Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of February 15, 2022, by and among SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Silvercrest”), SILVERCREST INVESTORS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Silvercrest Investors”), SILVERCREST INVESTORS II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Silvercrest Investors II”), SILVERCREST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a New York corporation (“Silvercrest Financial”, and together with Silvercrest, Silvercrest Investors, and Silvercrest Investors II, each, a “Borrower”, and collectively, “Borrowers”), and CITY NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association (“Lender”).
RECITALS
A. Borrowers and Lender are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2013 (as heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”).
B. As of the date hereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement is $0, the amount of Letter of Credit Usage is $585,667 and the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement is $9,000,000.
C. Borrowers have requested that the Credit Agreement be amended, and Lender is willing to agree to such amendment on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the other mutual covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWERS:
SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
SILVERCREST INVESTORS LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
SILVERCREST INVESTORS II LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: SILVERCREST L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership,
its Managing Member
By: SILVERCREST ASSET
MANAGEMENT GROUP INC.,
a Delaware corporation,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Scott A. Gerard
Name: Scott Gerard
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SILVERCREST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a New York corporation
By: /s/ Scott A. Gerard
Name: Scott Gerard
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement]
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LENDER: CITY NATIONAL BANK
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[Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement]
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT OF GUARANTOR
AND OBLIGOR
The undersigned, being a Guarantor pursuant to a General Continuing Guaranty, dated as of June 24, 2013 (the “Guaranty”), executed by the undersigned in favor of City National Bank (“Lender”), and an Obligor pursuant to an Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2013 (the “Subordination Agreement”), hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Amendment; (ii) consents to the terms and execution, delivery and performance thereof; (iii) reaffirms all obligations to Lender pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty and Subordination Agreement; and (iv) acknowledges that Lender may amend, restate, extend, renew or otherwise modify the Loan Documents and any indebtedness or agreement of the Borrowers, or enter into any agreement or extend additional or other credit accommodations, without notifying or obtaining the consent of the undersigned and without impairing the obligations of the undersigned under the Guaranty or Subordination Agreement.
SILVERCREST L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT
GROUP INC.,
a Delaware corporation,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Scott A. Gerard
Name: Scott Gerard
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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**ANNEX A TO TENTH AMENDMENT**
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 24, 2013 by and among SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, and CITY NATIONAL BANK |
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Table of Contents
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Article I |
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION |
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Definitions |
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1.2 |
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Construction |
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Article II |
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF LOANS |
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2.1 |
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Revolving Credit Facility |
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2.2 |
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Term Loans |
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2.3 |
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Rate Designation |
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2.4 |
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Interest Rates; Payment Interest |
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2.5 |
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Default Rate |
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2.6 |
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Computation of Interest and Fees; Maximum Interest Rate |
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2.7 |
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Request for Borrowing |
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2.8 |
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Conversion or Continuation |
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2.9 |
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Mandatory Repayment and Prepayment |
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2.10 |
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Voluntary Prepayments; Termination of Commitments |
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2.11 |
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Fees |
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2.12 |
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Letters of Credit |
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2.13 |
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Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations |
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2.14 |
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Increased Costs |
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2.15 |
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Inability to Determine Rates |
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2.16 |
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Funding Sources |
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2.17 |
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Place of Borrowings |
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2.18 |
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Survivability |
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Article III |
CONDITIONS TO LOANS |
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3.1 |
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Conditions Precedent to the Initial Loan |
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3.2 |
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Conditions Precedent to All Extensions of Credit |
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Article IV |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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4.1 |
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Due Organization |
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4.2 |
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Securities in Loan Parties |
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4.3 |
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Requisite Power and Authorization |
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4.4 |
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Binding Agreements |
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4.5 |
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Other Agreements |
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4.6 |
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Litigation: Adverse Facts |
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4.7 |
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Government Consents |
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4.8 |
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Title to Assets; Liens |
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4.9 |
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Payment of Taxes |
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4.10 |
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Governmental Regulation |
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4.11 |
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Disclosure |
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4.12 |
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Debt |
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4.13 |
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Existing Defaults |
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4.14 |
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No Default; No Material Adverse Effect |
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4.15 |
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Affiliate Transactions |
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4.16 |
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Nature of Business |
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4.17 |
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Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts |
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4.18 |
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Solvency |
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4.19 |
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Holding Company Status |
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Article V |
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Accounting Records and Inspection |
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5.2 |
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Financial Statements and Other Information |
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5.3 |
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Existence |
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5.4 |
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Payment of Taxes and Claims |
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5.5 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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5.6 |
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Further Assurances |
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5.7 |
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Formation of Subsidiaries |
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5.8 |
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Foreign Qualification |
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5.9 |
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Control Agreements |
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5.10 |
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Management Fees |
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5.11 |
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Silvercrest Financial Stock Certificate |
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Article VI |
NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Debt |
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6.2 |
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Liens |
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6.3 |
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Investments |
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6.4 |
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Dividends; Distributions |
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6.5 |
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Restriction on Fundamental Changes |
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6.6 |
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Sale of Assets |
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6.7 |
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Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates |
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6.8 |
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Conduct of Business |
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6.9 |
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Amendments or Waivers of Certain Documents; Actions Requiring the Consent of Lender |
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6.10 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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6.11 |
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Holding Company Status |
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6.12 |
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Margin Regulation |
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6.13 |
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Misrepresentations |
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6.14 |
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Accounting Changes |
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6.15 |
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Financial Covenants |
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Article VII |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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Events of Default |
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7.2 |
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Remedies |
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Application of Payments and Proceeds of Collateral |
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Article VIII |
EXPENSES AND INDEMNITIES |
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Expenses |
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Indemnity |
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Article IX |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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9.1 |
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No Waivers, Remedies |
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9.2 |
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Waivers and Amendments |
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9.3 |
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Taxes |
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9.4 |
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Notices |
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9.5 |
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Successors and Assigns |
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9.6 |
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Headings |
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9.7 |
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Execution in Counterparts; Effectiveness |
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9.8 |
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GOVERNING LAW |
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9.9 |
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JURISDICTION AND VENUE |
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9.10 |
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WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY |
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9.11 |
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
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9.12 |
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Independence of Covenants |
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9.13 |
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Confidentiality |
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9.14 |
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Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations |
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9.15 |
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Complete Agreement |
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9.16 |
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USA Patriot Act Notice |
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9.17 |
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Silvercrest as Agent for Borrowers |
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9.18 |
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Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability, Contribution |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit C-1 Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit R-1 Form of Request for Borrowing
Exhibit R-2 Form of Request for Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit 9.4 Addresses and Information for Notices
Schedule L-1 Lender’s Account
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 24, 2013, is entered into by and among SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Silvercrest”), SILVERCREST INVESTORS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Silvercrest Investors”), SILVERCREST INVESTORS II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Silvercrest Investors II”), SILVERCREST FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., a New York corporation (“Silvercrest Financial”, together with Silvercrest Investors, Silvercrest Investors II, and Silvercrest, each individually a “Borrower” and, collectively, the “Borrowers”), and CITY NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association (“Lender”).
“Administrative Borrower” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 9.17.
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”), means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the power to direct the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting Securities, by contract, or otherwise; provided, however, that, for purposes of Section 4.15 or Section 6.7 of this Agreement: (a) any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of a Person shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person, (b) each director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person, and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Person.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement among Borrowers and Lender, together with all exhibits and schedules hereto, including the Disclosure Statement.
“Asset” means any interest of a Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal, or mixed real and personal, or whether tangible or intangible.
“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 Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest 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 Period” pursuant to Section 2.15(e).
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“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute, and all of the rules and regulations issued or promulgated in connection therewith.
“Base LIBOR Rate” means:
(a) Pre-IHI, the London InterBank Offered Rates for Dollar deposits as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars) as made available by Bloomberg LP, or such other information service available to Lender, for the applicable Interest Period for the LIBOR Rate Loan selected by Administrative Borrower and as quoted by Lender on the Business Day Administrative Borrower requests a LIBOR Rate Loan or on the last day of an expiring Interest Period.
(b) Post-IHI, the London InterBank Offered Rates for Dollar deposits as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for Dollars) as made available by Bloomberg LP, or such other information service available to Lender, for the applicable monthly period upon which the Interest Period is based for the LIBOR Rate Loan as determined by Lender two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of each Interest Period.
“Base Rate” means the rate most recently announced by Lender at its principal office in Los Angeles, California as its “Prime Rate”. Any change in the interest rate resulting from a change in the Base Rate will be effective on the day on which each change in the Base Rate is announced by Lender.
“Base Rate Margin” means 0.25 percentage points.
“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at the Base Rate.
“Benchmark” means, initially, USD LIBOR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to USD 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 2.15(b).
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Lender 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;
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(3) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Lender 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 as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for Dollar -denominated syndicated or bilateral credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
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 Lender in its reasonable discretion. 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 Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest 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 Lender:
(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 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 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,” the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Lender for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the
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Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated or bilateral credit facilities;
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 Lender 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 “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, 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 Lender decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Lender in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Lender decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Lender determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Lender decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the 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 such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all 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; or
(3) 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 Administrative Borrower, so long as the Lender has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (Los Angeles time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to Administrative Borrower, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Administrative Borrower.
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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 the then-current Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the of such Benchmark (or such component) administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer representative.
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).
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“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.15 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.15.
“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors (or comparable managers) of such Person, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or comparable managers).
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” have the meaning specified therefor in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan made by Lender to Borrowers.
“Business Day” means a day when major commercial banks are open for business in California, other than Saturdays or Sundays.
“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all cash expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means the aggregate amount which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be reported as a liability on the balance sheet of a Person at such time in respect of such Person’s interest as lessee under a capitalized lease.
“Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the six highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), (c) SEC-registered marketable obligations maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the four highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s, (d) commercial paper maturing no more than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s, (e) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, (f) demand deposit accounts maintained with any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as the amount maintained with any individual bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (g) marketable short-term money market securities and similar highly liquid funds having a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2
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from Moody’s with maturities of 3 months or less from the date of acquisition, (h) Investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described in clauses (a) through (g) above, and (i) Pre-refunded Bonds.
“CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in the Code).
“Change of Control Event” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) (i) prior to the Initial Distribution, Permitted Holders fail to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, voting Securities of the General Partnership representing at least a majority of the total voting power of the voting Securities of the General Partnership, or (ii) prior to the Reorganization, Permitted Holders fail to own directly at least a majority of the limited partnership interests of Parent, or (iii) the General Partnership fails to own directly 100% of the general partnership interests of Parent other than any portion of the general partnership interests that are distributed pursuant to the Initial Distribution or transferred to the IPO Vehicle pursuant to the GP Transfer, or (iv) prior to the Reorganization, Parent fails to own directly 100% of the Securities of the Borrowers and the Singapore Subsidiary, or (v) at any time after the consummation of the Reorganization, (1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), acquires, directly or indirectly, more than 30% of the total voting Securities of the IPO Vehicle or any of its direct or indirect parent entities, (2) the IPO Vehicle fails to own directly 100% of the general partnership interests of Parent, or (3) Parent fails to own directly 100% of the Securities of the Borrowers and the Singapore Subsidiary; or
(b) prior to the Reorganization, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the General Partnership, and at any time after the reorganization, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the IPO Vehicle, do not constitute Continuing Directors.
“Closing Date” means the first date on which the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement have been satisfied or waived by Lender.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party upon which a Lien is granted pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents in favor of the Lender to secure the Obligations owed by the Loan Parties to Lender under the Loan Documents, provided that the Collateral shall not include any Excluded Assets.
“Commitments” means the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment and the Term Loan Commitment.
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“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 delivered by a Responsible Officer of Administrative Borrower to Lender.
“Contingent Obligation” means, as to any Person and without duplication of amounts, any written obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether guaranteed, endorsed, co made, discounted, or sold with recourse to such Person) any Debt, noncancellable lease, dividend, reimbursement obligations relating to letters of credit, or any other obligation that pertains to Debt, a noncancellable lease, a dividend, or a reimbursement obligation related to letters of credit (each, a “primary obligation”) of any other Person (“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, any written obligation of such Person, irrespective of whether contingent, (a) to purchase any such primary obligation, (b) to advance or supply funds (whether in the form of a loan, advance, Securities purchase, capital contribution, or otherwise) (i) for the purchase, repurchase, or payment of any such primary obligation or any Asset constituting direct or indirect security therefor, or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor, or otherwise to maintain the net worth, solvency, or other financial condition of the primary obligor, or (c) to purchase or make payment for any Asset, securities, services, or noncancellable lease if primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Contingent Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Debt, lease, dividend, or obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Continuing Director” means (a) any member of the Board of Directors who was a director (or comparable manager) of the General Partnership on the Closing Date, and (b) any individual who becomes a member of the Board of Directors after the Closing Date if such individual was approved, appointed or nominated for election to the Board of Directors by either the Permitted Holders or a majority of the Continuing Directors, but excluding any such individual originally proposed for election in opposition to the Board of Directors in office at the Closing Date in an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of the General Partnership and whose initial assumption of office resulted from such contest or the settlement thereof.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement, or other instrument to which that Person is a party or to which any of its Assets is subject.
“Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, executed and delivered by one of the Loan Parties, Lender, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
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“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.
“Cortina Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2019, among Silvercrest, Parent, Cortina Asset Management, LLC, and the principals identified therein, as in effect on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date.
“Current Portion of Long-Term Debt” means, as a of any date of determination, the current portion of long-term Debt (excluding Debt owing to sellers of assets or Securities to a Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and the Revolving Loans) of the Borrowers, the Singapore Subsidiary and their respective Subsidiaries scheduled to be due and payable within twelve (12) months of such date.
“Daily Balance” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Obligation, the amount of such Obligation owed at the end of such day.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Lender 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 Lender decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Lender, then the Lender may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication (a) all obligations for such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, interest rate swaps, or other financial products, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of Assets or services, exclusive of trade payables, that are due and payable in the ordinary and usual course of such Person’s business, (d) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (e) all obligations or liabilities of others secured by a Lien on any Asset owned by such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability is assumed, to the extent of the lesser of such obligation or liability or the fair market value of such Asset, and (f) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (e). The amount of any net obligation under any interest rate swap or other financial product on any date shall be deemed to be, in respect of any one or more interest rate swaps or other financial products, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such interest rate swaps or other financial contracts, (i) for any date on or after the date such interest rate swap or financial product, as the case may be, has been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (ii) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (i), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such interest rate swap or other financial product, as the case may be, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such interest rate swap or other financial product, as the case may be.
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“Deposit Account” means any “deposit account” (as that term is defined in the UCC).
“Designated Account” means Deposit Account number 210221832 of Borrowers maintained with Lender, or such other deposit account of Borrowers (located within the United States and approved by Lender in Lender’s reasonable discretion) designated, in writing, and from time to time, by Administrative Borrower to Lender.
“Disclosure Statement” means that certain statement, executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of Borrowers, that sets forth information regarding or exceptions to the representations, warranties, and covenants made by Borrowers herein, as amended from time to time to the extent permitted hereby.
“Discretionary Assets Under Management” means, as of any date, the aggregate amount of discretionary assets under management by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent that Management Fees accrue based on any such amount. For the avoidance of doubt, “Discretionary Assets Under Management” shall not include non-discretionary assets under management that are monitored by any Parent or its Subsidiaries.
“Distribution” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6.4 hereof.
“Dollars” and “$” mean United States of America dollars or such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the United States of America.
“Drawing Document” means any Letter of Credit or other document presented for purposes of drawing under any Letter of Credit.
“Early Opt-in Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the occurrence of:
(1) a determination by the Lender that at least five currently outstanding Dollar-denominated syndicated or bilateral credit facilities at such time 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 credit facilities are identified in the notice to Administrative Borrower described in clause (2) below and are publicly available for review), and
(2) the election by the Lender to trigger a fallback from USD LIBOR and the provision by the Lender of written notice of such election to Administrative Borrower.
“EBITDA” means, for any period, (a) the consolidated net income of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period plus, (b) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining consolidated net income for such period, the sum of (i) provision for Taxes based on income (including, without limitation, franchise taxes based on income), profits or capital, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) amortization of intangibles (including goodwill), (v) any non-cash charges (including, for the avoidance of doubt, non-cash charges
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resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards), (vi) Transaction Costs and reasonable and documented nonrecurring transaction costs and expenses incurred in connection with any incurrence or issuance of Debt, issuance of Securities, Investments, Permitted Acquisitions, dispositions of Assets or other similar transactions, in each case, to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement and whether or not consummated, (vii) restructuring expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 during the trailing twelve-month period, (viii) severance expenses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 in any period, (ix) non-recurring expenses associated with office expansion (including office expansion with respect to the Singapore Subsidiary) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 during the trailing twelve-month period, (x) without duplication of clause (ix), losses associated with de novo locations (i.e. locations opened within the last 24 months), including locations of the Singapore Subsidiary, of up to an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 during the trailing twelve-month period, and (xi) other nonrecurring charges in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 during the trailing twelve-month period and any other nonrecurring charges in excess thereof to the extent approved by Lender, and minus, (c) without duplication and to the extent included in determining consolidated net income for such period, the sum of (i) interest income, (ii) any extraordinary income or gains, (iii) gains associated with the termination of interest rate swap contracts or hedging agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such gains are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP, and (iv) any other non-cash income or gain for such period (excluding any such non cash income or gain (x) for which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period and (y) to the extent it represents the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period).
For the purposes of calculating EBITDA for any period of twelve consecutive months (each, a “Reference Period”) during which the Permitted Acquisition pursuant to the Cortina Purchase Agreement has been made, EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such Permitted Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Borrowers and Lender) or in such other manner acceptable to Lender as if such Permitted Acquisition or adjustment occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.
“Employee Shareholder” means an employee of Silvercrest who is a Shareholder of Parent or the General Partnership on the Closing Date.
“Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement” means the sum (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal) of reserves (including, without limitation, any basic, marginal, supplemental, or emergency reserves) that are required to be maintained by banks during the Interest Period under any regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, applicable to funding based on so-called “Eurocurrency Liabilities”, including Regulation D (12 CFR 224).
“Eurodollar Business Day” means any Business Day on which major commercial banks are open for international business (including dealings in Dollar deposits) in New York, New York and London, England.
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“Event of Default” has the meaning specified therefor in Article VII hereof.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute, and all of the rules and regulations issued or promulgated in connection therewith.
“Excluded Assets” means (i) any directly held investment property or general intangibles, or any rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement covering real or personal property of any Loan Party, if under the terms of any organizational document or agreement relating thereto (in the case of directly held investment property or general intangibles) or such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, organizational document or other agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or lien therein is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, organizational document or other agreement or a consent is required for the grant of such security interest and such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, organizational document or other agreement has not been obtained (provided, that, (A) the foregoing exclusions of this clause (i) shall in no way be construed (1) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is ineffective under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC or other applicable law, or (2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Lender’s security interest or lien to attach notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement and (B) the foregoing exclusions of clause (i) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of Lender’s continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Loan Party in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Security, or (2) any proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Securities); (ii) or any management agreement, advisory agreement, subadvisory agreement, investment advisory agreement or similar agreement (provided the foregoing exclusions shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of Lender’s continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Loan Party in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any such management agreement, advisory agreement, subadvisory agreement, investment advisory agreement or similar agreement, or (2) any proceeds from the sale or other dispositions of any such management agreement, advisory agreement, subadvisory agreement, investment advisory agreement or similar agreement); (iii) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law, provided that upon submission and acceptance by the US Patent and Trademark Office of an amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall be considered Collateral; (iv) any Deposit Account exclusively used for all or any of the following purposes: payroll, benefits, taxes, trusts, utility payments, escrow, customs, insurance impress accounts, other fiduciary purposes or compliance with legal requirements to the extent such legal requirements prohibit the granting of a Lien thereon, or (v) any general partnership or managing
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member interests held by any Loan Party (provided that such exclusion in this clause (v) shall not be construed to apply to any economic interests related thereto).
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor thereto.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, for any period and with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the ratio of (i) the sum of (a) EBITDA for such period minus (b) all Capital Expenditures made during such period minus (c) 40% of EBITDA as a proxy for Permitted Tax Distributions for such period minus (d) Taxes based on income (including, without limitation, franchise taxes based on income), profits or capital payable for such period minus (e) earn-outs due in respect of Permitted Acquisitions (other than the Growth Cash Payment) and paid or payable in cash during such period minus (f) the greater of (x) $15,000,000 minus the amount of cash on hand of the Loan Parties immediately after giving effect to the amount of the Growth Cash Payment paid or payable by any Loan Party pursuant to the Cortina Purchase Agreement and (y) $0 to (ii) Fixed Charges for such period.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any period and with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a) Interest Expense paid in cash (less the amount of any interest income received in cash) during such period, plus (b) the Current Portion of Long-Term Debt, plus (c) payments made in cash during such period on Debt owing to sellers of assets or Securities to a Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, plus (d) payments made in cash during such period on Debt assumed in connection with any acquisition of assets or Securities by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
“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 USD LIBOR.
“Funding Date” means the date on which a Loan is made by Lender to Borrowers.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time.
“General Partnership” means Silvercrest GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Governing Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or Articles of incorporation or formation, by-laws or operating agreement, or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, central bank, court, tribunal, or other instrumentality, domestic or foreign.
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“GP Transfer” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of “Reorganization” in this Section 1.1.
“Growth Cash Payment” has the meaning specified therefor in the Cortina Purchase Agreement.
“Guarantors” means Parent and any other Person who is joined as a guarantor under the Guaranty, and “Guarantor” means any one of them.
“Guaranty” means that certain General Continuing Guaranty, dated as of the date hereof, made by the Guarantors party thereto in favor of Lender.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum non-usurious interest rate, as in effect from time to time, that may be charged, contracted for, reserved, received, or collected by Lender in connection with the Loans.
“IHI Date” means the first day of the month after Borrowers and Lender enter into an Interest Hedging Instrument and such agreement becomes effective with respect to one or more Term Loans or any portion thereof (and as applicable only to such Term Loans or portion thereof).
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8.2 hereof.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 8.2 of hereof.
“Initial Distribution” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of “Reorganization” in this Section 1.1.
“Initial Interest Period” means the time from the date of this Agreement through the last day of the month in which the effective date of an Interest Hedging Instrument occurs, if any, entered into with respect to a Term Loan.
“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.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means that certain Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Loan Parties and Lender.
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“Interest Expense” means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Hedging Instrument” means any documentation evidencing any interest rate swap, interest “cap” or “collar” or any other interest rate hedging device or swap agreement (as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101 et. seq.) between any Borrower and Lender (or any Affiliate of Lender); provided however, nothing herein shall be deemed to be a commitment by Lender (or any Affiliate of Lender) to enter into any interest rate swap, interest “cap” or “collar” or any other interest rate hedging device or swap agreement.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December in each year, and (y) in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, (i) on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, and (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period greater than three (3) months in duration, the date that is three (3) months after the commencement of the applicable Interest Period.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan:
(a) Pre-IHI, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR Rate Loan is made (including the date a Base Rate Loan is converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan, or a LIBOR Rate Loan is renewed as a LIBOR Rate Loan, which, in the latter case, will be the last day of the expiring Interest Period) and ending on the date which is one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, as selected by Administrative Borrower; provided, however, that no Interest Period may extend beyond (a) with respect to Revolving Loans, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, or (b) with respect to Term Loans, the Term Loan Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan selected by Administrative Borrower is no longer available the Interest Period shall be the Interest Period next shortest in duration.
(b) Post-IHI, each one (1) month period commencing the first day of the month after the date of this Agreement and on the first day of each succeeding month, provided, however, no Interest Period may extend beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date. The LIBOR Rate shall adjust on the first day of each Interest Period, based on the LIBOR Rate as determined by Lender two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of each Interest Period.
“Investment” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by such Person of, or acquisition of a beneficial interest in, stock, instruments, bonds, debentures or other Securities of any other Person, or any direct or indirect loan, advance, or capital contribution by such Person to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable due from that other Person that did not arise from sales or the rendition of services to that other Person in the ordinary and usual course of such Person’s business, and deposit accounts (including certificates of deposit).
“IPO Sale” has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of “Reorganization” in this Section 1.1.
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“IPO Vehicle” means Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 (International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590) and any subsequent revision thereof adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce on the date such Letter of Credit is issued.
“Lender” has the meaning set forth in the introduction to this Agreement, including its permitted successors and assigns.
“Lender’s Account” means the Deposit Account of Lender identified on Schedule L-1.
“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit (as that term is defined in the UCC) issued by Lender.
“Letter of Credit Agreements” means a Letter of Credit Application, together with any and all related letter of credit agreements pursuant to which Lender agrees to issue, amend, or extend a Letter of Credit, or pursuant to which Borrowers agree to reimburse Lender for all Letter of Credit Disbursements, each such application and related agreement to be in the form specified by Lender from time to time.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application requesting Lender to issue, amend, or extend a Letter of Credit, each such application to be in the form specified by Lender from time to time.
“Letter of Credit Collateralization” means either (a) providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Lender, including provisions that specify that the Letter of Credit fee and all usage charges set forth in this Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreements will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Lender for the benefit of Lender in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, (b) delivering to Lender the original of each Letter of Credit, together with documentation executed by all beneficiaries under each Letter of Credit in form and substance acceptable to Lender terminating all of such beneficiaries’ rights under such Letters of Credit, or (c) providing Lender with a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, from a commercial bank acceptable to Lender (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit fee and all usage charges set forth in this Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such standby letter of credit).
“Letter of Credit Disbursement” means a payment made by Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
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“Letter of Credit Indemnified Costs” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(e) of this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Related Person” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.12(e) of this Agreement.
“Letter of Credit Usage” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, and (ii) the aggregate amount of outstanding reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit which remain unreimbursed or which have not been paid through a Borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility.
“LIBOR Rate” means:
(a) Pre-IHI, the rate per year (rounded upward to the next one-sixteenth (1/16th) of one percent (0.0625%), if necessary) determined by Lender to be the quotient of (a) the Base LIBOR Rate divided by (b) one minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement for the applicable Interest Period; which is expressed by the following formula:
Base LIBOR Rate |
1 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement |
(b) Post-IHI, the rate per year determined by Lender to be the quotient of (a) the Base LIBOR Rate divided by (b) one minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement for the applicable Interest Period; which is expressed by the following formula:
Base LIBOR Rate |
1 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement |
“LIBOR Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate.
“LIBOR Rate Margin” means 2.75 percentage points.
“Lien” means any lien, hypothecation, mortgage, pledge, assignment (including any assignment of rights to receive payments of money) for security, security interest, charge, or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest) in each case, in the nature of a security interest.
“Loan Account” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.13 hereof.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Guaranty, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Stock Pledge Agreement, any Letter of Credit Applications and other Letter of Credit Agreements entered into by Borrowers in connection with this Agreement, and any and all other documents, agreements,
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or instruments that have been or are entered into by any Loan Party, on the one hand, and Lender, on the other hand, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Loan Party” means any Borrower or any Guarantor.
“Loans” means, individually and collectively, the Revolving Loans or the Term Loans.
“LP Amendment” means the amendment of the Limited Partnership Agreement of Parent in connection with the Reorganization to provide that its limited partnership interests shall convert into Class B units and its general partnership interests shall convert into Class A units, with such other terms and conditions not materially adverse to the interests of Lender.
“Management Fee” means any management, advisory, or sub-advisory fee and any other similar compensation paid to Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries by any Person for management or advisory services provided by Borrowers or such Subsidiary, as applicable, for such Person or its assets (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, any carried interest or any similar profit interest in any such Person).
“Margin Securities” means “margin stock” as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, the occurrence and continuance of any of the following: (a) a material adverse change in the business, operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Borrower, individually, or the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of any Loan Party’s ability to perform its obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or of the Lender’s ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral, or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of the Lender’s Liens with respect to the Collateral.
“Material Agreements” means, with respect to any Borrower, each contract or agreement to which such Person is a party involving aggregate consideration payable to or by such Person of $3,000,000 or more during any fiscal year.
“Maximum Revolver Amount” means $10,000,000.
“Maximum Term Amount” means $25,500,000.
“Mezzanine Securities” means loans, equity investments or other investments which consist of mezzanine investments, subordinated debt investments, bank loans, high yield bonds, equity securities, distressed debt securities or other similar investments.
“Obligations” means all loans (including the Revolving Loans and the Term Loans), debts, principal, interest, reimbursement or indemnification obligations with respect to Letters of Credit (irrespective of whether contingent), premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to Administrative Borrower’s Loan Account pursuant hereto), obligations (including
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indemnification obligations), fees, charges, costs, expenses (including any portion thereof that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding), lease payments, guaranties, covenants, and duties of any kind and description owing by any Borrower to Lender pursuant to or evidenced by the Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all expenses that any Borrower is required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents, by law, or otherwise. Any reference in this Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.
“Overadvance Amount” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.9(c) hereof.
“Parent” means Silvercrest L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“Permitted Acquisition” means the purchase or other acquisition directly by a Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party of (a) all of the Securities in, or all or substantially all of the property of, any Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Subsidiary of a Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party, or (b) some or all of the assets of any Person or Persons that, collectively and as a whole, constitute all or substantially all of a single business line, unit or division of such Person or Persons’ consolidated corporate family (including, in any case, as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided that, with respect to each such purchase or other acquisition:
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(1) written notice of the proposed acquisition and a description of the business of the Person to be acquired or assets to be acquired;
(2) copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to the proposed acquisition;
(3) historical financial statements of the Person to be acquired (or the historical financial statements related to the assets to be acquired) for the most recent trailing twelve-month period of such Person (or related to such assets); and
(5) written confirmation, supported by reasonably detailed calculations, that Parent and its Subsidiaries are projected to be in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.15 of the Agreement (taking into account the effects of the proposed acquisition, including, without limitation, the assumption of any Debt in connection therewith and Debt owing to sellers in connection therewith and payments made thereunder), for each of the 4 fiscal quarter periods immediately following the proposed date of consummation of such proposed acquisition;
“Permitted Holders” means, collectively, the employees of Silvercrest.
“Permitted Investments” means (a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents, (b) Investments in negotiable instruments for collection, (c) advances made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business, (d) extensions of credit to any other Borrower or a Subsidiary of a Borrower that is a Loan Party so long as such Person is a party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, (e) Investments (other than extensions of credit) in any new Subsidiary formed or created after the Closing Date that is a Loan Party; (f) to the extent constituting Investments, the Obligations and the Debt of the Guarantors under the Guaranty, (g) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or insolvency of any debtor and in settlement of delinquent accounts or other disputes owing by such debtor to any Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (h) Investments received as the non-cash portion from any disposition of any Assets by any Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.6 hereof, (i) Permitted Acquisitions, (j) Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and were in existence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition, (k) Investments
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existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.3, and (l) so long as no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $13,000,000; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition of “Permitted Investments”, the aggregate amount of all Investments made in any Subsidiary that has incurred or assumed secured Debt permitted under Sections 6.1(k) and 6.2(a), which Debt is not otherwise subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to Lender, shall in no event exceed $250,000 during the term of this Agreement while any such Debt remains outstanding or commitments relating to any such Debt have not been terminated.
“Permitted Liens” means: (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments, or governmental charges or claims, the payment of which is not, at such time, required by Section 5.4 hereof, (b) any attachment or judgment Lien either in existence less than 30 calendar days after the entry thereof, or with respect to which execution has been stayed, or with respect to which payment in full above any applicable deductible is covered by insurance (so long as no reservation of rights has been made by the insurer in connection with such coverage), (c) Liens incurred to secure any surety bonds, appeal bonds, supersedeas bonds, or other instruments serving a similar purpose in connection with the appeal of any such judgment, (d) banker’s Liens in the nature of rights of setoff arising in the ordinary course of business of any Borrower or the Singapore Subsidiary, (e) Liens granted by the Loan Parties to Lender in order to secure their respective obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which they are a party, (f) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests, (g) Liens on amounts deposited to secure any Borrower’s, the Singapore Subsidiary’s or any of their respective Subsidiaries’ obligations in connection with worker’s compensation or other unemployment insurance, (h) with respect to any real property, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions, minor defects or other irregularities of title and other similar encumbrances that, in the aggregate, which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto and that do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof, (i) Liens set forth on Schedule 6.2; provided, however, that to qualify as a Permitted Lien, any such Lien described on Schedule 6.2 shall only secure the Debt that it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, (j) Liens securing Debt of any Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(b) (provided that (i) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with, or within 90 days of, the incurrence of such Debt and (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Debt), (k) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by any Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased, (l) Liens evidenced by precautionary UCC financing statements relating to operating leases, bailments and consignments of personal property, (m) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to a Permitted Acquisition, (n) Liens securing Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(j) and 6.1(k), so long as such Liens attach solely to the assets or business acquired in the Permitted Acquisition that is financed by
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such Debt (including any acquired Securities), and (o) other Liens not specified in clauses (a) through (n) above that do not secure Debt for borrowed money or letters of credit, so long as neither (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (ii) the aggregate fair market value (determined, in the case of each such Lien, as of the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto exceed $300,000 at any time.
“Permitted Protest” means the right of any Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or any of their respective Subsidiaries to protest any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on such Borrower’s, the Singapore Subsidiary’s or such Subsidiary’s books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by such Borrower, the Singapore Subsidiary or such Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Lender is satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of Lender’s Liens.
“Permitted Tax Distribution” means, with respect to any tax period (or portion thereof) of any Borrower or the Singapore Subsidiary during which such Borrower or the Singapore Subsidiary is not treated as a separately taxable entity, for federal or state income tax purposes, cash distributions to any direct or indirect, Shareholder of any Borrower or the Singapore Subsidiary with respect to each such tax period for which income tax, or an installment of estimated tax, would be required to be paid by such Shareholder by virtue of owning, directly or indirectly, Securities in such Borrower or the Singapore Subsidiary, assuming a tax rate equal to the maximum combined federal, state, and local income tax rate applicable to either a corporation or a natural person that is a resident of New York City, New York (whichever is higher).
“Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities.
“Post-IHI” shall mean the time after the end of the Initial Interest Period for any Term Loan subject to an Interest Hedging Instrument.
“Pre-refunded Bond” means a bond that originally may have been issued as a general obligation or revenue bond but that is now secured by an escrow fund consisting entirely of either: (a) direct obligations of the U.S. government (or any agency thereof), and that are sufficient for paying the bondholders; or (b) cash.
“Pre-IHI” shall mean either: (i) the time during which no Interest Hedging Instrument is in effect for the applicable Term Loan, or (ii) the time before the end of the Initial Interest Period for any Term Loan subject to an Interest Hedging Instrument.
“Projections” means Parent’s forecasted profit and loss statements, balance sheets and statements of cash flows, prepared on a basis consistent with Parent’s historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.
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“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is USD LIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two London banking days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not USD LIBOR, the time determined by the Lender in its reasonable discretion.
“Refinancing Debt” means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Debt so long as:
“Regulatory Change” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.14 hereof.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.
“Reorganization” means (i) the distribution of certain of the general partnership interests of Parent currently held by the General Partnership to the certain members of the General Partnership and the automatic conversion of such general partnership units into limited partnership interests of Parent (the “Initial Distribution”), (ii) the transfer by the General Partnership of its remaining general partnership interests in Parent to the IPO Vehicle (the “GP Transfer”), (iii) the LP Amendment, (iv) a bona fide underwritten sale to the public of common Securities of the IPO Vehicle, in any transaction or series or related transactions, pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-1 that is declared effective by the SEC (the “IPO Sale”), and (v) the purchase by the IPO Vehicle of all of the limited partnership interests of Parent held by Vulcan Wealth Management LLC and certain limited partnership interests of Parent held by other Persons.
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“Request for Borrowing” means an irrevocable written notice from a Responsible Officer of Administrative Borrower to Lender of a Borrower’s request to borrow any Loan, which notice shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit R-1 attached hereto.
“Request for Conversion/Continuation” means an irrevocable written notice from a Responsible Officer of Administrative Borrower to Lender pursuant to the terms of Section 2.7, substantially in the form of Exhibit R-2 attached hereto.
“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the managing partner, managing member, chief executive officer, chief financial officer or chief operating officer of such Person, or (b) any other officer of such Person designated by an officer of the type described in clause (a).
“Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility described in Section 2.1 hereof pursuant to which Lender provides Revolving Loans to Borrowers and issues Letters of Credit for the account of Borrowers.
“Revolving Credit Facility Commitment” means the commitment of Lender to make Revolving Loans and to issue Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount.
“Revolving Credit Facility Usage” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal balance of all Revolving Loans outstanding at such time, plus (b) the amount of the Letter of Credit Usage at such time.
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the earlier of (a) June 18, 2022 and (b) such earlier date on which the Obligations shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Revolving Loan” means a revolving loan made by Lender to Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.
“Revolving Loan Obligations” means any Obligation with respect to the Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit (including the principal thereof, the interest thereon, and the fees and expenses specifically related thereto).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America or any successor thereto.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Loan Parties and Lender.
“Securities” means the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests, or other securities of a Person, all warrants, options, convertible securities, and other interests which may be exercised in respect of, converted into or otherwise relate to such Person’s capital stock,
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partnership interests, membership interests, or other equity interests and any other securities, including debt securities of such Person.
“Securities Account” means a securities account (as that term is defined in the UCC).
“Seventh Amendment Effective Date” means July 1, 2019.
“Shareholder” means, with respect to each Person, the holder of some or all of the Securities in such Person.
“Silvercrest” has the meaning specified therefor in the Preamble hereto.
“Singapore Subsidiary” means Silvercrest Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private limited company.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that (a) at fair valuations, the sum of such Person’s debts (including contingent liabilities) is less than all of such Person’s assets, (b) such Person is not engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which the remaining assets of such Person are unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction or for which the property remaining with such Person is an unreasonably small capital, and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or reasonably believe that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise), and (d) such Person is “solvent” or not “insolvent”, as applicable within the meaning given those terms and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
“Standard Letter of Credit Practice” means, for Lender, any domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practices applicable in the city in which Lender issued the applicable Letter of Credit or, for its branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised, confirmed or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, in each case, (a)
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which letter of credit practices are of banks that regularly issue letters of credit in the particular city, and (b) which laws or letter of credit practices are required or permitted under ISP or UCP 600, as chosen in the applicable Letter of Credit.
“Stock Pledge Agreement” means that certain Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Parent and Lender.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (a) any corporation in which such Person, directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries, owns more than 50% of the Securities of any class or classes having by the terms thereof the ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company, or other entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries, has more than a 50% equity interest at the time.
“Taxes” means any tax based upon, or measured by net or gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, occupation, premium or property taxes, or conduct of business, together with any interest and penalties, additions to tax and additional amounts imposed by any federal, state, local, or foreign taxing authority upon any Person.
“Tenth Amendment Effective Date” means February 15, 2022.
“Term Loan” means a term loan made by Lender to Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof.
“Term Loan Facility” means the delayed-draw term loan facility described in Section 2.2 hereof pursuant to which Lender provides Term Loans to Borrowers.
“Term Loan Draw Date” means each date on which a Term Loan is made hereunder, each of which shall occur, if ever, not later than July 1, 2024.
“Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of Lender to make Term Loans to Borrowers on each Term Loan Draw Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,500,000.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” means the earlier of (a) July 1, 2026 and (b) such earlier date on which the Obligations shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Term Loan Obligations” means any Obligation with respect to the Term Loans (including the principal thereof, the interest thereon, and the fees and expenses specifically related thereto).
“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.
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“Transaction Costs” means any and all fees, costs and expenses payable by the Loan Parties (including such fees payable to Lender) in connection with the Loans and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“UCC” means the California Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to Lender’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies. To the extent that defined terms set forth herein shall have different meanings under different Articles under the Uniform Commercial Code, the meaning assigned to such defined term under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code shall control.
“UCP 600” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits 2007 Revision, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 and any subsequent revision thereof adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce on the date such Letter of Credit is issued.
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“Unmatured Event of Default” means an event, act, or occurrence which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, would become an Event of Default.
“Upfront Fee” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.11(a).
“USD LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for Dollars.
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Administrative Borrower shall designate each Loan as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan in the Request for Borrowing or Request for Conversion/Continuation given to Lender in accordance with Section 2.7 or Section 2.8, as applicable. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any and all Term Loans subject to an Interest Hedging Instrument shall be LIBOR Rate Loans.
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(x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, in connection with a Benchmark Transition Event, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan 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 Loan 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, or in connection with an Early Opt-in Election, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such
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Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (Los Angeles time) on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to Administrative Borrower without any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or further action or consent of Borrowers, so long as the Lender has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Administrative Borrower.
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Each Borrower makes the following representations and warranties, subject to any exceptions or additional information set forth in the Disclosure Statement with a specific reference to the Section of this Article IV affected thereby, which shall be true, correct, and complete in all respects as of the Closing Date, at and as of the date of each Loan or other extension of credit, as though made on and as of the date of the making of such Loan or other extension of credit (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date), and such representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans or other extensions of credit:
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Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any portion of the Commitments under this Agreement shall be in effect and until payment, in full, of the Loans, with interest accrued and unpaid thereon, any other Obligations, and except as set forth in the Disclosure Statement with specific reference to the Section of this Article V affected thereby concerning
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matters which do not conform to the covenants of this Article V, each Borrower will do, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries of each Loan Party to do, each and all of the following:
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