UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 3, 2017 (June 30, 2017)

 


 

New Mountain Finance Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

814-00832

 

27-2978010

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

787 7 th  Avenue, 48 th  Floor, New York, NY 10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 720-0300

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o       Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o       Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company   o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   o

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 30, 2017, New Mountain Finance Corporation (the “Company” ) entered into a first supplement (the “Supplement” ) to its Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated September 30, 2016 (the “Note Purchase Agreement” ), pursuant to which the Company previously issued $90,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.313% Senior Notes due May 15, 2021 (the “Prior Notes” ).  Pursuant to the Supplement, on June 30, 2017, the Company issued to certain institutional investors identified therein, in a private placement, $55,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.760% Series 2017A Senior Notes due July 15, 2022 (the “Notes” ) as an additional series of notes under the Note Purchase Agreement with the same terms as the Prior Notes except as set forth in the Supplement.

 

The Notes will rank pari passu with the Company’s other unsecured indebtedness, including the Prior Notes.  Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2018.  This interest rate is subject to increase in the event that: (i) subject to certain exceptions, the Notes or the Company cease to have an investment grade rating or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Company’s unsecured debt falls below $150,000,000.  In each such event, the Company also has the option to offer to prepay the Notes at par, in which case the holders of the Notes who accept the offer would not receive the increased interest rate. In addition, the Company is obligated to offer to prepay the Notes at par if the Company’s investment adviser, New Mountain Finance Adviser BDC, L.L.C. (the “ Investment Adviser ”), or an affiliate thereof, ceases to be the Company’s investment adviser or if certain change in control events occur with respect to the Investment Adviser. The Note Purchase Agreement also contains customary terms and conditions for unsecured notes issued in a private placement, including, without limitation, affirmative and negative covenants such as information reporting, maintenance of the Company’s status as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and a regulated investment company under the Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum asset coverage ratio, and prohibitions on certain fundamental changes at the Company or any subsidiary guarantor, as well as customary events of default with customary cure and notice, including, without limitation, nonpayment, misrepresentation in a material respect, breach of covenant, cross-default under other indebtedness of the Company or certain significant subsidiaries, certain judgments and orders, and certain events of bankruptcy.

 

The description above is only a summary of the material provisions of the Supplement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Supplement which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

Item 2.03  Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The disclosure set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)         Not applicable.

 

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(b)         Not applicable.

(c)         Not applicable.

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

First Supplement to Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated June 30, 2017, by and between New Mountain Finance Corporation and the purchasers party thereto.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: July 3, 2017

By:

/s/ Karrie J. Jerry

 

 

Name:

Karrie J. Jerry

 

 

Title:

Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

 

Dated as of

June 30, 2017

 

To the Purchaser(s) named in

Schedule A hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This First Supplement to Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement (the “Supplement” ) is between New Mountain Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company” ), and the institutional investors named on Schedule A attached hereto (the “Purchasers” ).

 

Reference is hereby made to that certain Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (the “Note Purchase Agreement” ) among the Company, the First Closing Purchasers listed on Schedule B-1 thereto and the Second Closing Purchasers listed on Schedule B-2 thereto.  Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs 4 and 6 below with respect to replacements of “Second Closing Notes,” “Second Closing,” “Second Closing Purchaser,” and “Effective Date” all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as specified in the Note Purchase Agreement.  Reference is further made to Section 4.14 of the Note Purchase Agreement which requires that, prior to the delivery of any Additional Notes, the Company and each Additional Purchaser shall execute and deliver a Supplement.  The Series 2017A Notes (as defined below) constitute Additional Notes under the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

The Company hereby agrees with the Purchaser(s) as follows:

 

1.        The Company has authorized the issue and sale of $55,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.760% Series 2017A Senior Notes due July 15, 2022 (the “Series 2017A Notes” ).  The Series 2017A Notes, together with the Series 2016 Notes issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement and each series of Additional Notes which may from time to time hereafter be issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement, are collectively referred to as the “Notes” (such term shall also include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement).  The Series 2017A Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1 hereto with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by the Purchaser(s) and the Company.

 

2.        Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and as set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement and on the basis of the representations and warranties hereinafter set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase from

 



 

the Company, Series 2017A Notes in the principal amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A hereto at a price of 100% of the principal amount thereof on the Closing Date.

 

3.        The sale and purchase of the Series 2017A Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, at 9:00 A.M. Chicago time, at a closing (the “Closing” ) on June 30, 2017 (the “Closing Date” ).  At the Closing, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Series 2017A Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of a single Series 2017A Note (or such greater number of Series 2017A Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request) dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of such Purchaser’s nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to account number XXXXXXXXXXXX at U.S. Bank National Association, in Boston, MA, ABA No. XXXXXXXXX.  If, at the Closing, the Company shall fail to tender such Series 2017A Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to any Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at such Purchaser’s election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.

 

4.        The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser, as of the Closing Date, (or, if any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, then as of such earlier date), each of the matters set forth in Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement, as specified subsections of such Section 5 have been supplemented, amended or superseded as set forth on Exhibit A hereto.  The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Series 2017A Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of (i) the conditions set forth in Section 4 of the Note Purchase Agreement with respect to the Series 2017A Notes to be purchased at the Closing as if each reference to “Second Closing Notes,” “Second Closing”, “Second Closing Purchaser,” “Effective Date,” “Schedule B-2,” and “Schedule 5.5” set forth therein was replaced by “Series 2017A Notes,” the “Closing,” the “Purchaser,” the “Closing Date,” “Schedule A,” and “Schedule 5.5C” (each as defined in or attached to this Supplement), respectively, and except to the extent such conditions set forth in Section 4 of the Note Purchase Agreement are supplemented, amended or superseded hereby, and (ii) the following additional conditions:

 

(a)           Except as supplemented, amended or superseded by the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A hereto, each of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement shall be correct as of the date of Closing (except for representations and warranties which apply to a specific earlier date which shall be true as of such earlier date or as of the date specified in Exhibit A to the extent such provision is superseded in Exhibit A) and the Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing certifying that such condition has been fulfilled.

 

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(b)           Contemporaneously with the Closing, the Company shall sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall purchase, the Series 2017A Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing as specified in Schedule A.

 

(c)           From June 22, 2017 to the Closing Date, the Company shall not have entered into, nor agreed to enter into, any agreement to issue unsecured debt securities on terms (including the interest rate) that are more favorable to the lender or lenders than those of the Series 2017A Notes.

 

5.        The terms of Section 8 of the Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the Series 2017A Notes except that the proviso in the first sentence of Section 8.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“provided, that at any time on or after February 15, 2021 the Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay all or any part of the Series 2016 Notes at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with, in each case, accrued interest to the prepayment date; provided, further, that at any time on or after April 15, 2022 the Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay all or any part of the Series 2017A Notes at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with, in each case, accrued interest to the prepayment date.”

 

6.        Each Purchaser represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct on the date hereof with respect to the purchase of the Series 2017A Notes by such Purchaser as if each reference to “Second Closing Notes,” “Second Closing” and “Second Closing Purchaser” set forth therein was replaced by “Series 2017A Notes,” the “Closing” and the “Purchaser,” respectively, and each reference to “this Agreement” therein was modified to refer to the Note Purchase Agreement as supplemented by this Supplement.

 

7.        The Company and each Purchaser agree to be bound by and comply with the terms and provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement (except as supplemented, amended or superseded hereby) as fully and completely as if such Purchaser were an original signatory to the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

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The execution hereof shall constitute a contract between the Company and the Purchaser(s) for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth, and this agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement.

 

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Shiraz Y. Kajee

 

 

Name: Shiraz Y. Kajee

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 



 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

 

GREAT AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Mark F. Muething

 

 

Name: Mark F. Muething

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNUITY INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Mark F. Muething

 

 

Name: Mark F. Muething

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 



 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

 

FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Tiffany Haney

 

 

Name:

Tiffany Haney

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEDERATED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Tiffany Haney

 

 

Name:

Tiffany Haney

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEDERATED SERVICE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Tiffany Haney

 

 

Name:

Tiffany Haney

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEDERATED RESERVE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Tiffany Haney

 

 

Name:

Tiffany Haney

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRANITE RE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Tiffany Haney

 

 

Name:

Tiffany Haney

 

 

Title:

Associate Portfolio Manager

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 



 

This Agreement is hereby

accepted and agreed to as

of the date hereof.

 

 

AMERICAN REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY

 

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.

 

CINCINNATI LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

DEARBORN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

By:

Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Thomas B. Houghton

 

 

Name: Thomas B. Houghton

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 



 

SUPPLEMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS

 

The Company represents and warrants to each Purchaser that except as hereinafter set forth in this Exhibit A, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement (other than representations and warranties that apply solely to a specific earlier date which shall be true as of such earlier date) is true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof with respect to the Series 2017A Notes with the same force and effect as if each reference to “the Second Closing Notes” set forth therein was modified to refer the “Series 2017A Notes” and each reference to “this Agreement” therein was modified to refer to the Note Purchase Agreement as supplemented by the First Supplement.  The Section references hereinafter set forth correspond to the similar sections of the Note Purchase Agreement which are supplemented hereby:

 

Section 5.3.           Disclosure .  (a) The Company, through its agent, Incapital LLC, has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of the documents, certificates or other writings identified in Schedule 5.3C and has made publicly available via the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR filing system its quarterly and annual reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, respectively, including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (the “Initial Disclosure Materials” ), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby.  The Initial Disclosure Materials fairly describe, in all material respects, the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  This Agreement, the Initial Disclosure Materials, the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5C and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers by or on behalf of the Company (other than financial projections, pro forma financial information, and other forward-looking information referenced in Section 5.3(b)) on or prior to June 22, 2017 in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3C (this Agreement, the Initial Disclosure Materials and such documents, certificates or other writings, including, without limitation, valuations of Investments of the Company, and such financial statements delivered to each Purchaser (other than financial projections, pro forma financial information, and other forward-looking information referenced in Section 5.3(b)) being referred to, collectively, as the “Disclosure Documents” ), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2016, there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.

 

(b)       All financial projections, pro forma financial information and other forward-looking information which has been delivered to each Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are based upon good faith assumptions and, in the case of financial projections and pro forma financial information, good faith estimates, in each case, believed to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized that (i) such financial information as it relates to future events is subject to significant uncertainty and

 

EXHIBIT A

(to Supplement)

 



 

contingencies (many of which are beyond the control of the Company) and are therefore not to be viewed as fact, and (ii) actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may materially differ from the results set forth therein.

 

Section 5.4.            Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates .  (a) Schedule 5.4C contains (except as noted therein) complete and correct lists of (i) the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary, (ii) the Company’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) the Company’s directors and senior officers.

 

(b)       All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4C as being owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien that is prohibited by this Agreement.

 

(d)       No Subsidiary is subject to any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than the agreements listed on Schedule 5.4C and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or to any other Subsidiary of the Company that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.

 

Section 5.5.            Financial Statements; Material Liabilities .  The Company has delivered to each Purchaser or made publicly available via the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR filing system copies of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5C.  All of such financial statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).  The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that are not disclosed in the Disclosure Documents.

 

Section 5.13.           Private Offering by the Company .  Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Series 2017A Notes or any similar Securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy the Series 2017A Notes or any similar Securities from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than 5 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Series 2017A Notes at a private sale for investment.  Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Series 2017A Notes to the registration requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any Securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

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Section 5.14.           Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations .  The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Series 2017A Notes to repay outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries and/or for other general corporate purposes of the Company, including the acquisition and funding (either directly or through one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries) of leveraged loans, mezzanine loans, high-yield securities, convertible securities, preferred stock, common stock, and other Portfolio Investments.  No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series 2017A Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any Securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220).  Margin stock does not constitute more than 10% of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 10% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.

 

Section 5.15.           Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens .  (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15C sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2017 (including descriptions of the obligors and obligees, principal amounts outstanding, any collateral therefor and any Guaranties thereof), since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.

 

(b)       Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15C, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness or to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness.

 

(c)       Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter or any other organizational document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company, except as disclosed in Schedule 5.15C.

 

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[FORM OF SERIES 2017A NOTE]

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

 

4.760% SERIES 2017A SENIOR NOTE DUE JULY 15, 2022

 

No. [         ]

[Date]

$[            ]

PPN 647551 A@9

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION (herein called the “Company” ), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [            ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                     ] DOLLARS (or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on July 15, 2022 (the “Maturity Date” ), with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance hereof at the rate of (a) subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 1.2 of the hereinafter defined Note Purchase Agreement, 4.760% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 15th day of January and July in each year, commencing January 15, 2018, and on the Maturity Date, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, (x) on any overdue payment of interest and (y) during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate (as defined in the hereinafter defined Note Purchase Agreement).

 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at Wells Fargo Bank, National Association at its offices in New York, New York or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.

 

This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (the “Notes” ) issued pursuant to a Supplement to the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of September 30, 2016 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, the “Note Purchase Agreement” ), among the Company, the First Closing Purchasers and the Second Closing Purchasers named therein and Additional Purchasers of Notes from time to time issued pursuant to any Supplement to the Note Purchase Agreement.  This Note and the holder hereof are entitled equally and ratably with the holders of all other Notes of all series from time to time outstanding under the Note Purchase Agreement to all the benefits provided for thereby or referred to therein.  Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, (i) to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is a registered Note with the Company and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a written

 



 

instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note of the same series for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee.  Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement, but not otherwise.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.

 

 

NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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