Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee Rates Payments and Calculations (a) Interest Rates. Except as provided in Section 2.13(c) and Section 2.15(a), all Obligations (except for the undrawn portion of the face amount of Letters of Credit) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the lesser of (i) the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin, or (ii) the maximum rate of interest allowed by applicable laws; provided, that following notice to Borrower in accordance with Section 2.15(a) hereof, all Obligations that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal, during the duration of the circumstances described in Section 2.15(a), to the lesser of (A) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin as calculated pursuant to Section 2.15(a) or (B) the maximum rate of interest allowable by applicable laws.
Base Management Fee The Base Management Fee will be calculated at an annual rate of 2.0% of the Company’s gross assets, exclusive of cash and cash equivalents. The base management fee will be payable quarterly in arrears and will be calculated based on the average value of the Company’s gross assets at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters (and, in the case of our first quarter, our gross assets as of such quarter-end). The base management fee may or may not be taken in whole or in part at the discretion of the Adviser. All or any part of the base management fee not taken as to any quarter will be deferred without interest and may be taken in such other quarter as the Adviser will determine. The base management fee for any partial month or quarter will be appropriately prorated.