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.
Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Notes If this Note is specified on the face hereof as a “Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note”, this Note will bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Interest Rate Bases: (1) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any; and/or (2) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the first Interest Reset Date, the rate at which this Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note is payable will be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that: (A) the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof; and (B) the interest rate in effect commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date will be the Fixed Interest Rate, if specified on the face hereof, or, if not so specified, the interest rate in effect on the day immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
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.
Fixed Rate The Borrower may elect to have all or portions of the principal balance of the line of credit bear interest at the Fixed Rate, subject to the following requirements:
Interest Rate Risk Management Instruments (a) Set forth on Schedule 2.26(a) is a list as of the date ---------------- hereof of all interest rate swaps, caps, floors and option agreements and other interest rate risk management arrangements to which Seller or any of the Seller Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their properties or assets may be bound.
Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate The Letter of Credit Fees and the rate of interest for each Loan otherwise applicable pursuant to Section 2.9.2 [Letter of Credit Fees] or Section 4.1 [Interest Rate Options], respectively, shall be increased by 2.0% per annum;
Interest and Applicable Margins (a) Borrower shall pay interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders with respect to the various Loans made by each Lender (or in the case of the Swing Line Loan, for the benefit of the Swing Line Lender), in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the following rates: (i) with respect to the Revolving Credit Advances which are designated as Index Rate Loans (and for all other Obligations not otherwise set forth below), the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, with respect to the Revolving Credit Advances which are designated as LIBOR Loans, at the election of Borrower, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum; (ii) with respect to such portion of the Term Loan designated as an Index Rate Loan, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan Index Margin per annum or, with respect to such portion of the Term Loan designated as a LIBOR Loan, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan LIBOR Margin per annum; and (iii) with respect to the Swing Line Loan, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum. As of the Closing Date, the Applicable Margins are as follows: Applicable Revolver Index Margin 1.50 % Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin 2.75 % Applicable Term Loan Index Margin 1.50 % Applicable Term Loan LIBOR Margin 2.75 % The Applicable Revolver Index Margin and the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin shall be adjusted (up or down) prospectively on a quarterly basis as determined by Holdings’ and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial performance, commencing with the first day of the first calendar month that occurs more than one (1) day after delivery of Holdings’ quarterly Financial Statements to Lenders for the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2008. Adjustments in the Applicable Revolver Index Margin and the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin will be determined by reference to the following grids: If Leverage Ratio is: Level of Applicable Margins: < 2.50:1.00 Level I › 2.50:1.00, but < 3.00:1.00 Level II › 3.00:1.00, but < 3.50:1.00 Level III › 3.50:1.00, but < 5.00:1.00 Level IV › 5.00:1.00 Level V Applicable Margins Level I Level II Level III Level IV Level V Applicable Revolver Index Margin 0.50% 1.00% 1.25% 1.50% 2.00% Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin 1.75% 2.25% 2.50% 2.75% 3.25% All adjustments in the Applicable Revolver Index Margin and the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin after March 31, 2008 shall be implemented quarterly on a prospective basis, for each calendar month commencing at least one (1) day after the date of delivery to Lenders of the quarterly unaudited Financial Statements evidencing the need for an adjustment. Concurrently with the delivery of those Financial Statements, Borrower shall deliver to Agent and Lenders a certificate, signed by its chief financial officer, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the continuance of, or any change in, such Applicable Margins. Failure to timely deliver such Financial Statements in accordance with Section 6.2 hereof shall, in addition to any other remedy provided for in this Agreement, result in an increase in such Applicable Margins to the highest level set forth in the foregoing grid, until the first day of the first calendar month following the delivery of those Financial Statements demonstrating that such an increase is not required. If any Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any reduction in such Applicable Margins is to be implemented, that reduction shall be deferred until the first day of the first calendar month following the date on which all Defaults or Events of Default are waived or cured.
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 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).
Application Among Interest Rate Options All prepayments required pursuant to this Section 5.05 shall first be applied among the Interest Rate Options to the principal amount of the Loans subject to a Base Rate Option, then to Loans subject to Euro-Rate Option. In accordance with Section 5.06(b), the Borrower shall indemnify the Banks for any loss or expense including loss of margin incurred with respect to any such prepayments applied against Loans subject to a Euro-Rate Option on any day other than the last day of the applicable Euro-Rate Interest Period.
