Completion of a Utilisation Request (a) Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(i) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;
(ii) the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
(iii) the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).
(b) Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.
Delivery of a Utilisation Request The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
Request for Borrowing The applicable Borrower shall give Administrative Agent notice of (i) each requested Borrowing hereunder, which notice shall be in writing (a “Request for Borrowing”), in the form of Exhibit B hereto. Each Request for Borrowing shall be irrevocable and effective upon receipt by Administrative Agent and shall be furnished to Administrative Agent:
(i) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Loans denominated in Dollars to which the Term SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR Option applies;
(ii) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies to which the Eurocurrency Rate Option applies;
(iii) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies to which the Daily Simple RFR Option applies; and/or
(iv) the same Business Day of the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of a Loan to which the Base Rate Option applies or the last day of the preceding Interest Period with respect to the conversion to the Base Rate Option for any Loan, provided that any such request received by Administrative Agent after 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) ( 12 noon for Base Rate Option) shall be deemed to have been given by Borrowers on the next succeeding Business Day. Each Request for Borrowing shall specify (A) the amount of such Borrowing, (B) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day, (C) the Interest Rate Option, and if applicable, the Interest Period, (D) the Borrowers making the Request for Borrowing, and (E) the amount of each Loan attributable to each Borrower (if applicable); and shall be accompanied or preceded by (x) a duly executed Borrowing Base Certificate dated the date of such Request for Borrowing, (y) such documents as are required to satisfy any applicable conditions precedent as provided in Section 6.2, and (z) an Investment Report dated the date of such Request for Borrowing. Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice of each Request for Borrowing to the Lenders. Each Request for Borrowing submitted by the Borrowers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 and, to the extent applicable, Section 6.3, have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Borrowing. No Request for Borrowing shall be valid hereunder for any purpose unless it shall have been accompanied or preceded by the information and other documents required to be delivered in accordance with this Section 2.3.
Notice of Borrowing (a) Whenever a Borrower desires to borrow Revolving Loans hereunder (excluding Mandatory Borrowings), the Parent and such Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at its office set forth in Section 11.2 prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) (i) no later than 10:30 A.M. on the date of each ABR Advance and (ii) no later than 11:00 A.M. at least three Business Days prior to the date of each Core Currency Advance, in each case to be made hereunder, provided that any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on a certain day only if given before 10:30 A.M. on such day in the case of clause (i) above and 11:00 A.M. on such day in the case of clause (ii) above. Each such written notice or written confirmation of telephonic notice (each a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be irrevocable and shall be given by the Parent and the applicable Borrower in the form of Exhibit C, appropriately completed to specify (A) the name of such applicable Borrower, (B) the date of such borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the applicable Currency for such Revolving Loans, (D) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans to be made (stated in the applicable Currency), (E) in the case of Revolving Loans in Dollars, whether the Revolving Loans being made are to be initially maintained as ABR Advances or Core Currency Advances and (F) in the case of Core Currency Advances, the initial Interest Period applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender notice of such proposed borrowing, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters required by the immediately preceding sentence to be specified in the Notice of Borrowing.
(i) Whenever a Borrower desires to borrow Swing Line Loans hereunder, the Parent and such Borrower shall give the Swing Line Lender a Notice of Borrowing (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by delivery of a Notice of Borrowing) at its office set forth in Section 11.2 no later than (x) 1:00 P.M. on the requested Borrowing Date in respect of a Swing Line Loan in Dollars, (y) 10:30 A.M. at least one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date in respect of an Alternate Core Currency Swing Line Loan in Pounds Sterling and (z) 10:30 A.M. at least two Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date in respect of any other Alternate Core Currency Swing Line Loan, provided, that any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on a certain day only if given before 1:00 P.M. on such day in the case of clause (x) above or 10:30 A.M. on such day in the case of clause (y) or (z) above. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and specify in each case (A) the name of such Borrower, (B) the date of such borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) (C) the applicable Currency for such Swing Line Loans, (D) the aggregate principal amount of such Swing Line Loans (stated in the applicable Currency) and (E) the requested amount and the requested Interest Period and maturity date with respect to each Swing Line Negotiated Rate Advance and Swing Line Loan made as an ABR Advance. Upon receipt from the Parent and the applicable Borrower of a Notice of Borrowing which requests one or more Swing Line Negotiated Rate Advances, the Swing Line Lender shall, following discussion with the Parent regarding the proposed Swing Line Negotiated Rate for such Swing Line Negotiated Rate Advance, confirm in writing to the Parent the applicable Swing Line Negotiated Rate by (x) 4:00 P.M. on the requested Borrowing Date in the case of a Swing Line Negotiated Rate Advance in Dollars, (y) 12:00 Noon one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date in the case of a Swing Line Negotiated Rate Advance in Pounds Sterling and (z) 12:00 Noon two Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date in the case of a Swing Line Negotiated Rate Advance in a Core Currency (other than Dollars and Pounds Sterling).
(ii) Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 2.1(c), with each applicable Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its borrowing of any Swing Line Loan, to the making of the Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in Section 2.1(c).
(c) Whenever a Borrower desires to borrow Individual Currency Loans hereunder, the Parent and such Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at its office set forth in Section 11.2 a Notice of Borrowing (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed by delivery of a Notice of Borrowing) no later than 11:00 A.M. at least three Business Days’ prior to the requested Borrowing Date in respect of such Individual Currency Loans, provided that any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on a certain day only if given before 11:00 A.M. on such day. Such Notice of Borrowing shall become effective upon receipt by such Lender of such written confirmation from the Administrative Agent. Each such Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the name of the applicable Borrower, (B) the date of such borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (C) the applicable Currency for such Individual Currency Loans, (D) the aggregate principal amount of such Individual Currency Loans (stated in the applicable Currency), and (E) the Interest Period to be applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each applicable Lender notice of such proposed borrowing at its Applicable Lending Office, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters required by the immediately preceding sentence to be specified in the Notice of Borrowing.
(d) Without in any way limiting the obligation of any Borrower to confirm in writing any telephonic notice of any incurrence of Loans, the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender (in the case of any borrowing of Swing Line Loans), as the case may be, may act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice of such borrowing, believed by the Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in good faith to be from such Borrower prior to receipt of written confirmation.
Utilisation 4.1 On the Initial Closing Date, the Expenses Loan Provider made an Advance in the aggregate amount of £45,650,000 (the Initial Advance) to Loan Note Issuer No.1, which shall be deemed to be three separate Advances as follows:
(a) the first advance being in the amount of £35,000,000 for the credit of the Series Cash Reserve Account (the First Advance);
(b) the second advance being in the amount of £8,750,000 for the credit of the Programme Reserve Account (the Second Advance); and
(c) the third advance being in the amount of £1,900,000 for the credit of the Loan Note Issuer No.1 Distribution Account (the Third Advance, and together with the First Advance and the Second Advance, the 2013 Advances).
4.2 Loan Note Issuer No.1 may utilise the Facility on any Closing Date by delivering to the Expenses Loan Provider by no later than the close of business on the Business Day prior to such Closing Date a Utilisation Request.
4.3 Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(a) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day which corresponds with a Closing Date; and
(b) it specifies the amount of each Advance to be made pursuant to the Utilisation Request.
4.4 One or more Advances may be requested in each Utilisation Request.
4.5 Loan Note Issuer No.1 is deemed to repeat the representations set out in Clause9 (Representations of Loan Note Issuer No.1 and the Expenses Loan Provider) on the date of each Utilisation Request.
4.6 If the Expenses Loan Provider decides, in its absolute discretion, to make an Advance pursuant to the Utilisation Request, the Expenses Loan Provider will deliver to Loan Note Issuer No. 1, by no later than the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date on which such Advance is to be made, a Utilisation Notice specifying the terms on which the Advance will be made including, without limitation, the Applicable Margin in respect of each Advance. A Utilisation Notice may specify the terms of one or more Advances requested pursuant to a Utilisation Request.
4.7 The Expenses Loan Provider may also specify in a Utilisation Notice any increase which it proposes to make to the Facility Limit.
4.8 By no later than the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date on which an Advance is to be made, Loan Note Issuer No.1 will deliver a Utilisation Confirmation to the Expenses Loan Provider confirming the terms of each Advance and the increase in the Facility Limit (if any) as set out in the Utilisation Notice.
4.9 On the Closing Date on which an Advance is to be made following the receipt of a Utilisation Confirmation and if such Advance is subject to scheduled principal repayments, the Expenses Loan Provider will deliver to Loan Note Issuer No.1 an amortisation schedule in substantially the form of Schedule 2 (Pro-forma Amortisation Schedule) attached hereto setting out the Repayment Amounts to be paid in relation to each such Advance as well as clearly specifying the Initial Interest Payment Date in relation to such Advance (the Amortisation Schedule) provided that (a) in respect of the Third Advance, the Expenses Loan Provider will deliver to Loan Note Issuer No.1 an amortisation schedule in substantially the form of Schedule 1 (Third Advance Amortisation Schedule) (the Third Advance Amortisation Schedule), (b) in respect of the First Advance, the Final Repayment Date shall be the Interest Payment Date in May 2018, and (c) in respect of the Second Advance, the Final Repayment Date shall be the Interest Payment Date in May 2020.
4.10 Advances made under this Agreement will not be consolidated.
Borrowing Notice The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent and the Swing Line Lender irrevocable notice (a "Swing Line Borrowing Notice") not later than noon (Chicago time) on the Borrowing Date of each Swing Line Loan, specifying (i) the applicable Borrowing Date (which date shall be a Business Day), and (ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Swing Line Loan which shall be an amount not less than $100,000. The Swing Line Loans shall bear interest at the Floating Rate.
Request for Advance A request for an advance in accordance with Section 2.05;
Conditions Precedent to Borrowing The obligation of the Liquidity Provider to make an Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Effective Date shall have occurred and, prior to the date of such Borrowing, the Borrower shall have delivered a Notice of Borrowing which conforms to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and has been completed as may be required by the relevant form of the Notice of Borrowing for the type of Advances requested.
Loan Request See Section 2.6.
Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing The obligation of each Bank to make an Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing to any Borrower (including the initial Borrowing) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Borrowing:
(a) the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by a Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing such statements are true):
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 (excluding those contained in the second sentence of subsection (e) and in subsection (f) thereof), and if such Borrowing is by CFSC, CIF or CFKK, Section 4.02, are correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any Borrower; and
(b) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Bank through the Agent may reasonably request.
