Commitment Increase Agreement, dated as of June 13, 2024, by and among Fidelity Private Credit Fund, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent

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EXECUTION VERSION

Exhibit 10.1

 

COMMITMENT INCREASE AGREEMENT

 

 

June 13, 2024

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 

500 Stanton Christiana Road

NCC 5, Floor 1

Newark, DE ###-###-####

Attention: Thomas Trullinger

Attention: Christopher Draper

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We refer to the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 17, 2023 (as amended by that certain Amendment No.1 dated as of December 29, 2023 and as further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) among Fidelity Private Credit Fund (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for said Lenders. You have advised us that the Borrower has requested in a letter dated June 13, 2024 (the “Increase Request”) from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent that the aggregate amount of the Commitments be increased on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

A. Commitment Increase. Pursuant to Section 2.08(e) of the Credit Agreement, BNP Paribas (“BNPP”) and Citibank, N.A. (“Citi” and, together with BNPP, the “Increasing Lenders”), hereby agree to make additional Commitments in the amount set forth opposite the name of each Increasing Lender in Schedule I hereto pursuant to the instruction of the Administrative Agent, such additional Commitments to be effective as of the Increase Date (as defined in the Increase Request); provided that the Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed officer’s certificate from the Borrower, dated the Increase Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto.

 

B. Confirmation of Increasing Lenders. Each Increasing Lender agrees that, from and after the Increase Date, its additional Commitment, set forth in Schedule I hereto, shall be included in its Commitment and be governed for all purposes by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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C. Counterparts. This Commitment Increase Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Commitment Increase Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures (including, for the avoidance of doubt, electronic signatures utilizing the DocuSign platform) or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

D. Governing Law. This Commitment Increase Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference mutatis mutandis.

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Very truly yours,

 

INCREASING LENDER

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

By:

/s/ Joanna Leathers

Name:

Joanna Leathers

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

By:

/s/ Cassandra Stockall

Name:

Cassandra Stockall

Title:

Vice President

 

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INCREASING LENDER

 

CITIBANK, N.A.

 

By:

/s/ Robert Chesley

Name:

Robert Chesley

Title:

Vice President & Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Accepted and agreed:

 

FIDELITY PRIVATE CREDIT FUND

 

By:

/s/ Robert Gannon

Name:

Robert Gannon

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

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Acknowledged and consented to:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 

By:

/s/ Kevin Faber

Name:

Kevin Faber

Title:

Vice President

 

 

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