SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2024-12-26

Document Content:
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<html><head></head><body link=blue lang="EN-US"><div><div align="center"><div align="center"><div style="position:absolute; top:17px; right:64px; font-family:'Times New Roman'; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><td width="92.3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:92.3%;"><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><img src="whf-20241219xex10d1g001.jpg" alt="GRAPHIC"></p></td><td width="7.7%" valign="middle" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:7.7%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" color="white" face="Arial" style="color:white;font-size:1.0pt;">Execution Version
NINTH AMENDMENT TO FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
This Ninth Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (this
"Amendment"), dated as of December 19, 2024, is entered into by and among WHITEHORSE FINANCE
CREDIT I, LLC (the "Company"), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
lender (the "Lender") and administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent"), CITIBANK, N.A., as
collateral agent (the "Collateral Agent") and securities intermediary (the "Securities Intermediary"),
WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC. (the "Portfolio Manager") and VIRTUS GROUP LP, as collateral
administrator (the "Collateral Administrator"). Reference is hereby made to the Fifth Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment dated as of July 15, 2021, as amended by
the Second Amendment dated as of October 4, 2021, as amended by the Third Amendment dated as of
January 4, 2022, as amended by the Fourth Amendment dated as of February 4, 2022, as amended by the
Fifth Amendment dated as of March 30, 2022, as amended by the Sixth Amendment dated as of April 12,
2023, as amended by the Seventh Amendment dated as of June 28, 2024, as amended by the Eighth
Amendment dated as of November 21, 2024 and as further amended or modified from time to time, the
"Loan Agreement"), dated as of April 28, 2021, among the Company, the Lender, the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary, the Portfolio Manager and the Collateral
Administrator. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned thereto
in the Loan Agreement.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to the Loan Agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the terms of the Loan Agreement in accordance
with Section 10.05 thereof as provided for herein; and
ACCORDINGLY, the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT
The Loan Agreement is hereby amended in accordance with Section 10.05 thereof 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 of the Loan Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.
Exhibit A hereto constitutes a conformed copy of the Loan Agreement.
SECTION 2. MISCELLANEOUS.
(A) The parties hereto hereby agree that, except as specifically amended herein, the Loan
Agreement is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects. Except as specifically provided herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this
Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party hereto under the
Loan Agreement, or constitute a waiver of any provision of any other agreement.
(B) The Collateral Administrator, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary are
hereby directed to execute and deliver this Amendment.
(C) [Reserved].
(D) The Portfolio Manager hereby certifies that (i) all of the Company&#x2019;s representations and
warranties set forth in Section 6.01 of the Loan Agreement are true and correct (subject to any materiality
qualifiers set forth therein) as of the date hereof and (ii) as of the date hereof, no Default, Event of Default
or Market Value Cure Failure has occurred and is continuing.
(E) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.</font></p></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-left:2.6515151515151%;margin-right:2.65151515151515%;page-break-after:always;" ><div style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;height:2pt;border:0;margin:30pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"></div></div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;"><td width="92.3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:92.3%;"><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><img src="whf-20241219xex10d1g002.jpg" alt="GRAPHIC"></p></td><td width="7.7%" valign="middle" style="padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;width:7.7%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" color="white" face="Arial" style="color:white;font-size:1.0pt;">(F) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts by email or other
written form of communication, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party
whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
(G) This Amendment shall be effective as of the date of this Amendment first written above.
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