Credit Limits We may establish a Total Credit Limit (the “Total Credit Limit”) and a Cash Advance Limit (the “Cash Advance Limit”) for you and increase or decrease such limits as we deem appropriate from time to time. Your initial Total Credit Limit and Cash Advance Limit are shown on the folded mailer containing your Card, or on the approval notice. Your Total Credit Limit and Cash Advance Limit will also appear on your Account Statement (as defined below). Your Total Credit Limit is the maximum amount of credit that you can have outstanding on your Account at any time. The Cash Advance Limit is that amount you have available for Cash Advances. The amount of credit available in your Cash Advance Limit will never exceed the amount of credit available inyour TotalCredit Limit. Without limiting the foregoing, we may reduce the amount of credit available under the Total Credit Limit or the Cash Advance Limit by the amount of any request for authorization from a merchant or financial institution even if the amount has not yet posted to the Account. You agree not to use, or allow anyone else to use, the Card or Account in any way that would cause the balance of purchases on the Card or Account, to exceed these limits. We are not under any circumstances obligated to approve any transaction or extend credit if doing so would exceed any applicable limit; but if we do, you agree to repay all charges that exceed any limits, plus other applicable Charges in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Fees for exceeding the limits appear in the Rates and Fees section below. We may change your limits from time to time. We base that decision on a variety of factors such as your payment and transaction history with us, and information we receive from third parties,including credit reporting agencies.The amounts shown on your Statement as available credit do not take into account Purchases, Balance Transfers, Cash Advances, interest charges, fees, any other transactions, or credits which post to your Account after the Closing Date (as defined below) of that Statement. The total outstanding balance on your Account plus authorizations at any time must not be more than your Total Credit Limit. The total outstanding balance of your Cash Advances (plus authorizations) must not be more than your Cash Advance Limit. Each time you attempt a transaction which results in your applicable outstanding balance (plus authorizations) exceeding a limit, we may: (a) permit the transaction without raising your Limit; (b) permit the transaction and treat the amount of the transaction that is more than the limitasimmediately due; or(c) refusetopermitthetransaction. If we refuse to permit the transaction, we may advise the person who attempted the transaction that ithas been refused. If we refuse to permit a Bank Card Check, we may do so by advising the person presenting the Bank Card Check that credit has been refused, that there are insufficient funds to pay the Bank Card Check, or in any other manner. In the event you exceed any limit, we may elect to set your APRs for Purchases and Cash Advances to different Penalty APRs. We will provide you with a minimum of forty-five (45) days advance notice.
Credit Limit The following criteria constitute Duke Energy Ohio’s creditworthiness requirements for the SSO Suppliers to cover the Total Exposure Amount:
(a) For SSO Suppliers to be granted a Credit Limit without delivering a Total Exposure Amount Guaranty or other Performance Assurances acceptable to Duke Energy Ohio, in the case of an SSO Supplier organized under the laws of the United States, the SSO Supplier must (1) be rated by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, and (2) have a minimum senior unsecured debt rating (or, if unavailable, corporate or issuer rating) equal to the Minimum Rating. If the SSO Supplier is rated by only two rating agencies and the ratings are split, the lower rating will be used. If the SSO Supplier is rated by three rating agencies and the ratings are split, the lower of the two highest ratings will be used; provided that, in the event that the two highest ratings are common, such common rating will be used. If the SSO Supplier and an Affiliate(s) are both winning bidders in the Solicitation for the provision of SSO Supply, then the SSO Supplier or its Guarantor, as applicable, and the Affiliate(s) will proportionally share the maximum level of the Credit Limit using the highest rating as determined for the SSO Supplier or its Guarantor, as applicable, and the Affiliate(s). The maximum level of the Credit Limit to cover the Total Exposure Amount will be determined based on the following table: Credit Rating of the SSO Supplier or its Guarantor Maximum Credit Limit (calculated as the lesser of the percentage of TNW and the applicable Credit Limit Cap below) S&P Xxxxx’x Fitch Percentage of TNW Credit Limit Cap A- and above A3 and above A- and above 16% $60,000,000 BBB+ Baa1 BBB+ 10% $50,000,000 BBB Baa2 BBB 10% $40,000,000 BBB- Baa3 BBB- 8% $30,000,000 BB+ Ba1 BB+ 2% $5,000,000 BB Ba2 BB 1% $2,500,000 BB- and below Ba3 and below BB- and below 0% $0 The SSO Supplier will be required to post cash or a Letter of Credit for the Margin due Duke Energy Ohio as set forth in Section 5.7 of this Agreement.
(b) For SSO Suppliers delivering a Total Exposure Amount Guaranty, in the case of a Guarantor organized under the laws of the United States, the maximum level of the Credit Limit to cover the Total Exposure Amount that could be granted based on the Total Exposure Amount Guaranty will be determined in accordance with subsection (a) above, with reference to the credit rating of the Guarantor, except that the Credit Limit granted to the SSO Supplier will not exceed the amount of the Total Exposure Amount Guaranty.
(c) For an SSO Supplier or Guarantor, if applicable, that has not been organized under the laws of the United States, the following standards will apply:
i. the SSO Supplier must supply such evidence of creditworthiness as to provide Duke Energy Ohio with comparable assurances of creditworthiness as applicable above for SSO Suppliers that have been organized under the laws of the United States; or
ii. if the SSO Supplier is providing a Total Exposure Amount Guaranty, the Guarantor of an SSO Supplier must supply such evidence of creditworthiness as to provide Duke Energy Ohio with comparable assurances of creditworthiness as applicable above for Guarantors of SSO Suppliers that have been organized under the laws of the United States. Duke Energy Ohio may reject such Guarantors that do not meet the creditworthiness requirements.
(d) All SSO Suppliers or Guarantors of SSO Suppliers, if applicable, that have not been organized under the laws of the United States must, in addition to all documentation required elsewhere in this Section 5.6, supply the following to Duke Energy Ohio:
i. For an SSO Supplier: (1) a legal opinion of counsel qualified to practice in the foreign jurisdiction in which the SSO Supplier is organized that (A) the SSO Supplier is duly incorporated and existing in such foreign jurisdiction; (B) this Agreement is the binding and enforceable obligation of the SSO Supplier in such foreign jurisdiction and does not violate any local law or the SSO Supplier’s organizational or governing documents; and (C) all authorizations, approvals, consents, licenses, exemptions or other requirements of governmental, judicial or public bodies in such foreign jurisdiction have been obtained, and all execution formalities have been duly completed, necessary for the enforcement and validity of this Agreement and the performance by the SSO Supplier of its obligations hereunder; and (2) the sworn certificate of the corporate secretary (or similar officer) of such SSO Supplier that the Person executing this Agreement on behalf of the SSO Supplier has the authority to execute this Agreement and that the governing board of such SSO Supplier has approved the execution of this Agreement. Duke Energy Ohio will have full discretion, without liability or recourse to the SSO Supplier, to evaluate the sufficiency of the documents submitted by the SSO Supplier; or
ii. For the Guarantor of an SSO Supplier: (1) a legal opinion of counsel qualified to practice in the foreign jurisdiction in which the Guarantor is organized that (A) the Guarantor is duly incorporated and existing in such foreign jurisdiction; (B) the Total Exposure Amount Guaranty is the binding and enforceable obligation of the Guarantor in such foreign jurisdiction and does not violate any local law or the Guarantor’s organizational or governing documents; and
Line of Credit Amount (a) During the availability period described below, the Bank will provide a line of credit to the Borrower. The amount of the line of credit (the “Facility No. 1 Commitment”) is Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00).
(b) This is a revolving line of credit. During the availability period, the Borrower may repay principal amounts and reborrow them.
(c) The Borrower agrees not to permit the principal balance outstanding to exceed the Facility No. 1
Credit Line If your application is approved by us, this agreement will constitute a revolving line of credit for an amount which will be the credit line under your Account. We will advise you of the amount of your credit line. That amount will be the maximum amount you may have outstanding at any time. You agree not to attempt to obtain more credit than the amount of your credit line. However, if you temporarily exceed your credit line, you agree to repay the excess immediately, even if we have not yet billed you. Obtaining such credit does not increase your credit line and if you exceed your Credit Limit repeatedly, we may suspend your credit privilege under this Agreement. We retain the right to increase or decrease your credit line at any time for any reason. Any increase of reduction on the limit of your credit line will be shown on your monthly statement or by separate notice together with any changes in the applicable minimum monthly payments. Your eligibility for this credit line is determined by our loan policy and may be terminated at our sole discretion, without demand or notice. You may close your credit line at any time by notifying us in writing and returning all Cards cut in half. If you terminate this Agreement or if we terminate or suspend your credit privileges, the provisions of this Agreement and your liability hereunder shall otherwise remain in full force and effect until you have paid us all sums due under this Agreement and returned all Cards.
Letter of Credit Amounts Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
Revolving Committed Amount If at any time after the Closing Date, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Loans plus outstanding Swingline Loans plus outstanding LOC Obligations shall exceed the Revolving Committed Amount, the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans and (after all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans have been repaid) Cash Collateralize the LOC Obligations in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause (vii) below).
Revolving Line of Credit (a) The Bank hereby establishes in favor of the Borrower a revolving line of credit (the “Line of Credit”). The Borrower shall be entitled to borrow, repay and reborrow funds under the Line of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof so long as the total principal amount owed to the Bank under the Line of Credit does not exceed $25,000,000.00 (or such lesser amount as is set forth herein) during the Revolving Period. The Bank’s obligation to make advances hereunder shall terminate at the expiration of the Revolving Period.
(b) The Borrower’s indebtedness under the Line of Credit shall be evidenced by a promissory note (as amended, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Line of Credit Note”) of even date herewith executed by the Borrower in favor of the Bank in the original principal amount of $25,000,000.00. The Line of Credit Note shall bear interest at the rate set forth therein and shall be payable as set forth therein.
(c) The Bank shall make each advance under the Line of Credit upon written or telephonic notice from the Borrower to the Bank requesting an advance. The notice shall specify the date for which the advance is requested (which must be a Business Day) and the amount of the advance. The Bank must receive the notice prior to 12:00 noon (Eastern time) on the Business Day of the advance. Alternatively, the Borrower may request advances by drawing checks on a deposit account that is linked to the credit facility hereunder in accordance with disbursement arrangements that are mutually satisfactory to the parties. The Bank will make each requested advance available to the Borrower not later than the close of business on the Business Day of the request by crediting the Borrower’s account maintained with the Bank in the amount of the advance if as of such time: (i) the Bank’s obligation to make advances hereunder has not terminated or expired; (ii) a Default or Event of Default has not occurred; and (iii) all conditions to the advance set forth herein or in any other Loan Documents have been satisfied. The Bank may rely upon any written or telephonic notice given by any person that the Bank in good faith believes is an authorized representative of the Borrower without the necessity of any independent investigation. If any telephonic notice conflicts with a written confirmation, the telephonic notice shall govern if the Bank has acted in reliance thereon.
(d) For purposes hereof, the term “Revolving Period” shall mean a period commencing on the date hereof and terminating on March 18, 2007.
Disbursement of Revolving Credit and Swingline Loans Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the proposed borrowing date, (i) each Revolving Credit Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on such borrowing date and (ii) the Swingline Lender will make available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Loans to be made on such borrowing date. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to disburse the proceeds of each borrowing requested pursuant to this Section in immediately available funds by crediting or wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the Borrower identified in the most recent notice substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C (a “Notice of Account Designation”) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent from time to time. Subject to Section 5.7 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to disburse the portion of the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loan requested pursuant to this Section to the extent that any Revolving Credit Lender has not made available to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Loan. Revolving Credit Loans to be made for the purpose of refunding Swingline Loans shall be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders as provided in Section 2.2(b).
Revolving Advances (a) The Note A-2 Holder hereby agrees to advance to the Mortgage Loan Borrower any Revolving Advance required to be made under Note A-2 and the Mortgage Loan Documents, it being the specific intent of the parties hereto that no other Noteholder shall have any obligation and shall not be liable for making any Revolving Advance. The Note A-2 Holder shall remit each Revolving Advance on the date that such Revolving Advance is required to be made pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Documents and Note A-2. The parties hereto agree that (i) the determination of whether the Mortgage Loan Borrower is entitled to receive any Revolving Advance shall rest solely with the Note A-2 Holder, who shall be responsible for conducting any and all due diligence, loan documentation and pre-funding requirements in connection therewith, and (ii) the Note A-2 Holder shall be solely responsible for funding the Revolving Advance to the Mortgage Loan Borrower following such determination that the Mortgage Loan Borrower is entitled to receive such Revolving Advance under the terms of the Mortgage Loan Agreement.
(b) For so long as the Revolving Advance Obligation has not been fully discharged and any Securitization is outstanding, Note A-2 may only be transferred to a transferee:
(i) that is a Qualified Institutional Lender, or
(ii) if the credit rating of the transferee from any applicable Rating Agency is lower than the credit rating of the Initial Note A-2 Holder, as to which the A-2 Holder has received confirmation in writing from each such Rating Agency that such Transfer will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of its then current ratings of the Certificates, which confirmation will not be predicated upon any action by the Mortgage Loan Borrower. In addition, for so long as the Revolving Advance Obligation has not been fully discharged, (i) no Transfer of Note A-2 shall violate the Mortgage Loan Documents and (ii) the transferee shall assume all Revolving Advance Obligations pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement whereby such transferee agrees to be bound by all provisions applicable to the Note A-2 Holder.
(c) The Note A-2 Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless each other Noteholder, any Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee (each a “Revolving Advance Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses (including the fees and disbursements of outside counsel retained by any such person) and liabilities in connection with, arising out of, or as a result of the Note A-2 Holder's failure to satisfy its obligations to make any and all Revolving Advances, including without limitation, (i) any claims made by the Mortgage Loan Borrower or its Affiliates or (ii) any failure of payment by the Mortgage Loan Borrower under the Mortgage Loan, in each case that results from a failure to make any Revolving Advance as required under the Mortgage Loan Documents, except, as to such Future Funding Indemnified Party, to the extent that it is finally judicially determined that any losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses or liabilities resulted primarily from the bad faith or willful misconduct of such Revolving Advance Indemnified Party. Each Revolving Advance Indemnified Party shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement with respect to the indemnification obligations of the Note A-2 Holder set forth in this Section 41. In the event that the Note A-2 Holder becomes involved in any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any transaction or matter referred to or contemplated by this Agreement, the Note A-2 Holder shall promptly reimburse such Revolving Advance Indemnified Party upon demand therefor in an amount equal to its reasonable legal and other expenses (including the costs of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith to the extent such party is entitled to indemnification for such legal or other costs and expenses hereunder. In addition, the Note A-2 Holder agrees that each Revolving Advance Indemnified Party may deduct and offset any amount to be indemnified hereunder from and against any amount that is due to the Note A-2 Holder under the Servicing Agreement. The indemnification obligations of the Note A-2 Holder hereunder shall survive any termination of the Agreement. Each Revolving Advance Indemnified Party's rights pursuant to this Section 41 are in addition to any other rights a Revolving Advance Indemnified Party may have at law or in equity.
(d) The Note A-2 Holder shall provide notice of the making of any Revolving Advance and the amount of such Revolving Advance to each other Noteholder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor.
(e) The Note A-1-A-1 Holder (or at any time when such Note is included in a Securitization, the Master Servicer) shall maintain a record of each Revolving Advance advanced by the Note A-2 Holder and will increase the Note A-2 Principal Balance by the amount of such Revolving Advance.
Revolving Credit Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other provisions of this Note, Maker may borrow, repay and reborrow against this Note at any time unless and until a Default or Event of Default has occurred which the Payee has not declared to have been fully cured or waived, and (except as the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents may otherwise provide) there is no limit on the number of advances against this Note so long as the total unpaid principal of this Note at any time outstanding does not exceed the Payee's Lender Commitment. Interest on the amount of each advance against this Note shall be computed on the amount of the unpaid balance of that advance from the date it is made until the date it is repaid. If Maker's right (if any) to borrow against this Note shall ever lapse because of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, it shall not be reinstated (or construed from any course of conduct or otherwise to have been reinstated) unless and until the Payee shall declare in a signed writing that it has been cured or waived. The unpaid principal balance of this Note at any time shall be the total of all principal lent against this Note to Maker or for Maker's account less the sum of all principal payments and permitted prepayments on this Note received by the Payee. Absent manifest error, the Payee's computer records shall on any day conclusively evidence the unpaid balance of this Note and its advances and payments history posted up to that day. All loans and advances and all payments and permitted prepayments made on this Note may be (but are not required to be) endorsed by the Payee on the schedule attached hereto (which is hereby made a part hereof for all purposes) or otherwise recorded in the Payee's computer or manual records; provided, that the Payee's failure to make notation of (a) any principal advance or accrual of interest shall not cancel, limit or otherwise affect Maker's obligations or the Payee's rights with respect to that advance or accrual, or (b) any payment or permitted prepayment of principal or interest shall not cancel, limit or otherwise affect Maker's entitlement to credit for that payment as of the date of its receipt by the Payee.
