Commitments to Lend (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to lend to each Borrower (other than a Borrower that is an Affiliate Advised Borrower with respect to such Lender), and such Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow from time to time during the Revolving Credit Period, upon notice by such Borrower to Operations Agent given in accordance with SECTION 2.02, such Revolving Credit Loans as are requested by such Borrower up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding to such Borrower and all other Borrowers (after giving effect to all amounts requested) at any one time equal to such Lender's Commitment Amount, provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding (after giving effect to all amounts requested) to any Borrower shall not exceed at any time the Maximum Amount for such Borrower at such time and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding to all Borrowers (after giving effect to all amounts requested) shall not exceed at any time the aggregate Commitment Amounts. Each Borrowing under this SECTION 2.01(A) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $100,000 or a larger whole multiple of $10,000 and shall, subject to SECTION 2.01(C), be made from the several Lenders pro rata in accordance with each Lender's Commitment Percentage. Each Revolving Credit Loan shall mature and become due and payable as provided in SECTION 2.05.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of SECTION 2.01(A) and subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Borrower (other than a Borrower that is an Affiliate Advised Borrower with respect to Swing Line Lender) may request Loans (Swing Line Advances) in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $50,000 or a larger integral multiple of $10,000, and if:
(i) the aggregate principal amount of such requested Loans (Swing Line Advances) to such Borrower and of all other Loans outstanding to all Borrowers which were made pursuant to the operation of this SECTION 2.01(B) do not exceed $50,000,000;
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding from Swing Line Lender (after giving effect to all amounts requested) does not exceed Swing Line Lender's Commitment Amount;
(iii) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding to such Borrower (after giving effect to all amounts requested) does not exceed the Maximum Amount for such Borrower; and
(iv) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding to all Borrowers (after giving effect to all amounts requested) does not exceed the aggregate Commitment Amounts, then Swing Line Lender (subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement) shall make all of such Loans (each, a "SWING LINE ADVANCE," and collectively, the "SWING LINE ADVANCES"). Each Borrower promises to pay any Swing Line Advance made to it in full (together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon) on the earliest of (A) 10 days after the date such Swing Line Advance was made, (B) the date of the next Loan made to such Borrower by Lenders pursuant to SECTION 2.01(A), and (C) the Termination Date. If:
Conditions Precedent to Loans and Letters of Credit 32 Section 3.1 Conditions To Effectiveness.................................................32 Section 3.2 Each Credit Event...........................................................33 Section 3.3 Delivery of Documents.......................................................34
Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit In addition to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent contained in Section 6.1, the obligations of (i) Lenders to make any Loans and (ii) the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit are each subject to the further conditions precedent that: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall exist as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, and no violation of the limits described in Section 2.16 would occur after giving effect thereto; (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except in the case of a representation or warranty qualified by materiality, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder; (c) in the case of the borrowing of Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have received a timely Notice of Borrowing, in the case of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender shall have received a timely Notice of Swingline Borrowing (or other notice as permitted pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) for requesting a Swingline Loan or the borrowing shall be an Automatic Swingline Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(ii)), and in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a timely request for the issuance of such Letter of Credit; and (d) that any such borrowing is permitted under any Senior Notes Indebtedness and/or any Senior Notes Indenture relating thereto. Each Credit Event shall constitute a certification by the Borrower to the effect set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving of notice relating to such Credit Event and, unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the date of such Credit Event, as of the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event). In addition, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at the time any Loan is made or any Letter of Credit is issued that all conditions to the making of such Loan or issuing of such Letter of Credit contained in this Article VI have been satisfied. Unless set forth in writing to the contrary, the making of its initial Loan by a Lender shall constitute a certification by such Lender to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that the conditions precedent for initial Loans set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 that have not previously been waived by the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement have been satisfied.
Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic notices, Loan Notices, Letter of Credit Applications and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance in good faith by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit The obligation of the Lenders to close this Agreement and to make the initial Loan or issue or participate in the initial Letter of Credit, if any, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit The obligation of each Lender to make the Loans requested to be made by it on the Closing Date and the obligation of each Issuer to Issue Letters of Credit on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction or due waiver in accordance with Section 11.1 (
CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT The obligation of each Lender to make Loans and of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder is subject to the performance by each of the Loan Parties of its Obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the making of any such Loans or issuance of such Letters of Credit and to the satisfaction of the following further conditions:
Authorization of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or its Subsidiary party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit The obligations of the Lenders to make any Loan or issue any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing or issue date, as applicable:
Requirements For Issuance of Letters of Credit (a) Borrowing Agent shall authorize and direct any Issuer to name the applicable Borrower as the “Applicant” or “Account Party” of each Letter of Credit. If Agent is not the Issuer of any Letter of Credit, Borrowing Agent shall authorize and direct Issuer to deliver to Agent all instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by Issuer pursuant to the Letter of Credit and to accept and rely upon Agent’s instructions and agreements with respect to all matters arising in connection with the Letter of Credit, the application therefor or any acceptance therefor.
(b) In connection with all trade Letters of Credit issued or caused to be issued by Issuer under this Agreement, each Borrower hereby appoints Issuer, or its designee, as its attorney, with full power and authority if an Event of Default shall have occurred: (i) to sign and/or endorse such Borrower’s name upon any warehouse or other receipts, and acceptances; (ii) to sign such Borrower’s name on bills of lading; (iii) to clear Inventory through the United States of America Customs Department (“Customs”) in the name of such Borrower or Issuer or Issuer’s designee, and to sign and deliver to Customs officials powers of attorney in the name of such Borrower for such purpose; and (iv) to complete in such Borrower’s name or Issuer’s, or in the name of Issuer’s designee, any order, sale or transaction, obtain the necessary documents in connection therewith, and collect the proceeds thereof. Neither Agent, Issuer nor their attorneys will be liable for any acts or omissions nor for any error of judgment or mistakes of fact or law, except for Agent’s, Issuer’s or their respective officers’, directors’, agents’, employees’, attorneys’ or Affiliates’ gross negligence, willful misconduct. This power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable as long as any Letters of Credit remain outstanding.
