Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans (i) Lead Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than (A) if such Funding Notice requests a LIBOR Rate Loan, three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date or (B) if such Funding Notice requests a Base Rate Loan, two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or, in each case, such later date as Administrative Agent may agree. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Term Loan that is a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Lead Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing. Administrative Agent and Lenders (A) may act without liability upon the basis of written, facsimile, or telephonic notice believed by Administrative Agent in good faith to be from Lead Borrower (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated in writing purportedly from Lead Borrower to Administrative Agent), (B) shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any Authorized Officer’s authority to request a Term Loan on behalf of Lead Borrower until Administrative Agent receives written notice to the contrary, and (C) shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Funding Notice.
(ii) Each Lender shall make its Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than noon (New York time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office (as identified on Appendix B). Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to Lead Borrower by the close of business on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited (A) in the case of Loans made on the Closing Date, in accordance with the provisions of the Flow of Funds Agreement or (B) after the Closing Date, to the account of Lead Borrower at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Lead Borrower.
Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans (i) Except pursuant to Section 2.4(d), Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Subject to Section 3.3(b), whenever Borrower desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan and at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
(iii) Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans, together with the amount of each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, shall be provided by Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by telefacsimile with reasonable promptness, but (provided Administrative Agent shall have received such notice by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time)) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as Administrative Agent’s receipt of such Notice from Borrower.
(iv) Each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars, equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent or such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.
Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (a) which notice, in the case of Term Loans to be made on the Restatement Effective Date, must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Restatement Effective Date with respect to ABR Loans and three Business Days prior to the anticipated Restatement Effective Date with respect to Eurodollar Loans, requesting that the Term Lenders (other than Term Lenders that are only converting Existing Term Loans) make Term Loans on the Restatement Effective Date, or (b) in the case of Incremental Term Loans, which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Increased Facility Closing Date for such Loans with respect to any such Loans that are ABR Loans and three Business Days prior to such anticipated Increased Facility Closing Date with respect to Eurodollar Loans, requesting that the relevant Term Lenders make such Incremental Term Loans on the applicable Increased Facility Closing Date, and in each case specifying the amount to be borrowed. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Restatement Effective Date each relevant Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Term Loan to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make available to the Borrower the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Term Lenders in like funds.
Tranche A Term Loans Each Tranche A Term Loan Lender having an Original Tranche A Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to lend to Company on the Closing Date and on the Merger Date an aggregate amount not exceeding its pro rata share of the aggregate amount of the Original Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, which pro rata share is set forth opposite its name on SCHEDULE 2.1 attached hereto, each Tranche A Term Loan Lender having an Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to lend to Company on the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Closing Date an amount not exceeding its pro rata share of the aggregate amount of the Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, which pro rata share is set forth opposite its name on SCHEDULE 2.1 attached hereto, and each Tranche A Term Loan Lender having a Second Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to lend to Company on the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Closing Date an amount not exceeding its pro rata share of the aggregate amount of the Second Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitments, which pro rata share is set forth opposite its name on SCHEDULE 2.1 attached hereto, in each case to be used for the purposes identified in subsection 2.5A; PROVIDED that prior to, or simultaneously with the funding of the initial Original Tranche A Term Loans, the Original Tranche B Term Loans shall have been funded in full. The amounts of each Tranche A Term Loan Lender's Original Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, each Tranche A Term Loan Lender's Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitment and each Tranche A Term Loan Lender's Second Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitment are set forth opposite such Tranche A Term Loan Lender's name on SCHEDULE 2.1 annexed hereto are set forth opposite such Tranche A Term Loan Lender's name on SCHEDULE 2.1 annexed hereto. The aggregate amount of the Original Tranche A Term Loan Commitments is $35,000,000, the aggregate amount of the Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitments is $5,000,000, the aggregate amount of the Second Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitment is $2,500,000 and the aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments is $42,500,000; PROVIDED that the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments of the Tranche A Term Loan Lenders shall be adjusted to give effect to any assignments of the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments pursuant to subsection 10.1B. Each Tranche A Term Loan Lender's Original Tranche A Term Loan Commitment (i) shall expire immediately and without further action on October 31, 1998, if the initial Original Tranche A Term Loans are not made on or before that date, (ii) shall be reduced by an amount equal to the principal amount of the Original Tranche A Term Loan, if any, made by such Tranche A Term Loan Lender on the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect thereto on the Closing Date, and (iii) to the extent unused, shall expire on the close of business on the Merger Date. Each Tranche A Term Loan Lender's Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitment shall expire immediately and without further action on the earlier of (i) December 31, 1999, if the Additional Tranche A Term Loans are not made on or before that date and (ii) at the close of business on the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Closing Date. Each Tranche A Term Loan Lender's Second Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitment shall expire immediately and without further action on the earlier of (i) June 30, 2000, if the Additional Tranche A Term Loans are not made on or before that date and (ii) at the close of business on the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Closing Date. Company may make a borrowing under the Original Tranche A Term Loan Commitments on the Closing Date and on the Merger Date, and Company may make only one borrowing under the Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and the Second Additional Tranche A Term Loan Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this subsection 2.1A(i) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
Borrowing Mechanics for Swing Line Loans (i) Swing Line Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Subject to Section 3.3(b), whenever Borrower desires that Swing Line Lender make a Swing Line Loan, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Funding Notice no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the proposed Credit Date.
(iii) Swing Line Lender shall make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swing Line Loans available to Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Swing Line Loans received by Administrative Agent from Swing Line Lender to be credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent, or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.
(iv) With respect to any Swing Line Loans which have not been voluntarily prepaid by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.13, Swing Line Lender may at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, deliver to Administrative Agent (with a copy to Borrower), no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date, a notice (which shall be deemed to be a Funding Notice given by Borrower) requesting that each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans to Borrower on such Credit Date in an amount equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given which Swing Line Lender requests Lenders to prepay. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (1) the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by the Lenders other than Swing Line Lender shall be immediately delivered by Administrative Agent to Swing Line Lender (and not to Borrower) and applied to repay a corresponding portion of the Refunded Swing Line Loans and (2) on the day such Revolving Loans are made, Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Refunded Swing Line Loans (determined by reference to Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any) shall be deemed to be paid with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan made by Swing Line Lender to Borrower, and such portion of the Swing Line Loans deemed to be so paid shall no longer be outstanding as Swing Line Loans and shall no longer be due under the Swing Line Note of Swing Line Lender but shall instead constitute part of Swing Line Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans to Borrower and shall be due under the Revolving Loan Note issued by Borrower to Swing Line Lender. Borrower hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender to charge Borrower’s accounts with Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to immediately pay Swing Line Lender the amount of the Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent of the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by Lenders, including the Revolving Loans deemed to be made by Swing Line Lender, are not sufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swing Line Loans. If any portion of any such amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to Swing Line Lender should be recovered by or on behalf of Borrower from Swing Line Lender in bankruptcy, by assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all Lenders in the manner contemplated by Section 2.17.
(v) If for any reason Revolving Loans are not made pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iv) in an amount sufficient to repay any amounts owed to Swing Line Lender in respect of any outstanding Swing Line Loans on or before the third Business Day after demand for payment thereof by Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have purchased a participation in such outstanding Swing Line Loans, and in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the applicable unpaid amount together with accrued interest thereon. Upon one Business Day’s notice from Swing Line Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment shall deliver to Swing Line Lender an amount equal to its respective participation in the applicable unpaid amount in same day funds at the Principal Office of Swing Line Lender. In order to evidence such participation each Lender holding a Revolving Commitment agrees to enter into a participation agreement at the request of Swing Line Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Swing Line Lender. In the event any Lender holding a Revolving Commitment fails to make available to Swing Line Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation as provided in this paragraph, Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three Business Days at the rate customarily used by Swing Line Lender for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate, as applicable.
(vi) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (1) each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans pursuant to the second preceding paragraph and each Lender’s obligation to purchase a participation in any unpaid Swing Line Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against Swing Line Lender, any Credit Party or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default; (C) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Credit Party; (D) any breach of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that such obligations of each Lender are subject to the condition that Swing Line Lender had not received prior notice from Borrower or the Requisite Lenders that any of the conditions under Section 3.3 to the making of the applicable Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans, were not satisfied at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or unpaid Swing Line Loans were made; and (2) Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loans (A) if it has elected not to do so after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default, (B) it does not in good faith believe that all conditions under Section 3.3 to the making of such Swing Line Loan have been satisfied or waived by the Requisite Lenders or (C) at a time when any Lender is a Defaulting Lender unless Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it and Borrower to eliminate Swing Line Lender’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in such Swing Ling Loan, including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Swing Line Loans.
Tranche B Term Loans Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender with a Tranche B Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a term loan (each, a “Tranche B Term Loan” and, collectively, the “Tranche B Term Loans”) to the U.S. Borrower, which Tranche B Term Loans:
(i) shall be incurred by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to a single drawing on the Restatement Effective Date for the purposes described in Section 7.05(a);
(ii) shall be denominated in Dollars;
(iii) except as hereafter provided, shall, at the option of the U.S. Borrower, be incurred and maintained as one or more Borrowings of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided (A) except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 1.10(b), all Tranche B Term Loans made as part of the same Borrowing shall at all times consist of Tranche B Term Loans of the same Type and (B) unless the Administrative Agent has determined that the Syndication Date has occurred (at which time this clause (B) shall no longer be applicable), no more than four Borrowings of Tranche B Term Loans to be maintained as Eurodollar Loans may be incurred prior to the 30th day after the Restatement Effective Date (or, if later, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the fourth Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans referred to below), each of which Borrowings of Eurodollar Loans may only have an Interest Period of one week, and the first of which Borrowings may be made no earlier than the third Business Day, and no later than the fifth Business Day, after the Restatement Effective Date, the second of which Borrowings may only be made on the last day of the Interest Period of the first such Borrowing, the third of which Borrowings may only be made on the last day of the Interest Period of the second such Borrowing and the fourth of which Borrowings may only be made on the last day of the Interest Period of the third such Borrowing; and
(iv) shall be made by each Lender in that initial aggregate principal amount as is equal to the Tranche B Term Loan Commitment of such Lender on the Restatement Effective Date (before giving effect to the termination thereof on such date pursuant to Section 3.03(b)). Once repaid, Tranche B Term Loans incurred hereunder may not be reborrowed.
Borrowing Mechanics Loans made on any Funding Date (other than Working Capital Loans deemed made pursuant to a request by Swing Line Lender pursuant to subsection 2.1A(iv) for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans or Working Capital Loans made pursuant to subsection 3.3B for the purpose of reimbursing any Issuing Lender for the amount of a drawing under a Letter of Credit issued by it ("LC REFUNDING LOANS")) shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Swing Line Loans made on any Funding Date shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $250,000 and multiples of $10,000 in excess of that amount. Whenever Company desires that Lenders make Loans (other than Swing Line Loans or LC Refunding Loans) it shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing no later than 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Funding Date (in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, other than Eurodollar Loans to be made on the Closing Date or the Merger Date, if the Merger Date occurs on or prior to three Business Days after the Closing Date) or 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the proposed Funding Date (in the case of a Base Rate Loan). Whenever Company desires that Swing Line Lender make a Swing Line Loan, it shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing no later than 12:00 Noon (Chicago time) on the proposed Funding Date. The Notice of Borrowing shall specify (i) the proposed Funding Date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the amount and type of Loans requested, (iii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, that such Loans shall be Base Rate Loans, (iv) in the case of any other Loans, whether such Loans shall be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (v) in the case of any Loans requested to be made as Eurodollar Rate Loans, the initial Interest Period requested therefor. Term Loans and Working Capital Loans may be continued as or converted into Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate Loans in the manner provided in subsection 2.2D. In lieu of delivering the above-described Notice of Borrowing, Company may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing under this subsection 2.1B; PROVIDED that such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of a Notice of Borrowing to Administrative Agent on or before the applicable Funding Date. Any Loans made on the Closing Date and on the Merger Date (if the Merger Date occurs on or prior to three Business Days after the Closing Date) may be Eurodollar Loans regardless of whether this Agreement has been executed at least three Business Days prior to such date and so long as Company has delivered a Notice of Borrowing with respect thereto on or prior to three Business Days prior to such date and has also delivered an indemnity agreement covering broken funding losses in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agents. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Company in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized to borrow on behalf of Company or for otherwise acting in good faith under this subsection 2.1B, and upon funding of Loans by Lenders in accordance with this Agreement pursuant to any such telephonic notice Company shall have borrowed Loans hereunder. Company shall notify Administrative Agent prior to the funding of any Loans in the event that any of the matters to which Company is required to certify in the applicable Notice of Borrowing as being true and correct on any applicable Funding Date is not true and correct as of the applicable Funding Date, and the acceptance by Company of the proceeds of any Loans shall constitute a certification by Company, as of the applicable Funding Date, as to the matters to which Company is required to certify in the applicable Notice of Borrowing as being true and correct on such Funding Date. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2.6B, 2.6C and 2.6G, a Notice of Borrowing for a Eurodollar Rate Loan (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith or to pay the amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.6D as a result of the failure to make such borrowing.
Procedure for Borrowing Swingline Loans The Borrower shall give the Agent and the Swingline Lender notice pursuant to a Notice of Swingline Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing of a Swingline Loan. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing shall be delivered to the Swingline Lender no later than 3:00 p.m. on the proposed date of such borrowing. Any such notice given telephonically shall include all information to be specified in a written Notice of Swingline Borrowing and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Swingline Borrowing sent to the Swingline Lender by telecopy on the same day of the giving of such telephonic notice. On the date of the requested Swingline Loan and subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V. for such borrowing, the Swingline Lender will make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the Borrower in Dollars, in immediately available funds, at the account specified by the Borrower in the Notice of Swingline Borrowing not later than 4:00 p.m. on such date.
Repayment of Term Borrowings (i) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the dates set forth below, or if any such date is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day (each such date being called a “Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the Term Loans other than Other Term Loans (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.11(b), 2.12, 2.13(e) and 2.26(d)) equal to the amount set forth below for such date, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment: March 31, 2013 $ 4,500,000 June 30, 2013 $ 4,500,000 September 30, 2013 $ 4,500,000 December 31, 2013 $ 4,500,000 March 31, 2014 $ 4,500,000 June 30, 2014 $ 4,500,000 September 30, 2014 $ 4,500,000 December 31, 2014 $ 4,500,000 March 30, 2015 $ 4,500,000 June 30, 2015 $ 4,500,000 September 30, 2015 $ 4,500,000 December 31, 2015 $ 4,500,000 March 31, 2016 $ 4,500,000 June 30, 2016 $ 4,500,000 September 30, 2016 $ 4,500,000 December 31, 2016 $ 4,500,000 March 31, 2017 $ 4,500,000 June 30, 2017 $ 4,500,000 September 30, 2017 $ 4,500,000 December 31, 2017 $ 4,500,000 March 31, 2018 $ 4,500,000 June 30, 2018 $ 4,500,000 September 30, 2018 $ 4,500,000 December 31, 2018 $ 4,500,000 March 31, 2019 $ 4,500,000 June 30, 2019 $ 4,500,000 Term Loan Maturity Date $ 1,683,000,000
(ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Incremental Term Lenders, on each Incremental Term Loan Repayment Date, a principal amount of the Other Term Loans (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.11(b), 2.12 and 2.13(e)) equal to the amount set forth for such date in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Assumption Agreement, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment.
(b) In the event and on each occasion that the Term Loan Commitments shall be reduced or shall expire or terminate other than as a result of the making of a Term Loan, the installments payable on each Repayment Date shall be reduced pro rata by an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such reduction, expiration or termination.
(c) To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans and Other Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date and the applicable Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, respectively, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of payment.
(d) All repayments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be subject to Section 2.16, but shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.
Manner of Borrowing Loans and Designating Applicable Interest Rates (a) Notice to the Administrative Agent. The Initial Advance shall be made by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on the Original Closing Date following receipt of a Notice of Borrowing (as defined below) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Original Closing Date. The single advance under the BDC BCAP Credit Facility shall be made by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on the Closing Date following receipt of a Notice of Borrowing (as defined below) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date. For all other Loans (other than Swing Loans), the Borrower shall give notice to the Administrative Agent by no later than 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) at least one Business Day before the date of any proposed Borrowing in the form of a Prime Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan. The Loans included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the rate contemplated in Section 2.8 and specified in such Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may from time to time elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Borrowing or, subject to the minimum amount requirement for each outstanding Borrowing set forth in Section 2.9 hereof, a portion thereof. The Borrower shall give all such notices requesting the advance of a Borrowing to the Administrative Agent by telephone or facsimile (which notice shall be irrevocable once given and, if by telephone, shall be promptly confirmed in writing), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each, a "Notice of Borrowing") or Exhibit C (a "Notice of Continuation/Conversion"), as applicable, or in such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent. All such notices concerning the advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing shall specify the date of the requested advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Borrowing to be advanced, continued or converted, the type of Loans to comprise such new, continued or converted Borrowing. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may rely on any such notice via telephone, email or facsimile given by any person to the Administrative Agent in good faith believes is an authorized representative of the Borrower without the necessity of independent investigation, and in the event any such notice by telephone conflicts with any written confirmation such telephonic notice shall govern if the Administrative Agent has acted in reliance thereon.