Interest Rate Protection Agreement As of the date hereof, Borrower has entered into, made all payments required under, and satisfied all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of, an interest rate protection agreement that satisfies all of the following conditions (such interest rate protection agreement together with (i) any extension thereof or (ii) any other interest rate protection agreement entered into pursuant to Section 2.8, being referred to herein as the “Interest Rate Protection Agreement”):
Interest Rate Protection Agreements (a) Within ninety days after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall enter into and thereafter maintain interest rate protection agreements (protecting against fluctuations in interest rates) having a term of at least three years from the Closing Date, establishing a fixed or maximum interest rate of 10.5% per annum for an aggregate notional amount equal to at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding.
Interest Rate Protection No later than the 90th day after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall enter into, and for a minimum of three years thereafter maintain, Hedging Agreements acceptable to the Administrative Agent that result in at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of its funded long-term Indebtedness being effectively subject to a fixed or maximum interest rate acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Interest Rate Options The Borrower shall pay interest in respect of the outstanding unpaid principal amount of the Loans as selected by it from the Base Rate Option or LIBOR Rate Option set forth below applicable to the Loans, it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may select different Interest Rate Options and different Interest Periods to apply simultaneously to the Loans comprising different Borrowing Tranches and may convert to or renew one or more Interest Rate Options with respect to all or any portion of the Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche; provided that (i) there shall not be at any one time outstanding more than ten (10) Borrowing Tranches in the aggregate among all of the Loans and (ii) if an Event of Default or Potential Default exists and is continuing, the Borrower may not request, convert to, or renew the LIBOR Rate Option for any Loans and the Required Lenders may demand that all existing Borrowing Tranches bearing interest under the LIBOR Rate Option shall be converted immediately to the Base Rate Option, subject to the obligation of the Borrower to pay any indemnity under Section 5.9 [Indemnity] in connection with such conversion. If at any time the designated rate applicable to any Loan made by any Lender exceeds such Lender’s highest lawful rate, the rate of interest on such Lender’s Loan shall be limited to such Lender’s highest lawful rate.
Interest Rate Payments The Indebtedness shall accrue interest at the rates and in the manner set forth in the Note. Borrower shall make payments of principal and interest at the times and in the manner set forth in the Note.
Choice of Interest Rate, Etc The Advances hereunder shall, at the option of the Borrower, be made as one or more Base Rate Advances or LIBOR Advances; provided, however, that at such time as there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default hereunder, the Borrower shall not have the right to Continue a LIBOR Advance or to Convert a Base Rate Advance to a LIBOR Advance. Any notice given to the Administrative Agent in connection with a requested Advance or Conversion hereunder shall be given to the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) in order for such Business Day to count toward the minimum number of Business Days required.
Interest Rate Cap Agreement (a) The Interest Rate Cap Agreement in effect on the Closing Date has a LIBOR strike price equal to the Strike Price and a scheduled termination date of the Initial Maturity Date. The Interest Rate Cap Agreement (i) is in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender, (ii) is with an Acceptable Counterparty, (iii) directs such Acceptable Counterparty to pay directly to an account pledged to Lender any amounts due Borrower under such Interest Rate Cap Agreement unless and until otherwise instructed by Lender (it being agreed as between Lender and Borrower that Lender will so instruct the Counterparty at such time as the Debt shall no longer exist, provided that the Debt shall be deemed to exist if the Properties are transferred by judicial or non-judicial foreclosure or deed-in-lieu thereof), and (iv) has a notional amount at least equal to the principal balance of the Loan outstanding on the Closing Date (it being understood that the notional amount of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement may be reduced, from time to time, as the principal balance of the Loan is reduced (in the amounts of such reduction in principal) pursuant to clause (g) below). Borrower shall collaterally assign to Collateral Agent (for the benefit of Lender), pursuant to the Collateral Assignment of Interest Rate Cap Agreement, all of its right, title and interest to receive any and all payments under the Interest Rate Cap Agreement, and shall deliver to Collateral Agent an executed counterpart of such Interest Rate Cap Agreement (which shall, by its terms, authorize the assignment to Collateral Agent (for the benefit of Lender) and require that payments be paid directly into an account pledged to Collateral Agent (for the benefit of Lender) as provided above in this Section 2.2.7). Provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, amounts contained in the foregoing pledged account shall be released to Borrower on a monthly basis to the extent not applied toward debt service on the Loan.
Fixed Interest Rate Annual interest rate shall be /% and will not change during the duration.
Interest Rate Contracts The Borrower shall at all times from and after the date of this Agreement maintain in full force and effect, an Interest Rate Contract(s) in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in an amount necessary to ensure that the outstanding “Debt” (as hereinafter defined) of Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries that is Variable Rate Debt does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Consolidated Total Adjusted Asset Value of the Borrower. The Interest Rate Contract(s) shall be provided by any Bank which is a party to this Agreement or a bank or other financial institution that has unsecured, uninsured and unguaranteed long-term debt which is rated at least A-3 by Xxxxx’x Investor Service, Inc. or at least A- by Standard & Poor’s Corporation. The Borrower shall upon the request of the Agent provide to the Agent evidence that the Interest Rate Contract(s) is in effect. For the purposes of this §7.18, the term “Debt” shall mean any indebtedness of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any their respective Subsidiaries, whether or not contingent, and without duplication, in respect of (i) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or (ii) indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, to the extent that any such items would appear as a liability on the balance sheet of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another Person (other than the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries whenever the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
INTEREST; INTEREST RATE (a) Interest on this Bond shall commence accruing at the Interest Rate (as defined in Section 30) from and including the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360)-day year comprised of twelve (12) thirty (30)-day months and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) with the first Interest Payment Date being January 1, 2010. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date, to the record holders of this Bond as recorded in the Register (as defined in Section 3(g)) held by the Company on the applicable Record Date, at the Company’s option, (A) in whole in cash (“Cash Interest”), or (B) in whole in shares (“Interest Shares”) of the Company that are designated on the date hereof as common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), or (C) in a combination of Cash Interest and Interest Shares. In the event the Company decides to deliver Interest Shares on an Interest Payment Date, it must deliver a written notice (“Interest Election Notice”) to Holders no less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the Interest Payment Date (the date such notice is sent being the “Interest Notice Date”) pursuant to which notice, the Company elects to pay Interest entirely in Interest Shares or a combination of Cash Interest and Interest Shares and specifies the amount of Interest that shall be paid as Cash Interest and the amount of Interest that shall be paid in Interest Shares. Interest to be paid on an Interest Payment Date in Interest Shares shall be paid in a number of fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares equal to the quotient of (1) the amount of Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date less any Cash Interest paid and (2) the Interest Conversion Price in effect for the applicable Interest Payment Date (rounded down to the preceding whole number).
