Increasing Lender/Joinder Lender Agreement dated as of July 22, 2022, pursuant to Section 2.08(e) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2021, by and among the Company as Borrower, with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent and Sole Book Runner, and with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as Joint Lead Arrangers
Exhibit 10.28
INCREASING LENDER/JOINDER LENDER AGREEMENT
July 22, 2022
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
as Administrative Agent
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Attention: Hassan Moudnib
Phone: 212 ###-###-####
Re: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (the “Company”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to (a) that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2021 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used in this Response Letter (as defined below) and not otherwise defined have the meanings for such terms set forth in the Credit Agreement), by and among the Company, the Lenders and Issuing Banks from time to time party thereto and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”); and (b) the Notice of Commitment Increase Request, dated as of July 22, 2022, provided by the Company to the Administrative Agent (the “Notice”).
By returning to us an executed counterpart hereof, the Administrative Agent indicates its agreement to a Commitment Increase Date of July 22, 2022, notwithstanding the requirement in Section 2.08(e)(i) of the Credit Agreement that the Commitment Increase Date be no earlier than three Business Days after delivery of notice by the Company.
Pursuant to the Notice and Section 2.08(e) of the Credit Agreement, we deliver this response (this “Response Letter”) to confirm that each of the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Assuming Lender”) agrees that the Assuming Lender does hereby become a “Lender” under and for all purposes of the Credit Agreement with a Multicurrency Commitment equal to $100,000,000. Without limiting the foregoing, the Assuming Lender hereby agrees to be bound by and comply with all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement applicable to it as a “Lender” thereunder and that it will perform in accordance with its terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender. The Assuming Lender represents and warrants that it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Response Letter and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement.
This Response Letter shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Response Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Response Letter by telecopy, email, or other electronic method of transmission (e.g., PDF) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Response Letter. This Response Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The parties hereto hereby agree that this Response Letter is an Increasing Lender/Joinder Lender Agreement and a Loan Document.
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| WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | |
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| BAIN CAPITAL SPECIALTY FINANCE, INC. | |
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ACKNOWLEDGED, ACCEPTED | | |
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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, | | |
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MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., as an Issuing Bank | | |
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