’s request therefor.  Such designation shall not impose upon the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, or release or diminish, the Borrower’s obligations under this Section 7.07.  The Borrower further authorizes the Collateral Agent to file UCC-1 financing statements or the equivalent 
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thereof in any foreign jurisdiction, if applicable, that name the Borrower as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party and that describes “all assets in which the debtor now or hereafter has rights” as the Collateral in which the Collateral Agent has a grant of security hereunder.
ARTICLE VIII.

ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNTINGS AND RELEASES
Section 8.01    Collection of Money.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Administrative Agent may and the Collateral Agent shall at the direction of the Administrative Agent demand payment or delivery of, and shall collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all Money and other property payable to or receivable by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, including all payments due on the Collateral, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Collateral.  The Collateral Agent shall segregate and hold all such Money and property received by it for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall apply it as provided in this Agreement.  Each Covered Account shall be established and maintained under the Account Control Agreement with a Qualified Institution.  Any Covered Account may contain any number of subaccounts for the convenience of the Collateral Agent or as required by the Servicer for convenience in administering the Covered Account or the Collateral.
Section 8.02    Collateral Account and Collection Account.  (a)  In accordance with this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement, the Borrower shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, establish at the Securities Intermediary (i) the “Collateral Account,” which shall be maintained with the Securities Intermediary in accordance with the Account Control Agreement and which shall be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent, and (ii) the “Collection Account” which shall be maintained with the Securities Intermediary in accordance with the Account Control Agreement, which shall be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent and which shall consist of five segregated subaccounts, one of which will be designated the “Interest Collection Subaccount,” one of which will be designated the “Principal Collection Subaccount,” one of which will be designated the “CAD Collection Account,” one of which will be designated the “EUR Collection Account” and one of which will be designated the “GBP Collection Account”.  The Collateral Agent shall from time to time deposit into the Interest Collection Subaccount, in addition to the deposits required pursuant to Section 8.06(a), promptly upon receipt thereof, all Interest Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent shall deposit promptly upon receipt thereof all other amounts remitted to the Collection Account into the Principal Collection Subaccount including, in addition to the deposits required pursuant to Section 8.06(a), all Principal Proceeds (unless simultaneously reinvested in additional Collateral Loans in accordance with Article X or in Eligible Investments or required to be deposited in the Revolving Reserve Account pursuant to Section 8.04) received by the Collateral Agent.  All Monies deposited from time to time in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement shall be held by the Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral and shall be applied to the purposes herein provided.  Subject to Section 8.02(c), amounts in the Collection Account shall be reinvested pursuant to Section 8.06(a).  Other than as expressly set forth herein, the Collateral Agent shall 
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from time to time deposit into the Collateral Account any Collateral that is capable of being delivered to and held by the Securities Intermediary and credited to an account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement.
(b)    At any time when reinvestment is permitted pursuant to Article X, the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower (subject to compliance with Article X) may, by delivery of a certificate or an email instruction of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer or a trade ticket or SWIFT transmission, direct the Collateral Agent to, and upon receipt of such certificate, email, trade ticket or SWIFT transmission, as applicable, the Collateral Agent shall, withdraw funds on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount representing Principal Proceeds (together with accrued interest received with regard to any Collateral Loan and Interest Proceeds but only to the extent used to pay for accrued interest on an additional Collateral Loan) and reinvest such funds in additional Collateral Loans or make a Permitted Distribution or Permitted Tax Distribution in accordance with such certificate, email, trade ticket or SWIFT transmission.  At any time as of which sufficient funds are not on deposit in the Revolving Reserve Account, the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower may, by delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer, direct the Collateral Agent to, and upon receipt of such certificate the Collateral Agent shall, withdraw funds on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount representing Principal Proceeds and remit such funds as so directed by the Servicer to meet the Borrower’s funding obligations in respect of Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans or Revolving Collateral Loans.
(c)    The Collateral Agent shall transfer to the Payment Account, from the Collection Account for application pursuant to Section 9.01(a), on the Business Day prior to each Payment Date, the amount set forth to be so transferred in the Payment Date Report for such Payment Date.
Section 8.03    Payment Account.  In accordance with this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement, the Borrower shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, establish at the Securities Intermediary a single, segregated account in the corporate trust department of the Securities Intermediary in the name “ARCC FB Funding LLC Payment Account, subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent,” which shall be designated as the “Payment Account,” which shall be maintained by the Borrower with the Securities Intermediary in accordance with the Account Control Agreement and which shall be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent.  Except as provided in Section 9.01, the only permitted withdrawal from or application of funds on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Payment Account shall be to pay amounts due and payable under the Priority of Payments on the Payment Dates in accordance with their terms and the provisions of this Agreement.  The Borrower shall not have any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the Payment Account other than in accordance with this Agreement and the Priority of Payments.  Amounts on deposit in the Payment Account will not be invested.
Section8.04    The Revolving Reserve Account; Fundings.  In accordance with this Agreement and the Account Control Agreement, the Borrower shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, establish at the Securities Intermediary a single, segregated account in the corporate trust department of the Securities Intermediary in the name “ARCC FB Funding LLC Revolving Reserve Account, subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent,” which shall be 
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designated as the “Revolving Reserve Account,” which shall be maintained by the Borrower with the Securities Intermediary in accordance with the Account Control Agreement and which shall be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent.  The only permitted deposits to or withdrawals from the Revolving Reserve Account shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  The Borrower shall not have any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the Revolving Reserve Account other than in accordance with this Agreement and the Priority of Payments.
During the Reinvestment Period, fundings of Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans and Revolving Collateral Loans shall be made using, first, amounts on deposit in the Revolving Reserve Account, then available Principal Proceeds on deposit in the Collection Account and finally, available Advances.  On the last day of the Reinvestment Period, to the extent the amount of funds on deposit in the Revolving Reserve Account are less than the Revolving Exposure, (x) the Borrower shall request a final Advance in an amount sufficient to fund the Revolving Reserve Account in an amount equal to the Revolving Exposure; provided that after giving effect to such Advance, the aggregate principal amount of the Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the Maximum Available Amount, and/or (y) the Borrower shall deposit other available funds into the Revolving Reserve Account in an amount sufficient to fund the Revolving Reserve Account in an amount equal to the Revolving Exposure.  After the Facility Termination Date, fundings of Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans and Revolving Collateral Loans shall be made using, first, amounts on deposit in the Revolving Reserve Account, then available Principal Proceeds on deposit in the Collection Account.  In addition, after the Facility Termination Date, all Principal Proceeds received with respect to Revolving Collateral Loans shall be deposited into the Revolving Reserve Account to the extent such proceeds may be re-borrowed by the related Obligors.
Amounts on deposit in the Revolving Reserve Account will be invested in overnight funds that are Eligible Investments selected by the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.06 and earnings from all such investments will be deposited in the Interest Collection Subaccount as Interest Proceeds.  Funds in the Revolving Reserve Account (other than earnings from Eligible Investments therein) will be available solely to cover drawdowns on the Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans and Revolving Collateral Loans and settle purchases of Collateral Loans committed to be acquired by the Borrower prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period; provided that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of funds on deposit therein at any time exceeds an amount equal to the Revolving Exposure, the Collateral Agent, at the direction of the Borrower (or the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf) shall remit such excess to the Principal Collection Subaccount.  In addition, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, funds in the Revolving Reserve Account may be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent and deposited into the Principal Collection Subaccount pursuant to and at the direction of the Administrative Agent.
Section8.05    [Reserved].  
Section 8.06    Reinvestment of Funds in Covered Accounts; Reports by Collateral Agent.  (a)  By delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer (which may be in the form of standing instructions), the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) shall at 
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all times direct the Collateral Agent to, and, upon receipt of such certificate, the Collateral Agent shall, invest all funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Revolving Reserve Account in Eligible Investments having stated maturities no later than the Business Day preceding the next Payment Date (or such shorter maturities expressly provided herein, including Section 8.04 above).  If, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Servicer shall not have given any such investment directions, such funds shall remain uninvested.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall invest and reinvest such Monies as fully as practicable in Specified Eligible Investments selected by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of Specified Eligible Investment (and if no Specified Eligible Investment has been specified, such funds shall be invested in the Specified Eligible Investment selected by the Servicer or held uninvested if none has been selected).  Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise herein, all interest, gain, loss and other income from such investments shall be deposited, credited or charged (as applicable) in and to the Interest Collection Subaccount.  Absent its timely receipt of such instruction from the Servicer in accordance with the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall not be under an obligation to invest (or pay interest on) funds held hereunder.  The Collateral Agent shall in no way be liable for any insufficiency in a Covered Account resulting from any loss relating to any such investment.
(b)    The Collateral Agent agrees to give the Borrower prompt notice if any Covered Account or any funds on deposit in any Covered Account, or otherwise to the credit of a Covered Account, shall become subject to any writ, order, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process.  All Covered Accounts shall remain at all times with the Securities Intermediary.
(c)    The Collateral Agent shall supply, in a timely fashion, to the Borrower and the Servicer any information regularly maintained by the Collateral Agent that the Borrower or the Servicer may from time to time reasonably request with respect to the Collateral, the Covered Accounts and the other Collateral and provide any other requested information reasonably available to the Collateral Agent and required to be provided by Section 8.07 or to permit the Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder or the Borrower’s obligations hereunder that have been delegated to the Servicer.  The Collateral Agent shall promptly forward to the Servicer copies of notices and other writings received by it from the Obligor of any Collateral Loan or from any Clearing Agency with respect to any Collateral Loan which notices or writings advise the holders of such Collateral Loan of any rights that the holders might have with respect thereto (including requests to vote with respect to amendments or waivers and notices of prepayments and redemptions) as well as all periodic financial reports received from such Obligor and Clearing Agency with respect to such Obligor.
Section 8.07    Accountings.
(a)    [Reserved.]  
(b)    Payment Date Accounting.  The Borrower shall render (or cause to be rendered) an accounting (each, a “Payment Date Report”), determined as of the close of business on each Determination Date preceding a Payment Date (such Determination Date, a “Payment Date Report Determination Date”), and shall deliver such Payment Date Report to the Agents, 
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the Servicer and each Lender not later than the second Business Day preceding the related Payment Date.  The Servicer shall compile and provide to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent a loan data file (the “Data File”) in the form of Exhibit H for the previous monthly period ending on the Payment Date Report Determination Date (containing such information agreed upon by the Servicer, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent).  The Servicer shall provide (or cause to be provided) the Data File to the Collateral Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Payment Date.  The Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to review and, based solely on the Data File provided by the Borrower (or Servicer on its behalf), re-calculate the calculations in clauses (i) through (xvi) below made by the Servicer in any such Payment Date Report for such calendar month, within two (2) Business Days of the receipt thereof and notify the Servicer and the Administrative Agent in the event of any discrepancy between the Collateral Agent’s calculations and the Payment Date Report.  The Collateral Agent shall re-calculate pursuant to the preceding sentence:  (i) Aggregate Net Collateral Balance, (ii) Borrowing Base, (iii) Excess Concentration Amount, (iv) Maximum Available Amount, (v) Class 1 Borrowing Base, (vi) Class 2 Borrowing Base, (vii) Class 3 Borrowing Base, (viii) Class 1 OC Ratio, (ix) Class 2 OC Ratio, (x) Class 3 OC Ratio, (xi) each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test, (xii) the Minimum OC Coverage Test, (xiii) the Collateral Quality Test, (xiv) completion of Priority of Payments pursuant to Section 9.01(a), (xv) balances for each of the Covered Accounts and (xvi) such other calculations as may be mutually agreed upon by the Collateral Agent, the Servicer and the Administrative Agent.  Upon receipt of such notice reporting and showing discrepancies, if any, from the Collateral Agent and in any event by no later than the Payment Date, the Servicer shall compile and provide (or cause to be compiled and provided) to the Agents and the Lenders the Payment Date Report.  The Payment Date Report shall contain the information that is agreed to by the Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent from time to time.
In addition, the Borrower shall provide (or cause to be provided) in each Payment Date Report a statement setting forth in reasonable detail each amendment, modification or waiver under any Related Document for each Collateral Loan that constitutes a Material Modification that became effective since the immediately preceding Payment Date Report (or, in respect of the first Payment Date Report, from the Closing Date); provided, that the requirement set forth in this paragraph shall be deemed satisfied to the extent the loan tape included with such Payment Date Report marks such Collateral Loan as having been subject to a Material Modification.
(c)    Daily Accounting.  For each Business Day, the Collateral Agent shall render to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent and the Servicer) a daily report of (i) all deposits to and withdrawals from the Covered Accounts for such Business Day and the outstanding balance of the Covered Accounts as of the end of such Business Day, (ii) all settled trades of securities for such Business Day, (iii) the Adjusted Principal Balance of each Collateral Loan as of the end of such Business Day, (iv) the OC Ratio as of the end of such Business Day, (v) the Borrower’s compliance with the Concentration Limitations, (vi) the Loan Value of each Collateral Loan, (vii) the S&P rating and Moody’s rating of each Collateral Loan and/or the Obligor thereunder (if applicable), (viii) all principal and interest payments made or to be made on each Collateral Loan on such Business Day, (ix) the applicable interest rates, interest rate 
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resets, interest accrual periods and interest rate and benchmark floors, if any, of each Collateral Loan, (x) the portion of the Principal Balance of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loan that is unfunded, (xi) the amount of Interest Proceeds received from Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments, (xii) the Collateral Loans that are Defaulted Collateral Loans and (xiii) such other items as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Collateral Agent and the Borrower.  “Loan Value” shall be determined in accordance with the definition herein and provided to the Collateral Agent. For purposes of calculating the Adjusted Principal Balance of each Collateral Loan, the Collateral Agent shall begin including each Collateral Loan in the report as of its trade date.
(d)    Failure to Provide Accounting.  If the Collateral Agent shall not have received any accounting provided for in this Section 8.07 on the first Business Day after the date on which such accounting is due to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Servicer who shall use reasonable efforts to obtain such accounting by the applicable Payment Date.  The Collateral Agent shall in no event have any liability for the actions or omissions of the Servicer, the Borrower or any other Person, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in any duty performed by it that results from or is caused by inaccurate, untimely or incomplete information or data received by it from the Servicer, the Borrower or another Person (other than claims relating to the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct).
Section 8.08    Release of Collateral.   (a) The Borrower may, by delivery of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer (with the written consent of the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent has notified the Collateral Agent in writing, following the occurrence of or during the continuation of an Event of Default, to only permit releases with the written consent of the Administrative Agent) delivered to the Collateral Agent and Custodian, as applicable, certifying that the sale, substitution or Lien Release Dividend, as applicable, of such loan is being made in accordance with Section 10.01 and such sale complies with all applicable requirements of Section 10.01 (provided that the delivery of a trade ticket or other instruction by the Borrower shall be deemed to constitute such certification), direct the Collateral Agent to release or cause to be released such item from the Lien of this Agreement and, upon receipt of such certificate, the Collateral Agent (or Custodian, as applicable) shall deliver any such item, if in physical form, duly endorsed to the broker or purchaser designated in such certificate or, if such item is a Clearing Corporation Security, cause an appropriate transfer thereof to be made, in each case against receipt of the sales price therefor as specified by the Servicer in such certificate; provided that the Collateral Agent may deliver any such item in physical form for examination in accordance with street delivery custom.
(b)    Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent (or Custodian, as applicable) shall, upon the receipt of a certificate or other trade ticket or direction of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer, deliver any Collateral in accordance with such certificate, trade ticket or other direction, and execute such documents or instruments as are delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower and reasonably necessary to release or cause to be released such security from the Lien of this Agreement, which is set for any mandatory call or redemption or payment in full to the appropriate paying agent on or before the date set for such 
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call, redemption or payment, in each case against receipt of the call or redemption price or payment in full thereof.
(c)    As provided in Section 8.02(a), the Collateral Agent shall deposit any proceeds received by it from the disposition of any Collateral in the applicable subaccount of the Collection Account, unless simultaneously applied to the purchase of additional Collateral Loans or Eligible Investments as permitted under and in accordance with the requirements of this Article VIII and Article X.
(d)    The Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that there are no Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts outstanding and all Obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Facility Documents have been satisfied, execute such documents or instruments as are delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower and reasonably necessary to release any remaining Collateral from the Lien of this Agreement.
(e)    Any Collateral Loan or amounts that are released pursuant to Section 8.08(a) or (b) shall be automatically released from the Lien of this Agreement.
Section 8.09    Reports by Independent Accountants.   (a) The Servicer will cause KPMG or any other firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer) consented to by the Administrative Agent (the “Independent Accountants”) to furnish to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent (i) on or prior to March 31, 2021 (the “Initial AUP Report Date”), a report relating to one Payment Date Report (as selected by the Administrative Agent), delivered prior to the Initial AUP Report Date, and (ii) on or prior to each one-year anniversary of the Initial AUP Report Date (each such anniversary, an “AUP Report Date”), a report relating to one Payment Date Report (as selected by the Administrative Agent), delivered during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding such AUP Report Date, in each case, to the effect that such accountants have applied certain agreed-upon procedures (a copy of which procedures are attached hereto as Exhibit F, it being understood that the Servicer and the Administrative Agent will provide an updated Exhibit F reflecting any further amendments to such Exhibit F prior to the issuance of the first such agreed-upon procedures report, a copy of which shall replace the then existing Exhibit F) to certain documents and records relating to the Collateral under any Facility Document, compare the information contained in selected Payment Date Reports (and all calculations therein) delivered during the period covered by such report with such documents and records and that no matters came to the attention of such accountants that caused them to believe that such servicing was not conducted in compliance with this Agreement, except for such exceptions as such accountants shall believe to be immaterial and such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such statement.
(b)    In the event the Independent Accountants appointed pursuant to clause (a) above require the Collateral Agent to agree to the procedures performed by such Independent Accountants with respect to any of the reports, statements or certificates of such Independent Accountants, or sign any agreement in connection therewith, the Borrower hereby directs the Collateral Agent to agree to the terms and conditions requested by such Independent Accountants 
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as a condition to receiving documentation required by this Agreement; it being understood and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall deliver such agreement in conclusive reliance on the foregoing direction and shall make no inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or responsibility in respect of, the terms of the engagement of such Independent Accountants by the Borrower or the sufficiency, validity or correctness of the agreed upon procedures in respect of such engagement.  The Borrower hereby authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent, without liability on its part, to execute and deliver any such agreement with such Independent Accountants in the form presented to it by the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower), which agreement, to the extent so directed by the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower), may include, amongst other things, (i) an acknowledgement that the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) has agreed that the procedures by such Independent Accountants are sufficient for the relevant purposes, (ii) releases by the Collateral Agent of any claims, liabilities and expenses arising out of or relating to such Independent Accountant’s engagement, agreed-upon procedures or any report, statement or certificate issued by such Independent Accountants under any such engagement and acknowledgement of other limitations of liability in favor of such Independent Accountants and (iii) restrictions or prohibitions on the disclosure of any such reports, statements, certificates or other information or documents provided to it by such Independent Accountants.
ARTICLE IX.

APPLICATION OF MONIES
Section 9.01    Disbursements of Monies from Payment Account.    Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, but subject to the other subsections of this Section 9.01, on each Payment Date, the Collateral Agent shall disburse amounts transferred from the Collection Account to the Payment Account pursuant to Section 8.02 in accordance with the Payment Date Report and the following priorities (the “Priority of Payments”):
(i)    On each Payment Date prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Interest Proceeds on deposit in the Interest Collection Subaccount, to the extent received on or before the related Determination Date (or, if such Determination Date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (or if received after the related Determination Date but expected to be received on or before the related Determination Date, to the extent received before the related Payment Date) will be transferred into the Payment Account, to be applied in the following order of priority:
(A)    to pay registration, registered office and filing fees, if any, of the Borrower, subject to a cap of $15,000 per annum;
(B)    (1) first, to pay Administrative Expenses; provided that the amounts in this clause (B)(1) shall not exceed the Administrative Expense Cap; and (2) second, to the Administrative Agent to pay all fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent under the Facility Documents;
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(C)    to each Lender, pro rata, based on amounts owed, to pay accrued and unpaid Interest on the Advances and Unused Fees due to each such Lender and amounts payable to each such Lender under Section 2.11;
(D)    (1) first, to the Servicer to pay the Servicer Fee, plus any Servicer Fee that remains due and unpaid in respect of any prior Payment Dates as a result of insufficient funds; and (2) second, to pay Servicer Expenses; provided that the amounts in this clause (D)(2) shall not exceed the Servicer Expense Cap for such Payment Date;
(E)    to make Permitted Tax Distributions;
(F)    (1) on the Payment Date occurring after the 12-month anniversary of the Facility Termination Date, pro rata to the Lenders to reduce the outstanding principal amount to not more than 90% of the outstanding principal amount as of the Facility Termination Date (calculated after giving effect to any paydown on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(ii)), (2) on the Payment Date occurring after the 15-month anniversary of the Facility Termination Date, pro rata to the Lenders to reduce the outstanding principal amount to not more than 75% of the outstanding principal amount as of the Facility Termination Date (calculated after giving effect to any paydown on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(ii)) and (3) on the Payment Date occurring after the 18-month anniversary of the Facility Termination Date, pro rata to the Lenders to reduce the outstanding principal amount to not more than 50% of the outstanding principal amount as of the Facility Termination Date (calculated after giving effect to any paydown on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 9.01(a)(ii));
(G)    if the Minimum OC Coverage Test is not satisfied as of the relevant Determination Date, to pay principal of the Advances of each Lender (pro rata, based on each Lender’s Percentage) until the Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied (on a pro forma basis as at such Determination Date); provided that the Borrower shall be permitted to allocate such principal payments among the Classes on each Payment Date so long as, after giving effect to such allocation of payments on such Payment Date, each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied; provided, further, that, if the Borrower would be unable to cause each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test to be satisfied on any Payment Date after allocating such payments, the Administrative Agent shall allocate such payments in its sole discretion;
(H)    (i) during the Reinvestment Period, at the discretion of the Servicer, for deposit into the Revolving Reserve Account until the amount on deposit therein equals the Revolving Exposure and (ii) after the Reinvestment Period, for deposit into the Revolving Reserve Account until the amount on deposit therein equals the Revolving Exposure;
(I)    to pay, on a pro rata basis, accrued and unpaid amounts owing to Affected Persons (if any) under Sections 2.10 and 13.04, all unpaid Facility 
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Reduction Fees and all other fees, expenses or indemnities owed to the Secured Parties or Indemnified Parties;
(J)    (1) first, to the payment or application of amounts referred to in clause (B)(1) above (in the same order of priority specified therein), to the extent not paid in full pursuant to applications under such clause, and (2) second, to the payment or application of amounts referred to in clause (D) above to the extent not paid in full pursuant to such clause; and
(K)    (1) if a Default has occurred and is continuing, to remain in the Interest Collection Subaccount (other than a Permitted Tax Distribution) or (2) otherwise, any remaining amount shall be released to the Equityholder or its designee (or, at the direction of the Borrower, deposited into the Principal Collection Subaccount for investment in Collateral Loans); provided that if any such Default under clause (K)(1) is subsequently cured prior to the next Payment Date, such amounts held under clause (K)(1) may be distributed pursuant to clause (K)(2) prior to the next Payment Date.
(ii)    On each Payment Date prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, except for any Principal Proceeds that will be used to settle binding commitments entered into prior to the related Determination Date for the purchase of Collateral Loans, Principal Proceeds on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount to the extent received on or before the related Determination Date (or, if such Determination Date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) will be transferred to the Payment Account to be applied in the following order of priority:
(A)    to the payment of unpaid amounts under clauses (A) through (D) in clause (i) above (in the same order of priority specified therein), to the extent not paid in full thereunder, but subject to any caps specified therein;
(B)    during the Reinvestment Period, (i) if the Minimum OC Coverage Test is not satisfied as of the relevant Determination Date, to pay principal of the Advances of each Lender (pro rata, based on each Lender’s Percentage) until the Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied (on a pro forma basis as at such Determination Date) and (ii) to the Principal Collection Subaccount for the purchase of additional Collateral Loans (including funding Revolving Collateral Loans and Delayed Drawdown Collateral Loans) and/or for the making of any Permitted Distribution or Permitted Tax Distribution;
(C)    after the Reinvestment Period, to pay the Advances of each Lender (pro rata, based on each Lender’s Percentage) until the Advances are paid in full; provided that the Borrower shall be permitted to allocate such principal payments among the Classes on each Payment Date so long as, after giving effect to such allocation of payments on such Payment Date, each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied; provided, further, that, if the Borrower would be unable to cause each Class Minimum OC Coverage Test to be satisfied on any Payment Date after 
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allocating such payments, the Administrative Agent shall allocate such payments in its sole discretion;
(D)    to the payment of amounts referred to in clauses (I) and (J) of clause (i) above (in the same order of priority specified therein), to the extent not paid in full thereunder; and
(E)    (1) if a Default has occurred and is continuing (unless all Obligations owing to the Lenders have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations as to which no claim has been asserted)), to remain in the Principal Collection Subaccount (other than a Permitted Tax Distribution) or (2) otherwise, any remaining amount shall be released to the Equityholder or its designee (or, at the direction of the Borrower, deposited into the Principal Collection Subaccount for investment in Collateral Loans); provided that if any such Default under clause (E)(1) is subsequently cured prior to the next Payment Date, such amounts held under clause (E)(1) may be distributed pursuant to clause (E)(2) prior to the next Payment Date.
(iii)    On each Payment Date following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, all Interest Proceeds in the Interest Collection Subaccount and all Principal Proceeds in the Principal Collection Subaccount, except for any Principal Proceeds that will be used to settle binding commitments entered into prior to the related Determination Date for the purchase of Collateral Loans, in each case, to the extent received on or before the related Determination Date (or, if such Determination Date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) will be transferred to the Payment Account to be applied in the following order of priority:
(A)    to pay registration, registered office and filing fees, if any, of the Borrower, subject to a cap of $15,000 per annum;
(B)    (1) first, to pay Administrative Expenses as provided in Section 9.01(a)(i)(B)(1) subject to the Administrative Expense Cap and (2) second, to the Administrative Agent to pay all fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent under the Facility Documents;
(C)    to each Lender, pro rata, based on amounts owed, to pay accrued and unpaid Interest on the Advances and Unused Fees due to each such Lender and amounts payable to each such Lender under Section 2.11;
(D)    (1) first, to the Servicer to pay the Servicer Fee, plus any Servicer Fee that remains due and unpaid in respect of any prior Payment Dates as a result of insufficient funds; and (2) second, to pay Servicer Expenses in accordance with the priorities specified in the definition thereof; provided that the amounts in this clause (D)(2) shall not exceed the Servicer Expense Cap;
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(E)    to pay the principal of the Advances of each Lender (pro rata, based on each Lender’s Percentage) until paid in full; provided that the Administrative Agent shall allocate such principal payments among the Classes in its sole discretion;
(F)    to pay, on a pro rata basis, accrued and unpaid amounts owing to Affected Persons (if any) under Sections 2.10 and 13.04, all unpaid Facility Reduction Fees and all other fees, expenses or indemnities owed to the Secured Parties or Indemnified Parties;
(G)    (1) first, to the payment of amounts referred to in clause (B) and (2) second, to the payment of amounts referred to in clause (D) above, in each case to the extent not paid in full pursuant to such clause; and
(H)    any remaining amount shall be released to the Borrower or its designee.
(b)    If on any Payment Date the amount available in the Payment Account is insufficient to make the full amount of the disbursements required by the Payment Date Report, the Collateral Agent shall make the disbursements called for in the order and according to the priority set forth under Section 9.01(a) to the extent funds are available therefor.
ARTICLE X.

SALE OF COLLATERAL LOANS;
PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL LOANS
Section 10.01    Sales of Collateral Loans.
(a)    Discretionary Sales of Collateral Loans.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 10.03, the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) may, but will not be required to, direct the Collateral Agent to sell, and the Collateral Agent shall sell in the manner directed by the Servicer, any Collateral Loan if such sale meets the requirements set forth below (as shown in the Borrowing Base Calculation Statement delivered with respect thereto in accordance with Section 5.02(d)(iii)):
(i)    no Default or Event of Default exists or would result upon giving effect thereto; provided that the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) may sell one or more Collateral Loans if after giving effect thereto and the application of the proceeds thereof any existing Default or Event of Default would be cured;
(ii)    upon giving effect thereto and the application of the proceeds thereof, the Collateral Quality Test is satisfied (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such sale, compliance with such Collateral Quality Test is maintained or improved); and
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x.(iii)    the Administrative Agent has provided prior written consent to such sale, if:
(A)    the Minimum OC Coverage Test would not be satisfied following such proposed sale (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such sale, compliance with the Minimum OC Coverage Test would not be maintained or improved); 
(B)    (x) the proceeds from such proposed sale would be less than the Adjusted Principal Balance of such Collateral Loan and (y) such sale is to the Equityholder, the Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of the Borrower, the Equityholder or the Servicer (provided that any such sale must comply with Sections 5.03(h) and 10.03 hereof, unless such sale is made pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Loan Sale Agreement);
(C)    the proceeds from such proposed sale would be less than the lesser of (x) the Adjusted Principal Balance of such Collateral Loan and (y) the purchase price of such Collateral Loan paid by the Borrower; or
(D)    if the sale is during the Reinvestment Period, after giving effect to such proposed sale, the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans sold or disposed of by the Borrower during the immediately preceding twelve calendar months (or since the Closing Date, if the Trade Date of such proposed sale would occur earlier than twelve calendar months following the Closing Date) would be greater than 30% of the Maximum Facility Amount, unless such sale is made pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Loan Sale Agreement; provided, that the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may consent (which may be by email) to exclude such sale from the calculation of the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans sold or disposed of by the Borrower for purposes of this clause (D);
provided, further, that the restriction in clause (iii)(B) above in this Section 10.01(a) shall not apply to sales of Defaulted Collateral Loans or Ineligible Collateral Loans.
Notwithstanding anything above that would otherwise prohibit the sale of a Collateral Loan after the occurrence or during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, if the Borrower entered into an agreement to sell any such Collateral prior to the occurrence of such Default or an Event of Default, but such sale did not settle prior to the occurrence of such Default or an Event of Default, then the Borrower shall be permitted to consummate such sale notwithstanding the occurrence of such Default or an Event of Default; provided that the settlement for such sale occurs within the customary settlement period for similar trades.
(b)    Ineligible Collateral Loans. Notwithstanding Section 10.01(a), if on any day a Collateral Loan is no longer an Eligible Collateral Loan, the Borrower shall either make a deposit of the funds and/or deliver one or more replacement Collateral Loans for such ineligible Collateral Loan, in each case pursuant to the Loan Sale Agreement and in accordance with Section 10.03. Upon confirmation of the deposit of the amount described above into the 
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Collection Account or the delivery to the Borrower of the replacement Collateral Loans, such ineligible Collateral Loan shall be removed from the Collateral and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall automatically and without further action be deemed to release to the Borrower, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest and any Lien of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in, to and under such ineligible Collateral Loan.
(c)    Sales of Equity Securities.  The Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) may sell any Equity Security at any time without restriction, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the sale of any Equity Security, regardless of price, within forty-five (45) days of receipt if such Equity Security constitutes Margin Stock, unless such sale is prohibited by Applicable Law or contract, in which case such Equity Security should be sold as soon as such sale is permitted by Applicable Law or contract.
(d)    Substitutions. The Borrower may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, replace any Collateral Loan as a Collateral Loan so long as (i) no event has occurred, or would result from such substitution, which constitutes an Event of Default and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such substitution, which constitutes a Default, (ii) simultaneously therewith, the Borrower pledges (in accordance with all of the terms and provisions contained herein) a Substitute Eligible Collateral Loan and (iii) the Minimum OC Coverage Test is satisfied (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such substitution, compliance with the Minimum OC Coverage Test is maintained or improved).
(e)    Optional Sales.  On any Optional Sale Date, the Borrower shall have the right to prepay all or a portion of the outstanding Advances in connection with the sale and assignment by the Borrower of all or a portion of the Collateral Loans, as the case may be, in connection with a Permitted Securitization or a Permitted Refinancing (each, an “Optional Sale”), subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i)    the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) at least 45 days’ prior written notice of its intent to effect an Optional Sale in connection with a Permitted Securitization or a Permitted Refinancing, and the Administrative Agent shall have delivered to the Borrower its prior written consent (in its sole discretion) to such Optional Sale, unless such 45 days’ notice requirement is waived or reduced by the Administrative Agent; provided that no such consent will be required for any Optional Sale of any Collateral Loan at a price equal to or greater than the Adjusted Principal Balance of such Collateral Loan as of the date of the Optional Sale to the extent that, after giving effect to such proposed sale, the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans sold or disposed of by the Borrower pursuant to this proviso during the immediately preceding twelve calendar months would not be greater than 30% of the highest Aggregate Principal Balance of any month during such 12-month period (or such higher percentage as agreed to by the Administrative Agent); provided, further that the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may consent (which may be by email) to exclude such sale from the calculation of the Aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Loans sold or disposed of by the Borrower for purposes of this clause (i);
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(ii)    unless an Optional Sale is to be effected on a Payment Date (in which case the relevant calculations with respect to such Optional Sale shall be reflected on the applicable Payment Date Report), the Servicer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) a certificate and evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent (which evidence may consist solely of a certificate from the Servicer) that the Borrower shall have sufficient funds on the related Optional Sale Date to effect the contemplated Optional Sale in accordance with this Agreement.  In effecting an Optional Sale, the Borrower may use the proceeds of sales of the Collateral Loans to repay all or a portion of the Obligations;
(iii)    no Default or Event of Default exists or would result upon giving effect to such Optional Sale;
(iv)    upon giving effect thereto and the application of the proceeds thereof, the Collateral Quality Test is satisfied (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such sale, compliance with such Collateral Quality Test is maintained or improved);
(v)    the Minimum OC Coverage Test will be satisfied following such proposed sale (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such Optional Sale, compliance with the Minimum OC Coverage Test will be maintained or improved); and
(vi)    on the related Optional Sale Date, the Borrower shall have deposited into the Collection Account, in immediately available funds, the proceeds of such Optional Sale, which shall at least equal the aggregate Adjusted Principal Balance of the Collateral Loans being sold.
(f)    Lien Release Dividend.  Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and no Default exists, on a Lien Release Dividend Date, the Borrower may distribute to the Equityholder any Collateral Loan that was sold by the Equityholder to the Borrower, or any portion thereof (each, a “Lien Release Dividend”), subject to the following terms and conditions, the satisfaction of which shall have been certified by the Borrower and the Equityholder to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral  Agent):
(i)    the Borrower and the Equityholder shall have given the Administrative Agent, with a copy to the Collateral Agent, at least five Business Days prior written notice of its intent to effect a Lien Release Dividend, in the form of Exhibit J hereto (a “Notice and Request for Consent”), and the Administrative Agent shall have delivered to the Borrower prior written consent, which consent shall be given in the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrative Agent; provided that, if the Administrative Agent shall not have responded to the Notice and Request for Consent by 11:00 a.m. on the day that is one Business Day prior to the proposed Lien Release Dividend Date, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have given its consent;
(ii)    the proposed Lien Release Dividend Date shall take place during the Reinvestment Period and on any such Lien Release Dividend Date, no more than four Lien 
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Release Dividends shall have been made during the 12-month period immediately preceding the proposed Lien Release Dividend Date;
(iii)    after giving effect to the Lien Release Dividend on the Lien Release Dividend Date, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall exist, (B) the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.01 hereof shall continue to be correct in all material respects, except to the extent relating to an earlier date, (C) the eligibility of any Collateral Loan  remaining as part of the Collateral after the Lien Release Dividend will be redetermined as of the Lien Release Dividend Date, (D) no claim shall have been asserted or proceeding commenced challenging the enforceability or validity of any of the Related Documents, (E) there shall have been no material adverse change as to the Servicer or the Borrower, and (F) the Minimum OC Coverage Test will be satisfied (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such Lien Release Dividend, compliance with such Minimum OC Coverage Test will be maintained or improved);
(iv)    such Lien Release Dividend must be in compliance with Applicable Law and may not (A) be made with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor of the Borrower or (B) leave the Borrower, immediately after giving effect to the Lien Release Dividend, (x) insolvent, (y) with insufficient funds to pay its obligations as and when they become due or (z) with inadequate capital for its present and anticipated business and transactions;
(v)    on or prior to the Lien Release Dividend Date, the Borrower shall have (A) delivered to the Administrative Agent, with a copy to the Collateral Agent, a list specifying all Collateral Loans or portions thereof to be transferred pursuant to such Lien Release Dividend and the Administrative Agent shall have approved the same in its sole discretion and (B) obtained all authorizations, consents and approvals required to effectuate the Lien Release Dividend;
(vi)    a portion of a Collateral Loan may be transferred pursuant to a Lien Release Dividend provided that (A) such transfer does not have an adverse effect on the portion of such Collateral Loan remaining as a part of the Collateral, any other aspect of the Collateral, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party and (B) a new promissory note (other than with respect to a noteless Collateral Loan) for the portion of the Collateral Loan remaining as a part of the Collateral has been executed, and the original thereof has been endorsed and delivered to the Custodian;
(vii)    each Collateral Loan, or portion thereof, as applicable, shall be transferred at a value equal to the Principal Balance thereof, exclusive of any accrued and unpaid interest;
(viii)    the Borrower shall deliver a Borrowing Base Calculation Statement (including a calculation of the Borrowing Base after giving effect to such Lien Release Dividend) to the Administrative Agent;
(ix)    the Borrower shall have paid in full an aggregate amount equal to the sum of all amounts due and owing to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent or the Custodian, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, to the extent accrued to such date with respect to the Collateral Loans to be transferred pursuant to such 
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Lien Release Dividend and incurred in connection with the transfer of such Collateral Loans pursuant to such Lien Release Dividend; and
(ix)    the Borrower and the Servicer (on behalf of the Borrower) shall pay the reasonable legal fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent and the  Custodian in connection with any Lien Release Dividend (including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in connection with the release of the Lien of the Collateral, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and any other party having an interest in the Collateral Loans in connection with such Lien Release Dividend).
Section 10.02    Purchase of Additional Collateral Loans.   (a) On any date during the Reinvestment Period, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) may, if each of the conditions specified in this Section 10.02 and Section 10.04 are met, invest Principal Proceeds (and accrued interest received with respect to any Collateral Loan to the extent used to pay for accrued interest on additional Collateral Loans and other amounts on deposit in the Principal Collection Subaccount) in additional Collateral Loans on the current Approved List or subject to an Approval Request; provided that no Collateral Loan may be purchased unless each of the following conditions are satisfied as of the date the Servicer commits on behalf of the Borrower to make such purchase and after giving effect to such purchase and all other sales or purchases previously or simultaneously committed to:
(i)    the Borrower shall have delivered and the Administrative Agent shall have approved an Approval Request with respect to the Collateral Loan pursuant to the terms of Section 2.02;
(ii)    such obligation is an Eligible Collateral Loan; and
(iii)    the Minimum OC Coverage Test and the Collateral Quality Test are satisfied (or, if not satisfied immediately prior to such investment, compliance with such Minimum OC Coverage Test and/or Collateral Quality Test is maintained or improved).
Section 10.03    Conditions Applicable to All Sale and Purchase Transactions.  (a)  Any transaction effected under this Article X (other than sales required by Section 10.01(c)) or in connection with the acquisition of additional Collateral Loans shall be for fair market value and, if effected with a Person that is the Equityholder or an Affiliate thereof, shall be (i) in compliance with Section 5.03(h) hereof or Section 6.1 of the Loan Sale Agreement, (ii) effected in accordance with all Applicable Laws, (iii) unless such transaction is effected pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Loan Sale Agreement, during the 12-month period most recently ended prior to the relevant date of determination (or such lesser number of months as shall have elapsed since the Closing Date), and after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, the value of Collateral Loans (other than Ineligible Collateral Loans and Defaulted Collateral Loans) substituted or sold by the Borrower to Affiliates of the Servicer without the consent of the Administrative Agent may not exceed 20% of the highest Aggregate Principal Balance of Collateral Loans of the Borrower during such 12-month period (or such higher percentage as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) (provided, that the Administrative Agent in its sole 
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discretion may consent (which may be by email) to exclude such sale from the calculation of the Collateral Loans substituted or sold by the Borrower for purposes of this clause (iii)), and (iv) unless such transaction is effected pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Loan Sale Agreement, during the 12-month period most recently ended prior to the relevant date of determination (or such lesser number of months as shall have elapsed since the Closing Date), and after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, the value of Defaulted Collateral Loans substituted or sold by the Borrower without the consent of the Administrative Agent to Affiliates of the Servicer may not exceed 10% (or such higher percentage as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) of the highest Aggregate Principal Balance of Collateral Loans of the Borrower during such 12-month period (provided, that the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may consent (which may be by email) to exclude such sale from the calculation of the Collateral Loans substituted or sold by the Borrower for purposes of this clause (iv)).
(b)    Upon each acquisition by the Borrower of a Collateral Loan, (i) all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest to such Collateral Loan shall be subject to the Lien granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) such Collateral Loan shall be Delivered to the Collateral Agent.
Section 10.04    Additional Equity Contributions. (a)   The Equityholder may, but shall have no obligation to, at any time or from time to time make a capital contribution to the Borrower for any purpose, including for the purpose of curing any Default, satisfying the Minimum OC Coverage Test, enabling the acquisition or sale of any Collateral Loan or satisfying any conditions under Section 3.02.  Each contribution shall either be made (a) in Cash (in which event such contributions shall be made by deposit into the Collection Account), (b) by assignment and contribution of an Eligible Investment and/or (c) by assignment of a Collateral Loan that is an Eligible Collateral Loan.  In connection with any contribution described in this Section 10.04, the Servicer shall provide written instruction to the Collateral Agent identifying (a) the subclause under which such contribution is being made (the “Contribution Notice”) and (b)(i) in the case of contributions made in Cash, (A) the timing of such contribution and (B) the amount of such contribution and (ii) in the case of contributions made by assignment and contribution of an Eligible Investment and/or by assignment of a Collateral Loan that is an Eligible Collateral Loan, (A) the name of such Eligible Investment and/or Collateral Loan and (B) attaching the accompanying assignment forms.  All Cash contributed to the Borrower shall be treated as Principal Proceeds, except to the extent that the Servicer specifies in the Contribution Notice that such Cash shall constitute Interest Proceeds and shall be deposited into a Collection Account in accordance with Section 8.02 as designated by the Servicer.
ARTICLE XI.

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF CONTRACTS
a.Appointment and Designation of the Servicer.
1.(a)    Initial Servicer.  The Borrower hereby appoints Ares Capital Corporation, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as Servicer, with the 
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authority to service, administer and exercise rights and remedies, on behalf of the Borrower, in respect of the Collateral.  Ares Capital Corporation hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the duties and responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.  The Servicer and the Borrower hereby acknowledge that the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties are third party beneficiaries of the obligations undertaken by the Servicer hereunder.
(b)    Servicer Removal Notice.  The Borrower, the Servicer, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby agree that, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Removal Event that triggers an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may provide a removal notice to the Servicer (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) (a “Servicer Removal Notice”) and terminate all of the rights, obligations, power and authority of the Servicer under this Agreement.  On and after the receipt by the Servicer of a Servicer Removal Notice pursuant to this Section 11.01(b), the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under this Agreement until the date specified in the Servicer Removal Notice or otherwise specified by the Administrative Agent in writing or, if no such date is specified in such Servicer Removal Notice or otherwise specified by the Administrative Agent, until a date mutually agreed upon by the Servicer and the Administrative Agent and shall be entitled to receive the Servicer Fee therefor accrued until such date.  After such date, the Servicer agrees that it will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in a manner that the Administrative Agent believes will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to the Replacement Servicer, and except as provided herein the Replacement Servicer shall assume each and all of the Servicer’s obligations to service and administer the Collateral, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and the Servicer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Replacement Servicer in assuming such obligations.
(c)    Appointment of Replacement Servicer.  At any time following the delivery of a Servicer Removal Notice, the Administrative Agent may appoint a successor servicer (the “Replacement Servicer”), which appointment shall take effect upon the Replacement Servicer accepting such appointment by a written assumption in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.  Upon the appointment of a Replacement Servicer, the initial Servicer shall have no liability with respect to any action performed by the Replacement Servicer on or after the date that the Replacement Servicer assumes the servicing duties of the Servicer.
(d)    Liabilities and Obligations of Replacement Servicer.  Upon its appointment, the Replacement Servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer with respect to servicing functions under this Agreement and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, and all references in this Agreement to the Servicer shall be deemed to refer to the Replacement Servicer; provided that the Replacement Servicer shall have (i) no liability with respect to any action performed by the terminated Servicer prior to the date that the Replacement Servicer becomes the successor to the Servicer or any claim of a third party based on any alleged action or inaction of the terminated Servicer, (ii) no obligation to perform any advancing or any repurchase obligations, if any, of the Servicer unless it elects to in its sole discretion, (iii) no obligation to pay any Taxes required to be paid by the Servicer (provided that the Replacement 
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Servicer shall pay any income Taxes for which it is liable), (iv) no obligation to pay any of the fees and expenses of any other party to the transactions contemplated hereby, and (v) no liability or obligation with respect to any Servicer indemnification obligations of any prior Servicer, including the original Servicer.  The indemnification obligations of the Replacement Servicer, upon becoming a Replacement Servicer, are expressly limited to those arising on account of its failure to act in good faith and with reasonable care under the circumstances.  In addition, the Replacement Servicer shall have no liability relating to the representations and warranties of the Servicer contained in Section 4.02.  Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, if a Replacement Servicer is appointed, it shall perform its obligations hereunder in good faith and with reasonable care, exercising a degree of skill and attention no less than what it exercises to service similar assets for itself and for others, such standard of care to be the “Servicing Standard” applicable to it.
(e)    Subcontracts.  The Servicer may, with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required for any subcontracting to Affiliates of the Servicer) of the Administrative Agent, subcontract with any other Person for servicing, administering or collecting the Collateral; provided that (i) the Servicer shall select any such Person with reasonable care and shall be solely responsible for the fees and expenses payable to any such Person, (ii) the Servicer shall not be relieved of, and shall remain liable for, the performance of the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof without regard to any subcontracting arrangement and (iii) any such subcontract shall be terminable upon the occurrence of a Servicer Removal Event.
(f)    Waiver. The Borrower acknowledges that, after delivery of a Servicer Removal Notice and appointment as a Replacement Servicer pursuant to this Section 11.01, the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates may act as the Replacement Servicer, and the Borrower waives any and all claims against the Administrative Agent, each Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, the Collateral Agent and any of its Affiliates and the Servicer (other than claims relating to such party’s failure to act in accordance with the standard of care set forth herein, gross negligence or willful misconduct) relating in any way to the custodial or collateral administration functions having been performed by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity hereunder in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Facility Documents.
Section 11.02    Duties of the Servicer.
(a)    Duties.  The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or advisable to service, administer and collect on the Collateral from time to time, all in accordance with Applicable Law and the Servicing Standard.  Prior to the delivery of a Servicer Removal Notice, but subject to the terms of this Agreement (including Section 11.04 and Article VI), the Servicer has the sole and exclusive authority to make any and all decisions with respect to the Collateral and take or refrain from taking any and all actions with respect to the Collateral.  Without limiting the foregoing, the duties of the Servicer shall include the following (to the extent required under the terms of this Agreement):
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(i)    supervising the Collateral, including communicating with Obligors, executing amendments, providing consents and waivers, exercising voting rights, enforcing and collecting on the Collateral and otherwise managing the Collateral on behalf of the Borrower;
(ii)    maintaining all necessary servicing records with respect to the Collateral and providing such reports to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Collateral Agent and the Custodian) in respect of the servicing of the Collateral (including information relating to its performance under this Agreement) as may be required hereunder or as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and which can be obtained without any undue burden or expense;
(iii)    maintaining and implementing administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate servicing records evidencing the Collateral in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof) and keeping and maintaining all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of the Collateral;
(iv)    promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Collateral Agent or the Custodian, from time to time, such information and servicing records (including information relating to its performance under this Agreement) as the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Custodian or the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and which can be obtained without any undue burden or expense;
(v)    identifying each Collateral Loan in its internal servicing records to reflect the ownership of such Collateral Loan by the Borrower;
(vi)    in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement, notifying the Administrative Agent and each Lender of any material action, suit, proceeding, dispute, offset, deduction, defense or counterclaim (A) that is or is threatened to be asserted by an Obligor with respect to any Collateral Loan (or portion thereof) of which it has actual knowledge or has received notice; or (B) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii)    maintaining the perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral;
(viii)    directing the Collateral Agent to make payments pursuant to the terms of the Payment Date Report;
(ix)    assisting the Borrower with respect to the purchase and sale of and payment for the Collateral Loans and Eligible Investments;
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(x)    instructing the Obligors and the administrative agents on the Collateral Loans to make payments directly into the Collection Account established and maintained with the Collateral Agent;
(xi)    delivering assignments and promissory notes to the Custodian;
(xii)    complying with such other duties and responsibilities as may be required of the Servicer by this Agreement; and
(xiii)    assisting in the acquisition and sale of Collateral Loans and other Collateral in accordance with Article X and the Servicing Standard.
It is acknowledged and agreed that in circumstances in which a Person other than the Borrower or the Servicer acts as lead agent with respect to any Collateral Loan, the Servicer shall perform its servicing duties hereunder only to the extent a lender under the applicable Related Documents has the right to do so.
(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties of their rights hereunder shall not release the Servicer (unless replaced by a Replacement Servicer) or the Borrower from any of their duties or responsibilities with respect to the Collateral.  The Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Collateral, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Servicer hereunder, unless one of them becomes a Replacement Servicer hereunder.
(c)    Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to the Borrower shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the Administrative Agent, be applied as a collection of a payment by such Obligor (starting with the oldest such outstanding payment due, provided such obligation is not on non-accrual) to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other obligation of such Obligor.
(d)    The Servicer agrees to supervise and assist in the investment and reinvestment of the Collateral, and shall perform on behalf of the Borrower the duties that have been expressly delegated to the Servicer in this Agreement and any other Facility Document (and the Servicer shall have no obligation to perform any other duties hereunder or otherwise) and, to the extent necessary or appropriate to perform such duties, the Servicer shall have the power to execute and deliver all necessary and appropriate documents and instruments on behalf of the Borrower with respect thereto.  The Servicer shall comply with the terms and conditions hereof and any other Facility Document expressly applicable to it, in its capacity as the Servicer, or otherwise affecting the duties and functions that have been delegated to it thereunder and hereunder as the Servicer and shall perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder in good faith and with reasonable care, using a degree of skill and attention no less than the Servicer exercises with respect to comparable assets that it services for itself and for others having similar 
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investment objectives and restrictions substantially in accordance with its existing practices and procedures relating to assets of the nature and character of the Collateral Loans (such standard of care, the “Servicing Standard”).
Section 11.03    Authorization of the Servicer.  (a)  Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby authorizes the Servicer (including any successor thereto) to take any and all reasonable steps in its name and on its behalf necessary or desirable in the determination of the Servicer and not inconsistent with the grant by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties hereunder, to collect all amounts due under any and all Collateral, including, endorsing any of their names on checks and other instruments representing Collections, executing and delivering any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Collateral and, after the delinquency of any Collateral and to the extent permitted under and in compliance with Applicable Law, to commence proceedings with respect to enforcing payment thereof.  The Borrower and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties shall furnish the Servicer (and any successors thereto) with any powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder.  In case any reasonable question arises as to its duties hereunder, the Collateral Agent may request instructions from the Borrower or the Servicer, prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, or the Administrative Agent after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and shall be entitled at all times to refrain from taking any actions unless it has received instruction from the Borrower, the Servicer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable.  In no event shall the Servicer be entitled to make any Secured Party a party to any litigation without such party’s express prior written consent, or to make the Borrower a party to any litigation (other than any routine foreclosure or similar collection procedure) without the Administrative Agent’s consent.
(a)    The Administrative Agent may, at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has accelerated the Obligations under this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.01, notify any Obligor with respect to any Collateral of the assignment of such Collateral to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and direct that payments of all amounts due or to become due be made directly to the Administrative Agent or any servicer, collection agent or account designated by the Administrative Agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent may enforce collection of any such Collateral, and adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof.
Section 11.04    Collection Efforts, Modification of Collateral.  (a)  The Servicer will use commercially reasonable efforts to collect, or cause to be collected, all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Collateral Loans included in the Collateral as and when the same become due, all in accordance with the Servicing Standard.
(a)    In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf) may enter into any amendment or waiver of or supplement to any Related Document; provided that the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders shall be required if an 
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Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or an Event of Default or Default would result from such amendment, waiver or supplement.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Collateral Loan that, as a result of any amendment or supplement thereto, ceases to qualify as an Eligible Collateral Loan shall not be included in the Borrowing Base.
Section 11.05    Servicer Compensation and Expenses.  The Servicer shall be entitled to be paid the Servicer Fee and have its expenses reimbursed as provided in the Priority of Payments.
Section 11.06    The Servicer Not to Resign.  The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon the Servicer’s determination that (a) the performance of its duties hereunder is or becomes impermissible under Applicable Law and (b) there is no reasonable action that the Servicer could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder permissible under Applicable Law.  Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (a) above by an opinion or memorandum of counsel to such effect delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender.  No such resignation shall become effective until a Replacement Servicer shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 11.01(c).
ARTICLE XII.

THE AGENTS
Section 12.01    Authorization and Action.  (a)  Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and, to the extent applicable, the other Facility Documents as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, subject to the terms hereof.  No Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Facility Documents to which it is a party or any fiduciary relationship with any Secured Party and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties or obligations or liabilities on the part of such Agent shall be read into this Agreement or any other Facility Document to which such Agent is a party (if any) as duties on its part to be performed or observed.  No Agent shall have or be construed to have any other duties or responsibilities in respect of this Agreement or any other Facility Document and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.  As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement or the other Facility Documents, no Agent shall be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, with respect to the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent); provided that such Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes such Agent, in its judgment, to personal liability, cost or expense or which is contrary to this Agreement, the other Facility Documents or Applicable Law, or would be, in its judgment, contrary to its duties hereunder, under any other Facility Document or under Applicable Law.  Each Lender agrees that in any instance in which the Facility Documents provide that an Agent’s consent may not be unreasonably withheld, provide 
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for the exercise of such Agent’s reasonable discretion, or provide to a similar effect, it shall not in its instructions (or by refusing to provide instruction) to such Agent withhold its consent or exercise its discretion in an unreasonable manner.
(b)    If the Collateral Agent has been requested or directed by the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable (or by the Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders), to take any action pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Facility Document, the Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement or such Facility Document in the manner so requested unless it shall have been provided indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with or in performing such request or direction.  No provision of this Agreement or any other Facility Document shall otherwise be construed to require the Collateral Agent to expend or risk its own funds or to take any action that could in its judgment cause it to incur any cost, expenses or liability, unless it is provided indemnity acceptable to it against any such expenditure, risk, costs, expense or liability.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty or obligation to take any action to exercise or enforce any power, right or remedy available to it under this Agreement or any other Facility Document or any Related Document unless and until directed by the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable (or the Administrative Agent on their behalf).
(c)    Neither the Collateral Agent nor any officer, agent or representative thereof shall be personally liable for any action taken by any such Person in accordance with any direction, instruction or notice given by the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable (or by the Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders), pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Facility Document even if, at the time such action is taken by any such Person, the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable, or Persons purporting to be the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable, are not entitled to give such direction, instruction or notice, except where the Responsible Officer of the Collateral Agent has actual knowledge (without any duty of inquiry or investigation on its part) that the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable, or Persons purporting to be the Majority Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable, are not entitled to give such direction, instruction or notice.  If any dispute or disagreement shall arise as to the allocation of any sum of money received by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any Facility Document, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to deliver such sum to a court of competent jurisdiction and therein commence an action for interpleader.
(d)    If in performing its duties under this Agreement, the Collateral Agent is required to decide between alternative courses of action, it may request written instructions from the Borrower or the Servicer, prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, or the Administrative Agent, after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, as to the course of action desired by it.  If the Collateral Agent does not receive such instructions within five (5) Business Days after it has requested them, the Collateral Agent may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking any such courses of action.  The 
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Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with instructions received after such five (5) Business Day period except to the extent it has already, in good faith, taken or committed itself to take, action inconsistent with such instructions.
Section 12.02    Delegation of Duties.  Each Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each other Facility Document by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties; provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred, the Agent may not execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Facility Document by or through any Ares Competitor without the prior consent of the Borrower.  No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care other than any Affiliates of such Agent.
Section 12.03    Agents’ Reliance, Etc.  (a)  Neither Agent nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Facility Documents, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Agent:  (i) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower or the Servicer or any of their Affiliates) and independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (ii) makes no warranty or representation to any Secured Party or any other Person and shall not be responsible to any Secured Party or any Person for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other Facility Documents; (iii) shall not have any duty to monitor, ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement, the other Facility Documents or any Related Document on the part of the Borrower, the Servicer or any other Person or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower or the Servicer; (iv) shall not be responsible to any Secured Party or any other Person for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, perfection, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any Collateral (or the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens on the Collateral), this Agreement, the other Facility Documents, any Related Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (v) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Facility Document by relying on, acting upon (or by refraining from action in reliance on) any notice, consent, certificate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrowing Base Calculation Statement), instruction or waiver, report, statement, opinion, direction or other instrument or writing (which may be delivered by telecopier, email, cable or telex, if acceptable to it) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed or sent by the proper party or parties.  No Agent shall have any liability to the Borrower or any Lender or any other Person for the Borrower’s, the Servicer’s, any Lender’s or any other Person’s, as the case may be, performance of, or failure to perform, any of their respective obligations and duties under this Agreement or any other Facility Document.
(b)    No Agent shall be liable for the actions or omissions of any other Agent (including concerning the application of funds), or under any duty to monitor or investigate 
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compliance on the part of any other Agent with the terms or requirements of this Agreement, any Facility Document or any Related Document, or their duties hereunder or thereunder.  Each Agent shall be entitled to assume the due authority of any signatory and genuineness of any signature appearing on any instrument or document it may receive (including each Notice of Borrowing received hereunder) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  No Agent shall be liable for any action taken in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be within the powers conferred upon it, or taken by it pursuant to any direction or instruction by which it is governed, or omitted to be taken by it by reason of the lack of direction or instruction required hereby for such action (including for refusing to exercise discretion or for withholding its consent in the absence of its receipt of, or resulting from a failure, delay or refusal on the part of the Required Lenders to provide, written instruction to exercise such discretion or grant such consent from the Required Lenders, as applicable).  No Agent shall be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith unless it shall be proven by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the relevant facts.  Nothing herein or in any Facility Document or Related Document shall obligate any Agent to advance, expend or risk its own funds, or to take any action which in its reasonable judgment may cause it to incur any expense or financial or other liability for which it is not adequately indemnified.  No Agent shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages (including diminution in value or lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.  No Agent shall be charged with knowledge or notice of any matter unless actually known to a Responsible Officer of such Agent, or unless and to the extent written notice of such matter is received by such Agent at its address in accordance with Section 13.02.  Any permissive grant of power to an Agent hereunder shall not be construed to be a duty to act.  Each Agent shall have only the duties and responsibilities as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Agreement against any Agent.  Before acting hereunder, an Agent shall be entitled to request, receive and rely upon such certificates and opinions as it may reasonably determine appropriate with respect to the satisfaction of any specified circumstances or conditions precedent to such action.  Neither Agent shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, entitlement order, approval or other paper, electronic communication or document.  Neither Agent shall be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any mistakes of fact or law, or for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in connection herewith, except in the case of its willful misconduct or grossly negligent performance or omission of its duties.
(c)    No Agent shall be responsible or liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control.  Such acts shall include acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations imposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, loss or malfunction of utilities, communications or computers (software and hardware) services, earthquakes or other disasters.
(d)    The delivery of reports and other documents and information to the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Facility Document is for informational purposes only and the Collateral Agent’s receipt of such documents and information shall not constitute 
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constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein.  The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.  Whether or not expressly stated in such Facility Documents, in performing (or refraining from acting) thereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, benefits, protections and indemnities which are afforded to it in this Agreement.
(e)    Each Lender acknowledges that, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither Agent has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by either Agent hereafter taken, including any consent and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of the Borrower, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Agent to any Secured Party as to any matter.  Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon such Agent and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the Servicer, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Facility Documents to which it is a party.  Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Secured Party and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the Facility Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the Servicer.  Neither Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Secured Party with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial or other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower or Servicer which may come into the possession of such Agent.
Section 12.04    Indemnification.  Each of the Lenders agrees to indemnify and hold the Agents harmless (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to Section 13.04 or otherwise) from and against any and all Liabilities which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agents in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Facility Document or any Related Document or any action taken or omitted by the Agents under this Agreement or any other Facility Document or any Related Document; provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent for any portion of such Liabilities resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; and provided, further, that no Lender shall be liable to the Collateral Agent for any portion of such Liabilities unless such Liabilities are imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Collateral Agent as a result of any action taken, or not taken, by the Collateral Agent by the express terms of this Agreement or at the direction of the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Lenders, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise or to honor any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders (or other Persons authorized or permitted under the terms hereof to make such request or give such direction) pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Facility Document, unless the Administrative Agent or such Lenders shall have 
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provided to the Collateral Agent security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses (including reasonable and documented attorney’s fees and expenses) and Liabilities which might reasonably be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction, whether such indemnity is provided under this Section 12.04 or otherwise).  The rights of the Agents and obligations of the Lenders under or pursuant to this Section 12.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and the earlier removal or resignation of any Agent hereunder.  This Section 12.04 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
Section 12.05    Successor Agents.  (a)  Subject to the terms of this Section 12.05, each Agent may, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, resign as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable.  If an Agent shall resign, then the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor agent.  If for any reason a successor agent is not so appointed and does not accept such appointment within thirty (30) days of notice of resignation, such Agent may appoint a successor agent.  The appointment of any successor Agent shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the consent of the Borrower to any such appointment shall not be required if (i) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing (other than with respect to an Ares Competitor) or (ii) if such successor agent is a Lender or an Affiliate of such Agent or any Lender.  Any resignation of an Agent shall be effective upon the appointment of a successor agent pursuant to this Section 12.05.  After the effectiveness of any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as Agent, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Facility Documents and the provisions of this Article XII shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement and under the other Facility Documents.  If no successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed and an instrument of acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been delivered to the Collateral Agent within sixty days after giving of notice of resignation by the Collateral Agent, the resigning Collateral Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.
(b)    Any Person (i) into which the Collateral Agent may be merged or consolidated, (ii) that may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Collateral Agent shall be a party, or (iii) that may succeed to the corporate trust properties and assets of the Collateral Agent substantially as a whole, shall be the successor to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement without further act of any of the parties to this Agreement.
Section 12.06    The Collateral Agent.  (a)  The Collateral Agent shall have no liability for losses arising from (i) any cause beyond its control, (ii) any delay, error, omission or default of any mail, telegraph, cable or wireless agency or operator, or (iii) the acts or edicts of any government or governmental agency or other group or entity exercising governmental powers.
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(b)    It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that the Collateral Agent is not guaranteeing the performance of or assuming any liability for the obligations of the other parties hereto or any portion of the Collateral.
(c)    The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the preparation or filing of any UCC financing statements or continuation statements or the correctness of any financing statements filed in connection with this Agreement or the validity or perfection of any lien or security interest created pursuant to this Agreement.
(d)    The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Borrower.  In no event shall the Collateral Agent be liable for the selection of any investments or any losses in connection therewith (except in its capacity as obligor thereunder, if applicable), or for any failure of the relevant party to provide investment instruction to the Collateral Agent in connection with the investment of funds in or from any account set forth herein.
(e)    The Collateral Agent shall have no liability for any failure, inability or unwillingness on the part of the Servicer, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to provide accurate and complete information on a timely basis to the Collateral Agent, or otherwise on the part of any such party to comply with the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability for any inaccuracy or error in the performance or observance on the Collateral Agent’s part of any of its duties hereunder that is caused by or results from any such inaccurate, incomplete or untimely information received by it, or other failure on the part of any such other party to comply with the terms hereof.
(f)    The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any certificate, report or other document or electronic communication; provided, however, that, if the form thereof is prescribed by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall examine the same to determine whether it conforms on its face to the requirements hereof.  The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of any matter unless actually known to a Responsible Officer.  It is expressly acknowledged by the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that performance by the Collateral Agent of its various duties hereunder (including recalculations to be performed in respect of the matters contemplated hereby) shall be based upon, and in reliance upon, data, information and notices provided to it by the Servicer (and/or the Borrower) and/or any related bank agent, obligor or similar party with respect to the Collateral, and the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility for the accuracy of any such information or data provided to it by such persons and shall be entitled to update its records (as it may deem necessary or appropriate).  Nothing herein shall impose or imply any duty or obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent to verify, investigate or audit any such information or data, or to determine or monitor on an independent basis whether any issuer of the Collateral is in default or in compliance with the underlying documents governing or securing such item of Collateral, from time to time.
(g)    The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to determine or inquire into the happening or occurrence of any event or contingency, and it is agreed that its duties hereunder are purely ministerial in nature.
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(h)    Should any controversy arise between the undersigned with respect to the Collateral held by the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall follow the instructions of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties (provided that to the extent practicable, the Collateral Agent shall provide written notice of such controversy to the Servicer).
(i)    The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest (on behalf of the Secured Parties) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty on it to exercise any such powers.  Except for performing the obligations expressly imposed on the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or responsibility for ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters or taking any steps to preserve rights against prior parties or other rights pertaining to any Collateral.
(j)    In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, the Collateral Agent may be required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Collateral Agent.  Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to provide to the Collateral Agent upon its request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available to such party in order to enable the Collateral Agent to comply with such requirements.
(k)    If U.S. Bank or the Collateral Agent is also acting in another capacity, including as Custodian or Securities Intermediary, the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to U.S. Bank or the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article XII shall also be afforded to U.S. Bank or the Collateral Agent acting in such capacities; provided that such rights, protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any rights, protections, benefits, immunities and indemnities provided in the Custodian Agreement, Account Control Agreement or any other Facility Documents to which U.S. Bank or the Collateral Agent in such capacity is a party.
(l)    The Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation to determine if a Collateral Loan meets the criteria specified in the definition of Eligible Collateral Loan or if the requirements set forth in the definition of “Deliver” have been satisfied.
(m)    The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation (i) to monitor, determine or verify the unavailability or cessation of LIBOR (or any other applicable index, floating rate, interest rate or Benchmark Replacement), or whether or when there has occurred, or to give notice to any other transaction party of the occurrence of, any Benchmark Replacement Date, Benchmark Transition Event, Benchmark Transition Start Date, Benchmark Unavailability Period or Early Opt-In Election, (ii) to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement or other alternate benchmark rate, or other successor or replacement rate, or whether any conditions to the designation of such a rate have been satisfied, or (iii) to select, determine or designate any Benchmark Replacement Adjustment or other modifier to any Benchmark Replacement or other replacement or successor rate or index, or (iv) to determine 
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whether or what Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes are necessary or advisable, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing.
(n)    The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any inability, failure or delay on its part to perform any of its duties set forth in this Agreement as a result of the unavailability of LIBOR (or any Benchmark Replacement or other applicable index, floating rate or other Interest Rate) and absence of any Benchmark Replacement or other replacement index or floating rate, including as a result of any inability, delay, error or inaccuracy on the part of any other transaction party, including without limitation the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or the Servicer, in providing any direction, instruction, notice or information required or contemplated by the terms of this Agreement and reasonably required for the performance of such duties.
ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01    No Waiver; Modifications in Writing.  (a)  No failure or delay on the part of any Secured Party exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.  Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Facility Document, and any consent to any departure by any party to this Agreement or any other Facility Document from the terms of any provision of this Agreement or such other Facility Document, shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  No notice to or demand on the Borrower or the Servicer in any case shall entitle the Borrower or the Servicer to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b)    No amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of this Agreement shall be effective unless signed by the Borrower, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders; provided that:
(i)    any Fundamental Amendment shall require the written consent of all Lenders affected thereby; and
(ii)    no such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of such Agent.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in connection with the increase of the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts hereunder, only the consent of the Lender increasing its Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount (or providing a new Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount) shall be required for any amendment that effects such increase in Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts and (ii) the Administrative 
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Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend any provision of the Facility Documents (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Facility Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Section 13.02    Notices, Etc.  Except where telephonic instructions are authorized herein to be given, all notices, demands, instructions and other communications required or permitted to be given to or made upon any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered or sent by registered, certified or express mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile transmission, or by prepaid courier service, or by electronic mail (if the recipient has provided an email address in Schedule 5).  Notices and communications by facsimile and e-mail shall be effective when sent, and notices and communications sent by other means shall be effective when received by the intended recipient thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.02.  Unless otherwise specified in a notice sent or delivered in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.02, notices, demands, instructions and other communications in writing shall be given to or made upon the respective parties hereto at their respective addresses (or to their respective facsimile numbers or email addresses) indicated in Schedule 5, and, in the case of telephonic instructions or notices, by calling the telephone number or numbers indicated for such party in Schedule 5.
U.S. Bank in each of its capacities under the Facility Documents agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Agreement, any other Facility Document, or any Related Document or any document executed in connection herewith or therewith sent by unsecured email, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that any person providing such instructions or directions shall provide to U.S. Bank an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to provide such instructions or directions as such incumbency certificate may be supplemented from time to time.  If any person elects to give U.S. Bank email or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and U.S. Bank in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, U.S. Bank’s reasonable understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling.  U.S. Bank shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from U.S. Bank’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflicting with or being inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.  Any person providing such instructions or directions acknowledges and agrees that there may be more secure methods of transmitting such 
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instructions than the method(s) selected by it and agrees that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of such instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances.
In addition to all other instruction methods permitted under this Agreement, the Borrower hereby directs U.S. Bank in each of its capacities under the Facility Documents to accept instructions sent pursuant to secure financial messaging services provided by SWIFT, which shall constitute instructions from the Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower) for all purposes hereunder. The Borrower instructs U.S. Bank to accept and process SWIFT transmissions initiated by the Borrower or the Servicer on its behalf to the same extent that written wire transfer instructions are accepted and processed by U.S. Bank. U.S. Bank in each of its capacities under the Facility Documents may conclusively rely on SWIFT transmissions to release payments as instructed, subject to any verification of information as requested by U.S. Bank in such capacity, including the call back process to an individual designated by the Borrower or the Servicer as authorized to provide such verification. U.S. Bank may also request, and the Borrower or the Servicer will provide, an additional signed direction (whether by manual, facsimile, PDF or other electronic signature) in order for U.S. Bank to make such payment in connection with any SWIFT transmission. For purposes of compliance with any incumbency certificate of the Borrower or the Servicer, all instructions received by U.S. Bank through the methodology described herein shall be deemed in compliance with the procedures outlined therein (to the extent applicable).
Section 13.03    Taxes.  (a)  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Facility Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any and all Taxes with respect thereto, unless required by Applicable Law.  If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, then the Borrower or the Administrative 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 Borrower shall be increased as may be necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 13.03) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b)    The Borrower agrees to timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c)    The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including any Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 13.03) payable or paid by any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and (ii) any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect 
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thereto, in each case 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 Borrower by a Recipient (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of another Recipient, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)    Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.06(c)(ii) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Facility Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such 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 any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Facility Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 13.03(d).
(e)    As soon as practicable after the date of any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 13.03, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by the relevant Governmental Authority evidencing payment thereof, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other evidence of payment as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f)    If any Recipient in its sole discretion, but acting in good faith, determines that it has received a refund of any Taxes with respect to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 13.03 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 13.03(a)), such Recipient shall reimburse the Borrower (or the Servicer, as applicable) such amount of any refund received (net of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred), but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), as such Secured Party shall determine in its sole discretion, but acting in good faith, to be attributable to the relevant Indemnified Taxes; provided that in the event that such Secured Party is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority, the Borrower agrees to return the refund to such Secured Party.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13.03(f), in no event will any Secured Party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 13.03(f) the payment of which would place such Secured Party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Secured 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 
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payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  Unless required by Applicable Law, at no time shall any Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender, as the case may be.  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.
(g)    (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Facility Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such 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 (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 13.03(g)(ii), (iii) and (v) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii)    Without limiting the generality of Section 13.03(g)(i), each Lender that is a U.S. Person shall, on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or any Agent), deliver to the Borrower and each Agent, two accurate, complete and signed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.
(iii)    Any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and each Agent, on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or any Agent), two accurate, complete and signed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Facility Document, executed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Facility Document, U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E 
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(or W-8BEN, as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(B)    executed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI;
(C)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable); or
(D)    to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or W-8BEN, as applicable), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner.
(iv)    Each Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agents (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or any Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Agents to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(v)    If a payment made to a Recipient under any Facility Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Recipient shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Recipient has complied with such Recipient’s obligations 
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under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this Section 13.03(g)(v), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each 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 and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h)    If any Lender requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to such Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of such Lender pursuant to this Section 13.03, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Advances hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if such Lender determines, in its sole discretion that such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to this Section 13.03 in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(i)    Each party’s obligations under this Section 13.03 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Facility Document.
Section 13.04    Costs and Expenses; Indemnification.  (a)  The Borrower agrees to promptly pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, review, negotiation, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Facility Documents, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and one outside counsel for the Collateral Agent, costs and expenses of creating, perfecting, releasing or enforcing the Collateral Agent’s security interests in the Collateral, including filing and recording fees, expenses, search fees, UCC filing fees and the equivalent thereof in any foreign jurisdiction, if applicable, and all other related fees and expenses in connection therewith; and in connection with the administration and any waiver, consent, modification or amendment or similar agreement in respect of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Facility Document and advising the Agents and Lenders as to their respective rights, remedies and responsibilities.  The Borrower agrees to promptly pay on demand all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of each of the Secured Parties in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Facility Document, including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the preservation, collection, foreclosure or enforcement of the Collateral subject to the Facility Documents or any interest, right, power or remedy of the Collateral Agent and the Replacement Servicer (including in its capacity as Replacement Servicer) or in connection with the collection or enforcement of any of the Obligations or the proof, protection, administration or 
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resolution of any claim based upon the Obligations in any insolvency proceeding, including all reasonable fees and disbursements of outside attorneys, accountants, auditors, consultants, appraisers and other professionals engaged by the Collateral Agent; provided that, in each case, there shall be one primary outside attorney and one local counsel representing each of (x) the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, taken as a whole and (y) the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodian, taken as a whole, unless any conflict of interest arises.  Without prejudice to its rights hereunder, the expenses and the compensation for the services of the Secured Parties are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable bankruptcy law.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 13.04(a) shall not apply to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim, which shall be covered by Section 13.03.
(b)    The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Secured Party and each of their Affiliates and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, managers of, and any Person controlling any of, the foregoing (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all Liabilities that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, whether brought by or involving the Borrower or any third party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance, administration of or otherwise arising out of or incurred in connection with this Agreement, any other Facility Document, any Related Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby (and regardless of whether or not any such transactions are consummated); except that the Borrower shall not be liable to the extent any such Liability is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from any Indemnified Party’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided that any payment hereunder which relates to taxes, levies, imposes, deductions, charges and withholdings, and all liabilities (including penalties, interest and expenses) with respect thereto, or additional sums described in Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 13.03, shall not be covered by this Section 13.04(b).  
(c)    The Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Liabilities that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of any one or more of the following:  (i) any breach by the Servicer of any covenant or any of its obligations under any Facility Document, (ii) the failure of any of the representations or warranties of the Servicer set forth in any Facility Document or in any certificate, statement or report delivered in connection therewith to be true when made or when deemed made or repeated and (iii) by reason of any gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (as determined by the final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) on the part of the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer; except the Servicer shall not be liable to the extent any such Liability (x) results from the performance or non-performance of the Collateral Loans or (y) is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from any Indemnified Party’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided that any payment hereunder which relates to taxes, levies, imposes, deductions, charges and withholdings, and all liabilities (including penalties, interest and expenses) with respect thereto, or additional sums described in Sections 2.10, 2.11 or 13.03, shall not be covered by this Section 13.04(c).  The Servicer shall not have any liability hereunder to any Indemnified Party to the extent an 
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Indemnified Party affects any settlement of a matter that is (or could be) subject to indemnification hereunder without the prior written consent of the Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(d)    The Equityholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Liabilities that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of any one or more of the following:  (i) any breach by the Equityholder of any covenant or any of its obligations set forth in Section 13.22 and (ii) the failure of any of the representations or warranties of the Equityholder set forth in Section 4.03 (o), (p), (q) and (r) and Section 13.22 or in any certificate, statement or report delivered in connection therewith to be true when made or when deemed made or repeated.
Section 13.05    Execution in Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.  Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
Section 13.06    Assignability.  (a)  Each Lender may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, assign to an assignee all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its outstanding Advances or interests therein owned by it, together with ratable portions of its Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amount); provided that:
(i)    each of the Borrower’s and the Administrative Agent’s consent to any such assignment (A) shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and (B) shall not be required if the assignee is a Permitted Assignee with respect to such assignor; and
(ii)    the Borrower’s consent to any such assignment pursuant to this Section 13.06(a) shall not be required (other than with respect to an assignment to an Ares Competitor) if (x) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred (and not been waived by the Lenders in accordance with Section 13.01) or (y) such assignment is required by any Change in Law.
The parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) an Assignment and Acceptance and the applicable tax forms required by Section 13.03(g).  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 13.06, no assignment by any Lender to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates shall be permitted.
(b)    The Borrower may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Agents and the Lenders.
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(c)    (i)    Any Lender may, without the consent of (other than with respect to a participation to an Ares Competitor), but with notice to, the Borrower, sell participations to Participants in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (C) such Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (D) each Participant shall have agreed to be bound by this Section 13.06(c), Section 13.06(d), Section 13.06(e) and Section 13.17.  Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any Fundamental Amendment.  Sections 2.10, 2.11, and 13.03 shall apply to each Participant as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 13.06 (subject to the requirements and limitations set forth in Section 13.03, including the requirements under Section 13.03(g)); provided that (A) such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 13.03(g) as if it were an assignee under clause (a) of this Section 13.06 and (B) no Participant shall be entitled to any amount under Section 2.10, 2.11, or 13.03 which is greater than the amount the related Lender would have been entitled to under any such Sections or provisions if the applicable participation had not occurred, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater amount results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.
(ii)    In the event that any Lender sells participations in any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender as nonfiduciary agent for the Borrower shall maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of all participants in the Advances held by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of the Advance which is the subject of the participation (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans or its other obligations under any Facility Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in a Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in such Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.  This Section 13.06(c)(ii) shall be construed so that such commitments, loans, letters of credit or other obligations are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code, Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury regulations, and any other related regulations or successor provisions or regulations.
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(d)    The Administrative Agent, on behalf of and acting solely for this purpose as the nonfiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at its address specified in Section 13.02 or such other address as the Administrative Agent shall designate in writing to the Lenders, a copy of this Agreement and each signature page hereto and each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the outstanding Advances maintained by each Lender under this Agreement (and any stated interest thereon).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  An Advance (and a Note, if any, evidencing the same) may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register (and each Note, if any, shall expressly so provide) and compliance with this Section 13.06.  The Administrative Agent shall update and furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower from time to time at the request of the Collateral Agent or the Borrower an updated version of Schedule 1 reflecting the then-current allocation of the Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts.
(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Facility Document, each Lender hereunder, and each Participant, must at all times be a “qualified purchaser” as defined in the Investment Company Act (a “Qualified Purchaser”) and a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”).  Each Lender represents to the Borrower, (i) on the date that it becomes a party to this Agreement (whether by being a signatory hereto or by entering into an Assignment and Acceptance) and (ii) on each date on which it makes an Advance hereunder, that it is a Qualified Purchaser and a QIB.  Each Lender further agrees that it shall not assign, or grant any participations in, any of its Advances or its Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts to any Person unless such Person is a Qualified Purchaser and a QIB.
(f)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 13.06, any Lender may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its rights (including rights to payment of principal and interest) under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or security interest granted to a Federal Reserve Bank, without notice to or consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or grantee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Section 13.07    Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT 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 FACILITY DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER FACILITY DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND 
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THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 13.08    Severability of Provisions.  Any provision of this Agreement or any other Facility Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 13.09    Confidentiality.  The parties hereto agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed by any party (a) to its Affiliates, directors, officers, members, principals and employees, and to its agents, counsel and other advisors that have a need for such information relative to this facility (collectively, the “Related Parties”) (it being understood that, in each case, 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 and the disclosing party shall be responsible for any breach by its Related Parties under this Section 13.09); (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory 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), it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made shall be informed of the confidential nature of such Information; (c) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided that with respect to disclosures of Information pursuant to a subpoena or similar legal process, (A) prior to any disclosure under this clause (c) the disclosing party agrees to provide the Borrower with prior written notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior written notice to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and (B) any disclosure under this clause (c) shall be limited to the portion of the Information as may be required by such Governmental Authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Facility Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Facility Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) solely with respect to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, 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; provided that (x) such assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) would be permitted to be an assignee or participant pursuant to the terms hereof and (y) such assignee or participant (or prospective assignee or participant) has agreed to maintain confidentiality pursuant to this Section 13.09 or another non-disclosure agreement substantially similar hereto, 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 that has agreed to maintain confidentiality pursuant to this Section 13.09; or (iii) any rating agency or (g) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section by such party, or (y) becomes available to such party or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than a party to this Agreement.  For purposes of this Section 13.09, “Information” means all information received 
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from a party to this Agreement, the terms and substance of this Agreement and each other Facility Document and any term sheet.
Section 13.10    Merger.  This Agreement and the other Facility Documents executed by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders taken as a whole incorporate the entire agreement between the parties hereto and thereto concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof and this Agreement and such other Facility Documents supersede any prior agreements among the parties relating to the subject matter thereof.
Section 13.11    Survival.  All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Facility Documents and in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Advances hereunder.  The agreements in Sections 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, 12.04, 13.03, 13.04, 13.09, 13.15 and 13.17 and this Section 13.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement in whole or in part, the payment in full of the principal of and interest on the Advances, any foreclosure under, or modification, release or discharge of, any or all of the Related Documents and the resignation or replacement of any Agent.
Section 13.12    Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers; Etc.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a)    submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Facility Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and the appellate courts of any of them;
(b)    consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in any court described in Section 13.12(a) and waives to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c)    solely in the case of each party hereto (other than the Borrower, Servicer, Equityholder and the Collateral Agent) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such party at its address set forth in Section 13.02 or at such other address as may be permitted thereunder;
(d)    EACH OF THE BORROWER, SERVICER AND EQUITYHOLDER IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS UNITED AGENT GROUP INC. (THE “PROCESS AGENT”) WITH AN OFFICE ON THE DATE HEREOF AT 15 NORTH MILL STREET, NYACK, NEW YORK 28277, AS ITS AGENT TO RECEIVE ON ITS BEHALF AND PROPERTY SERVICE OF COPIES OF ANY SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT AND ANY OTHER PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.  SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY MAILING OR DELIVERING A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS TO THE 
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BORROWER, SERVICER OR EQUITYHOLDER IN CARE OF THE PROCESS AGENT AT THE PROCESS AGENT’S ABOVE ADDRESS, AND EACH OF THE BORROWER, SERVICER AND EQUITYHOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE PROCESS AGENT TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE ON ITS BEHALF.  AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SERVICE, EACH OF THE BORROWER, SERVICER AND EQUITYHOLDER ALSO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 13.02 IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE.  EACH OF THE BORROWER, SERVICER AND EQUITYHOLDER AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR AFFECT SUCH PARTY’S RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY OF THE BORROWER, SERVICER AND EQUITYHOLDER OR ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ITS PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION; and
(e)    waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding against any Secured Party arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Facility Document any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
Section 13.13    Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER FACILITY DOCUMENT OR FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM HEREIN OR THEREIN OR RELATING HERETO OR THERETO.
Section 13.14    Right of Setoff; Payments Pro Rata.  (a)  Subject to Section 9.01(a), if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off 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 such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Facility Document to such Lender or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Facility Document and although such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 
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and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have.  Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent 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.
(b)    Each of the Lenders agrees that, if it should receive any amount under this Agreement (whether by voluntary payments, by realization upon security, by the exercise of the right of setoff or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action, by the enforcement of any right under the Facility Documents, or otherwise) which is applicable to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the Advances or fees, of a sum which with respect to the related sum or sums received by other Lenders is in a greater proportion than the total of such Obligation then owed and due to such Lender bears to the total of such Obligation then owed and due to all of the Lenders immediately prior to such receipt, then such Lender receiving such excess payment shall purchase for cash without recourse or warranty from the other Lenders an interest in the Obligations to such other Lenders in such amount as shall result in a proportional participation by all of the Lenders in such disproportionate sum received; provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Section 13.15    PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Agent and Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law on October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Agent or Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.  The Borrower shall provide, to the extent commercially reasonable, such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by any Lender or Agent in order to assist such Lender or Agent, as applicable, in maintaining compliance with the PATRIOT Act.
Section 13.16    Legal Holidays.  In the event that the date of prepayment of Advances or the Final Maturity Date shall not be a Business Day, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Facility Document, payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of any such date of prepayment or Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, and interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after any such nominal date to but excluding such next succeeding Business Day.
Section 13.17    Non-Petition.  Each of the Servicer and each Secured Party hereby agrees not to institute against, or join, cooperate with or encourage any other Person in instituting against, the Borrower any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, arrangement, insolvency, 
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moratorium or liquidation proceeding or other proceeding under federal or state bankruptcy or similar laws until at least one year and one day, or, if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect plus one day, after the payment in full of all outstanding Obligations and the termination of all Individual Lender Maximum Funding Amounts; provided that nothing in this Section 13.17 shall preclude, or be deemed to prevent, any Secured Party (a) from taking any action prior to the expiration of the aforementioned one year and one day period, or, if longer, the applicable preference period then in effect, in (i) any case or proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by the Borrower or (ii) any involuntary insolvency proceeding filed or commenced against the Borrower by a Person other than any such Secured Party, or (b) from commencing against the Borrower or any properties of the Borrower any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceeding or other proceeding under federal or state bankruptcy or similar laws.  The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 13.17 are a material inducement for the Secured Parties to enter into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and are an essential term hereof. The parties hereby agree that monetary damages are not adequate for a breach of the provisions of this Section 13.17 and the Administrative Agent may seek and obtain specific performance of such provisions (including injunctive relief), including, without limitation, in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, winding up, insolvency, moratorium, winding up or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under United States federal or state bankruptcy laws, or any similar laws.
Section 13.18    Waiver of Setoff.  Each of the Borrower and the Servicer hereby waives any right of setoff it may have or to which it may be entitled under this Agreement or under any Applicable Law from time to time against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or its respective assets.
Section 13.19    Collateral Agent Execution and Delivery.  By executing this Agreement, each Lender hereby consents to the terms of this Agreement, directs the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver this Agreement, and acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agent shall be fully protected in relying upon the foregoing consent and direction and hereby releases the Collateral Agent and its respective officers, directors, agents, employees and shareholders, as applicable, from any liability for complying with such direction, except as a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent.
Section 13.20    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Facility Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges and accepts that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under or in connection with any Facility Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a)    the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
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(b)    the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i)    a reduction in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest), or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii)    a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Facility Document; or
(iii)    the variation of the terms of any Facility Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-in Action in relation to such liability.
Section 13.21    WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.  To the extent that any of the Borrower, Servicer or Equityholder may be entitled, in any jurisdiction in which judicial proceedings may at any time be commenced with respect to this Agreement or any other Facility Document, to claim for itself or its revenues, assets or properties any immunity from suit, the jurisdiction of any court, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment, set-off, execution of a judgment or any other legal process, and to the extent that in any such jurisdiction there may be attributed such immunity (whether or not claimed), each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder irrevocably agrees not to claim and hereby irrevocably waives such immunity to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction and hereby agrees that the foregoing waiver shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the United States of America, as amended, and is intended to be irrevocable for the purpose of such act.
Section 13.22    Securitisation Regulation Requirements.  The Equityholder hereby represents and covenants, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and, in respect of paragraphs (d) and (e) below only, the Servicer that, for so long as any Advance remains outstanding: 
(a)    it will retain, as originator (for the purpose of the Securitisation Regulation), on an ongoing basis, a material net economic interest in the form specified in paragraph (d) of Article 6(3) of the Securitisation Regulation, being retention of the first loss tranche and, if necessary, other tranches having the same or a more severe risk profile than those transferred or sold to investors and not maturing any earlier than those transferred or sold to investors, through maintaining funding to the Borrower under the LLC Agreement, in an amount equal to not less than 5% of the Retention Basis Amount (such net economic interest being the “Retained Interest”); 
(b)    neither it nor any of its Affiliates will sell, hedge, enter into a short position or otherwise mitigate its credit risk under or associated with the Retained Interest where 
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to do so would cause the transaction contemplated by the Facility Documents to cease to be compliant with the EU Risk Retention Requirement;
(c)    it will provide to the Administrative Agent and/or any Lender that is subject to the EU Due Diligence Requirements, the information, documents, reports and notifications that the Administrative Agent and/or such Lender reasonably requests as necessary to enable compliance with any of their obligations under the EU Due Diligence Requirements; provided that (i) such information is not subject to any duty of confidentiality and (x) in its possession or (y) not in its possession but obtainable using commercially reasonable efforts and without material expense (provided further that, if obtaining such information, documents, reports or notifications would involve material expense but the requesting Lender agrees to reimburse it, then it shall obtain the same) and (ii) such disclosure is not contrary to any requirement of law or regulation applicable to it;
(d)    it will confirm to each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Servicer, each Lender and the Collateral Agent, its continued compliance with the covenants set out at paragraphs (a) and (b) above in each Payment Date Report;
(e)    it will promptly notify the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Servicer, each Lender and the Collateral Agent in writing if for any reason it fails to comply with either of the covenants set out in paragraphs (a) or (b) above in any way; 
(f)    it will notify each of its Affiliates of the contents of paragraph (b) above and shall use reasonable endeavors to procure that each of its Affiliates complies with the terms of paragraph (b) as if it were a party thereto; and
(g)    (A) in relation to each Collateral Loan acquired by the Borrower which is a Retention Holder Originated Collateral Loan pursuant to part (a) of the definition thereof, it applied sound and well-defined credit granting criteria to the origination of the Collateral Loan; (B) in relation to each Collateral Loan acquired by the Borrower which is a Retention Holder Originated Collateral Loan pursuant to part (b) of the definition thereof, it has verified, in light of the information available to it and subject to its usual standard of care, and reasonably believes that the entity which was, directly or indirectly, involved in the original agreement which created the Collateral Loan applied sound and well-defined credit granting criteria to the origination of the Collateral Loan, and that it maintained clearly established processes for approving, amending, modifying, renewing and financing the Collateral Loan and had effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes to ensure that the Collateral Loan was granted and approved based on a thorough assessment of the relevant Obligor’s creditworthiness; and (C) it has, and reasonably expects to maintain, clearly established criteria and processes for originating, amending, modifying, renewing and financing the Collateral Loans (the “Collateral Loan Originations and Revisions”) and has effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes to ensure that Collateral Loan Originations and Revisions are granted and approved based on a thorough assessment of each Obligor’s creditworthiness.
(h)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Equityholder nor the Borrower makes any representation as to compliance of the transaction or 
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any of the parties hereto with respect to the Securitisation Regulation. Any Person accepting the benefits of this Section 13.22 and/or paragraphs (o) to (r) of Section 4.03 above (including any related definitions or provisions) shall be deemed to have agreed to the terms set forth in this paragraph and each Lender hereby represents it is not relying on any of the Borrower, the Servicer or the Equityholder or any of the respective Affiliates, for any financial, tax, legal, accounting or regulatory advice in connection with the matters set forth in this Section 13.22 and/or paragraphs (o) to (r) of Section 4.03 above.  For the avoidance of doubt, none of this Section 13.22 and/or paragraphs (o) to (r) of Section 4.03 constitute regulatory advice.
Section 13.23    Adequacy of Monetary Damages Against the Lenders.  Each of the Borrower, the Servicer and the Equityholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) any and all claims, damages and demands against the Administrative Agent or the Lenders arising out of, or in connection with, the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders’ rights or remedies pursuant to this Agreement can be sufficiently and adequately remedied by monetary damages, (ii) no irreparable injury will be caused to the Borrower, the Servicer or the Equityholder as a result of, or in connection with, any such claims, damages or demands, and (iii) no equitable or injunctive relief shall be sought by the Borrower, the Servicer or the Equityholder as a result of, or in connection with, any such claims, damages or demands; provided that this Section 13.23 shall not constitute a waiver of any rights of the Borrower, the Servicer or the Equityholder to seek injunctive relief to enforce its rights under Section 13.09.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

									
			ARCC FB FUNDING LLC, as Borrower

			
			
			
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		Name:
	
		Title:
	

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			ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Equityholder
			
			
			
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		Name:
	
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			ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Servicer
			
			
			
		By:
	
		Name:
	
		Title:
	

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			BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent and a Lender

			
			
			
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		Name:
	
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			U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent

			
			
			
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		Name:
	
		Title:
	

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Effective as of: October 2, 2020

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

 

CAPITAL PLAN

 

of the

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

	

Definitions

	
 

	
 

	

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1.

	

Overview

	
 

	
 

	

1

	

2.

	

The Capital Structure

	
 

	

2

	
 

	

2.1

	

Authorized Stock

	

2

	
 

	
 

	

2.1.1

	

Par Value

	

2

	
 

	
 

	

2.1.2

	

Ownership of Retained Earnings

	

2

	
 

	

2.2

	

Purchase, Redemption and Repurchase of Stock

	

2

	
 

	
 

	

2.2.1

	

Purchase of Capital Stock

	

2

	
 

	
 

	

2.2.2

	

Redemption of Capital Stock by Members

	

3

	
 

	
 

	

2.2.3

	

Repurchase of Excess Stock by the FHLBNY

	

4

	
 

	
 

	

2.2.4

	

Limitations on Redemptions and Repurchases

	

5

	
 

	
 

	

2.2.5

	

Retirement of Redeemed and Repurchased Stock

	

7

	
 

	
 

	

2.2.6

	

Transfer of Capital Stock

	

7

	
 

	
 

	

2.2.7  

	

Limitation on Converting or Exchanging Excess

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

Stock as Between Subclasses

	

7

	
 

	

2.3

	

Dividends

	
 

	

7

	
 

	

2.4

	

Rights Upon Liquidation, Merger or Consolidation of the
FHLBNY

	

7

	
 

	
 

	

2.4.1

	

Liquidation of the FHLBNY

	

7

	
 

	
 

	

2.4.2

	

FHLBNY Acquired by another Federal Home Loan Bank

	

8

	
 

	
 

	

2.4.3

	

FHLBNY Acquires Other Federal Home Loan Bank

	

8

	

3.

	

Responsibilities of Directors and Management and Voting of
Stock

	

9

	
 

	

3.1

	

Responsibilities of Directors and Management

	

9

	
 

	

3.2

	

Voting Rights

	
 

	

10

	

4.

	

Member Stock Purchase Requirements

	

11

	
 

	

4.1

	

Membership Stock Purchase Requirement

	

11

	
 

	

4.2

	

Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement

	

11

	
 

	

4.3

	

Periodic Review of Capital Stock Purchase Requirements

	

12

	
 

	

4.4

	

Member Compliance with Adjusted Requirements

	

13

	

5.

	

Capital Requirements of the FHLBNY

	

14

	
 

	

5.1

	

Statutory Capital Requirements

	

14

	
 

	
 

	

5.1.1

	

Total Capital Requirement

	

14

	
 

	
 

	

5.1.2

	

Leverage Capital Requirement

	

14

	
 

	
 

	

5.1.3

	

Permanent Capital Requirement

	

14

	
 

	
 

	

5.1.4

	

FHFA Authority to Require More Capital

	

14

	
 

	

5.2

	

Risk-Based Capital Requirement

	

14

	
 

	
 

	

5.2.1

	

Credit Risk Capital Requirement

	

15

	
 

	
 

	

5.2.2

	

Market Risk Capital Requirement

	

15

	
 

	
 

	

5.2.3

	

Operations Risk Capital Requirement

	

16

	

6.

	

Reporting Requirements to the Finance Agency

	

17

	
 

	

6.1.

	

Changes in Membership

	

17

	
 

	

6.2

	

Leverage and Risk Based Capital

	

17

	
 

	

6.3

	

Voting Shares

	
 

	

17

	

7.

	

Termination of Membership in the FHLBNY

	

18

	
 

	

7.1

	

Voluntary Withdrawal from Membership

	

18

	
 

	
 

	

7.1.1

	

Written Notification

	

18

	
 

	
 

	

7.1.2

	

Access to Benefits of Membership

	

18

	
 

	
 

	

7.1.3

	

Finance Agency Notification

	

18

	
 

	
 

	

7.1.4

	

Disposition of Claims

	

18

	
 

	
 

	

7.1.5

	

Effective Date of Withdrawal

	

19

	
 

	

7.2

	

Involuntary Termination of Membership

	

19

	
 

	
 

	

7.2.1

	

Written Notification

	

19

	
 

	
 

	

7.2.2

	

Access to Benefits of Membership

	

19

	
 

	
 

	

7.2.3

	

Disposition of Claims

	

19

	
 

	

7.3

	

Merger or Consolidation of Members

	

20

	
 

	
 

	

7.3.1

	

Termination of Charter and Stock Redemption Period

	

20

	
 

	
 

	

7.3.2

	

Capital Stock Requirement of Surviving Member

	

20

	
 

	

7.4

	

Merger or Consolidation of Member into a Member of another Federal
Home

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

Loan Bank or into a Nonmember

	

21

	
 

	
 

	

7.4.1

	

General

	

21

	
 

	
 

	

7.4.2

	

Disposition of Claims

	

21

	
 

	
 

	

7.4.3

	

Acquiring Institution Applies for FHLBNY Membership

	

22

	
 

	

7.5

	

Relocation of Principal Place of Business

	

22

	
 

	
 

	

7.5.1

	

General

	

22

	
 

	
 

	

7.5.2

	

Disposition of Claims

	

22

	

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9.

	

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10.

	

Amendments to the Capital Plan and Notices

	

24

	
 

	

10.1

	

Amendments to the Capital Plan

	

24

	
 

	

10.2

	

Notices Relating to the Capital Plan

	

24

	
 

	
 

	

10.2.1

	

Notices by the FHLBNY

	

24

	
 

	
 

	

10.2.2

	

Notices to the FHLBNY

	

24

	

11.

	

Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement

	

25

	
 

	

11.1

	

Retained Earnings Enhancement Implementation and Definitions

	

25

	
 

	
 

	

11.1.1

	

Implementation

	

25

	
 

	
 

	

11.1.2

	

Definitions applicable to Sections 11.1 through 11.4 of this
Capital Plan

	

25

	
 

	

11.2

	

Establishment of Restricted Retained Earnings

	

28

	
 

	
 

	

11.2.1

	

Segregation of Account

	

28

	
 

	
 

	

11.2.2

	

Funding of Account

	

28

	
 

	

11.3

	

Limitation on Dividends, Stock Purchase and Stock
Redemption

	

29

	
 

	
 

	

11.3.1

	

General Rule on Dividends

	

29

	
 

	
 

	

11.3.2

	

Limitations on Repurchase and Redemption

	

30

	
 

	

11.4

	

Termination of Retained Earnings Capital Plan Amendment
Obligations

	

30

	
 

	
 

	

11.4.1

	

Notice of Automatic Termination Event

	

30

	
 

	
 

	

11.4.2

	

Notice of Voluntary Termination

	

31

	
 

	
 

	

11.4.3

	

Consequences of an Automatic Termination Event or Vote to
Terminate

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	

the Agreement

	

31

	

Appendix I – Member Stock Purchase Requirements

	
 

	

A.

	

Membership Stock Purchase Requirement

	
 

	

B.

	

Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement

	
 

 

 

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Definitions

 

For
purposes of the Capital Plan, all capitalized terms used but not
defined elsewhere have the meanings set forth below. In the Capital
Plan unless the context otherwise requires, words describing the
singular number include the plural and vice versa.

 

Activity-Based Stock means Capital Stock that is purchased
and held by a Member to meet the Member’s Activity-Based
Stock Purchase Requirement.

 

Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement means the
requirement under which a Member must acquire and maintain a
specific amount of Activity-Based Stock based on the specified
value of certain transactions of the Member with the FHLBNY as
described in Section 4.2 of the Capital Plan.

 

Acquired Member Assets or AMA means assets acquired by the FHLBNY
from a Member through either a purchase or funding transaction
under Part 1268 of the Regulations, and includes assets acquired
through transactions undertaken through the FHLBNY’s
“Community Mortgage Asset” program.

 

Advances Agreement means the Bank’s Advances,
Collateral Pledge and Security Agreement, as may be amended from
time to time. For avoidance of doubt, the term
“advances” for purposes of the Capital Plan shall
include funding agreements between the FHLBNY and life insurance
company Members.

 

Bank Act means the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as
amended.

 

Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the
FHLBNY.

 

Capital Plan means the capital plan of the FHLBNY as adopted
by the Board of Directors and approved by the Finance Agency, as
amended from time to time.

 

Capital Stock means all shares of Class B Stock issued by
the FHLBNY, including subclasses, in accordance with the Bank Act,
the Regulations and the Capital Plan.

 

Class B Stock means the capital stock that has the
characteristics of Class B stock as described in the Bank Act and
the Regulations, and as specified in Section 2.1 of the Capital
Plan.

 

Credit Risk Capital Requirement means the amount of
Permanent Capital that is required to support the FHLBNY’s
credit risk, as defined by Section 1277.4 of the
Regulations.

 

Derivative Contract means a financial contract the value of
which is derived from the values of one or more underlying assets,
reference rates, or indices of asset values, or credit-related
events.

 

Excess Stock means the shares of each subclass of Capital
Stock held by a Member, or Other Institution, that exceeds the
Member’s, or Other Institution’s, Membership Stock
Purchase Requirement or Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement
related to the respective subclass.

 

 

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FHFA or Finance
Agency means, as the context requires in this Capital Plan,
either (1) the Federal Housing Finance Agency, (2) any successor
agency, or (3) the Federal Housing Finance Board, the predecessor
agency to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

 

FHLBNY means the Federal Home Loan Bank of New
York.

GAAP means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the
United States of America.

 

General Allowance for Losses means an allowance established
by the FHLBNY in accordance with GAAP for expected losses, but does
not include any amounts held against specific assets of the
FHLBNY.

 

Market Risk Capital Requirement means the amount of
Permanent Capital to support the FHLBNY’s market risk, as
required by Section 1277.5 of the Regulations.

 

Member means an institution that has been approved for
membership by the FHLBNY in accordance with Part 1263 of the
Regulations and which has satisfied the Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement.

 

Membership means all the rights, privileges and obligations
associated with being a Member.

 

Membership Stock means Capital Stock that is purchased and
held by each Member to meet the Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement.

 

Membership Stock Purchase Requirement means the level of
Membership Stock that must be purchased and maintained by a Member
as a condition of Membership as described in Section 4.1 of the
Capital Plan.

 

Member Stock Purchase Requirements means, respectively, the
Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement and the Membership Stock
Purchase Requirement.

 

Minimum Regulatory Capital Requirement means a minimum
regulatory capital requirement for the FHLBNY established by the
Regulations, as referred to in Sections 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3 and 5.2
of the Capital Plan, or on a basis specifically applicable to the
FHLBNY by the Finance Agency, as referred to in Section 5.1.4 of
the Capital Plan.

 

Minimum Stock Investment Requirement means the Capital Stock
that a Member or Other Institution is required, as applicable, to
hold to meet its Membership Stock Purchase Requirement and the
Capital Stock that a Member or Other Institution is required, as
applicable, to hold to meet its Activity-Based Stock Purchase
Requirement. For avoidance of doubt, in order for a Member or Other
Institution to be deemed to satisfy its Minimum Stock Investment
Requirement it must at the relevant point in time hold both the
number of shares of Membership Stock required to meet, to the
extent applicable, the Member’s or Other Institution’s
Membership Stock Purchase Requirement and the number of shares of
Activity-Based Stock required to meet, to the extent applicable,
the Member’s or Other Institution’s Activity-Based
Stock Purchase Requirement.

 

Mortgage-related Assets means loans and participations in
loans secured by residential real property and mortgage-backed
securities; loans secured by manufactured housing; certain other
mortgage-related securities; and certain loans secured by
nonresidential nonfarm real property, all as listed and described,
and as may be modified from time to time, on the FHLBNY’s web
site at www.fhlbny.com/capitalplan.

 

Operations Risk Capital Requirement means the amount of
Permanent Capital that is required to support the FHLBNY’s
operations risk, as required by Section 1277.6 of the
Regulations.

 

 

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Other Institution means a financial institution that is not
a Member and that acquires, receives or retains Capital Stock under
the Capital Plan.

 

Par Value means $100 per share of Capital
Stock.

 

Permanent Capital means the retained earnings of the FHLBNY,
determined in accordance with GAAP, plus the amount paid-in for the
FHLBNY's Class B stock (whether required or excess).

 

Record Date means December 31st of the calendar
year preceding the election of directors.

 

Redemption Cancellation Fee means as applicable (i) a fee of
$500, which may be imposed in the event that a Member cancels a
Redemption Notice, or a Member’s Redemption Notice is subject
to automatic cancellation, or (ii) a fee of $500 that may be
imposed in the event that a Member cancels its notification of
intent to withdraw from Membership.

 

Redemption Notice means a written notice provided by a
Member to the FHLBNY in accordance with Section 2.2.2 of the
Capital Plan requesting redemption of a specified number of shares
of Capital Stock, subject to the time limits prescribed in the Bank
Act, for Class B Stock and the other restrictions set forth in the
Act, the Regulations and the Capital Plan.

 

Risk-based Capital Requirement means the amount of Permanent
Capital that the FHLBNY must maintain in accordance with Section
1277.3 of the Regulations.

 

Regulations means the regulations promulgated by the Finance
Agency, as amended from time to time.

 

Stock Redemption Period means the five-year period, as
applicable, following: (i) the FHLBNY’s receipt of a
Member’s Redemption Notice, (ii) the FHLBNY’s (or as
applicable, the Finance Agency’s) receipt of a Member’s
written notice to the FHLBNY (or as applicable, the Finance Agency)
of intent to withdraw from Membership, or the date of acquisition
or receipt of any additional shares of Capital Stock after the
FHLBNY’s (or as applicable, the Finance Agency’s)
receipt of such notice, (iii) a Member’s termination from
Membership as a result of merger or consolidation into a member of
another Federal Home Loan Bank or a nonmember, or the date of
acquisition or receipt of any additional shares of Capital Stock
after such termination from Membership, (iv) a Member’s
termination from Membership as a result of the relocation of its
principal place of business, or the date of acquisition or receipt
of any additional shares of Capital Stock after such termination of
Membership, or (v) a Member’s involuntary termination from
Membership, or the date of acquisition or receipt of any additional
shares of Capital Stock after such termination of
Membership.

 

Total Assets means the total assets of the FHLBNY, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Total Capital of the FHLBNY means the sum of Permanent
Capital, the amount of any General Allowance for Losses, and the
amount of other instruments identified in the Capital Plan that the
FHFA has determined to be available to absorb losses incurred by
the FHLBNY.

 

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as of 10/2/20

 

1.

Overview

 

Pursuant to the
Bank Act and the Regulations, the Board hereby establishes this
Capital Plan to:

 

●

provide a new
statutory capital structure for the FHLBNY that can be implemented
as described herein; and

 

●

ensure that the
FHLBNY is able to comply with each of its Minimum Regulatory
Capital Requirements at all times after
implementation.

 

In
developing this Capital Plan, the Board of Directors has kept in
mind the cooperative nature of the FHLBNY. The Board of Directors
hereby reaffirms the FHLBNY's continuing use of the cooperative
business model.

 

This
document takes into account the Bank Act and the Regulations, and
is not intended to contradict the same. Under Section 26 of the
Bank Act, the Finance Agency has the authority to liquidate or
reorganize a Federal Home Loan Bank and the provisions of this
Capital Plan are subject to that authority. In addition, certain
discretionary decisions of the Board of Directors under this plan
may be subject to Finance Agency review and/or approval. Nothing in
this plan may be construed as abrogating, nullifying or otherwise
interfering with such Finance Agency authorities.

 

All
references to the Regulations hereunder shall be deemed to include
any successor regulations.

 

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2.          

The
Capital Structure

 

2.1                       

Authorized
Stock

 

The
Board of Directors hereby authorizes one class of Capital Stock,
Class B Stock. Shares of Class B Stock shall be redeemable in cash
at Par Value five years following the FHLBNY’s receipt of a
Member’s Redemption Notice, or in accordance with a
termination of Membership as provided in Section 7 of the Capital
Plan, or in accordance with Sections 8.1.1.2, 8.1.1.4 and 8.1.1.5
of the Capital Plan. Class B Stock will have two distinct
subclasses:

 

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Membership Stock will be
purchased and held by each Member to meet the Membership Stock
Purchase Requirement established by the FHLBNY as a condition of
membership.

 

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Activity-Based Stock will be
purchased and held by a Member to meet the Activity-Based Stock
Purchase Requirement established by the FHLBNY for certain
transactions with Members.

 

The
Board of Directors may determine in the future that it wishes to
authorize the issuance of additional subclasses of Class B Stock or
to authorize the issuance of Class A stock, including one or more
subclasses of Class A stock. In such cases, an amendment to this
Capital Plan will be submitted to the FHFA for approval in
accordance with Section 10.1 of the Capital Plan.

 

2.1.1               

Par
Value

 

All
Capital Stock will be issued, redeemed, repurchased or transferred
pursuant to Section 2.2.6 of the Capital Plan at Par
Value.

 

2.1.2               

Ownership
of Retained Earnings

 

The
retained earnings, surplus, undivided profits and equity reserves,
if any, of the FHLBNY shall be owned by the holders of Class B
Stock in an amount proportional to each holder’s share of the
total shares of Class B Stock; however, the holders shall have no
right to receive any portion of those items, except through the
declaration of a dividend or capital distribution approved by the
Board of Directors or through the liquidation of the
FHLBNY.

 

2.2            

Purchase,
Redemption and Repurchase of Stock

 

All
Members are required to purchase and redeem Capital Stock in
accordance with the requirements of the Bank Act, the Regulations
and this Capital Plan.

 

2.2.1

Purchase
of Capital Stock

 

Each
Member of the FHLBNY will be required to maintain a minimum
investment in Membership Stock as a condition of membership in
accordance with the requirements of Section 4 of this Capital Plan
and Appendix I hereto; in addition, each Member engaged in certain
transactions with the FHLBNY will also be required to maintain a
minimum investment in Activity-Based Stock in accordance with the
requirements of Section 4 of this Capital Plan and Appendix I
hereto.

 

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The
FHLBNY will not issue stock other than in accordance with 12 C.F.R.
§1277.21 and the Capital Plan. Capital Stock shall be issued
to and owned only by Members, with the exception of Other
Institutions. Capital Stock may be traded only between the FHLBNY
and its Members. All Capital Stock will be issued in book entry
form only. The FHLBNY will act as its own transfer
agent.

 

2.2.2

Redemption
of Capital Stock by Members

 

A
Member may redeem shares of its Capital Stock by providing a
Redemption Notice to the FHLBNY. A redemption of Capital Stock may
also occur in accordance with Sections 7, 8.1.1.2 and 8.1.1.5 of
the Capital Plan. The FHLBNY shall (subject to the restrictions
contained in Section 2.2.4 below) redeem Capital Stock in
accordance with the two preceding sentences upon the expiration of
the applicable Stock Redemption Period, provided that the FHLBNY
shall not be obligated to redeem Capital Stock unless all
applicable conditions contained in the Bank Act, the Regulations
and the Capital Plan are met.

 

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Redemption
Notice

 

A
Member that provides a Redemption Notice to the FHLBNY shall
identify in that Redemption Notice the particular shares that are
the subject of the Redemption Notice by reference to the subclass,
the date acquired and the manner in which the shares were acquired.
If a Member fails to identify the particular shares within a
subclass to be redeemed, the shares subject to redemption shall be
determined using a last acquired, first redeemed method of
identification within the subclass specified by the Member. Capital
Stock will be redeemed upon the expiration of the applicable Stock
Redemption Period subject to the conditions and limitations set
forth in Sections 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 of the Capital Plan. A Member may
not have more than one Redemption Notice outstanding at any time
with respect to the same shares of Capital Stock.

 

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Cancellation of
Redemption Notice

 

A
Member may cancel its Redemption Notice by providing written notice
of such cancellation to the FHLBNY at any time prior to the
expiration of the applicable Stock Redemption Period. The FHLBNY
will assess a Redemption Cancellation Fee unless the Board of
Directors determines that it has a bona fide business purpose for
waiving the Redemption Cancellation Fee, and the waiver is
consistent with Section 7(j) of the Bank Act.

 

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Repurchase of
Shares Subject to a Redemption Notice

 

To the
extent that the FHLBNY repurchases pursuant to Section 2.2.3 of the
Capital Plan shares of Capital Stock that are subject to a
Redemption Notice or Notices, the respective repurchased shares of
Capital Stock shall be deducted from the outstanding Redemption
Notice or Notices.

 

●

Automatic
Cancellation of a Redemption Notice

 

A
Redemption Notice will be automatically cancelled if the FHLBNY is
prevented from redeeming the Capital Stock within five business
days of the expiration of the applicable Stock Redemption Period
because the Member would not be in compliance with its Minimum
Stock Investment Requirement. In the event of an automatic
cancellation of a

 

 
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Member’s
Redemption Notice as provided in the preceding sentence, the FHLBNY
will assess a Redemption Cancellation Fee unless the Board of
Directors determines it has a bona fide business purpose for
waiving the Redemption Cancellation Fee, and the waiver is
consistent with Section 7(j) of the Bank Act.

 

2.2.3               

Repurchase
of Excess Stock by the FHLBNY

 

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Repurchase of
Activity-Based Stock

 

The
FHLBNY will, from time to time but not less than monthly, calculate
with respect to each Member, or Other Institution, the amount, if
any, of outstanding Activity-Based Stock that is Excess Stock. The
FHLBNY will then automatically repurchase for cash all such Excess
Stock at its Par Value on the same day as the calculation, subject
to the provisions of Section 2.2.4 of the Capital Plan. The FHLBNY
will notify members of changes to the repurchase methodology,
undertaken on its own initiative, no less than fifteen business
days prior to such changes.

 

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Repurchase of
Membership Stock

 

Upon
written application by a Member, or Other Institution, to the
FHLBNY or on its own initiative, the FHLBNY may in its discretion
repurchase for cash at Par Value some or all of the outstanding
shares of Membership Stock that are determined by the FHLBNY to be
in excess of the Member’s, or Other Institution’s,
Membership Stock Purchase Requirement, subject to Section 2.2.4 of
the Capital Plan. If the FHLBNY determines that it will not
repurchase any or all shares of Membership Stock requested to be
repurchased under a written application by a Member, or Other
Institution, the FHLBNY will promptly notify the Member, or Other
Institution, that such Membership Stock will not be repurchased. No
prior notice of repurchase of shares of Membership Stock under a
written application by a Member, or Other Institution will be
given. The FHLBNY shall transmit, send or give written notice to
the Member, or Other Institution, of repurchases of shares of
Membership Stock undertaken on its own initiative at least 10
business days prior to the date of the
repurchase.

 

●

Identification of
Repurchased Shares

 

If a
Member, or Other Institution, has one or more Redemption Notices
outstanding as of the date that the FHLBNY is to repurchase shares
of Capital Stock pursuant to this Section 2.2.3 of the Capital
Plan, the FHLBNY shall repurchase shares of Capital Stock by first
repurchasing shares of a Member, or Other Institution, that are
subject to a Redemption Notice applicable to the subclass that is
to be repurchased that has been outstanding for the longest period
of time and then, to the extent necessary, by repurchasing shares
that are subject to a Redemption Notice applicable to the subclass
to be repurchased that was outstanding for the next longest period
of time and continuing in that order, to the extent necessary,
until there are no remaining outstanding Redemption Notices with
respect to the subclass to be repurchased in which instance the
shares to be repurchased shall be determined by the FHLBNY using a
last acquired, first repurchased method of identification. If a
Member, or Other Institution, does not have any Redemption Notices
applicable to the subclass to be repurchased outstanding as of the
date that the FHLBNY is to repurchase shares of Capital Stock the
shares to be repurchased shall be determined by the FHLBNY using a
last acquired, first repurchased method of
identification.

 

 

 
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2.2.4               

Limitations
on Redemptions and Repurchases

 

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Prohibitions on
Redemptions and Repurchases

 

The
FHLBNY will not redeem or repurchase any shares of Capital Stock,
if following the redemption or repurchase the FHLBNY would not be
in compliance with each of its Minimum Regulatory Capital
Requirements.

 

The
FHLBNY will not redeem or repurchase any shares of Capital Stock
if, following such redemption or repurchase, the Member, or Other
Institution, would not be in compliance with the Member’s, or
Other Institution’s, Minimum Stock Investment
Requirement.

 

The
FHLBNY will not redeem or repurchase any shares of Capital Stock
without the prior written approval of the FHFA if the FHFA or the
Board of Directors has determined that the FHLBNY has incurred or
is likely to incur losses that result in or are likely to result in
“charges against the capital of the Bank,” as that
phrase is defined in the Regulations. This prohibition shall apply
even if the FHLBNY is in compliance with its Minimum Regulatory
Capital Requirements, and shall remain in effect for however long
the FHLBNY continues to incur such charges, or until the FHFA
determines that such charges are not expected to
continue.

 

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FHLBNY’s
Discretion to Suspend Repurchases of Excess Capital
Stock

 

There
may be instances where the FHLBNY determines that it could be in
danger of falling below its regulatory-mandated or Board-approved
capital ratios as a result of the actions of any Member or Other
Institution with respect to the management of advance balances, and
the associated impact on the FHLBNY’s balance sheet,
especially with respect to its liquidity requirements.

 

There
may also be instances where the FHLBNY’s management, with the
concurrence of the Board, determines that the potential exists for
a Member or Other Institution to fail to honor its contractual
obligations to the FHLBNY.

 

In such
instances, the FHLBNY may, in order to:

 

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keep capital ratios
at levels above the FHLBNY’s regulatory-mandated requirements
and the Board-approved threshold, as published by the FHLBNY from
time to time; or

 

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help assure the
fulfillment of the contractual obligation to the
FHLBNY,

 

suspend
the repurchase of any shares of any Member’s or Other
Institution’s excess Capital Stock.

 

Upon
the FHLBNY’s determination in its sole discretion that the
capital management or contractual obligation issues described above
have been mitigated or resolved, the FHLBNY will reinstate the
repurchase of shares.

 

  
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FHLBNY’s
Discretion to Suspend Redemptions of Capital Stock

 

The
Board of Directors may suspend the redemption of Capital Stock, if
the FHLBNY reasonably believes that continued redemption of Capital
Stock would cause the FHLBNY to fail to meet its Minimum Regulatory
Capital Requirements, would prevent the FHLBNY from maintaining
adequate capital against a potential risk that may not be
adequately reflected in its Minimum Regulatory Capital
Requirements, or would otherwise prevent the FHLBNY from operating
in a safe and sound manner. If a decision is made to suspend
redemption of Capital Stock, the FHLBNY shall notify the Finance
Agency in writing within two business days of the decision,
informing the Finance Agency of the reasons for the suspension and
of the FHLBNY's strategies and time frames for addressing the
conditions that led to the suspension, as indicated in Section
1277.27(b) of the Regulations. The Finance Agency may require the
FHLBNY to re-institute the redemption of Capital Stock. The FHLBNY
may not repurchase any Capital Stock without the written permission
of the Finance Agency during any period in which the FHLBNY has
suspended the redemption of Capital Stock as provided for in this
section of the Capital Plan.

 

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Retention of
Redemption or Repurchase Proceeds as Collateral

 

If the
FHLBNY reasonably determines that there is an existing or
anticipated collateral deficiency related to any obligations owed
by the Member, or Other Institution, to the FHLBNY and the Member,
or Other Institution, has failed to deliver additional collateral
to resolve the existing or anticipated collateral deficiency to the
FHLBNY’s satisfaction

the
FHLBNY may retain the proceeds of redemption or repurchase of
Capital Stock as additional collateral until all such obligations
have been satisfied or the existing or anticipated deficiency is
resolved to the FHLBNY’s satisfaction.

 

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Limitations on
Redemptions and Repurchases Related to Terminations of
Membership

 

The
restrictions on redemptions and repurchases set forth in the
preceding provisions of this Section 2.2.4 of the Capital Plan
apply with respect to redemptions pursuant to a Redemption Notice
as well as to redemptions in connection with a termination of
Membership in accordance with Section 7 of the Capital Plan and to
redemptions in accordance with Sections 8.1.1.2, 8.1.1.4 and
8.1.1.5 of the Capital Plan and to all repurchases of Capital Stock
held by Members and by Other Institutions.

 

If a
Member whose Membership is terminated pursuant to Sections 7.1,
7.2, 7.4 or 7.5 of the Capital Plan has one or more Redemption
Notices outstanding as of the effective date of its termination
from Membership such Redemption Notice or Notices shall not be
subject to automatic cancellation in accordance with Section 2.2.2
of the Capital Plan. Such Redemption Notices shall remain pending
until they can be satisfied in accordance with this Section 2.2.4
of the Capital Plan.

 

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Pro Rata Allocation
of Redemptions

 

If at
any time more than one Member or Other Institution has outstanding
a Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 2.2.2 of the Capital
Plan or redemption of Capital Stock in connection with a
termination of Membership in accordance with Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.4
and 7.5 of the Capital Plan or redemption of Capital Stock in
accordance with Sections 8.1.1.2, 8.1.1.4 and 8.1.1.5 of the
Capital Plan as to which the applicable Stock Redemption Period has
expired, and if the redemption by the FHLBNY of all of the shares
of Capital Stock subject to such Redemption Notice or termination
of Membership would cause the FHLBNY to fail to be in compliance
with any of its Minimum

 

 

 

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Regulatory Capital
Requirements, then the FHLBNY shall fulfill such redemptions as the
FHLBNY is able to do so from time to time, beginning with such
redemptions as to which the Stock Redemption Period expired on the
earliest date and fulfilling such redemptions    
      relating to that date on a pro rata basis
from time to time until fully satisfied, and then fulfilling such
redemptions as to which the Stock Redemption Period expired on the
next earliest date in the same manner, and continuing in that order
until all such redemptions as to    
        which  the Stock
Redemption Period has expired have been fulfilled.

 

2.2.5               

Retirement
of Redeemed and Repurchased Stock

 

All
shares of Capital Stock that are acquired by the FHLBNY pursuant to
redemption or repurchase shall be retired.

 

2.2.6               

Transfer
of Capital Stock

 

A
Member, or Other Institution, may not transfer any Capital Stock to
any other person or entity, including another Member, except for
transfers of Capital Stock occurring pursuant to Sections 7.3 and
7.4 of the Capital Plan. Such transfers shall be deemed to be
approved by the FHLBNY as of the cancellation of the disappearing
Member’s charter.

 

2.2.7 

Limitation
on Converting or Exchanging Excess Stock as Between
Subclasses

 

A
member shall not convert or exchange (i) shares of Membership Stock
that are in excess of its Membership Stock Purchase Requirement
into shares of Activity-Based Stock or (ii) shares of
Activity-Based Stock that are in excess of its Activity-Based Stock
Purchase Requirement into shares of Membership Stock.

 

2.3            

Dividends

 

The
Board of Directors, in its discretion, subject to the provisions of
this Section 2.3 of the Capital Plan, may declare dividends to be
paid on the Capital Stock on a quarterly basis or as otherwise
determined by the Board of Directors. Each Member, or Other
Institution, that continues to hold Capital Stock is entitled to
receive dividends that are declared on all Capital Stock held
during the applicable period for the period of time the Member, or
Other Institution, owns the Capital Stock. Dividends are
non-cumulative with respect to payment obligations.

 

Dividends may be
paid only in accordance with the Bank’s Retained Earnings and
Dividend Policy, as such may be amended by the Bank’s Board
of Directors from time to time. Dividend payments may be in the
form of cash, additional shares of Capital Stock, or a combination
thereof as determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may not declare or pay a dividend if the FHLBNY is not at
the time in compliance with each of its Minimum Regulatory Capital
Requirements or if following such declaration or payment of such a
dividend the FHLBNY would not be in compliance with each of its
Minimum Regulatory Capital Requirements.

 

2.4            

Rights
Upon Liquidation, Merger or Consolidation of the
FHLBNY

 

2.4.1               

Liquidation
of the FHLBNY

 

Upon
the liquidation of the FHLBNY, following the retirement of all
outstanding liabilities of the FHLBNY to its creditors, all shares
of Capital Stock are to be redeemed at Par Value, provided that if
sufficient funds are not available to accomplish the redemption in
full of the

 

 

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Capital
Stock, then such redemption shall occur on a pro rata basis among
all holders of Capital Stock. Following the redemption in full of
all Capital Stock any remaining assets will be distributed on a pro
rata basis to holders of Capital Stock immediately prior to such
liquidation. This provision does not limit the authority granted
the Finance Agency under 12 U.S.C. § 1446 to prescribe rules,
regulations or orders governing the liquidation of a Federal Home
Loan Bank that modify, restrict or eliminate any of the rights set
forth above.

 

2.4.2               

FHLBNY
Acquired by another Federal Home Loan Bank

 

In the
event that the FHLBNY is merged or consolidated into another
Federal Home Loan Bank, the holders of the outstanding Capital
Stock of the FHLBNY will be entitled to the rights and benefits set
forth in any applicable plan of merger and/or terms established or
approved by the Finance Agency.

 

2.4.3               

FHLBNY
Acquires Other Federal Home Loan Bank

 

In the
event that another Federal Home Loan Bank is merged or consolidated
into the FHLBNY, the holders of the outstanding stock of the other
Federal Home Loan Bank will be entitled to the rights and benefits
set forth in any applicable plan of merger and/or terms established
or approved by the Finance Agency.

 

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3. 

Responsibilities
of Directors and Management and Voting of Stock

 

 

3.1            

Responsibilities
of Directors and Management

 

The Board of Directors

 

The
duties and responsibilities of the FHLBNY’s Board of
Directors under the Capital Plan include:

 

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approval
of:

 

➢

authorization to
issue Capital Stock;

 

➢

“operating
ratios” for leverage and risk based capital to be specified
in the FHLBNY’s risk management policy in accordance with
12 C.F.R. § 1239.11;

 

➢

initial minimum
Member Stock Purchase Requirements;

 

➢

policy limits for
market and credit risk;

 

➢

involuntary
terminations of membership; and

 

➢

dividend
distributions.

 

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periodic review and
approval of:

 

➢

amendments to the
Capital Plan to be submitted for Finance Agency
approval;

 

➢

adjustments to the
minimum Member Stock Purchase Requirements; and

 

➢

independent annual
validations of the FHLBNY’s internal risk measurement
model.

●

monitoring of
compliance with the terms and conditions of the Capital Plan,
including a continuing obligation to review and adjust the Member
Stock Purchase Requirements, as necessary to ensure that the FHLBNY
remains in compliance with its Minimum Regulatory Capital
Requirements.

 

FHLBNY Management

 

The
duties and responsibilities of FHLBNY management under the Capital
Plan delegated by the Board of Directors include:

 

➢

maintenance of the
internal risk measurement model in accordance with the
Regulations;

 

➢

maintenance of
procedures and systems to support the purchase and redemption of
stock under the capital structure; and

 

➢

maintenance of
reporting systems and procedures for Member Stock Purchase
Requirements and stock ownership.

 

 

 

 

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In
addition, management is also responsible for the maintenance of an
effective internal control system to provide:

 

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Member compliance
with Member Stock Purchase Requirements;

 

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the FHLBNY’s
compliance with its Minimum Regulatory Capital Requirements at all
times; and

 

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timely reporting to
the Finance Agency and the Board of Directors.

 

3.2            

Voting
Rights

 

Holders
of Capital Stock that are Members as of the Record Date shall be
entitled to vote for the election of directors to the Board of
Directors in accordance with Part 1261 of the Regulations. For
purposes of applying Part 1261 of the Regulations, the Capital
Stock that a Member is “required to hold” shall be the
Member’s Minimum Stock Investment Requirement as of the
Record Date. The number of shares of Capital Stock that a
particular Member, or Other Institution (to the extent such
institution is permitted to vote under Part 1261 of the
Regulations), may vote in connection with an election of directors
shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the Bank Act and
Part 1261 of the Regulations.

 

In
addition, holders of Capital Stock that are Members as of a date to
be determined by the Board of Directors shall be entitled to vote
on the ratification of a merger agreement as to which the FHLBNY is
a constituent in accordance with Part 1278 of the Regulations. For
purposes of applying Part 1278 of the Regulations, the Capital
Stock that a Member is “required to own” shall be the
Member’s Minimum Stock Investment Requirement as of the
aforementioned date that is to be determined by the Board of
Directors. The number of shares of Capital Stock that a particular
Member, or Other Institution (to the extent such institution is
permitted to vote under Part 1278 of the Regulations), may vote in
connection with the ratification of a merger agreement shall be
subject to the limitations set forth in the Bank Act and Part 1278
of the Regulations.

 

 

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4.          

Member
Stock Purchase Requirements

 

The
FHLBNY requires all Members to purchase Capital Stock of the
FHLBNY. The FHLBNY's Member Stock Purchase Requirements are based
on the potential and actual volume of, and risks inherent in, the
financial products and services provided by the FHLBNY to its
Members. Therefore:

 

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a Member will be
required to maintain a minimum Capital Stock investment of
Membership Stock for as long as the institution remains a Member of
the FHLBNY, irrespective of the volume of activity with the FHLBNY;
and

 

●

a Member will also
be required to purchase Activity-Based Stock in proportion to that
Member’s transactions with the FHLBNY.

 

4.1            

Membership
Stock Purchase Requirement

 

As a
condition of Membership, each Member is required to purchase and
maintain a minimum investment in Membership Stock. The Membership
Stock Purchase Requirement will be equal to a specified percentage
of the Mortgage-related Assets held by the Member, in all events
rounded up to the next even $100 increment. The FHLBNY will perform
calculations of the Membership Stock Purchase Requirement for each
Member on at least an annual basis and may recalculate such
Requirement for any one or more Members more frequently as the
Board of Directors may determine from time to time. The Board of
Directors may increase or decrease the Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement from time to time. Except as provided in Sections 7.2.3
and 7.4.2 of this Capital Plan, in no event will the requirement be
less than the greater of (i) $1,000 or (ii) an amount to be
determined by the Board of Directors that will be no less than
0.10% or more than 0.25% of the Mortgage-related Assets held by the
Member. In addition, notwithstanding the requirements in this
section, the Board of Directors in its discretion may implement a
limit on Membership Stock purchases otherwise required under this
section of no less than $25 million and no more than $100
million.

 

The
currently approved Membership Stock Purchase Requirement is
specified in Appendix I attached hereto. Notice of changes to the
Membership Stock Purchase Requirement will be transmitted, sent or
given to Members and Other Institutions at least 10 days prior to
the effective date of such changes.

 

4.2            

Activity-Based
Stock Purchase Requirement

 

From
time to time, the FHLBNY will adopt one or more percentages or
amounts for the calculation of the Activity-Based Stock Purchase
Requirement, which will require a Member or Other Institution to
purchase and maintain Activity-Based Stock in an amount equal
to:

 

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a specified
percentage (but in no event less than 4.0% or more than 5.0%) of
the outstanding principal balance of advances under the Advances
Agreement between the FHLBNY and the Member; and

 

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a specified
percentage (but in no event less than 4.0% or more than 5.0%) of
the outstanding principal balance of Acquired Member Assets
originated for or sold to the FHLBNY by a Member that remain on the
FHLBNY’s balance sheet plus the principal amount of delivery
commitments issued to the Member by FHLBNY for
Acquired

 

 

 

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Member Assets to be
held on the FHLBNY’s balance sheet, provided that the
outstanding principal balance of Acquired Member Assets originated
for or sold to the FHLBNY by a Member that were on the
FHLBNY’s balance sheet as of November 30, 2005 will not be
subject to this requirement; and

 

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a specified
percentage (but in no event less than 0.10% or more than 2.50%) of
the outstanding principal balance of the off-balance sheet item
relating to all types of new and renewing letters of credit which
the FHLBNY has transacted on a Member’s behalf and issued
under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit Agreement between the FHLBNY
and the Member; and

 

●

a specified dollar
amount ranging between (a) zero and (b) the FHLBNY’s Credit
Risk Capital Requirement for the remaining off-balance sheet items
(specifically excluding both the outstanding principal balance for
letters of credit and the delivery commitments issued to the Member
by the FHLBNY for Acquired Member Assets) listed in Section
1277.4(h), Table 5, of the Regulations which the FHLBNY has
transacted on a Member's behalf and which are continuing, with such
Credit Risk Capital Requirement being calculated in accordance with
Section 1277.4(d) of the Regulations; and

 

●

a specified
percentage (but in no event less than 0% or more than 5.0%) of the
carrying value on the
Bank’s balance sheet of Derivative Contracts between the
Member and the FHLBNY, as determined by the FHLBNY under
GAAP,

 

in all
events rounded up to the next even $100 increment.

 

The
Board of Directors may increase or decrease one or more of the
percentages or amounts for the calculation of the Activity-Based
Stock Purchase Requirement from time to time within the foregoing
ranges. 

 

The
currently approved percentages and amounts for the calculation of
the Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement are specified in
Appendix I attached hereto. Notice of changes to any of the
components of the Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement will be
transmitted, sent or given to Members and Other Institutions at
least 10 days prior to the effective date of such
changes.

 

4.3            

Periodic
Review of Capital Stock Purchase Requirements

 

The
Board of Directors will review the FHLBNY’s Capital Plan on a
continuing basis to ascertain whether changes to the Member Stock
Purchase Requirements are required in order to ensure that the
FHLBNY is in compliance with its Minimum Regulatory Capital
Requirements, and shall make adjustments as necessary.

 

The
Board of Directors may at any time modify:

 

●

the Membership
Stock Purchase Requirement within the limits defined in Section 4.1
above; and/or

 

●

the applicable
percentage or amount for any of the components of the
Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement, so long as such
requirement is within the limits defined in Section 4.2
above.

 

With
regard to any changes made to the Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement, such changes shall be applied to all Members without
preference.

 

 

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With
regard to any changes made to any components of the Activity-Based
Stock Purchase Requirement, such changes shall be applied to all
outstanding activity at the time that such changes become
effective, provided that such changes shall not apply to the
outstanding principal balance of Acquired Member Assets originated
for or sold to the FHLBNY by a Member that were on the
FHLBNY’s balance sheet as of November 30, 2005.

 

4.4            

Member
Compliance with Adjusted Requirements

 

Each
Member must comply promptly with any adjusted Membership Stock
Purchase Requirement or Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement
established by the Board of Directors as described above; however,
Members will be allowed a reasonable time (as determined by the
Board of Directors from time to time, but in no event longer than
three months), which period of time shall be specified in any
notice provided in accordance with Sections 4.1 or 4.2 of the
Capital Plan, to come into compliance. Each Other Institution must
comply promptly with any adjusted Activity-Based Stock Purchase
Requirement established by the Board of Directors as described
above; however, Other Institutions will be allowed a reasonable
time (as determined by the Board of Directors from time to time,
but in no event longer than three months) which period of time
shall be specified in any notice provided in accordance with
Section 4.2 of the Capital Plan to come into compliance. Members
and Other Institutions may reduce their outstanding activity with
the FHLBNY as an alternative to purchasing additional
Activity-Based Stock.

 

In the
event that a Member or Other Institution does not comply with any
adjusted Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement by the
expiration of the time period specified in a notice provided in
accordance with Section 4.2 of the Capital Plan, the FHLBNY is
hereby authorized, in its discretion, to issue a notice of
noncompliance to the Member or Other Institution and, ten business
days after transmitting, sending or giving such notice of
noncompliance to the Member or Other Institution, to accelerate the
maturity of an amount of advances sufficient to reduce the
Member’s or Other Institution’s Activity-Based Stock
Purchase Requirement to an amount not more than the Activity-Based
Stock then held by the Member or Other Institution. Without regard to the discretion
conferred on the Board of Directors under the foregoing sentence,
and without in any respect limiting the Board of Directors’
authority under Section 7.2.1 of the Capital Plan, the Board of
Directors in its discretion may determine that a Member’s
failure to comply with any adjusted Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement or Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement by the
expiration of the period of time specified in any notice provided
in accordance with Sections 4.1 or 4.2 of the Capital Plan
constitutes the basis for a determination to terminate the
Membership of a Member for a failure to comply with a requirement
of the Capital Plan.

 

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5.          

Capital
Requirements of the FHLBNY

 

The
FHLBNY is required to maintain Permanent Capital and Total Capital
to:

 

●

provide for the
safe and sound operation of the FHLBNY;

 

●

protect the
FHLBNY’s creditors against potential loss;

 

●

generate earnings
sufficient to meet the FHLBNY’s community support and public
purpose obligations; and

 

●

comply with
regulatory requirements as established by the Finance
Agency.

 

5.1            

Statutory
Capital Requirements

 

5.1.1               

Total
Capital Requirement

 

Total
Capital must be equal to at least 4.0% of the FHLBNY’s Total
Assets.

 

5.1.2               

Leverage
Capital Requirement

 

The
FHLBNY must maintain a leverage ratio of Total Capital to Total
Assets of at least 5.0% of the FHLBNY's Total Assets. For purposes
of determining the leverage ratio, Total Capital shall be computed
by multiplying by 1.5 the FHLBNY’s Permanent Capital, and
adding to the product all other components of Total
Capital.

 

5.1.3               

Permanent
Capital Requirement

 

Permanent Capital
must at all times be equal to or exceed the value of the
FHLBNY’s Risk-based Capital Requirement, calculated in
accordance with Section 5.2 below.

 

5.1.4               

FHFA
Authority to Require More Capital

 

The
FHFA may, in its discretion, require the FHLBNY to hold more Total
Capital or Permanent Capital than is indicated in Sections 5.1.1 or
5.1.3 of the Capital Plan.

 

5.2            

Risk-Based
Capital Requirement

 

The
FHLBNY’s Risk-based Capital Requirement shall be equal to the
sum of:

 

●

the FHLBNY’s
Credit Risk Capital Requirement,

 

●

the FHLBNY’s
Market Risk Capital Requirement, and

 

●

the FHLBNY’s
Operations Risk Capital Requirement as defined by the
FHFA.

 

Unless
otherwise directed by the FHFA, the FHLBNY will measure its Credit,
Market and Operations Risk Capital Requirements as of the close of
business of the last business day of the month for which the credit
risk capital charge is being calculated.

 

 

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5.2.1                       

Credit
Risk Capital Requirement

 

The
Credit Risk Capital Requirement shall be equal to the sum of the
credit risk capital charges for all assets, off-balance sheet items
and derivative contracts. Credit risk percentage requirements are
established by the FHFA from time to time.

 

Assets

 

The
credit risk capital charge for an asset on the FHLBNY’s
balance sheet is equal to the book value of the asset multiplied by
the credit risk percentage requirement assigned to that asset class
in the Regulations.

 

Off-balance sheet items

 

The
credit risk capital charge for an off-balance sheet item is equal
to the credit equivalent amount of the item (based on conversion
factors provided by the FHFA) multiplied by the credit risk
percentage requirement assigned to that item in the
Regulations.

 

Off
balance sheet items include:

 

●

Asset sales with
recourse where the credit risk remains with the FHLBNY

 

●

Commitments to make
advances

 

●

Commitments to make
or purchase other loans

 

●

Standby letters of
credit

 

●

Other commitments
with original maturity of over 1 year

 

●

Other commitments
with original maturity of 1 year or less

 

Derivative Contracts

 

The
credit risk capital charge for Derivative Contracts is equal
to:

 

●

the current credit
exposure for the Derivative Contract multiplied by the credit risk
percentage requirement assigned to that derivative contract, as
determined in accordance with Section 1277.4 of the Regulations,
plus

 

●

the potential
future credit exposure for the Derivative Contract multiplied by
the credit risk percentage requirement assigned to that Derivative
Contract, as determined in accordance with Section 1277.4 of the
Regulations.

 

Guidelines
for calculating capital charges on Derivative Contracts are defined
by the FHFA from time to time.

 

5.2.2                       

Market
Risk Capital Requirement

 

The
Market Risk Capital Requirement shall equal the sum
of:

 

●

the market value of
the FHLBNY’s portfolio at risk from movements in market rates
and prices that could occur during periods of market stress. The
market value of the FHLBNY’s portfolio at risk is determined
using an internal market risk model (VaR model) that that has been
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●

the amount, if any,
by which the FHLBNY’s current market value of Total Capital
is less than 85% of the FHLBNY’s book value of Total Capital,
where:

 

✓

the current market
value of the FHLBNY’s Total Capital is calculated using the
internal market risk model approved by the FHFA; and

 

✓

the book value of
Total Capital is the same as the amount of Total Capital reported
by the FHLBNY to the FHFA on a monthly basis.

 

The
internal market risk model will:

 

●

estimate the market
value of the FHLBNY’s assets and liabilities, off-balance
sheet items, and Derivative Contracts, including any related
options, and

 

●

measure the market
value of the FHLBNY’s portfolio at risk, including all
assets, liabilities, off-balance sheet items, and Derivative
Contracts that represent a source of material market
risk.

 

5.2.3                       

Operations
Risk Capital Requirement

 

The
FHLBNY is required to meet its Operations Risk Capital Requirement
to cover unexpected losses associated with:

 

●

human
error

 

●

fraud

 

●

unenforceability of
legal contracts

 

●

deficiencies in
internal controls

 

●

deficiencies in
information controls

 

The
FHLBNY will meet its Operations Risk Capital Requirement through
maintenance of an amount of Permanent Capital equal to 30% of the
sum of its Credit Risk and Market Risk Capital Requirements subject
to modification as set forth below.

 

With
FHFA approval, the FHLBNY may have an Operations Risk Capital
Requirement equal to less than 30% but no less than 10% of the sum
of the FHLBNY’s Credit Risk and Market Risk Capital
Requirements if (i) the FHLBNY provides an alternative methodology
for assessing and quantifying an Operations Risk Capital
Requirement or (ii) if the FHLBNY obtains insurance to cover
operations risk from an insurer rated at least the second highest
investment grade credit rating by an NRSRO.

 

   
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10/2/20

 

           

 

6.            

Reporting
Requirements to the Finance Agency

 

The
following are the FHLBNY's specific reporting requirements to the
Finance Agency pertaining to the Capital Plan.

 

6.1            

Changes
in Membership

 

The
FHLBNY shall notify the FHFA within 10 calendar days of receipt of
any notice of withdrawal or notice of cancellation of withdrawal
from Membership.

 

6.2            

Leverage
and Risk Based Capital

 

The
FHLBNY shall report to the FHFA by the 15th business day of each
month:

 

●

Risk-based Capital
Requirement by component amounts, and

 

●

actual Total
Capital and Permanent Capital outstanding.

 

Both
measures are calculated as of the close of business on the last
business day of the preceding month, or more frequently, as may be
required by the FHFA.

 

6.3            

Voting
Shares

 

On or
before April 10 of each year, the FHLBNY shall submit to the FHFA a
Capital Stock report that indicates, as of the Record
Date:

 

●

the number of
Members located in each voting state in the FHLBNY's
district,

 

●

the number of
shares of Capital Stock that each Member (identified by its docket
number) was required to hold, and

 

●

the number of
shares of Capital Stock that all Members located in each voting
state were required to hold. Excess Stock will not be included in
the calculation of outstanding Capital Stock for purposes of
voting.

 

The
FHLBNY shall certify to the FHFA that, to the best of its
knowledge, the information provided in the Capital Stock report is
accurate and complete, and that it has notified each Member of its
minimum Capital Stock holdings pursuant to this Capital
Plan.

 

   
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7.            

Termination
of Membership in the FHLBNY

 

7.1            

Voluntary
Withdrawal from Membership

 

7.1.1                      Written
Notification

 

A
Member may withdraw from Membership at any time by providing
written notice of its intent to withdraw from Membership to the
FHLBNY. A Member may cancel a notice of withdrawal prior to its
effective date by providing the FHLBNY with written notice of such
cancellation. Any such cancellation will result in a Redemption
Cancellation Fee with respect to the Member's Capital Stock unless
the Board of Directors determines it has a bona fide business
purpose for waiving the imposition of the fee, and the waiver is
consistent with Section 7(j) of the Bank Act.

 

7.1.2                       

Access
to Benefits of Membership

 

Until
the effective date of a Member’s withdrawal from the FHLBNY,
such Member will continue to have access to the benefits of
Membership. On and after the effective date of the Member's
withdrawal, regardless of whether the Other Institution is required
to maintain an investment in the Capital Stock, the Other
Institution will no longer have the benefits of Membership
including access to the FHLBNY’s products and services and
will no longer have any voting rights other than as provided in the
Regulations, but the Other Institution will still be entitled to
any and all dividends declared on its Capital Stock until the
Capital Stock is redeemed or repurchased by the
FHLBNY.

 

7.1.3                       

Finance
Agency Notification

 

The
FHLBNY shall notify the Finance Agency within ten calendar days of
the receipt of any notice of intent to withdraw from Membership or
cancellation of a notice of withdrawal from
Membership.

 

7.1.4                       

Disposition
of Claims

 

The
FHLBNY shall determine an orderly manner for the disposition of
transactions outstanding with a Member that withdraws from
Membership. The Stock Redemption Period for the Capital Stock held
by a Member as of the date of the FHLBNY’s receipt of the
written notification of the Member’s intent to withdraw from
Membership and not already subject to a Redemption Notice shall
commence as of that date. The Stock Redemption Period for shares of
Capital Stock acquired or received by such a withdrawing Member
after the date that its notice of intent to withdraw is received by
the FHLBNY will commence on the date such shares are acquired or
received. If transactions remain outstanding beyond the effective
date of the termination of Membership, the FHLBNY will not redeem
any Activity-Based Stock that the Other Institution is required to
hold to comply with the Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement
corresponding to such outstanding transactions.

 

Upon
the effective date of a Member’s withdrawal from Membership,
it shall become an Other Institution under this Capital Plan. Such
Other Institution shall not be deemed to be subject to the
Membership Stock Purchase Requirement and the FHLBNY may repurchase
Membership Stock held by the Other Institution, that has not
otherwise been redeemed by the FHLBNY upon the expiration of an
applicable Stock Redemption Period.

 

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as of 10/2/20

 

  

 

   
            The FHLBNY
may repurchase the Other Institution’s Activity-Based Stock,
that has not otherwise been redeemed by the FHLBNY upon the
expiration of an applicable Stock Redemption Period, if the stock
is not needed to comply with the Activity-Based Stock Purchase
           
        Requirement corresponding to
such outstanding transactions, and not subject to any of the
limitations on redemption or repurchase in Section 2.2.4.

 

7.1.5                       

Effective
Date of Withdrawal

 

The
Membership of a Member that has submitted a notice of intent to
withdraw, and that has not cancelled such notice, shall terminate
as of the date on which the last applicable Stock Redemption Period
ends for Capital Stock that the Member is required to hold under
the Membership Stock Purchase Requirement as of the date that the
Member’s written notification of its intent to withdraw from
Membership was received by the FHLBNY.

 

7.2            

Involuntary
Termination of Membership

 

7.2.1                       

Written
Notification

 

The
Board of Directors may terminate the Membership of any Member that:
(i) fails to comply with any requirement of the Bank Act, any
Regulation, or any requirement of the Capital Plan, (ii) becomes
insolvent or otherwise subject to the appointment of a conservator,
receiver, or other legal custodian under federal or state law, or
(iii) would jeopardize the safety and soundness of the FHLBNY if it
were to remain a Member.

 

7.2.2                       

Access
to Benefits of Membership

 

A
Member whose Membership is terminated involuntarily shall cease
being a Member of the FHLBNY as of the date on which the Board of
Directors acts to terminate the Membership. After that date, such
terminated Member shall become an Other Institution under this
Capital Plan. Such Other Institution shall have no right to obtain
any of the benefits of Membership including access to the
FHLBNY’s products and services and will no longer have any
voting rights, other than as provided in the Regulations, but shall
be entitled to receive any dividends declared on its Capital Stock
until the Capital Stock is redeemed or repurchased by the
FHLBNY.

 

7.2.3                       

Disposition
of Claims

 

The
FHLBNY shall determine an orderly manner for the disposition of
transactions outstanding with the Other Institution. The Stock
Redemption Period for the Capital Stock owned by a Member as of the
date of its termination and not already subject to a Redemption
Notice shall commence on the date that the Member’s
Membership is terminated. The Stock Redemption Period for Capital
Stock acquired or received by the Other Institution after the date
of the termination of its Membership shall commence on the date of
such acquisition or receipt. If transactions remain outstanding
beyond the effective date of the termination of Membership, the
FHLBNY will not redeem any Activity-Based Stock to the extent that
the Other Institution is required to hold such stock to comply with
the Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement corresponding to such
outstanding transactions.

 

Capital
Stock held by the Member as of the effective date of its
termination shall not be deemed automatically to be Excess Stock
solely by virtue of the termination of the Member’s
Membership; provided however, that on and after the effective date
of termination, any Membership Stock that is not required to meet
the Other Institution’s Membership Stock Purchase Requirement
on the date on which the Member’s

 

 

 

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Membership was
terminated that has not otherwise been redeemed by the FHLBNY upon
the expiration of an applicable Stock Redemption Period, or any
Activity-Based Stock not required to meet the Other
Institution’s Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement that
has not otherwise been redeemed by the FHLBNY upon the expiration
of an applicable Stock Redemption Period, shall be Excess Stock
that shall be subject to repurchase by the FHLBNY; and provided further that
effective upon the expiration of the Stock Redemption Period that
commences on the date that the Member’s Membership is
terminated, the terminated Member’s Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement shall be deemed to be zero. However, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Capital Plan, in the event that
(a) a receiver or conservator has been appointed for the
Member, or the Member has acted to voluntarily dissolve or
liquidate itself and is no longer eligible for membership, and
(b) the Bank has terminated the Member’s Membership,
then the terminated Member’s Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement shall be deemed to be zero. In addition, in the event
that any Member otherwise fails to satisfy any statutory or
regulatory eligibility requirements for membership in the FHLBNY,
the Board of Directors shall involuntarily terminate that
institution’s membership in accordance with Section 7.2.1,
and the Membership Stock Purchase Requirement for that Other
Institution shall be deemed to be zero as of the date on which the
Bank next conducts its calculation of membership stock purchase
requirements for all members, and all Membership Stock then held by
that Other Institution shall be Excess Stock that shall be subject
to repurchase by the FHLBNY. Further, notwithstanding any of the
foregoing, any repurchases and redemptions of stock permitted
hereunder shall remain subject to the limitations in Section 2.2.4
of the Capital Plan.

 

7.3            

Merger
or Consolidation of Members

 

7.3.1                       

Termination
of Charter and Stock Redemption Period

 

If a
Member’s Membership is terminated as a result of a
Member’s merger or other consolidation into another Member,
the Membership shall terminate upon cancellation of the
disappearing Member’s charter. On that date, the Capital
Stock held by the disappearing Member will be transferred on the
books of the FHLBNY into the name of the surviving Member. The
Stock Redemption Period for the Capital Stock previously held by
the disappearing Member shall not be deemed to commence on the date
on which the disappearing Member’s charter is cancelled, but
shall commence only upon: (i) the FHLBNY’s receipt of a
Redemption Notice from the surviving Member, (ii) the
FHLBNY’s receipt of the surviving Member’s written
notice of its intent to withdraw from Membership, (iii) the
surviving Member’s termination of Membership as a result of
merger or consolidation into a member of another Federal Home Loan
Bank or into a nonmember, (iv) the surviving Member’s
termination of Membership as a result of the relocation of its
principal place of business, or (v) the involuntary termination of
the surviving Member’s Membership. Stock Redemption Periods
applicable to a Redemption Notice or Notices received by the FHLBNY
from the disappearing Member prior to the effective date of the
cancellation of the disappearing Member’s charter shall
continue to run with respect to the surviving Member from the date
such Redemption Notice was received by the FHLBNY, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.2.2 of the Capital Plan.

 

7.3.2                       

Capital
Stock Requirement of Surviving Member

 

As of
the effective date of the cancellation of the disappearing
Member’s charter, the surviving Member’s Membership
Stock Purchase Requirement shall be immediately increased by the
amount of the disappearing Member’s Membership Stock Purchase
Requirement immediately prior to the cancellation of its charter.
Future calculations of the

 

 

 

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surviving
Member’s Membership Stock Purchase Requirement shall be as
determined in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Capital Plan,
provided that if the mostly recently available data from the
regulatory reports for the surviving Member does not include the
assets of the disappearing Member, then, in that event, the
Membership Stock Purchase Requirement for the surviving Member will
be calculated by adding together the most recently available
regulatory report data for the disappearing Member and for the
surviving Member. As of the effective date of the cancellation of
the disappearing Member’s charter, the surviving
Member’s Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement will be
calculated based on its current outstanding transactions with the
FHLBNY including those acquired from the disappearing
Member.

 

7.4 

Merger
or Consolidation of Member into a Member of another Federal Home
Loan Bank or into a Nonmember

 

7.4.1                       

General

 

If a
Member’s Membership is terminated as a result of the
Member’s merger or consolidation into a member of another
Federal Home Loan Bank or a nonmember, the Membership shall
terminate as of the date on which the Member’s charter is
cancelled. On that date, the Capital Stock held by the disappearing
Member will be transferred on the books of the FHLBNY into the name
of the surviving institution. After that date the Other Institution
shall have no right to obtain any of the benefits of Membership
including access to the FHLBNY’s products and services and
will no longer have any voting rights other than as provided in the
Regulations, but shall be entitled to receive any dividends
declared on its Capital Stock until the Capital Stock is redeemed
or repurchased by the FHLBNY.

 

7.4.2                       

Disposition
of Claims

 

The
FHLBNY shall determine an orderly manner for the disposition of
transactions outstanding with the Other Institution. The Stock
Redemption Period for the Capital Stock then held by the Other
Institution and not already subject to a Redemption Notice shall be
deemed to commence on the date on which the Member’s charter
is cancelled. The Stock Redemption Period for any Capital Stock
acquired or received by the Other Institution after the date of the
termination of the Member’s Membership shall commence on the
date of acquisition or receipt. If transactions remain outstanding
beyond the effective date of the termination of Membership, the
FHLBNY will not redeem any Activity-Based Stock that the Other
Institution is required to hold to comply with the Activity-Based
Stock Purchase Requirement corresponding to such outstanding
transactions.

 

Capital
Stock held by the Member as of the effective date of its
termination shall not be deemed automatically to be Excess Stock
solely by virtue of the termination of the Member’s
Membership; provided however, that on and after the effective date
of termination any Membership Stock that is not required to meet
the Other Institution’s Membership Stock Purchase Requirement
on the date on which the Other Institution’s Membership was
terminated that has not otherwise been redeemed by the FHLBNY upon
the expiration of an applicable Stock Redemption Period, or any
Activity-Based Stock not required to meet the Other
Institution’s Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement that
has not otherwise been redeemed by the FHLBNY upon the expiration
of an applicable Stock Redemption Period, shall be Excess Stock
that shall be subject to repurchase by the FHLBNY. In lieu of the
formula specified in Section 4.1 and section A of Appendix I of
this Capital Plan, if the corporate existence of a Member is
terminated as a result of its merger into a nonmember, the FHLBNY
in its discretion may, at any time after thirty days

 

 

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subsequent to the
merger, recalculate the Membership Stock Purchase Requirement based
solely on Mortgage-related Assets, and in doing so may use zero
dollars ($0.00) as the amount of the Mortgage-related Assets held
by the former Member, and may thereafter repurchase any resulting
Excess Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any repurchases and
redemptions of stock permitted hereunder shall remain subject to
the limitations in Section 2.2.4 of the Capital Plan and the
provisions, if applicable, of Section 7.4.3 of this Capital
Plan.

 

7.4.3                       

Acquiring
Institution Applies for FHLBNY Membership

 

If the
institution into which the Member merges or is consolidated is
eligible for Membership and intends to become a Member of the
FHLBNY, it must provide written notification to the FHLBNY of its
intention to apply for Membership within sixty calendar days of the
cancellation of the charter of the former Member.

 

Following the
submission of this notification, the application for Membership
must be submitted within sixty calendar days. If the institution is
approved for Membership, then it must purchase the appropriate
amounts, if any, of Capital Stock to comply with its Minimum Stock
Investment Requirement. Such purchase of Membership Stock must be
made within sixty days of approval for Membership and with respect
to any Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement, prior to engage
in such transactions.

 

If the
institution does not provide required notification and application
for Membership within the respective required time periods, or is
disapproved for Membership, the provisions of Section 7.4.2 of the
Capital Plan will apply with respect to the disposition of
outstanding transactions and redemption and repurchase of Capital
Stock.

 

7.5            

Relocation
of Principal Place of Business

 

7.5.1                       

General

 

If a
Member’s Membership is terminated as a result of the
relocation of the Member’s principal place of business, as
defined in the Regulations, the Membership shall terminate on the
date on which the transfer of Membership under such Regulations
becomes effective. After that date the Other Institution shall have
no right to obtain any of the benefits of Membership including
access to the FHLBNY’s products and services and will no
longer have any voting rights other than as provided in the
Regulations, but shall be entitled to receive any dividends
declared on its Capital Stock until the Capital Stock is redeemed
or repurchased by the FHLBNY.

 

7.5.2                       

Disposition
of Claims

 

The
FHLBNY shall determine an orderly manner for the disposition of
transactions outstanding with the Other Institution. If
transactions remain outstanding beyond the effective date of the
termination of Membership, the FHLBNY will not redeem any
Activity-Based Stock that the Other Institution is required to hold
to comply with the Activity-Based Stock Purchase Requirement
corresponding to such outstanding transactions. Any Activity-Based
Stock not required
to meet the Other Institution’s Activity-Based Stock Purchase
Requirement that has not otherwise been redeemed by the FHLBNY upon
the expiration of an applicable Stock Redemption Period shall be
Excess Stock that shall be subject to repurchase by the
FHLBNY.

 

 

 

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If a
Member relocates its principal place of business to another Bank
district and transfers its membership to the Bank in that district,
its Membership Stock Purchase Requirement at the FHLBNY shall be
deemed to be zero as of the date that the Other Institution becomes
a member of the other Bank, and all Membership Stock then held at
the FHLBNY by that Other Institution shall be Excess Stock that
shall be immediately subject to repurchase by the FHLBNY. However,
if a Member relocates its principal place of business to another
Bank district but does not become a member of the Bank in that
district, then the Board of Directors shall involuntarily terminate
that Other Institution’s membership in accordance with
Section 7.2.1, and the Membership Stock Purchase Requirement for
the Other Institution shall be deemed to be zero as of the date on
which the Bank next conducts its calculation of membership stock
purchase requirements for all members, and all Membership Stock
then held at the FHLBNY by that Other Institution shall be Excess
Stock that shall be subject to repurchase by the FHLBNY.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any repurchases and redemptions of
stock hereunder shall remain subject to the limitations in Section
2.2.4 of the Capital Plan.

 

8.            

[Reserved]

 

9.            

[Reserved]

 

 

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10.               

Amendments
to the Capital Plan and Notices

 

10.1               

Amendments
to the Capital Plan

 

Any
amendment to the Capital Plan must be approved by the Board of
Directors and submitted to the Finance Agency. The effective date
for any proposed amendment shall be contained in any request for
approval that is submitted to the Finance Agency. In order to
become effective, any amendment to the Capital Plan must be
approved by the Finance Agency. The FHLNBY will transmit, send or
give its Members notice in writing at least thirty days prior to
the effective date of any amendment to the Capital
Plan.

 

10.2               

Notices
Relating to the Capital Plan

 

               

10.2.1                    

Notices
by the FHLBNY

 

Written
notices transmitted, sent or given by the FHLBNY under this Capital
Plan shall be addressed to the chief executive officer of the
Member, or Other Institution, or such other person, designated by
the Member, or Other Institution. Such written notices shall be
directed to the postal address, physical address or fax number
appearing in the FHLBNY’s records from time to
time.

 

               

10.2.2                    

Notices
to the FHLBNY

 

Written
notices given to the FHLBNY in accordance with the provisions of
the Capital Plan shall be addressed to the President of the FHLBNY
and delivered to 101 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10178 or sent via
email to fhlbny@fhlbny.com, and shall be deemed to have been
received by the FHLBNY in each case upon actual receipt by the
FHLBNY. The FHLBNY may from time to time change the address or
email address at which it will receive such written notices by
transmitting, sending or giving written notice to the Member, or
Other Institution.

 

  

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11.               

Joint
Capital Enhancement Agreement

 

11.1

Retained
Earnings Enhancement Implementation and Definitions

 

11.1.1                    

Implementation

 

The
provisions of sections 11.1 through 11.4 shall become effective
upon, and only upon, the occurrence of the Interim Capital Plan
Amendment Implementation Date. Until the Restriction Termination
Date, in the event of any conflict between sections 11.1 through
11.4 and the remainder of this Capital Plan, the applicable terms
of sections 11.1 through 11.4 shall govern, and shall be
interpreted in a manner such that the restrictions set forth
therein are supplementary to, and not in lieu of, the requirements
of the remainder of this Capital Plan.

 

11.1.2 

Definitions
applicable to Sections 11.1 through 11.4 of this Capital
Plan

 

As used
in these sections 11.1 through 11.4, the following capitalized
terms shall have the following meanings.  Other capitalized
terms used but not defined in these sections 11.1 through 11.4
shall have the meanings set forth in the Definitions section before
Section 1 of this Capital Plan.

 

‘Act’
means the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended as of the
Effective Date.

 

‘Adjustment
to Prior Net Income’ means either an increase, or a decrease,
to a prior calendar quarter’s Quarterly Net Income subsequent
to the date on which any allocation to Restricted Retained Earnings
for such calendar quarter was made.

 

‘Agreement’ means the Joint Capital
Enhancement Agreement adopted by the FHLBanks on the
Effective Date and amended on the date on which the FHFA has
approved the Retained Earnings Capital Plan Amendments for all of
the FHLBanks that have issued capital stock pursuant to a capital
plan as of the Effective Date.

 

‘Allocation Termination Date’ means
the date the Bank’s obligation to make allocations to the
Restricted Retained Earnings account is terminated
permanently. That date is determined pursuant to section 11.4 of
this Capital Plan.

 

‘Automatic Termination Event’
means (i) a change in the Act,
or another applicable statute, occurring subsequent to the
Effective Date, that will have the effect of creating a new, or
higher, assessment or taxation on net income or capital of the
FHLBanks, or (ii) a change in the Act, another applicable statute,
or the Regulations, occurring subsequent to the Effective Date,
that will result in a higher mandatory allocation of an
FHLBank’s Quarterly Net Income to any Retained Earnings
account than the annual amount, or total amount, specified in an
FHLBank’s capital plan as in effect immediately prior to the
Automatic Termination Event.

 

‘Automatic
Termination Event Declaration Date’ means the date specified
in section 11.4.1.1 or 11.4.1.2 of this Capital Plan.

 

‘Bank’s
Total Consolidated Obligations’ means the daily average
carrying value for the calendar quarter, excluding the impact of
fair value adjustments (i.e., fair value option and hedging
adjustments), of the Bank’s portion of outstanding System
Consolidated Obligations for which it is the primary
obligor.

 

 

  

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‘Declaration
of Automatic Termination’ means a signed statement, executed
by officers authorized to sign on behalf of each FHLBank that is a
signatory to the statement, in which at least 2/3 of the then
existing FHLBanks declare their concurrence that a specific
statutory or regulatory change meets the definition of an Automatic
Termination Event.

 

‘Dividend’
means a distribution of cash, other property, or stock to a
Stockholder with respect to its holdings of Capital
Stock.

 

‘Dividend
Restriction Period’ means any calendar quarter: (i) that
includes the REFCORP Termination Date, or occurs subsequent to the
REFCORP Termination Date; (ii) that occurs prior to an Allocation
Termination Date; and (iii) during which the amount of the
Bank’s Restricted Retained Earnings is less than the amount
of the Bank’s RREM. If the amount of the Bank’s
Restricted Retained Earnings is at least equal to the amount of the
Bank’s RREM, and subsequently the Bank’s Restricted
Retained Earnings becomes less than its RREM, the Bank shall be
deemed to be in a Dividend Restriction Period (unless an Allocation
Termination Date has occurred).

 

‘Effective
Date’ means February 28, 2011.

 

‘GAAP’
means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
as in effect from time to time.

 

‘FHFA’
means the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or any successor
thereto.

 

‘FHLBank’
means a Federal Home Loan Bank chartered under the
Act.

 

‘Interim
Capital Plan Amendment Implementation Date’ means 31 days
after the date by which the FHFA has approved a capital plan
amendment substantially the same as the Retained Earnings Capital
Plan Amendment for all of the FHLBanks that have issued capital
stock pursuant to a capital plan as of the Effective
Date.

 

‘Net
Loss’ means that the Quarterly Net Income of the Bank is
negative, or that the annual net income of the Bank calculated on
the same basis is negative.

 

‘Quarterly Net Income’ means
the amount of net income of an FHLBank for a calendar quarter
calculated in accordance with GAAP, after deducting the
FHLBank’s required contributions for that quarter to the
Affordable Housing Program under section 10(j) of the Act, as
reported in the FHLBank’s quarterly and annual financial
statements filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

 

‘REFCORP
Termination Date’ means the last day of the calendar quarter
in which the FHLBanks’ final regular payments are made on
obligations to REFCORP in accordance with Section 997.5 of the
Regulations and Section 21B(f) of the Act.

 

‘Regular
Contribution Amount’ means the result of (i) 20 percent of
Quarterly Net Income; plus (ii) 20 percent of a positive Adjustment
to Prior Net Income for any prior calendar quarter that includes
the REFCORP Termination Date, or occurred subsequent to the REFCORP
Termination Date, to the extent such adjustment has not yet been
made in the current calendar quarter; minus (iii) 20 percent of the
absolute value of a negative Adjustment to Prior Net Income for any
prior calendar quarter that includes the REFCORP Termination Date,
or occurred subsequent to the REFCORP Termination Date, to the
extent such adjustment has not yet been made in the current
calendar quarter.

 

  

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‘Regulations’
mean: (i) the rules and regulations of the Federal Housing Finance
Board (except to the extent that they may be modified, terminated,
set aside or superseded by the Director of the FHFA) in effect on
the Effective Date; (ii) the rules and regulations of the FHFA, as
amended from time to time.

 

‘Restricted Retained Earnings’
means the cumulative amount of Quarterly Net Income and Adjustments
to Prior Net Income allocated to the Bank’s Retained Earnings
account restricted pursuant to the Retained Earnings Capital Plan
Amendment, and does not include amounts retained in: (i) any
accounts in existence at the Bank on the Effective Date; or (ii)
any other Retained Earnings accounts subject to restrictions that
are not part of the terms of the Retained Earnings Capital Plan
Amendment.

 

‘Restricted
Retained Earnings Minimum’ (‘RREM’) means a level
of Restricted Retained Earnings calculated as of the last day of
each calendar quarter equal to one percent of the Bank’s
Total Consolidated Obligations.

 

‘Restriction
Termination Date’ means the date the restriction on the Bank
paying Dividends out of the Restricted Retained Earnings account,
or otherwise reallocating funds from the Restricted Retained
Earnings account, is terminated permanently. That date is
determined pursuant to section 11.4 of this Capital
Plan.

 

‘Retained
Earnings’ means the retained earnings of an FHLBank
calculated pursuant to GAAP.

  

       
           
‘Retained Earnings Capital Plan Amendment’ means the
amendment to this Capital Plan, made a part thereof, adopted
effective on the Interim Capital Plan Amendment Implementation Date
adding sections 11.1 through 11.4 to this Capital
Plan.

 

‘Special
Contribution Amount’ means the result of: (i) 50 percent of
Quarterly Net Income; plus (ii) 50 percent of a positive Adjustment
to Prior Net Income for any prior calendar quarter that includes
the REFCORP Termination Date, or occurred subsequent to the REFCORP
Termination Date, to the extent such adjustment has not yet been
made in the current calendar quarter; minus (iii) 50 percent of the
absolute value of a negative Adjustment to Prior Net Income for any
prior calendar quarter that includes the REFCORP Termination Date,
or occurred subsequent to the REFCORP Termination Date, to the
extent such adjustment has not yet been made by the current
calendar quarter.

 

‘Stockholder’
means (i) a Member, or (ii) an Other Institution.

 

‘System
Consolidated Obligation’ means any bond, debenture, or note
authorized under the Regulations to be issued jointly by the
FHLBanks pursuant to Section 11(a) of the Act, as amended, or any
bond or note previously issued by the Federal Housing Finance Board
on behalf of all FHLBanks pursuant to Section 11(c) of the Act, on
which the FHLBanks are jointly and severally liable, or any other
instrument issued through the Office of Finance, or any successor
thereto, under the Act, that is a joint and several liability of
all the FHLBanks.

 

‘Total
Capital’ means Retained Earnings, the amount paid-in for
Capital Stock, the amount of any general allowance for losses, and
the amount of other instruments that the FHFA has determined to be
available to absorb losses incurred by the Bank.

 
 

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11.2               

Establishment
of Restricted Retained Earnings

 

11.2.1                  

Segregation
of Account

 

No
later than the REFCORP Termination
Date, the Bank shall establish an account in its official books and
records in which to allocate its Restricted Retained Earnings, with
such account being segregated on its books and records from the
Bank’s Retained Earnings that are not Restricted Retained
Earnings for purposes of tracking the accumulation of Restricted
Retained Earnings and enforcing the restrictions on the use of the
Restricted Retained Earnings imposed in the Retained Earnings
Capital Plan Amendment.

 

11.2.2                  

Funding
of Account

 

11.2.2.1                               

Date
on which Allocation Begins

 

The
Bank shall allocate to its Restricted
Retained Earnings account an amount at least equal to the Regular
Contribution Amount beginning on the REFCORP Termination Date. The
Bank shall allocate amounts to the Restricted Retained
Earnings account only through contributions from its Quarterly Net
Income or Adjustments to Prior Net Income occurring on or after the
REFCORP Termination Date, but nothing in the Retained Earnings
Capital Plan Amendment shall prevent the Bank from allocating a
greater percentage of its Quarterly Net Income or positive
Adjustment to Prior Net Income to its Restricted Retained Earnings
account than the percentages set forth in the Retained Earning
Capital Plan Amendment.

 

11.2.2.2                               

Ongoing
Allocation

 

During
any Dividend Restriction Period that occurs before the Allocation
Termination Date, the Bank shall continue to allocate its Regular
Contribution Amount (or when and if required under subsection
11.2.2.4 below, its Special Contribution Amount) to its Restricted
Retained Earnings account.

 

11.2.2.3                               

Treatment
of Quarterly Net Losses and Annual Net Losses

 

 In the event
the Bank sustains a Net Loss for a calendar quarter, the following
shall apply: (i) to the extent that its cumulative calendar
year-to-date net income is positive at the end of such quarter, the
Bank may decrease the amount of its Restricted Retained Earnings
such that the cumulative addition to the Restricted Retained
Earnings account calendar year-to-date at the end of such quarter
is equal to 20 percent of the amount of such cumulative calendar
year-to-date net income; (ii) to the extent that its cumulative
calendar year-to-date net income is negative at the end of such
quarter (a) the Bank may decrease the amount of its Restricted
Retained Earnings account such that the cumulative addition
calendar year-to-date to the Restricted Retained Earnings at the
end of such quarter is zero, and (b) the Bank shall apply any
remaining portion of the Net Loss for the calendar quarter first to
reduce Retained Earnings that are not Restricted Retained Earnings
until such Retained Earnings are reduced to zero, and thereafter
may apply any remaining portion of the Net Loss for the calendar
quarter to reduce Restricted Retained Earnings; and (iii) for any
subsequent calendar quarter in the same calendar year, the Bank may
decrease the amount of its quarterly allocation to its Restricted
Retained Earnings account in that subsequent calendar quarter such
that the cumulative addition to the Restricted Retained Earnings
account calendar year-to-date is equal to 20 percent of the amount
of such cumulative calendar year-to-date net income. In
the

 

  

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event
the Bank sustains a Net Loss for a calendar year, any such Net Loss
first shall be applied to reduce Retained Earnings that are not
Restricted Retained Earnings until such Retained Earnings are
reduced to zero, and thereafter any remaining portion of the Net
Loss for the calendar year may be applied to reduce Restricted
Retained Earnings.

 

11.2.2.4                                 

Funding
at the Special Contribution Amount

 

If
during a Dividend Restriction Period, the amount of the
Bank’s Restricted Retained Earnings decreases in any calendar
quarter, except as provided in subsections 11.2.2.3(i) and (ii)(a)
above, the Bank shall allocate the Special Contribution Amount to
its Restricted Retained Earnings account beginning at the following
calendar quarter-end (except as provided in the last sentence of
this subsection). Thereafter, the Bank shall continue to allocate
the Special Contribution Amount to its Restricted Retained Earnings
account until the cumulative difference between: (i) the
allocations made using the Special Contribution Amount; and (ii)
the allocations that would have been made if the Regular
Contribution Amount applied, is equal to the amount of the prior
decrease in the amount of its Restricted Retained Earnings account
arising from the application of subsection 11.2.2.3(ii)(b). If at
any calendar quarter-end the allocation of the Special Contribution
Amount would result in a cumulative allocation in excess of such
prior decrease in the amount of Restricted Retained Earnings: (i)
the Bank may allocate such percentage of Quarterly Net Income to
the Restricted Retained Earnings account that shall exactly restore
the amount of the prior decrease, plus the amount of the Regular
Contribution Amount for that quarter; and (ii) the Bank in
subsequent quarters shall revert to paying at least the Regular
Contribution Amount.

 

11.2.2.5                       

Release
of Restricted Retained Earnings

 

If the
Bank’s RREM decreases from time to time due to fluctuations
in the Bank’s Total Consolidated Obligations, amounts in the
Restricted Retained Earnings account in excess of 150 percent of
the RREM may be released by the Bank from the restrictions
otherwise imposed on such amounts pursuant to the provisions of the
Retained Earnings Capital Plan Amendment, and reallocated to its
Retained Earnings that are not Restricted Retained Earnings. Until
the Restriction Termination Date, the Bank may not otherwise
reallocate amounts in its Restricted Retained Earnings account
(provided that a reduction in the Restricted Retained Earnings
account following a Net Loss pursuant to subsection 11.2.2.3 is not
a reallocation).

 

11.2.2.6 

No
Effect on Rights of Shareholders as Owners of Retained
Earnings

 

In the
event of the liquidation of the Bank, or a taking of the
Bank’s Retained Earnings by any future federal action,
nothing in the Retained Earnings Capital Plan Amendment shall
change the rights of the holders of the Bank’s Class B stock
that confer ownership of Retained Earnings, including Restricted
Retained Earnings, as granted under Section 6(h) of the
Act.

 

11.3                       

Limitation
on Dividends, Stock Purchase and Stock Redemption

 

11.3.1                  

General
Rule on Dividends

 

From
the REFCORP Termination Date through the Restriction Termination
Date, the Bank may not pay Dividends, or otherwise reallocate funds
(except as expressly provided in subsection 11.2.2.5, and further
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Earnings account
following a Net Loss pursuant to subsection 11.2.2.3 is not a
reallocation), out of Restricted Retained Earnings. During a
Dividend Restriction Period, the Bank may not pay Dividends out of
the amount of Quarterly Net Income required to be allocated to
Restricted Retained Earnings.

 

11.3.2                  

Limitations
on Repurchase and Redemption

 

From
the REFCORP Termination Date through the Restriction Termination
Date, the Bank shall not engage in a repurchase or redemption
transaction if following such transaction the Bank’s Total
Capital as reported to the FHFA falls below the Bank’s
aggregate paid-in amount of Capital Stock.

 

11.4                       

Termination
of Retained Earnings Capital Plan Amendment
Obligations

 

11.4.1                  

Notice
of Automatic Termination Event

 

11.4.1.1                       

Action
by FHLBanks

 

If the
Bank desires to assert that an Automatic Termination Event has
occurred (or will occur on the effective date of a change in a
statute or the Regulations), the Bank shall provide prompt written
notice to all of the other FHLBanks (and provide a copy to the
FHFA) identifying the specific statutory or regulatory change that
is the basis for the assertion. For the purposes of this section,
‘prompt written notice’ means notice delivered no later
than 90 calendar days subsequent to: (1) the date the specific
statutory change takes effect; or (2) the date an interim final
rule or final rule effecting the specific regulatory change is
published in the Federal Register.

 

If
within 60 calendar days of transmission of such written notice to
all of the other FHLBanks, at least 2/3 of the then existing
FHLBanks (including the Bank) execute a Declaration of Automatic
Termination concurring that the specific statutory or regulatory
change identified in the written notice constitutes an Automatic
Termination Event, then the Declaration of Automatic Termination
shall be delivered by the Bank to the FHFA within 10 calendar days
of the date that the Declaration of Automatic Termination is
executed. After the expiration of a 60 calendar day period that
begins when the Declaration of Automatic Termination is delivered
to the FHFA, or is delivered to the FHFA by another FHLBank
pursuant to the terms of its capital plan, an Automatic Termination
Event Declaration Date shall be deemed to occur (except as provided
in subsection 11.4.1.3).

 

If a
Declaration of Automatic Termination concurring that the specific
statutory or regulatory change identified in the written notice
constitutes an Automatic Termination Event has not been executed by
at least the required 2/3 of the then existing FHLBanks within 60
calendar days of transmission of such notice to all of the other
FHLBanks, the Bank may request a determination from the FHFA that
the specific statutory or regulatory change constitutes an
Automatic Termination Event. Such request must be filed with the
FHFA within 10 calendar days after the expiration of the 60
calendar day period that begins upon transmission of the written
notice of the basis of the assertion to all of the other
FHLBanks.

 

11.4.1.2                       

Action
by FHFA

 

The
Bank may request a determination from the FHFA that a specific
statutory or regulatory change constitutes an Automatic Termination
Event, and may claim that an Automatic Termination Event has
occurred, or will occur, with respect to a specific statutory or
regulatory change only if the Bank has complied with the time
limitations and procedures of subsection 11.4.1.1.

  

 

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If
within 60 calendar days after the Bank delivers such a request to
the FHFA, or another FHLBank delivers such a request pursuant to
its capital plan, the FHFA provides the requesting FHLBank with a
written determination that a specific statutory or regulatory
change is an Automatic Termination Event, then an Automatic
Termination Event Declaration Date shall be deemed to occur as of
the expiration of such 60 calendar day period (except as provided
in subsection 11.4.1.3). The date of the Automatic Termination
Event Declaration Date shall be as of the expiration of such 60
calendar day period (except as provided in subsection 11.4.1.3) no
matter on which day prior to the expiration of the 60 calendar day
period the FHFA has provided its written
determination.

If the
FHFA fails to make a determination within 60 calendar days after an
FHLBank delivers such a request to the FHFA, then an Automatic
Termination Event Declaration Date shall be deemed to occur as of
the date of the expiration of such 60 calendar day period (except
as provided in subsection 11.4.1.3); provided, however, that the
FHFA may make a written request for information from the requesting
FHLBank, and toll such 60 calendar day period from the date that
the FHFA transmits its request until that FHLBank delivers to the
FHFA information responsive to its request.

 

If
within 60 calendar days after an FHLBank delivers to the FHFA a
request for determination that a specific statutory or regulatory
change constitutes an Automatic Termination Event (or such longer
period if the 60 calendar day period is tolled pursuant to the
preceding sentence), the FHFA provides that FHLBank with a written
determination that a specific statutory or regulatory change is not
an Automatic Termination Event, then an Automatic Termination Event
shall not have occurred with respect to such change.

 

11.4.1.3 

Proviso
as to Occurrence of Automatic Termination Event Declaration
Date

 

In no
case under this subsection 11.4.1 may an Automatic Termination
Event Declaration Date be deemed to occur prior to: (1) the date
the specific statutory change takes effect; or (2) the date an
interim final rule or final rule effecting the specific regulatory
change is published in the Federal Register.

 

11.4.2                       

Notice
of Voluntary Termination

 

If the
FHLBanks terminate the Agreement, then the FHLBanks shall provide
written notice to the FHFA that the FHLBanks have voted to
terminate the Agreement.

 

11.4.3 

Consequences
of an Automatic Termination Event or Vote to Terminate the
Agreement

 

11.4.3.1                       

Consequences
of Voluntary Termination

 

In the
event the FHLBanks deliver written notice to the FHFA that the
FHLBanks have voted to terminate the Agreement, then without any
further action by the Bank or the FHFA: (i) the date of delivery of
such notice shall be an Allocation Termination Date; and (ii) one
year from the date of delivery of such notice shall be a
Restriction Termination Date.

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11.4.3.2                       

Consequences
of an Automatic Termination Event Declaration Date

 

If an
Automatic Termination Event Declaration Date has occurred, then
without further action by the Bank or the FHFA: (i) the date of the
Automatic Termination Event Declaration Date shall be an Allocation
Termination Date; and (ii) one year from the date of the Automatic
Termination Event Declaration Date shall be a Restriction
Termination Date.

 

11.4.3.3 

Deletion
of Operative Provisions of Retained Earnings Capital Plan
Amendment

 

Without
any further action by the Bank or the FHFA, on the Restriction
Termination Date, sections 11.1 through 11.4 of this Capital Plan
shall be deleted.

 

 

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Appendix I -- Member Stock Purchase Requirements

 

(Note: This Appendix I to the Capital Plan is effective as of March
1, 2021 and supersedes the Appendix dated October 2,
2020.)

 

A.          

Membership
Stock Purchase Requirement

 

Each
Member is required to purchase Membership Stock equal to the
greater of (i) $1,000 or (ii) 0.125% of the
Mortgage-related Assets held by the Member but in no event greater
than $100 million.

 

B.          

Activity-Based
Stock Purchase Requirement

 

Each
Member is required to purchase Activity-Based Stock in the
following amounts:

 

1.

Advances

Members
are required to purchase Activity-Based Stock equal to 4.50% of the
dollar amount of any outstanding advances under the Advances
Agreement.

 

2. 

Acquired Member Assets

Members
are required to purchase Activity-Based Stock equal to 4.50% of the
outstanding principal balance of the Acquired Member
Assets originated for
or sold to the FHLBNY by a Member that remain on the FHLBNY’s
balance sheet plus the principal amount of delivery commitments
issued to the Member by FHLBNY for Acquired Member Assets to be
held on the FHLBNY’s balance sheet, provided that the
outstanding principal balance of Acquired Member Assets originated
for or sold to the FHLBNY by a Member that were on the
FHLBNY’s balance sheet as of November 30, 2005 will not be
subject to this requirement.

 

3.          

Letters of Credit

Members
are required to purchase Activity-Based Stock equal to 0.125% of
the outstanding principal balance of the off-balance sheet item
relating to all types of new and renewing letters of credit which
the FHLBNY has transacted on a Member’s behalf and issued
under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit Agreement between the FHLBNY
and the Member.

 

4.          

Remaining Off-Balance Sheet Items

Members
are required to purchase Activity-Based Stock equal to the credit
equivalent amount of any off-balance sheet items listed in Section
1277.4(h), Table 5 of the Regulations which the FHLBNY has
transacted on a Member's behalf and which are continuing, excluding
both the outstanding principal balance for letters of credit and
the principal amount of delivery commitments issued to the Member
by FHLBNY for Acquired Member Assets, multiplied by
zero.

 

5.          

Derivative Contracts

Members
are required to purchase Activity-Based Stock equal to 0% of the
carrying value on the FHLBNY’s balance sheet of Derivative
Contracts between the Member and FHLBNY, as determined by FHLBNY
under GAAP.

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