Common use of Binding Effect; Termination Clause in Contracts

Binding Effect; Termination. (a) This Credit Agreement shall become effective at such time on or after the Closing Date when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof (telefaxed or otherwise) which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each Lender, and thereafter this Credit Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns. The parties hereto who are also parties to the Existing Credit Agreement each hereby agree that, at such time as this Credit Agreement shall have become effective pursuant to the terms of Article IV, (a) the Existing Credit Agreement automatically shall be deemed amended, superseded and restated in its entirety by this Credit Agreement and (b) the Commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement and as defined therein automatically shall be replaced with the Commitments hereunder. This Credit Agreement is not a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement, and, for the avoidance of doubt, the commitment of any lender under the Existing Credit Agreement that is not a Lender under this Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be terminated concurrently with the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of Article IV.