Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 2.14, the Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of any Tranche of Term Loans (each, an “Existing Term Loan Tranche”) or the then-existing Revolving Commitments (the “Existing Revolving Commitments”), together with any related outstandings, be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or any portion of such Existing Term Loan Tranche (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, “Extended Term Loans”) or such Existing Revolving Commitments (any such Revolving Commitments which have been so converted, “Extended Revolving Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Term Lenders or each of the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable) (each, an “Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Term Lender under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche and/or be identical as offered to each Revolving Lender under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable (in each case, including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and (y) be identical to the Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans are to be converted or the Revolving Loans under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments from which the Extended Revolving Commitments are to be converted, as applicable, except that: (i) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (ii) repayments of principal of the Extended Revolving Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the Maturity Date applicable to the Existing Revolving Commitments; (iii) the Effective Yield with respect to the Extended Term Loans or the interest rate and fees on the Extended Revolving Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the Effective Yield for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche or the interest rate and fees of such Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (iv) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the applicable Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments); (v) Extended Term Loans may have mandatory prepayment terms which provide for the application of proceeds from mandatory prepayment events to be made first to prepay the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted before applying any such proceeds to prepay such Extended Term Loans; (vi) Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and terms which allow Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted to be optionally prepaid prior to the prepayment of such Extended Term Loans) as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof; and (vii) such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments may have other terms (other than those described in the preceding clauses (i) through (vi)) that differ from those of the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, in each case, taken as a whole, that are not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments than the provisions applicable to the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, or as are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments converted pursuant to any Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, an “Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that, subject to the requirements set forth above, any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Tranche or Extended Revolving Commitments converted from Existing Revolving Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Extension Series with respect to such Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable.
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Samples: Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Iridium Communications Inc.), Credit Agreement (Iridium Communications Inc.), Credit Agreement (Iridium Communications Inc.)
Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 2.14, the Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of any Tranche of Term Loans (each, an “Existing Term Loan Tranche”) or the then-existing then‑existing Revolving Commitments (the “Existing Revolving Commitments”), together with any related outstandings, be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or any portion of such Existing Term Loan Tranche (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, “Extended Term Loans”) or such Existing Revolving Commitments (any such Revolving Commitments which have been so converted, “Extended Revolving Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.14. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Term Lenders or each of the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable) (each, an “Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Term Lender under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche and/or be identical as offered to each Revolving Lender under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable (in each case, including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and (y) be identical to the Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans are to be converted or the Revolving Loans under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments from which the Extended Revolving Commitments are to be converted, as applicable, except that: (i) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (ii) repayments of principal of the Extended Revolving Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the Maturity Date applicable to the Existing Revolving Commitments; (iii) the Effective Yield with respect to the Extended Term Loans or the interest rate and fees on the Extended Revolving Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the Effective Yield for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche or the interest rate and fees of such Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (iv) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the applicable Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments); (v) Extended Term Loans may have mandatory prepayment terms which provide for the application of proceeds from mandatory prepayment events to be made first to prepay the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted before applying any such proceeds to prepay such Extended Term Loans; (vi) Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and terms which allow Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted to be optionally prepaid prior to the prepayment of such Extended Term Loans) as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof; and (vii) such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments may have other terms (other than those described in the preceding clauses (i) through (vi)) that differ from those of the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, in each case, taken as a whole, that are not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments than the provisions applicable to the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, or as are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments converted pursuant to any Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, an “Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that, subject to the requirements set forth above, any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Tranche or Extended Revolving Commitments converted from Existing Revolving Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Extension Series with respect to such Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Iridium Communications Inc.), Credit Agreement (Iridium Communications Inc.), Credit Agreement (Iridium Communications Inc.)
Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 2.14, the Any Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of any Tranche of the Term Loans of any Class (each, an “Existing Term Loan TrancheClass”) or the then-existing Revolving Commitments (the “Existing Revolving Commitments”), together with any related outstandings, be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or any a portion of any principal amount of such Existing Term Loan Tranche Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so converted, “Extended Term Loans”) or such Existing Revolving Commitments (any such Revolving Commitments which have been so converted, “Extended Revolving Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.142.20. In order to establish any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving CommitmentsLoans, the Borrower Agent shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Term Lenders or each of the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicableClass) (each, an “Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Term Lender under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche and/or be identical as offered to each Revolving Lender under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable (in each case, including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and (y) be identical to consistent with the Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche Class from which such Extended Term Loans are to be converted or the Revolving Loans under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments from which the Extended Revolving Commitments are to be converted, as applicable, except that: (i) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche Class to the extent provided in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment; (ii) repayments of principal of the Extended Revolving Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the Maturity Date applicable to the Existing Revolving Commitments; (iii) the Effective Yield interest margins with respect to the Extended Term Loans or the interest rate and fees on the Extended Revolving Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the Effective Yield Applicable Rate for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche or Class and upfront fees may be paid to the interest rate and fees of such Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, Extending Term Lenders to the extent provided in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment; (iv) and the Additional Credit Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period only after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the applicable Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments); (v) Extended Term Loans may have mandatory prepayment terms which provide for the application of proceeds from mandatory prepayment events to be made first to prepay the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted before applying any such proceeds to prepay such Extended Term Loans; (vi) Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and terms which allow Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted to be optionally prepaid prior to the prepayment of such Extended Term Loans) as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof; and (vii) such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments may have other terms (other than those described in the preceding clauses (i) through (vi)) that differ from those of the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, in each case, taken as a whole, that are not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments than the provisions applicable to the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, or as are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative AgentA Maturity Date. Any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments converted pursuant to any Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, an “Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that, subject to the requirements limitations set forth in clause (a) above, any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Tranche or Extended Revolving Commitments converted from Existing Revolving Commitments Class may, to the extent provided in the applicable Additional Credit Extension AmendmentAmendment and consistent with the requirements set forth above, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Term Loans. The Borrower Agent shall provide the applicable Extension Series Request at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Class are requested to respond. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Lender wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class subject to such Extension Request (such Lender an “Extending Term Lender”) converted into Extended Term Loans shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class which it has elected to request be converted into Extended Term Loans (subject to any minimum denomination requirements reasonably imposed by the Administrative Agent and acceptable to the Borrower Agent). In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Term Loans requested pursuant to an Extension Request, Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Term Loans on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Term Loans included in each such Extension Election (subject to any minimum denomination requirements reasonably imposed by the Administrative Agent and acceptable to the Borrower Agent). The Borrower Agent may, with the consent of each Person providing an Extended Revolving Commitment, the Administrative Agent and any Person acting as swingline lender or issuing bank under such Extended Revolving Commitments, amend this Agreement pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment to provide for Extended Revolving Commitments and to incorporate the terms of such Extended Revolving Commitments into this Agreement on substantially the same basis as provided with respect to such Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) the establishment of any such Extended Revolving Commitments shall be accompanied by a corresponding reduction in the Revolving Commitments and (ii) any reduction in the Revolving Commitments may, at the option of the Borrower Agent, be directed to a disproportional reduction of the Revolving Commitments of any Lender providing an Extended Revolving Commitment. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Loans of any Class converted into Extended Revolving Commitments. Any Extended Term Loans and any Extended Revolving Commitments shall be established pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment to this Agreement among the Borrower Agent, the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Extending Term Lender or Lender providing an Extended Revolving Commitment which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth above (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender other than those consents provided pursuant to this Agreement). Each Additional Credit Extension Amendment shall be binding on the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the other parties hereto. In connection with any Additional Credit Extension Amendment, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall enter into such amendments to the Collateral Documents (other than during a Collateral Suspension Period) as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (which shall not require any consent from any Lender other than those consents provided pursuant to this Agreement) in order to ensure that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments are provided with the benefit of the applicable Collateral Documents (other than during a Collateral Suspension Period) and shall deliver such other documents, certificates and opinions of counsel in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The provisions of this Section 2.20 shall override any provision of Section 9.02 to the contrary. Judgment Currency . If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from a Borrower hereunder in one currency into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased by the Administrative Agent with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrowers in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, each applicable Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as applicablea separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the Agreement Currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.17, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the applicable Borrowers.
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Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 2.14, the The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Tranche Class (the Loans of such applicable Class, the “Existing Term Loans”) be converted into a new Class of Term Loans (each, an “Existing Term Loan Tranche”) or the then-existing Revolving Commitments (the “Existing Revolving Commitments”), together with any related outstandings, be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or any portion Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche (any such Term Loans which have been so convertedapplicable Class, the “Extended Term Loans”) or such Existing Revolving Commitments (any such Revolving Commitments which have been so converted, “Extended Revolving Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent in accordance with this Section 2.142.21(a). In order to establish any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving CommitmentsLoans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the “Term Lenders or each of the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable) (each, an “Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Term Lender under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche and/or be identical as offered to each Revolving Lender under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable (in each case, including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and (y) be identical to those applicable to the Existing Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans are to be converted or the Revolving Loans under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments from which the Extended Revolving Commitments are to be converted, as applicable, except that: (i) the maturity date of the Extended Term Loans shall be later than the maturity date of the Existing Term Loans and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Extended Term Loans shall be longer than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Existing Term Loans; (ii) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (ii) repayments of principal of the Extended Revolving Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the Maturity Date applicable to the Existing Revolving CommitmentsLoans; (iii) (A) the Effective Yield interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, OID and premiums with respect to the Extended Term Loans or the interest rate and fees on the Extended Revolving Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the Effective Yield those for the Existing Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche or the interest rate and and/or (B) additional fees of such Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, and/or premiums may be payable to the extent provided Extending Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any of the applicable Extension Amendmentitems contemplated by the preceding clause (A); (iv) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the applicable Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments); (v) Extended Term Loans may have mandatory prepayment terms which provide for the application of proceeds from mandatory prepayment events to be made first to prepay the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted before applying any such proceeds to prepay such Extended Term Loans; (vi) Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and prepayment premiums) and mandatory prepayment terms which allow Term Loans under as may be agreed between the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which Borrower and the Extending Lenders so long as such Extended Term Loans have been converted do not participate on a greater than pro rata basis in any such mandatory prepayments as compared to existing Term Lenders; and (v) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be optionally prepaid prior subject to covenants and other terms for the benefit of the Extending Lenders that apply only after the Latest Maturity Date (before giving effect to the prepayment of such Extended Term Loans). (b) as The Borrower may be agreed by at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Borrower and the Lenders thereof; and (vii) such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments may have other terms of any Class (other than those described in the preceding clauses (i) through (vi)) that differ from those Commitments of such applicable Class, the Existing Term Loan Tranche or “Existing Revolving Commitments, in each case, taken as ”) be converted into a whole, that are not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans or Extended new Class of Revolving Commitments than (the provisions Commitments of such applicable to Class, the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, or as are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments converted pursuant to any Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, an “Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, for all purposes of ”) in accordance with this Agreement; provided that, subject Section 2.21(b). In order to the requirements set forth above, establish any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Tranche or Extended Revolving Commitments converted from Existing Revolving Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Extension Series with respect to such Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable.Revolving
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.)
Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 2.14, the The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Tranche Class (the Loans of such applicable Class, the “Existing Term Loans”) be converted into a new Class of Term Loans (each, an “Existing Term Loan Tranche”) or the then-existing Revolving Commitments (the “Existing Revolving Commitments”), together with any related outstandings, be converted to extend the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or any portion Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche (any such Term Loans which have been so convertedapplicable Class, the “Extended Term Loans”) or such Existing Revolving Commitments (any such Revolving Commitments which have been so converted, “Extended Revolving Commitments”) and to provide for other terms consistent in accordance with this Section 2.142.21(a). In order to establish any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving CommitmentsLoans, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the “Term Lenders or each of the Revolving Lenders under the applicable Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable) (each, an “Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments to be established, which shall (x) be identical as offered to each Term Lender under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche and/or be identical as offered to each Revolving Lender under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable (in each case, including as to the proposed interest rates and fees payable) and (y) be identical to those applicable to the Existing Term Loans under the relevant Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans are to be converted or the Revolving Loans under the relevant Existing Revolving Commitments from which the Extended Revolving Commitments are to be converted, as applicable, except that: (i) the maturity date of the Extended Term Loans shall be later than the maturity date of the Existing Term Loans and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Extended Term Loans shall be longer than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Existing Term Loans; (ii) all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization payments of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; (ii) repayments of principal of the Extended Revolving Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the Maturity Date applicable to the Existing Revolving CommitmentsLoans; (iii) (A) the Effective Yield interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, OID and premiums with respect to the Extended Term Loans or the interest rate and fees on the Extended Revolving Commitments (whether in the form of interest rate margin, upfront fees, original issue discount or otherwise) may be different than the Effective Yield those for the Existing Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Tranche or the interest rate and and/or (B) additional fees of such Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, and/or premiums may be payable to the extent provided Extending Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to or in lieu of any of the applicable Extension Amendmentitems contemplated by the preceding clause (A); (iv) the Extension Amendment may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of the applicable Extension Amendment (immediately prior to the establishment of such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments); (v) Extended Term Loans may have mandatory prepayment terms which provide for the application of proceeds from mandatory prepayment events to be made first to prepay the Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Tranche from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted before applying any such proceeds to prepay such Extended Term Loans; (vi) Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and prepayment premiums) and mandatory prepayment terms which allow as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Extending Lenders so long as such Extended Term Loans under do not participate on a greater than pro rata basis in any such mandatory prepayments as compared to existing Term Lenders; and (v) the relevant Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be subject to covenants and other terms for the benefit of the Extending Lenders that apply only after the Latest Maturity Date (before giving effect to the Extended Term Loans). (b) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Commitments of any Class (the Commitments of such applicable Class, the “Existing Term Loan Tranche Revolving Commitments”) be converted into a new Class of Revolving Commitments (the Commitments of such applicable Class, the “Extended Revolving Commitments”) in accordance with this Section 2.21(b). In order to establish any Extended Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (a “Revolving Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Commitments to be established, which shall be identical to those applicable to the Existing Revolving Commitments from which such Extended Term Loans have been converted Revolving Commitments are to be optionally prepaid prior converted except that: -89- (i) the maturity date of the Extended Revolving Commitments shall be later than the maturity date of the Existing Revolving Commitments; (ii) (A) the interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, undrawn revolving commitment fees, funding discounts, OID and premiums with respect to the prepayment of such Extended Term Loans) as may be agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders thereof; and (vii) such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments may have be different than those for the Existing Revolving Commitments and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Extending Lenders in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding subclause (A); (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be subject to covenants and other terms for the benefit of the Extending Lenders that apply only after the Latest Maturity Date (before giving effect to the Extended Revolving Commitments). (c) Each Extension Request shall specify the date (the “Extension Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the conversion of an Existing Class into an Extended Class shall be effective, which shall be a Business Day. Each Lender of an Existing Class that is requested to be extended shall be offered the opportunity to convert its Existing Class into the Extended Class on the same basis as each other than those described Lender of such Existing Class. Any Lender (to the extent applicable, an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Existing Class subject to such Extension Request converted into an Extended Class shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Existing Class subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into an Extended Class. In the event that the aggregate portion of the Existing Class subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of the Extended Class requested pursuant to the Extension Request, the portion of the Existing Class converted shall be allocated on a pro rata basis based on the amount of the Existing Class included in each such Extension Election. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Commitment into an Extended Revolving Commitment, such Extended Revolving Commitment shall be treated identically with all Existing Revolving Commitments for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Lender in respect of Letters of Credit under Section 2.05, except that the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment may provide that the maturity date for the Letters of Credit may be extended and the related obligations to issue Letters of Credit may be continued so long as each applicable Issuing Bank has consented to such extensions in its sole discretion (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension). (d) An Extended Class shall be established pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment executed by the Extending Lenders (and the other Persons specified in the preceding clauses definition of Additional Credit Extension Amendment but no other existing Lender). No Additional Credit Extension Amendment shall provide for any Class of (x) Extended Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $10,000,000 or (y) Extended Revolving Commitments in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $5,000,000. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.21(a), the Additional Credit Extension Amendment shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.10 with respect to the Existing Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were converted to reduce each scheduled principal repayment amounts for the Existing Term Loans in the same -90- proportion as the amount of Existing Term Loans to be converted pursuant to such Additional Credit Extension Amendment. (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the Extension Effective Date, (i) through (vi)) that differ from those the principal amount of the each Existing Term Loan Tranche or shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the principal amount converted into an Extended Term Loan, (ii) the amount of each Existing Revolving Commitment shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the amount converted into an Extended Revolving Commitment and (iii) if, on any Extension Effective Date with respect to any Class of Revolving Commitments, any Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Existing Revolving Commitments, in each case, taken as a whole, that are not materially more favorable such Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be converted into Loans (and related participations) made pursuant to the Extended Revolving Commitments in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Existing Revolving Commitments are converted to Extended Revolving Commitments. (f) This Section 2.21 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.18 or Section 9.02 to the contrary. Each Extended Class shall be documented by an Additional Credit Extension Amendment executed by the Extending Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans Class (and the other persons specified in the definition of Additional Credit Extension Amendment but no other existing Lender), and the Additional Credit Extension Amendment may provide for such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or Extended Revolving Commitments than appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions applicable to the Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicable, or as are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments converted pursuant to any Extension Request shall be designated a series (each, an “Extension Series”) of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that, subject to the requirements set forth above, any Extended Term Loans converted from an Existing Term Loan Tranche or Extended Revolving Commitments converted from Existing Revolving Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Extension Series with respect to such Existing Term Loan Tranche or Existing Revolving Commitments, as applicableSection 2.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.)