Assignments and Participations. (a) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each Loan Party and Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that none of the Loan Parties may assign or transfer any of its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and any such assignment without the Lenders’ prior written consent shall be null and void.
(b) Each Lender may, with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and with the written consent of Administrative Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and which shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, assign to one or more other Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments, the Loans made by it and its Pro Rata Share of Letter of Credit Obligations); provided, however, that (i) unless otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent, such assignment is in an amount which is at least $5,000,000 or a multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or the remainder of such Lender’s Commitment) (except such minimum amount shall not apply to an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender or a fund or account managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender), (ii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any promissory note subject to such assignment and, unless otherwise previously agreed to by the Administrative Agent, such parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (except the payment of such fee shall not be required in connection with an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender or a fund or account managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender) and (iii) the written consent of the Administrative Agent or Administrative Borrower shall not be required in connection with any assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender or a fund or account managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender or to any other Lender. Upon such execution, delivery and acceptance, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date shall be at least three Business Days after the d...
Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advance owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, and (iv) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any Note subject to such assignment. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (B) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuine...
Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may with the consent of the Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, if demanded by the Borrower (following a demand by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.14 or following such Lender’s Downgrade) at a time when no Default has occurred and is continuing upon at least five Business Days’ notice to such Lender and the Agent, will assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Revolving Credit Advances owing to it and the Revolving Credit Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement (other than any right to make Competitive Bid Advances, Competitive Bid Advances owing to it and Competitive Bid Notes), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and the amount of the Commitment of such Lender remaining after such assignment shall not be less than $10,000,000 or shall be zero, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 8.07(a) shall be arranged by the Borrower after consultation with the Agent and shall be either an assignment of all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement or an assignment of a portion of such rights and obligations made concurrently with another such assignment or other such assignments that together cover all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement, (v) no Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 8.07(a) unless and until such Lender shall have received one or more payments from either the Borrower or one or more Eligible Assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances...
Assignments and Participations. Lender may sell or offer to sell the Loan or interests therein to one or more assignees or participants (“Lender’s Sale Right”). Provided no Default then exists beyond any applicable cure period, Lender’s Sale Right shall be subject to the consent of the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed (“Borrower’s Sale Approval”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence (i) by execution of this Agreement, Borrower consents to the Lender’s sale of interests in the Loan to two participants at the closing of the Loan and (ii) any assignees or participants of the Lender (“Lender’s Assignee”) shall not be subject to the Borrower’s Sale Approval. If the Borrower shall execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments reasonably requested by Lender in connection therewith, and to the extent, if any, specified in any such assignment or participation, such assignee(s) or participant(s) shall have the same rights and benefits with respect to the Loan Documents as such Person(s) would have if such Person(s) were Lender hereunder; provided, that none of the foregoing shall decrease any rights or increase any obligations of Borrower or Guarantor under the Loan Documents other than to a de minimis extent. Lender may disseminate any information it now has or hereafter obtains pertaining to the Loan, including any security for the Loan, any credit or other information on the Property (including environmental reports and assessments), Borrower, any of Borrower’s principals or any Guarantor, to any actual or prospective assignee or participant, to Lender’s affiliates, to any regulatory body having jurisdiction over Lender, to any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and the Loan, provided such persons shall be notified of the confidential nature of such information. Borrower shall not be responsible for any Costs incurred by Lender in connection with any transfer (via assignment or participation) of its interest in the Loan.
Assignments and Participations. (a) Any Lender may assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Transferees (or any other assignee, if such assignment is in connection with a merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or any substantial portion of the business or loan portfolio of such Lender) (each an "Assignee") all, or any ratable part of all, of the Obligations, the Commitments and the other rights and obligations of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000; provided, however, that Borrower, Agent, and S&A Agent may continue to deal solely and 68 directly with such Lender in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i) written notice of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses and related information with respect to the Assignee, shall have been given to Borrower and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee; (ii) such Assignee shall have delivered to Agent and Borrower such forms, if any, that such Assignee is required to deliver pursuant to Section 17.10, and (iii) such Lender and its Assignee shall have delivered to Borrower and Agent an Assignment and Acceptance ("Assignment and Acceptance") in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
(b) From and after the date that Agent notifies the assignor Lender that it has received an executed Assignment and Acceptance, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assignor Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect to Section 11.3 hereof) and be released from its obligations to make Advances under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto and thereto), and such assignment shall effect a novation between Borrower and the Assignee.
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (1) other than as...
Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may sell, transfer, negotiate or assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder (including all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Revolving Loans, the Swing Loans and the Letters of Credit); provided, however, that:
(i) if any such assignment shall be of the assigning Lender’s Revolving Credit Outstandings and Revolving Credit Commitment, such assignment shall cover the same percentage of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Outstandings and Revolving Credit Commitment;
(ii) the aggregate amount being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event (if less than the Assignor’s entire interest) be less than $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, except (I) with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent or (II) if such assignment is being made to a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of such Lender; and
(iii) if such Eligible Assignee is not, prior to the date of such assignment, a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender, such assignment shall be subject to the prior consent of the Administrative Agent, each Issuer and the Borrower (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided, further, that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 11.2, the consent of the Borrower shall not be required for any assignment occurring when any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register (as defined in clause (c) below), an Assignment and Acceptance. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording in the Register and the receipt by the Administrative Agent from the assignee of an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500 (other than in the case of an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender or by any Agent or their respective Affiliates) from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, (i) the assignee thereunder shall become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations under the Loan Documents have been assigned to such assignee pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender, and if such Lender were an Issuer, of such Issuer hereunder and thereund...
Assignments and Participations. (a) The Fund shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Capital Protection Provider. The Guarantor may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of the Fund except to the Agent or any Affiliate of the Agent which has a long-term debt rating or deposit rating of not less than the Guarantor. The Capital Protection Provider may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of the Fund except to any Affiliate of the Capital Protection Provider or any Person administered or managed by the Capital Protection Provider or any Affiliate thereof, including, without limitation, pursuant to a merger, corporate reorganization or other transfer (provided that (A) the Guarantor shall guarantee the obligations of such Affiliate or Person hereunder pursuant to a guaranty agreement that is substantially the same in form and substance as the Guaranty, (B) such Affiliate or Person (i) has net capital of more than $1,000,000,000 at the time of such assignment, and (ii) assumes all of the obligations of the Capital Protection Provider hereunder, including without limitation, the obligation to provide audited financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a), subject to the accounting rules applicable to such Affiliate or Person (it being understood that such financial statement shall in any event be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or such other accounting principles allowed by the Commission) and (C) such assignment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Fund, the Capital Protection Provider, or the Guarantor). Prior to any such assignment taking effect, the conditions set forth in this Section 9.06(a) shall have been fulfilled by the applicable assignee or waived by the Fund or the Adviser.
(b) The Capital Protection Provider may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of the Fees owing to it); provided, that the Capital Protection Provider agrees that any such disposition shall not alter or affect in any way whatsoever the Capital Protection Provider’s direct obligations hereunder, including consent and approval requirements; provided further, that the Capital Protection Provider provides the Trust with ...
Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may, upon at least five Business Days’ notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment, the Term Loan Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender, an Affiliate of any Lender or an Approved Fund of any Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments or Term Loan Advances being assigned to such Eligible Assignee pursuant to such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of effectiveness of such assignment, BMCA), (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) except in the case of an assignment by a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender, to one of its Affiliates, no such assignments shall be permitted without the consent of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of effectiveness of such assignment, BMCA (in each case, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld) and (v) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500.
(b) Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, (i) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (ii) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment...
Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may assign all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment (if still in existence) and the Advances at the time owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) to one or more assignees (other than (x) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates and (y) any natural Person); provided, however, that (i) (x) the Administrative Agent (and, regardless of the identity of the assignee, each Issuing Bank) must consent to such assignment in writing (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except in the case of an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender, to another Lender or to a Related Fund of a Lender, and (y) the Borrower must consent to such assignment in writing (which may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) at any time when no Default or Event of Default is continuing hereunder, except in the case of an assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender, to another Lender or to a Related Fund of a Lender, (ii) each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility or the Last Out Term Facility, (iii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was a Lender, an Affiliate of any Lender or a Related Fund of any Lender or an assignment which will result in a group of Lenders which are managed by the same Person holding a Commitment or an Advance (as the case may be) of not less than $1,000,000 or an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than $1,000,000 (or integral multiples of $200,000 in excess thereof), (iii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and, other than in the case of an assignment to an Affiliate of such Lender, a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, provided that only one such fee shall be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments by or to two or more Related Funds, and (iv) for the avoidance...
Assignments and Participations. (a) No Obligor may assign its rights or obligations hereunder or under the Notes without the prior consent of all of the Lenders and the Agents.
(b) Any Lender may, upon the written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to an Assignment Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K (an "Assignment") provided, however, that (i) any such assignment shall be in the amount of at least $10,000,000 or such lesser amount to which the Company has consented and (ii) the assignor or assignee shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $2500 for each assignment. Any such assignment will become effective upon the execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent of the Assignment and the written consent of the Company. Promptly after receipt of an executed Assignment, the Administrative Agent shall send to the Company a copy of such executed Assignment. Upon receipt of such executed Assignment, the Company, will, at its own expense, execute and deliver new Notes to the assignor and/or assignee, as appropriate, in accordance with their respective interests as they appear. Upon the effectiveness of any assignment pursuant to this Section 12.06(b), the assignee will become a "Lender," if not already a "Lender," for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The assignor shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder to the extent of such assignment (and if the assigning Lender no longer holds any rights or obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a "Lender" hereunder except that its rights under Sections 4.06, 5.01, 5.05 and 12.03 shall not be affected). The Administrative Agent will prepare on the last Business Day of each month during which an assignment has become effective pursuant to this Section 12.06(b), a new Annex 1 giving effect to all such assignments effected during such month, and will promptly provide the same to the Company and each of the Lenders.
