General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6 (i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] as in effect from time to time plus 2% from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date; (ii) the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i). (iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] as in effect from time to time plus 2%; (iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] as in effect from time to time plus 2%; (v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and (vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Group, Ltd.)
General Payment Obligations. All Credits shall be denominated in U.S. dollars. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party applicable Applicant shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6dollars:
(i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first third (3rd) succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”) after the date such payment under such Credit is made by Bank (the “Draw Date”), together with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time 1:00 P.M. on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] lesser of (A) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment DateDate and (B) the highest rate permitted by applicable law. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] lesser of (1) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2% and (2) the highest rate permitted by applicable law from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) the fees payable by the Account Party such Applicant at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).the Fee Letter;
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party such Applicant under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] lesser of (A) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%% and (B) the highest rate permitted by applicable law;
(iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account any Credit Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Partysuch Applicant, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the lesser of (A) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%% and (B) the highest rate permitted by applicable law;
(v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c2(b) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party Applicant for which such Credit is Issued or maintained will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party Guarantor by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; provided that Bank shall only be so reimbursed or compensated to the extent that Bank is then generally seeking reimbursement or compensation in respect of credit transactions similar to the transactions contemplated hereby from borrowers similarly situated to Applicants to the extent such Change in Law is applicable thereto; and
(vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit Credits issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will applicable Applicants shall, severally based on their relative pro rata usage of Credits at such time, pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party Guarantor by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall promptly notify Guarantor of any event of which it has actual knowledge which will result in, and will use reasonable commercial efforts available to it (and not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, otherwise disadvantageous to Bank) to mitigate or avoid any obligation by the Applicants to pay any amount pursuant to clause (v) or (vi) above or pursuant to Section 2(b) below (and, if Bank has given notice of any such event and thereafter such event ceases to exist, Bank shall promptly so notify Guarantor). Without limiting the foregoing, Bank will use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party Applicants of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c2(b) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party Applicants for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 90 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party Guarantor of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 18090-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Renaissancere Holdings LTD)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Applicable Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6Dollars:
(i) i. with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the such Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time [*****] as in effect from time to time plus 2% from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) . the fees payable by the such Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).
(iii) . except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the such Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%[*****];
(iv) . within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the such Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the such Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%[*****];
(v) v. if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the such Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Applicable Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and
(vi) . if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the such Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Applicable Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the each Applicable Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the any Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the such Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Group, Ltd.)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6Dollars (unless Bank agrees otherwise with Account Party):
(i) i. with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2% [*****] from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) i. the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).
(iii) i. except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%[*****];
(iv) i. within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%[*****];
(v) i. if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and
(vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Group, Ltd.)
General Payment Obligations. All Credits shall be denominated in U.S. dollars. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party applicable Applicant shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6dollars:
(i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first third (3rd) succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”) after the date such payment under such Credit is made by Bank (the “Draw Date”), together with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time 1:00 P.M. on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] lesser of (A) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment DateDate and (B) the highest rate permitted by applicable law. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] lesser of (1) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2% and (2) the highest rate permitted by applicable law from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) the fees payable by the Account Party such Applicant at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).the Fee Letter;
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party such Applicant under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] lesser of (A) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%% and (B) the highest rate permitted by applicable law;
(iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account any Credit Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Partysuch Applicant, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the lesser of (A) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%% and (B) the highest rate permitted by applicable law;
(v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c2(b) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party Applicants jointly and severally will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party Guarantor by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; provided that Bank shall only be so reimbursed or compensated to the extent that Bank is then generally seeking reimbursement or compensation in respect of credit transactions similar to the transactions contemplated hereby from borrowers similarly situated to Applicants to the extent such Change in Law is applicable thereto; and
(vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit Credits issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party Applicants jointly and severally will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party Guarantor by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall promptly notify Guarantor of any event of which it has actual knowledge which will result in, and will use reasonable commercial efforts available to it (and not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, otherwise disadvantageous to Bank) to mitigate or avoid any obligation by the Applicants to pay any amount pursuant to clause (v) or (vi) above or pursuant to Section 2(b) below (and, if Bank has given notice of any such event and thereafter such event ceases to exist, Bank shall promptly so notify Guarantor). Without limiting the foregoing, Bank will use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party Applicants of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c2(b) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party Applicants for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 90 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party Guarantor of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 18090-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Renaissancere Holdings LTD)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6Dollars:
(i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2% from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;; 357492591
(v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such 357492591 increased cost, submitted to the Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and
(vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 2:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Re Group LTD)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case All Credits shall be denominated in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6or, if requested by any Applicant, such other Approved Currencies as are available. For each Credit:
(i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) Credit and no later than 1:00 P.M. New York City time on the first third (3rd) succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”) after the date such Applicant received written notice from Bank that a payment under such Credit was made by Bank (the “Draw Date”), the applicable Applicant shall pay to Bank, in the applicable Approved Currency, the amount of such drawing paid by Bank thereunder together with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time 1:00 P.M. New York City time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] lesser of (A) the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment DateDate and (B) the highest rate permitted by applicable law. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] as in effect from time to time plus lesser of (1) Past Due Rate and (2% ) the highest rate permitted by applicable law from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment DateDate (collectively, the “Credit Reimbursement Obligations”);
(ii) the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(ii), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c3(b) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party Applicant for which such Credit is Issued or maintained will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party Guarantor by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; provided that Bank shall only be so reimbursed or compensated to the extent that Bank is then generally seeking reimbursement or compensation in respect of credit transactions similar to the transactions contemplated hereby from borrowers similarly situated to Applicants to the extent such Change in Law is applicable thereto; and
(viiii) if If Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit Credits issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will applicable Applicants shall, severally based on their relative pro rata usage of Credits at such time, pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party Guarantor by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall promptly notify Guarantor of any event of which it has actual knowledge which will result in, and will use reasonable commercial efforts available to it (and not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, otherwise disadvantageous to Bank) to mitigate or avoid any obligation by the Applicants to pay any amount pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above or pursuant to Section 3(b) below (and, if Bank has given notice of any such event and thereafter such event ceases to exist, Bank shall promptly so notify Guarantor). Without limiting the foregoing, Bank will use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party Applicants of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (vii) or (viiii) or above or Section 2(c3(b) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party Applicants for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 90 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party Guarantor of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 18090-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Renaissancere Holdings LTD)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6Dollars:
(i) i. with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time [*****] as in effect from time to time plus 2% from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) . the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).
(iii) . except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;[*****]
(iv) . within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;[*****]
(v) v. if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and
(vi) . if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Group, Ltd.)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6Dollars (unless Bxxx agrees otherwise with Account Party):
(i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date“ ”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date“ ”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date“ ”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2% from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).[*****]
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authorityauthorit y, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and
(vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Re Group LTD)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6Dollars (unless Bank agrees otherwise with Account Party):
(i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2% from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and
(vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Re Group LTD)
General Payment Obligations. For each Letter of Credit, the Account Party shall, as to clause (i) below, reimburse Bank, and as to all other clauses below, pay Bank, in each case in U.S. dollars or a Foreign Currency: 17103949v6:
(i) with respect to a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the amount of each drawing paid by Bank thereunder (such date of payment hereinafter referred to as the “Draw Date”) no later than the first succeeding Business Day after the Account Party’s receipt of notice of such payment by Bank (the “Due Date”), with interest as provided below on the amount so paid by Bank (to the extent not reimbursed prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Draw Date) for the period from the Draw Date to the date the reimbursement obligation created thereby is satisfied in full (the “Payment Date”). If the Payment Date is on or prior to the Due Date, such interest shall be payable at the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time during the period from the Draw Date to the Payment Date. If the Payment Date is after the Due Date, such interest shall be payable (x) as provided in the preceding sentence during the period from and including the Draw Date to and not including the Due Date, and (y) at the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2% from and including the Due Date to and not including the Payment Date;
(ii) the fees payable by the Account Party at such times and in such amounts as are set forth in Section 2(i).
(iii) except as otherwise provided in clause (i) above and clause (iv) below, interest on each amount payable by the Account Party under the applicable Credit Documents for each day from and including the date such payment is due to and not including the date of payment, on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the [*****] Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(iv) within ten (10) days of demand, Bank’s documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented legal fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to Bank incurred in connection with the protection or enforcement of Bank’s rights against the Account Party under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents and any correspondent bank’s documented charges related thereto), with interest from the date of demand by Bank to and not including the date of payment by the Account Party, at a rate per annum equal to [*****] the Prime Rate as in effect from time to time plus 2%;
(v) if as a result of any Change in Law, Bank determines that the cost to Bank of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit is increased (excluding, for purposes of this clause (b)(va)(v), any such increased costs resulting from (A) income taxes, franchise taxes and similar taxes imposed on Bank by any taxing authority, any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA and Other Taxes (in each case as to which Section 2(c) shall govern) and (B) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the U.S. or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which Bank is organized or has its lending office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Account Party will pay to Bank, from time to time, within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Bank for such increased cost. A certificate as to the 17103949v6 amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Account Party by Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; and
(vi) if Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting Bank or any lending office of Bank or Bank’s holding company regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Bank’s capital or on the capital of Bank’s holding company as a consequence of this Agreement or the Letters of Credit issued by Bank to a level below that which Bank or Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration Bank’s or its holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Account Party will pay to Bank within ten (10) days after demand by Bank, which demand shall include a statement of the basis for such demand and a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount demanded, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Bank or Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Account Party by Bank shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid (or reduce the cost to the Account Party of) any event described in the preceding sentence and such designation will not, in Bank’s good faith judgment, subject Bank to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to Bank. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (v) or (vi) or above or Section 2(c) below (and without limiting the immediately preceding paragraph), Bank shall not be entitled to compensation from the Account Party for any amount arising prior to the date which is 180 days before the date on which Bank notifies the Account Party of such event or circumstance (except that if such event or circumstance is retroactive, then such 180-day period shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any payments received by Bank pursuant to the Credit Documents after 1:00 p.m. Eastern shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes under the Credit Documents.
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Samples: Standby Letter of Credit Agreement (Everest Re Group LTD)