Effectiveness of this Amendment The following shall have occurred before this Amendment is effective:
Effect of this Amendment Except as modified pursuant hereto, no ------------------------ other changes or modifications to the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements are intended or implied and in all other respects the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements are hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of the effective date hereof. To the extent of conflict between the terms of this Amendment, the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, the terms of this Amendment shall control. The Loan Agreement and this Amendment shall be read and construed as one agreement.
Effective Date of this Agreement This Agreement shall become effective (the "Effective Date") upon the date of your acceptance hereof, as set forth below.
Amendment of this Agreement No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable SEC exemptive order therefrom.
Construction of this Amendment; Participation Agreement (a) This Amendment shall be interpreted to be consistent with, and to facilitate compliance with and reliance on, Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act and Rule 498A (including paragraph (j) thereof) under the 1933 Act and any interpretations of those Rules by the Securities and Exchange Commission, its staff, courts, or other appropriate legal authorities. (b) To the extent the terms of this Amendment conflict with the terms of the Participation Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control; otherwise, and except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Amendment, the terms of the Participation Agreement shall continue to apply, and shall apply to the duties, responsibilities, rights and obligations of the Parties under and pursuant to this Amendment.
Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall --------------------------------------------- become effective when the Agent shall have received at least thirteen (13) counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by the Company and the Required Lenders, provided the following conditions are satisfied: (a) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 of the Credit Agreement, Section 5 of the Pledge and Security Agreement and Section 4 of the Servicing Security Agreement, of NCFC in Section 15 of the Guaranty, and of NCCC in Section 15 of the NCCC Guaranty shall be true and correct as though made on the date hereof, except for changes that are permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement. (b) Before and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Event of Default and no Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. (c) No material adverse change in the business, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or NCFC shall have occurred since May 26, 1999. (d) The Agent shall have received the following, each duly executed or certified, as the case may be, and dated as of the date of delivery thereof: (i) copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, certified by its respective Secretary or Assistant Secretary, authorizing or ratifying the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment; (ii) a certified copy of any amendment or restatement of the Articles of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Company made or entered following the date of the most recent certified copies thereof furnished to the Lenders; (iii) certified copies of all documents evidencing any necessary corporate action, consent or governmental or regulatory approval (if any) with respect to this Amendment; (iv) a Reaffirmation of NCFC Guaranty duly executed by NCFC; (v) a Reaffirmation of NCCC Guaranty duly executed by NCCC; and (vi) such other documents, instruments, opinions and approvals as the Agent may reasonably request. (e) The Agent shall have received the amendment fee required by Section 8.16 of the Credit Agreement.
Termination and Amendment of this Agreement This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment. This Agreement may be amended only if such amendment is approved (i) by Underwriter, (ii) either by action of the Board of Trustees of the Trust or at a meeting of the Shareholders of the Trust by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares, and (iii) by a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of the Trust or of Underwriter by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. Either the Trust or Underwriter may at any time terminate this Agreement on sixty (60) days' written notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the other party.
Amendment of this Contract No provision of this Contract may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination (a) This Agreement shall become effective at 10:00 a.m., Minneapolis time, on the first full business day following the effective date of the Registration Statement, or at such earlier time after the effective date of the Registration Statement as you in your discretion shall first release the Notes for sale to the public. For the purpose of this Section 8, the Notes shall be deemed to have been released for sale to the public upon release by you of the publication of a newspaper advertisement relating thereto or upon release by you of telexes offering the Notes for sale to securities dealers, whichever shall first occur. By giving notice as hereinafter specified before the time this Agreement becomes effective, the Underwriters or the Company may prevent this Agreement from becoming effective without liability of any party to any other party, except that the provisions of this Section 8 and Section 4(n) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective. (b) The Underwriters, shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date (i) if there has been, since the date of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, or in the financial results, business affairs or business prospects of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to such Closing Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder, or (iii) if any other condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled, or (iv) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or any outbreak or the escalation of major hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency, war, or other calamity or crisis, the effect of which is such as to make it, in your reasonable judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Notes or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Notes, or (v) if trading in the Notes has been suspended by the Commission, or if trading generally on either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by either of said Exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal, New York or Nebraska authorities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8(b), such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4(n) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective. (c) If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to terminate this Agreement as provided in the Section, the Company shall be notified promptly by you by telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter. If the Company elects to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective, you shall be notified by the Company by telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter.
SCOPE OF THIS AGREEMENT 2.1. This Agreement, including Parts A through L, Tables One and Two and exhibits, specifies the rights and obligations of each Party with respect to the establishment, purchase, and sale of Local Interconnection, Collocation, resale of Telecommunications Services and Unbundled Network Elements. Certain terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings defined in PART A – DEFINITIONS, or as otherwise elsewhere defined throughout this Agreement. Other terms used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Act and in the FCC’s and the Commission’s rules, regulations and orders. PART B sets forth the general terms and conditions governing this Agreement. The remaining Parts set forth, among other things, descriptions of the services, pricing, technical and business requirements, and physical and network security requirements.