Borrowing Certificate The Administrative Agent shall have received, with a counterpart for each Lender, a certificate of the Borrower, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, with appropriate insertions and attachments, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, executed by the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Borrower.
Authorization of Borrowing Etc (a) Each Obligor has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) (A) violate any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation or order applicable to or binding on such Obligor, (B) violate any provision of the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of such Obligor, (C) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent of any such violation, conflict, breach, default, or imposition of Lien (of which no Obligor has Actual Knowledge) which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (D) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Collateral (except as permitted in the applicable Collateral Document) or on any other property (except as permitted under Section 5.13 hereof), or (ii) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will have been obtained on or before the Closing Date, except for any such approval or consent under a Contractual Obligation and the failure to obtain which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the use of the proceeds of the Loans do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state or other Governmental Authority or regulatory body or any other Person which is required to be obtained or made on or prior to the Closing Date and which has not previously been obtained or made.
(c) Each Obligor has duly executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is party and each such Loan Document is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, including materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(d) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of Regulations U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Borrowing Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall deliver securities of a Portfolio to lenders or their agents, or otherwise establish a segregated account as agreed to by the applicable Fund on behalf of such Portfolio and the Custodian, as collateral for borrowings effected by such Portfolio, provided that such borrowed money is payable by the lender (a) to or upon the Custodian's order, as Custodian for such Portfolio, and (b) concurrently with delivery of such securities.
Authorization of Borrowing The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Loan Party that is a party thereto.
Notice of Borrowing and Disbursement The Swingline Lender will make Swingline Loans available to the Borrower on any Business Day upon request made by the Borrower not later than 2:00 P.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on such Business Day. A notice of request for Swingline Loan borrowing shall be made in the form of Schedule 2.1(b)(i) with appropriate modifications. Swingline Loan borrowings hereunder shall be made in minimum amounts of $100,000 and in integral amounts of $100,000 in excess thereof.
Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request (a) Prior to the making of each Term Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(b) Prior to the making of each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 3.4(a)) and each Swingline Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(c) Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a). The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 above have been satisfied as of that time.
Initial Borrowing Before or concurrently with the initial Borrowing:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the favorable written opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to Borrower;
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the Borrower’s (i) Articles of Incorporation, together with all amendments and (ii) bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) and any amendments thereto, certified in each instance by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary;
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of resolutions of the Borrower’s Board of Directors authorizing the execution 1663651.11-New York Server 7A - MSW and delivery of the Credit Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby together with specimen signatures of the persons authorized to execute such documents on the Borrower’s behalf, all certified in each instance by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary;
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender that requests a Note, such Lender’s duly executed Note of the Borrower dated the date hereof and otherwise in compliance with the provisions of Section 2.9(a) hereof;
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed counterpart of this Agreement from each of the Lenders and the Borrower;
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed Compliance Certificate containing financial information as of December 31, 2010;
(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have, during the period from December 31, 2010 to the Closing Date, issued, incurred, assumed, created, become liable for, contingently or otherwise, any material Indebtedness other than the issuance of commercial paper consistent with past practices;
(h) The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Lender the applicable fees for providing its Commitment under this Agreement;
(i) The Borrower shall have delivered the SEC Disclosure Documents which Nicor or the Borrower shall have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental agency substituted therefore) or any national securities exchange on or after January 1, 2011;
(j) The 364 Day Credit Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2010, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other financial institutions party thereto has terminated (upon maturity or otherwise) in accordance with its terms; and
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents and information as it may reasonably request. By executing this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders agrees that each condition set forth in this Section 6.1 has been satisfied. 1663651.11-New York Server 7A - MSW
Notice of Borrowings In order to request a Borrowing, a Borrower shall give written or telecopy notice (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing or by telecopy) (a) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day of such proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before such proposed Borrowing. Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall in each case refer to this Agreement, identify the applicable Borrower and specify (i) whether such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing; (ii) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and the amount thereof; and (iii) if such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the Borrower giving the notice of Borrowing shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration. If a Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.03 of its election to refinance a Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing, then the Borrower shall (unless such Borrowing is repaid at the end of such Interest Period) be deemed to have given notice of an election to refinance such Borrowing with an ABR Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.03 and of each Lender's portion of the requested Borrowing.
Borrowing/Election Notice The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent an irrevocable Borrowing/Election Notice of each conversion of a Floating Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Rate Loan or continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan not later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) three (3) Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation, specifying: (i) the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) of such conversion or continuation; (ii) the amount and Type of the Loan to be converted or continued; and (iii) the amount of Eurodollar Rate Loan(s) into which such Loan is to be converted or continued, and the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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.
