Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.
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Samples: Credit Agreement, Credit Agreement (BlackRock Funds II), Credit Agreement (Blackrock Pacific Fund, Inc.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists The Borrowers shall have the right to increase the aggregate Commitments by obtaining additional funding commitments either from one or more of the Lenders (it being understood that no Default Lender shall have, or Event be deemed to have, an obligation to provide a portion of Default, the Borrowers may request an any such increase in the amount Commitments merely by reason of being a party hereto) or any other commercial bank or financial institution generally engaged in the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks business of providing corporate loans on a revolving basis; provided that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of all such increases hereunder shall not result in the increase that is sought and aggregate Commitments exceeding $250,000,000 at any time, (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to any Person that provides such increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment approval of the additional Bank as provided in Majority Lenders and the Accession Agreement; and LC Issuer, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office such Person assumes all of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment rights and no accession obligations of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as “Lender” hereunder on terms substantially similar to those contained in the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence Assignment Agreement but otherwise pursuant to an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3acting on the directions of the Majority Lenders) between such Person, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and (iv) as a condition precedent to any such increase, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate from of each Obligor signed by a Responsible Officer of such Obligor certifying and attaching the Borrowers resolutions adopted by such Obligor approving or consenting to such increase, and certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and in all material respects with the same effect as of the date of such effectiveness, except if then made (unless stated to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer relate solely to an earlier date, in which case they are such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17date).
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Transatlantic Petroleum Ltd.), Credit Agreement (Transatlantic Petroleum Ltd.), Credit Agreement (Transatlantic Petroleum Ltd.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder and all prior or contemporaneous increases in the commitments under the Other Credit Facilities (including in each case by way of creating new Commitments), in each case on or after the Effective Date (as such term is defined herein and in the Other Credit Facilities, as the case may request be), does not exceed $500,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent.
(c) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/), Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/), Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the The Borrowers may at any time, or from time to time (not exceeding twice), on or before March 31, 2009, at their sole cost and expense, request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) any Lender to increase its Commitment (such decision to increase to be within the aggregate amount sole and absolute discretion of the increase that is sought and such Lender), or (ii) the name of any other Person (each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is “Proposed Lender”; each such Proposed Lender to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing reasonably satisfactory to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in provide a Bank’s new Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) by submitting a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party supplement to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Credit Agreement in the form of Exhibit H heretoJ (each a “Commitment Increase Supplement”), duly executed by the Borrowers and each such Lender or Proposed Lender, as the case may be. If such Commitment Increase Supplement is in all respects reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall execute such Commitment Increase Supplement and deliver a copy thereof to the Borrowers and each such Lender or Proposed Lender, as the case may be. Upon the effectiveness such execution and delivery of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a partysuch Commitment Increase Supplement, (i) in the case of each such Prospective Bank Lender, such Lender’s Commitment shall be entitled increased to all rightsthe amount set forth in such Commitment Increase Supplement, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 in the case of each such Proposed Lender, such Proposed Lender shall become a party hereto and shall for all purposes of the Credit Documents be deemed to have been amended to reflect the a “Lender” with a Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; amount set forth in such Commitment Increase Supplement, and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank Borrowers shall promptly make available execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent at a Revolving Note for each Proposed Lender providing a new Commitment; provided that:
(i) immediately after giving effect thereto, the office sum of all increases in the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(bCommitments shall not exceed $75,000,000;
(ii) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase shall be in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, an amount not less than $10,000,000 or such amount plus an integral multiple of $5,000,000;
(2iii) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and if Revolving Loans would be outstanding immediately after giving effect to such increase, then simultaneously with such increase (1) each Lender (including each such Proposed Lender) shall be deemed to have entered into a master Assignment and Assumption, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A, pursuant to which the Lenders (including such Proposed Lenders) shall have assigned to each other such portion of its Revolving Loans, if any, as shall be necessary to reflect proportionately the Commitments as adjusted in accordance with this Section 2.3(d), and (2) in connection with such assignment, each such Lender (including each such Proposed Lender) shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the other Lenders, such amount as shall be necessary to appropriately reflect such assignment to it of Revolving Loans, and in connection with such master Assignment and Assumption each Lender may treat the assignment of LIBOR Loans by it as a prepayment of such LIBOR Loans for purposes of Section 3.7; and
(iv) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to have received such Bank of (A) any increase certificates, legal opinions and other documents as it shall reasonably request in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17connection with such increase.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Highland Funds I), Credit Agreement (Highland Floating Rate Fund)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default (a) The Company and any one or Event of Defaultmore Banks (including New Banks) may, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without at any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) when no Default or Event of Default existshas occurred and is continuing, agree that such Banks shall make, obtain or increase the amount of their Commitments by executing and delivering to the Agent an Increased Commitment Notice specifying (i) the amount of such increase and (ii) the applicable Increased Commitment Closing Date. The Administrative Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) without the consent of the Required Banks, the aggregate amount of increased Commitments obtained after the Closing Date pursuant to this paragraph, together with any increase of commitments under the 364-Day Revolving Facility (or any facility that replaces or refinances the 364-Day Revolving Facility), shall not exceed $750,000,000 and (ii) without the consent of the Agent, each increase effected pursuant to this paragraph shall be in a minimum amount of at least $10,000,000. No Bank shall have any obligation to participate in any increase described in this paragraph unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.
(b) Any additional bank, financial institution or other entity which, with the consent of the Company, the Agent and each Issuing Bank (which consents shall give prompt notice not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), elects to become a “Bank” under this Agreement in connection with any transaction described in subsection 2.21(a) shall execute a New Bank supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1, whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (a “New Bank”) shall become a Bank for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
(c) Initial Loans made under any such increased Commitments shall be made pursuant to funding procedures then agreed to by the Company and the Agent (including as to the initial interest applicable to such Bank Loans), and payments of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment principal, interest and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case fees under this Section 2.17Agreement shall be made by the Company to give effect to such procedures and the timing of such increased Commitments. On each Increased Commitment Closing Date, participating interests in Letters of Credit shall be adjusted as directed by the Agent to reflect the then respective Commitment Percentages of the Banks. Payments to the Banks in respect of the Loans and Letters of Credit will be made to give effect to the allocations or reallocations described in this subsection.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Humana Inc), Credit Agreement (Humana Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $250,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Bank the Commitment of which is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent. The date on which the conditions set forth in this paragraph are satisfied is the “Increased Amount Date” and each such Bank providing an Incremental Commitment, an “Incremental Bank”.
(c) On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, each Incremental Bank shall become a Bank hereunder with respect to its Incremental Commitment and the Incremental Loans made pursuant thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Banks promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of the Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof of Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Banks.
(e) The terms and provisions of the Incremental Commitments and any Borrowing in respect of such Incremental Commitments shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein, identical to the Commitments on the Effective Date and any other Loans made under this Agreement.
(f) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/), Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”a) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubtSo long as, after giving pro forma effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (Bx) no Default or Event of Default exists. The has occurred and is continuing on the date thereof and (y) the Borrower is in compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.16 and Section 6.17 (assuming for purposes of this Section 2.18(a) that the Commitments, including any proposed increase in Commitments, are fully drawn) (as evidenced by a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date the Borrower submits a Commitment Increase Notice), the Borrower may at any time and from time to time request an increase of the aggregate Commitments by notice under Section 2.18(a) or (b) to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall give prompt notice to such Bank of be at least $25,000,000, (Aii) any the cumulative increase in any Bank’s Commitment and Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall not exceed $50,000,000, (Biii) the Commitment of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, and (iv) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments shall not exceed $350,000,000 without the approval of the Required Lenders. If the Borrower elects to increase the aggregate Commitments by increasing the Commitment of a Lender, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender shall execute an agreement (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and the definition of “Commitment” in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase. No Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to increase its Commitment. Each Commitment Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other increasing Lenders.
(b) The Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to one or more additional Bankbanks or financial institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c) below by notifying the Administrative Agent with a Commitment Increase Notice. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of a Commitment Increase Notice from the Borrower of its desire to offer to the additional banks or to financial institutions identified therein or such additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify such proposed lenders of the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Commitments.
(c) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement (a “New Lender Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, setting forth its Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to add the name of such New Lender and the definition of “Commitment” in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders by the Commitment of such New Lender, provided that the Commitment of any New Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders.
(d) The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case under in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Once a New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, the Administrative Agent shall reflect the increases in the Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.18(a), additional Revolving Loans made on or after, participations in Letters of Credit issued on or after, and participations in Swingline Loans made on or after, the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such pro rata Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, would result in any Lender exceeding its Commitment, in which case such excess amount will be allocated to, and made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or, in the case of ABR Loan, on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
(f) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 2.17Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Samples: Credit Agreement, Credit Agreement (Natural Resource Partners Lp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least 15 days prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Lenders), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments) on or after the Effective Date does not exceed $150,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Lenders; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Lender whose Commitment is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01 opposite the name of each Lender the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Lender, (iii) if any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Revolving Loans in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Revolving Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Lenders after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.20 on such date) from all the Lenders and (iv) if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the amount of the participations held by each Lender in each such Letter of Credit shall be adjusted so that, after giving effect to such adjustment, each Lender shall hold a participation in each such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage, calculated after giving effect to the increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20, of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Lender hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Lender by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) Schedule 2.01 shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Lender, (iii) if any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Lender, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Revolving Loans in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Revolving Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Lenders after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.20 on such date) from all the Lenders, (iv) if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Lender, the amount of the participations held by each Lender in each such Letter of Credit shall be adjusted so that, after giving effect to such adjustment, each Lender shall hold a participation in each such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage, calculated after giving effect to the increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20, of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and (v) if such institution is not an Affiliate of a then existing Lender or an Approved Fund, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
(c) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall not constitute an amendment of this Agreement. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.16(b) to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17contrary.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Delhaize Group), Credit Agreement (Delhaize America Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b), the Borrowers Borrower may request an increase the Total Commitment then in effect by increasing the amount Commitment of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts a Lender or by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks causing a Person that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 is acceptable to the Administrative Agent that at such time is not a Lender to become a Lender (any such Person that is not at such time a Lender and becomes a Lender, an “Prospective BanksAdditional Lender”).
(b) Any increase in the opportunity Total Commitment shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(i) such increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed be less than $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and 25,000,000 unless the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and otherwise consents;
(ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the name effective date of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to such increase or extend a would result therefrom;
(iii) no Lender’s Commitment is to may be offered and increased without the amount consent of such offer, Lender;
(iv) The representations and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days warranties of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained Guarantors set forth in this Agreement are and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such effectivenessincrease, except (x) to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case they are case, on and as of the date of such increase, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct as of such specified earlier date, and (y) to the extent that any such representation and warranty is expressly qualified by materiality or by reference to Material Adverse Effect, such representation and warranty (as so qualified) shall continue to be true and correct in all respects;
(v) the maturity date of such increase shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date;
(vi) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such increase shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the existing Loans;
(vii) subject to the restrictions set forth in Sections 2.06(b)(v) and 2.06(b)(vi), the amortization schedule for such increase shall be determined by the Borrower and Lenders and Additional Lenders participating in such increase;
(viii) except as otherwise required or permitted by this Section 2.06(b)(viii), the increase shall be on the exact same terms and pursuant to the exact same documentation applicable to this Agreement (other than with respect to any arrangement, structuring, upfront or other fees or discounts payable in connection with such increase); provided, that, (x) subject to the following clause (y), the All-in Yield of such increase may exceed the All-in Yield applicable at such time under this Agreement by no greater than fifty (50) basis points and (y) in the event the All-in Yield of such increase exceeds the All-in Yield applicable at such time under this Agreement by greater than fifty (50) basis points, the All-in Yield applicable at such time under this Agreement shall be increased in an amount equal to such excess;
(ix) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants (calculated in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) whether or not a Term Loan Exclusive Period is in effect at such time and (x) during a Borrowing Base Period, no Borrowing Base Deficiency shall exist after giving effect to the increase (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may elect to redetermine the Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.07(b)(iii) of the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof for purposes of satisfying the condition set forth in this Section 2.06(b)(ix)) and (y) during an Investment Grade Period or during any Term Loan Exclusive Period, the Asset Coverage Ratio shall not be less than 2.0 to 1.0 after giving pro forma effect to the increase;
(x) if the Borrower elects to increase the Total Commitment by increasing the Commitment of a Lender, the Borrower and such Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H (a “Commitment Increase Certificate”); and
(xi) if the Borrower elects to increase the Total Commitment by causing an Additional Lender to become a party to this Agreement, then the Borrower and such Additional Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I (an “Additional Lender Certificate”), together with an Administrative Questionnaire and a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in connection with any such increase), and the Borrower shall (1) if requested by the Additional Lender, deliver a Note payable to such Additional Lender in a principal amount equal to its Commitment, and otherwise duly completed and (2) pay any applicable fees as may have been agreed to between the Borrower and the Additional Lender, and, to the extent applicable and agreed to by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent.
(c) the Borrower may seek Commitments, in its sole discretion, from either existing Lenders or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), from additional banks, financial institutions or other institutional lenders or investors who will become Lenders hereunder;
(d) subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 2.06(e), from and after the effective date specified in the Commitment Increase Certificate or the Additional Lender Certificate (or if any Eurodollar Borrowings are outstanding, then the last day of the Interest Period in respect of such Eurodollar Borrowings, unless the Borrower has paid any compensation required by Section 5.02): (A) the amount of the Total Commitment shall be increased as set forth therein, and (B) no Default in the case of an Additional Lender Certificate, any Additional Lender party thereto shall be a party to this Agreement and have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(e) upon its receipt of a duly completed Commitment Increase Certificate or Event of Default exists. The an Additional Lender Certificate, executed by the Borrower and the Lender or by the Borrower and the Additional Lender party thereto, as applicable, the Administrative Questionnaire referred to in Section 2.06(b)(xi) and the break-funding payments from the Borrower, if any, required by Section 5.02, if applicable, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice accept such Commitment Increase Certificate or Additional Lender Certificate and record the information contained therein in the Register required to such Bank be maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.04(b)(iv). No increase in the Total Commitment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this Section 2.06(e).
(f) upon any increase in the Total Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.06, (A) any increase in any Bankeach Lender’s Commitment shall be automatically deemed amended to the extent necessary so that each such Lender’s Applicable Percentage equals the percentage of the Total Commitment represented by such Lender’s Commitment, in each case after giving effect to such increase, and (B) Annex I to this Agreement shall be deemed amended to reflect the Commitment of each Lender (including any additional BankAdditional Lender) as thereby increased, any changes in each case under this Section 2.17the Lenders’ Commitments pursuant to the foregoing clause (A), and any resulting changes in the Lenders’ Applicable Percentages.
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Samples: Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement (Ultra Petroleum Corp), Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement (Ultra Petroleum Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) HCLP shall have the right to increase the Commitments from time to time pursuant to this Section 2.3 (subject to the restrictions of subsection 2.3(d) below) as long as no Default or Event of DefaultDefault has occurred and is continuing. In the event that HCLP wishes to increase the aggregate Commitments at any time, it shall notify the Borrowers may request an Administrative Agent in writing of the amount (the “Offered Increase Amount”) of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”); provided, that the aggregate amount of any such increase in the amount Commitments shall be at least $10,000,000. HCLP may, at its election, (i) offer one or more of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and Lenders the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the Banks or Offered Increase Amount pursuant to other prospective Banks that can make paragraph (c) below and/or (ii) with the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to consent of the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer one or more additional banks, financial institutions or other entities the opportunity to increase their Commitments participate in all or a portion of the Offered Increase Amount pursuant to extend Commitments hereunder; providedparagraph (b) below. Each Commitment Increase Notice shall specify which Lenders and/or banks, howeverfinancial institutions or other entities HCLP desires to participate in such Commitment increase. HCLP or, if requested by HCLP, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to Administrative Agent, will notify such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided furtherLenders and/or banks, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase financial institutions or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount other entities of such offer.
(b) Any additional bank, and (C) request that Banks wishing financial institution or other entity which HCLP selects to increase their offer participation in the increased Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing which elects to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory and provide a Commitment in an amount so offered and accepted by it pursuant to such Prospective Banksubsection 2.3(a)(ii) shall execute a New Lender Supplement (in the form specified by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower each a “New Lender Supplement”) with HCLP and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (herein called a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of same extent as if originally a duly completed party hereto and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be bound by and entitled to all rightsthe benefits of this Agreement, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 1.1A shall be deemed to have been be amended to reflect add the name and Commitment of the additional Bank as such New Lender, provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Banksuch new Lender shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000, provided further that on the effective date of such New Lender Supplement, there shall be no outstanding Eurodollar Loans hereunder or, if any Eurodollar Loans would be outstanding on the effective date of any such New Lender Supplement, HCLP shall either (x) convert such Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans, or (y) prepay, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4, such Eurodollar Loans immediately prior to such New Lender Supplement becoming effective (subject, in either case, to the payment provisions hereof).
(c) Any Lender which accepts an offer to it by HCLP to increase its Commitment pursuant to subsection 2.3(a)(ii) shall, in each case under case, execute a Commitment Increase Supplement (in the form specified by the Administrative Agent, each a “Commitment Increase Supplement”) with HCLP and the Administrative Agent whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and Schedule 1.1A shall be deemed to be amended to so increase the Commitment of such Lender.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.172.3 (i) in no event shall any transaction effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 cause the aggregate Commitments hereunder to exceed $375,000,000 and (ii) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Hanover Compressor Co /), Credit Agreement (Hanover Compressor Co /)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $250,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent.
(c) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/), Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default The Company may, at any time by notice to the Administrative Agent, increase the total Commitments hereunder (each such increase being a “Commitment Increase”) either by having a Bank increase its Commitment then in effect (each an “Increasing Bank”) or Event by adding as a Bank with a new Commitment hereunder a Person which is not then a Bank (each an “Assuming Bank”) in each case with the consent of Defaultthe Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld), which notice shall specify the Borrowers may request an increase in name of each Increasing Bank and/or Assuming Bank, as applicable, the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Increase and the aggregate Tranche B portion thereof being assumed by each such Increasing Bank or Assuming Bank, and the date on which such Commitment Amounts by offering Increase is to be effective (the “Commitment Increase Date”) (which shall be a Business Day at least three Business Days after delivery of such notice and 30 days prior to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent Commitment Termination Date); provided that:
(“Prospective Banks”i) the opportunity to minimum amount of the increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; providedof the Commitment of any Increasing Bank, howeverand the minimum amount of the Commitment of any Assuming Bank, the Borrower as part of any Commitment Increase shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts less than $10,000,000;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such increase to any Commitment Increase, the total Commitments hereunder shall not exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and 2,950,000,000;
(iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent Default shall have received occurred and be continuing on the relevant Commitment Increase Date; and
(1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (Aiv) the representations and warranties contained of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement are Section 7 hereof shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations relevant Commitment Increase Date as if made on and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); and provided, further, that no existing Bank shall be required to become an Increasing Bank unless it has delivered to the Administrative Agent the agreement referred to in clause (B) below, and then only for the increased Commitment set forth in such agreement. Each Commitment Increase (and the increase of the Commitment of each Increasing Bank and/or the new Commitment of each Assuming Bank, as applicable, resulting therefrom) shall become effective as of the relevant Commitment Increase Date upon receipt by the Administrative Agent, on or prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Commitment Increase Date, of (A) a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company stating that the conditions with respect to such Commitment Increase under this Section have been satisfied and (B) no Default an agreement, in the form of Exhibit H hereto, pursuant to which, effective as of such Commitment Increase Date, the Commitment of each such Increasing Bank shall be increased or Event each such Assuming Bank, as applicable, shall undertake a Commitment, duly executed by such Increasing Bank or Assuming Bank, as the case may be, and the Company and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent. Upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of Default exists. The a fully executed agreement from each Increasing Bank and/or Assuming Bank referred to in clause (B) above, together with the certificate referred to in clause (A) above, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice of the relevant Commitment Increase to the Company and the Banks (including, if applicable, each Assuming Bank). On each Commitment Increase Date the Borrowers shall simultaneously (i) prepay in full the outstanding Syndicated Loans (if any) held by the Banks immediately prior to giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase, (ii) if the Borrowers shall have so requested in accordance with this Agreement, borrow new Syndicated Loans from all Banks (including, if applicable, any Assuming Bank) such that, after giving effect thereto, the Syndicated Loans are held ratably by the Banks in accordance with their respective Commitments (after giving effect to such Bank of (ACommitment Increase) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (Biii) pay to the Commitment of any additional BankBanks the amounts, in each case if any, payable under this Section 2.175.05.
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Samples: 364 Day Credit Agreement (American General Finance Inc), 364 Day Credit Agreement (American General Finance Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) If no Default, Event of Default or Event Material Adverse Change shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of Defaultdelivery of the Commitment Increase Notice, the Borrowers Borrower may at any time and from time to time request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Commitments by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable notice to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Prospective BanksCommitment Increase Notice”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall be at least $10,000,000, (ii) the Borrower cumulative increase in Commitments after the Effective Date pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for 200,000,000 without the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage approval of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this AgreementRequired Lenders, (Biii) specify the Commitment of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, and (iiv) the aggregate amount of the increase Lenders’ Commitments shall not exceed $1,200,000,000 without the approval of the Required Lenders. Following any Commitment Increase Notice, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender as to any Person that is sought and not at such time a Lender (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to which any existing Lender or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to be offered paragraph (b) or (c) below, as applicable. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice from the amount Borrower of its desire to offer such offerincreased Commitments to certain existing Lenders, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the additional banks or financial institutions identified therein or such additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent within 14 days and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify such proposed lenders of the date opportunity to participate in all or a portion of such increased Commitments.
(b) Any Lender that accepts an offer to it by the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required Borrower to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees pursuant to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase 2.19 shall, in each case, execute a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Increase Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to in substantially the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loansform attached hereto as Exhibit C, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the Administrative Agent’s receipt benefits of a duly completed this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and executed Accession Agreement the definition of Commitment in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits Section 1.01 and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to have been be amended to reflect the such increase. No Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to increase its Commitment. Each Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the office same time as that of all other increasing Lenders.
(c) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent specified a New Lender Agreement (a “New Lender Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, setting forth its Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such New Lender Agreement, such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to add the name of such New Lender and the definition of Commitment in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to such Prospective Bank’s increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders by the Commitment Percentage of such LoansNew Lender, for further distribution provided that the Commitment of any New Lender shall be an amount not less than $10,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders.
(d) The effectiveness of any Commitment Increase Agreement or New Lender Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of corporate resolutions of the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Banks according to their Administrative Agent. Once a Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoingIncrease Agreement or New Lender Agreement becomes effective, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received reflect the increases in the Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(1e) evidence in form Upon and substance satisfactory to after the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such effective date of any increase in the aggregate Commitment AmountsCommitments pursuant to this Section 2.19 (the “Re-Allocation Date”), (2) a written opinion additional Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata based on the respective Commitments of the Borrower’s legal counselLenders in effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date, addressed to and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Loans on the Administrative Agent and last day of the Banks and Interest Period applicable thereto or, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying thatcase of ABR Loan, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except increase based on the respective Commitments in effect prior to the extent that Re-Allocation Date, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such representations Re-Allocation Date.
(f) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true interest on and correct as repayments of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Magellan Midstream Partners Lp), Credit Agreement (Magellan Midstream Partners Lp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”a) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubtSo long as, after giving pro forma effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (Bx) no Default or Event of Default exists. The has occurred and is continuing on the date thereof and (y) the Borrower is in compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.16 and Section 6.17 (assuming for purposes of this Section 2.18(a) that the Commitments, including any proposed increase in Commitments, are fully drawn) (as evidenced by a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date the Borrower submits a Commitment Increase Notice), the Borrower may at any time and from time to time request an increase of the aggregate Commitments by notice under Section 2.18(a) or (b) to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall give prompt notice to such Bank of be at least $10,000,000, (Aii) any the cumulative increase in any Bank’s Commitment and Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 on or after the Fifth Amendment Closing Date shall not exceed $30,000,000, (Biii) the Commitment of any additional BankLender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, and (iv) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments shall not exceed $132,500,000, in each case under with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) above, without the approval of the Required Lenders. If the Borrower elects to increase the aggregate Commitments by increasing the Commitment of a Lender, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender shall execute an agreement (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and the definition of “Commitment” in Section 2.171.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase. No Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to increase its Commitment. Each Commitment Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other increasing Lenders.
(b) The Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c) below by notifying the Administrative Agent with a Commitment Increase Notice. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of a Commitment Increase Notice from the Borrower of its desire to offer to the additional banks or to financial institutions identified therein or such additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify such proposed lenders of the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Commitments.
(c) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement (a “New Lender Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, setting forth its Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to add the name of such New Lender and the definition of “Commitment” in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders by the Commitment of such New Lender, provided that the Commitment of any New Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders.
(d) The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Once a New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, the Administrative Agent shall reflect the increases in the Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.18(a), additional Loans made on or after, participations in Letters of Credit issued on or after, and participations in Swingline Loans made on or after, the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such pro rata Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, would result in any Lender exceeding its Commitment, in which case such excess amount will be allocated to, and made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or, in the case of ABR Loan, on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
(f) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of SOFR Loans, such SOFR Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such SOFR Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such SOFR Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) The Borrower shall have the right from time to time to increase the Total Commitment by an amount of Defaultup to $40,000,000 for the purpose of consummating acquisitions approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion, upon a specific date (the Borrowers may "INCREASE EFFECTIVE DATE") set forth in such request an (the "INCREASE Request") upon the same terms and conditions as set forth herein. Any such increase shall be in incremental aggregate amounts of not less than $5,000,000 (the "REQUESTED AMOUNT") and shall increase the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Total Commitments then in effect and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Committed Sum of each Lender shall be increased by offering its Pro Rata Part of the Requested Amount (subject to the Banks Borrower's right to terminate or to other prospective Banks that can make reduce the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and Commitments pursuant to Section 2.3).
(b) On the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify Increase Effective Date specified in any Increase Request (i) each Lender's Committed Sum shall be automatically increased by a Pro Rata Part of the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought Requested Amount on the Increase Effective Date therefor, and correspondingly, the Total Commitments, shall be increased accordingly, in each case without the necessity of further amendment to this Agreement and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank Borrower shall pay to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after , for the fourteenth day following the date account of the Borrower’s request without any further action by Credit Parties as Administrative Agent shall determine, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 3/8% of the Banks or any amendment to Requested Amount on the agreement. Increase Effective Date.
(c) Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available request to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankby any Lender, the Borrower and shall deliver to each such Lender, in exchange for the Administrative AgentNote held by such Lender, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement new Note, in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage principal amount of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and Lender's Committed Sum after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except adjustments made pursuant to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.172.5.
(F) Section 3.2(B) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Protection One Alarm Monitoring Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists PROVIDED that no Default or Event of Defaultshall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers may request Company shall have the right, without the consent of the Banks but subject to the approval of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), to effectuate from time to time an increase in the amount Aggregate Commitment under the Credit Agreement by adding to the Credit Agreement one or more commercial banks or other financial institutions (who shall, upon completion of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts requirements stated in this SECTION 13, constitute Banks hereunder), or by offering to the allowing one or more Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or hereunder, so that such added and increased Commitments shall equal the increase in Commitments effectuated pursuant to extend this SECTION 13; PROVIDED that (a) no increase in Commitments hereunder; providedpursuant to this SECTION 13 shall result in the Aggregate Commitment exceeding $300,000,000, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate (b) no Bank's Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request amount shall be sent to increased without the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount consent of such offerBank, and (Cc) request that Banks wishing on the effective date of any such increase in Aggregate Commitment, there are no outstanding Eurodollar Loans. The Company shall give the Agent three Business Days' notice of the Company's intention to increase their the Aggregate Commitment pursuant to this SECTION 13. Such notice shall specify each new commercial bank or other financial institution, if any, the changes in amounts of Commitments that will result, and Prospective Banks wishing to extend such other information as is reasonably requested by the Agent. Each new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubtcommercial bank or other financial institution, no and each Bank shall be required agreeing to increase its Commitment, shall execute and deliver to the Agent a document satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto or increases its Commitment, as the case may be, which document, in the case of a new commercial bank or other financial institution, shall (among other matters) specify the domestic lending office and Eurodollar lending office of such new commercial bank or other financial institution. The increase In addition, the Company shall execute and deliver a Note in the principal amount of the Commitment of each new commercial bank or other financial institution, or, against delivery to it of such Bank's existing Note, a replacement Note in the principal amount of the increased Commitment of each Bank that agrees agreeing to increase such Commitment under its Commitment, as the case may be. Such Notes and other documents of the nature referred to in this Section 2.17 SECTION 13 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable furnished to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to as may be reasonably required by it. Upon the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent execution and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date delivery of such effectivenessdocuments, except to such new commercial bank or financial institution shall constitute a "Bank" under the extent that Credit Agreement with a Commitment as specified therein, or such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier dateBank's Commitment shall increase as specified therein, in which as the case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17may be.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) If no Default, Event of Default or Event of DefaultMaterial Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may at any time and from time to time request an increase of the aggregate Commitments by notice to the Agent in writing, in the amount of such proposed increase request, substantially in the aggregate Tranche A form of Exhibit 2.17(a) (such notice, a “Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective BanksIncrease Notice”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall be at least $5,000,000, (ii) the Borrower cumulative increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for 75,000,000 without the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage approval of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Majority Banks, (iii) the Prospective Banks Commitment of any Bank may not be increased without such Bank’s consent, and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (iiv) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) Banks’ Commitments shall not exceed $325,000,000 without the name approval of the Majority Banks. Any such Commitment Increase Notice must offer each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a subscribe for its pro rata share of the increased Commitment. If any portion of the increased Commitment is not subscribed for by such Banks, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Bank (which consent shall not be offered and unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to any existing Bank or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the amount opportunity to participate in all or a portion of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days unsubscribed portion of the date of increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) below, as applicable.
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required Borrower selects to increase its Commitment. The increase offer participation in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a increased Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower by executing and the Administrative Agent, subject delivering to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement Agent an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon 2.17(b) (a “New Bank Agreement”) setting forth its Commitment, whereupon such bank or financial institution (a “New Bank”) shall become a Bank for all purposes and to the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is same extent as if originally a party, (i) such Prospective Bank party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to all rightsthe benefits of this Agreement, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to have been be amended to add the name of such New Bank and the definition of Commitment in Annex A hereof shall be deemed amended to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Banks by the Commitment of such New Bank, provided that the Commitment of any New Bank shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000.
(c) Any Bank that accepts an offer to it by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall, in each case, execute a Commitment Increase Agreement with the Borrower and the Agent, whereupon such Bank shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and the definition of Commitment in Annex A hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase.
(d) The effectiveness of any New Bank Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Commitment Agent of such corporate resolutions of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Borrower and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available legal opinions of counsel to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporateAgent.
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Bank pursuant to Section 2.17(b) or any Bank’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.17(c), trust additional Loans made on or limited liability company action to approve after the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, Re-Allocation Date (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Bank making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Bank and/or Banks with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Eurodollar Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
(f) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, (i) any such ABR Loans shall be reallocated immediately among the Banks (including any New Banks and any Banks that have executed a Commitment Increase Agreement) so that all Borrowing and Loans that are outstanding are pro rated based on each Bank’s Commitment, after giving effect to the Re-Allocation Date, and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (Aii) any increase such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in any Bank’s Commitment accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and (B) interest on and repayments of all Loans will be paid thereon to the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17respective Banks holding same pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Samples: Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Kirby Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however), the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same right, until the Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Termination Date and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent subject to the Banksterms and conditions set forth below, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments (but only once) in a minimum amount of $20,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount; provided that the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all Commitments then existing hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $400,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Bank the Commitment of which is sought to be increased shall consent to such increase and (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 which is being so increased shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s increased Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, of such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the Prospective date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.16 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank shall promptly make available hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.04, (iv) if any Loans are outstanding at the office time of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage creation of such LoansCommitment of such Bank, for further distribution the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Loans from the Banks according in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in changes made pursuant to this Section 2.16 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank’s Commitment , such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent. The date on which the conditions set forth in this paragraph are satisfied is the “Increased Amount Date” and no accession each such Bank providing an Incremental Commitment, an “Incremental Bank”.
(c) On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of a Prospective the foregoing conditions, each Incremental Bank shall become effective until a Bank hereunder with respect to its Incremental Commitment and the Incremental Loans made pursuant thereto.
(d) Any Borrowing in respect of the Incremental Commitments (the “Incremental Loans”) shall comply with the other provisions of this Article 2; provided that if the Increased Amount Date occurs after the date of the third Borrowing hereunder, the Borrower may make one additional Borrowing so long as (i) the amount of such time as Borrowing does not exceed the amount of the Incremental Commitments and (ii) such Borrowing occurs within three Domestic Business Days of the Increased Amount Date.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to notify the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion Banks promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s legal counselnotice of the Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof of Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Banks.
(f) The terms and provisions of the Incremental Commitments and Incremental Loans shall be, addressed except as otherwise set forth herein, identical to the Administrative Agent Commitments on the Effective Date and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent initial Loans made under this Agreement.
(3g) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent It is understood that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment amount of the Commitments or the making of any additional Bank, in each case under Incremental Loans pursuant to this Section 2.172.16 shall not constitute an amendment of this Agreement or the Notes.
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Samples: Term Loan Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) Upon at least 15 days prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that (i) it shall be a condition to the effectiveness of any such increase that at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments) on or after the Effective Date does not exceed $150,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Lenders; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Lender whose Commitment is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01 opposite the name of each Lender the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Lender, (iii) if any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrowers may request Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Revolving Loans in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Revolving Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Lenders after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.19 on such date) from all the Lenders and (iv) if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the amount of the participations held by each Lender in each such Letter of Credit shall be adjusted so that, after giving effect to such adjustment, each Lender shall hold a participation in each such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage, calculated after giving effect to the increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.19, of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Lender hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Lender by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) Schedule 2.01 shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Lender, (iii) if any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Lender, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Revolving Loans in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Revolving Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Lenders after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.19 on such date) from all the Lenders, (iv) if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Lender, the amount of the participations held by each Lender in each such Letter of Credit shall be adjusted so that, after giving effect to such adjustment, each Lender shall hold a participation in each such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage, calculated after giving effect to the increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.19, of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and (v) if such institution is not an Affiliate of a then existing Lender or an Approved Fund, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lenders (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
(c) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall not constitute an amendment of this Agreement. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.16(c) to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17contrary.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Delhaize Group)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as (i) the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created after the Effective Date, does not exceed $150,000,000 and (ii) after giving effect to such increase or new Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of any Bank shall not exceed 17.5% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments (excluding, for purposes of this clause (ii), any increase resulting solely from the merger or the acquisition of one Bank into or by another Bank). It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At any time after the Closing Date, provided that no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may request an from time to time one or more increases of the Commitments by notice to the Agent in writing of the amount of each such proposed increase (each such notice, a "COMMITMENT INCREASE NOTICE"). Any such Commitment Increase Notice must offer each Bank the opportunity to subscribe for its pro rata share of the requested increase in the amount Commitments, and the Agent shall promptly provide to each Bank a copy of any Commitment Increase Notice received by the Agent. Within 10 Business Days after receipt by the Agent of the aggregate Tranche A applicable Commitment Amounts and Increase Notice, each Bank wishing to subscribe for its pro rata share of the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering requested increase in the Commitments must deliver written notice of such fact to the Agent. If any portion of the requested increase in the Commitments is not subscribed for by the Banks within such 10-day period, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Bank (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed so long as such Person is an Eligible Assignee), offer to any existing Bank or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase their Commitments participate in all or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to a portion of such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage unsubscribed portion of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The requested increase in the Commitment of each Bank Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5(b) or (c) below, as applicable;
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and selects to offer a participation in the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date unsubscribed portion of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment increased Commitments, and that elects to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankand obtain a Commitment, shall execute an agreement (a "NEW BANK AGREEMENT"), in the form required by the Agent, with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such bank or financial institution (a "NEW BANK") shall become a Bank for all purposes hereunder to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of same extent as if originally a duly completed party hereto and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be bound by and entitled to all rightsthe benefits of this Agreement, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to have been add the name and Commitment of such New Bank, provided that the Commitment of any such New Bank shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000;
(c) Any Bank that accepts an offer by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall, in each case, execute a commitment increase agreement (a "COMMITMENT INCREASE AGREEMENT"), in the form required by the Agent, with the Borrower and the Agent, whereupon such Bank shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, of such Bank;
(2d) a written opinion The effectiveness of any New Bank Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower’s Borrower and legal counsel, addressed opinions of in-house counsel to the Administrative Borrower, if any, as the Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto;
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Bank pursuant to Section 2.5(b) or if any Bank's Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.5(c), additional Loans and additional liability for Facility Letters of Credit made or issued on or after the Banks and effectiveness thereof (the "RE-ALLOCATION DATE") shall be made pro rata based on each Bank's (including each New Bank's) respective Commitment in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before effect on and after giving effect to such increase, Re-Allocation Date (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations pro rata borrowings or incurring of liability would result in any Bank making an aggregate principal amount of Loans and warranties specifically refer to an earlier dateincurring liability for the Facility Letters of Credit in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made or incurred by, such New Bank and/or Banks with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Eurodollar Rate Loans on the last day of the Rate Period applicable thereto and the extension of new Eurodollar Rate Loans pro rata based on the Banks' respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there are Alternate Base Rate Loans outstanding, the Borrower shall make prepayments thereof and borrow new Alternate Base Rate Loans so that, after giving effect thereto, the Alternate Base Rate Loans outstanding are held pro rata based on the Banks' respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there are Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding, such Eurodollar Rate Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Rate Periods (Bunless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Rate Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Banks holding such Eurodollar Rate Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding;
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.5, (i) no Default or Event Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment under this Section 2.5 unless it agrees in writing to do so in its sole discretion, (ii) no Bank shall have any right to decrease the amount of Default exists. The Administrative its Commitment as a result of any requested increase of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.5, (iii) the Agent shall give prompt notice have no obligation to such find or locate any New Bank to participate in any unsubscribed portion of (A) any increase in the Commitments requested by the Borrower, (iv) each increase in the Commitments requested by the Borrower shall not be less than $10,000,000, (v) after giving effect to any Bank’s Commitment increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.5, the sum of the Commitments and the aggregate commitments of the lenders under the Long-Term Credit Facility shall not exceed $250,000,000, and (Bvi) in the Commitment event the Borrower reduces in the Commitments pursuant to Section 4.6 or any other provision of any additional Bankthis Agreement more than one time during the term of this Agreement, the ability of the Borrower to request increases in each case under the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.172.5 shall automatically terminate; and
(g) The Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Agent (for delivery by the Agent to each applicable Bank) a new Note payable to each applicable Bank (including each New Bank) participating in any increase of the Commitments in the original principal amount of such Bank's Commitment after giving effect to any such increase of the Commitments.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of DefaultBy written notice sent to the Agent (which the Agent shall promptly distribute to the Banks), the Borrowers Company may request an increase in the amount of the Total Commitments one or more times under this Section 2.16 up to an aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall increased amount not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,00010,000,000 (i.e., to Total Commitments not to exceed $100,000,000); and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) no Unmatured Default or Default exists and (ii) the Total Commitments shall not have been reduced, nor shall the Company have given notice of any such reduction under Section 2.4. At any time that the Total Commitments are to be increased pursuant to this Section 2.16, one or more financial institutions, each as approved by the Company and the Agent (a "New Bank"), or any existing Bank, may commit to provide an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the requested increase (the "Increase Amount"); provided, that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each New Bank that agrees shall be at least $5,000,000 and if any existing Bank increases its Commitment, the amount of the increase shall be at least $2,000,000. No existing Bank shall have any obligation to increase such its Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or 2.16, without the consent of such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreementBank. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in notice from the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according and the Company that the Banks, or sufficient Banks and New Banks, have agreed to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding commit to an aggregate amount equal to the foregoingIncrease Amount, then: provided that no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until Unmatured Default or Default exists at such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory or after giving effect to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporaterequested increase, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment AmountsCompany, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks willing to increase their respective Commitments and the New Banks (if any) shall execute and deliver an Increased Commitment Supplement (herein so called) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "H". If all existing Banks shall not have provided their Ratable Share of the requested increase, on the effective date of the Increased Commitment Supplement, the Company shall request a borrowing hereunder which shall be made only by the Banks who have increased their Commitment and, if applicable, the New Banks. The proceeds of such borrowing shall be utilized by the Company to repay the Banks who did not agree to increase their Commitments, such borrowing and substance satisfactory repayments to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and be in amounts sufficient so that after giving effect to such increasethereto, (A) the representations and warranties contained Loans shall be held by the Banks in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default existsaccordance with their respective Ratable Shares. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice Company agrees to such exchange the Note of each existing Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s that has increased its Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.172.16 for a new Note payable to the order of such Bank in the amount of its increased Commitment. The Company agrees to execute and deliver new Notes to each New Bank that has provided a new Commitment under this Section 2.16 in an amount equal to such new Commitment.
Section 2.5. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5.3. Section 5.3 of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Haggar Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At the request of the Company to the Administrative Agent, the aggregate Commitments hereunder may be increased at any time after the Closing Date, on one or more occasions by not more than $250,000,000; provided that (i) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $10,000,000, (ii) the Commitment of any Bank may not be increased without its consent, (iii) the consent of the Administrative Agent is obtained (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (iv) no Default or Event of Default, Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the Borrowers may request an time of any such increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts immediately after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offerthereto, and (Cv) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days each of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement made on the Closing Date are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality in the text thereof, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct) on and as of the date of such effectivenessincrease.
(b) In the event that the Company and one or more of the Banks (or other financial institutions that may elect to participate with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld)) (each, except an “Incremental Bank”) shall agree, in accordance with subsection 2.20(a), upon such an increase in the aggregate Commitments, the Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F) 33 setting forth the amounts of the increase in Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon the satisfaction of such other conditions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably specify (including the delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Company relating to the extent amendment and new Notes), this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Incremental Bank severally agrees to make term loans in Dollars to the Company from time to time during the Commitment Period, or if later, the date that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier datethe increase in Commitments is effective, in which case they are true and correct as an aggregate principal amount that shall not exceed the amount of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Incremental Bank’s Commitments.
(d) No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment and (B) in the Commitment event of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17such a request by the Company hereunder.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default (a) The Company and any one or Event of Defaultmore Banks (including New Banks) may, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without at any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) when no Default or Event of Default existshas occurred and is continuing, agree that such Banks shall make, obtain or increase the amount of their Commitments by executing and delivering to the Agent an Increased Commitment Notice specifying (i) the amount of such increase and (ii) the applicable Increased Commitment Closing Date. The Administrative Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) without the consent of the Required Banks, the aggregate amount of increased Commitments obtained after the Closing Date pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed $500,000,000 and (ii) without the consent of the Agent, (x) each increase effected pursuant to this paragraph shall be in a minimum amount of at least $25,000,000 and (y) no more than six Increased Commitment Closing Dates may be selected by the Company after the Closing Date. No Bank shall have any obligation to participate in any increase described in this paragraph unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.
(b) Any additional bank, financial institution or other entity which, with the consent of the Company, the Agent and the Issuing Bank (which consent shall give prompt notice not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), elects to become a “Bank” under this Agreement in connection with any transaction described in subsection 2.21(a) shall execute a New Bank Supplement (each, a “New Bank Supplement”), substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1, whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (a “New Bank”) shall become a Bank for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
(c) Initial Loans made under any such increased Commitments shall be made pursuant to funding procedures then agreed to by the Company and the Agent (including as to the initial interest applicable to such Bank Loans), and payments of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment principal, interest and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case fees under this Section 2.17Agreement shall be made by the Company to give effect to such procedures and the timing of such increased Commitments. On each Increased Commitment Closing Date, participating interests in Letters of Credit shall be adjusted as directed by the Agent to reflect the then respective Commitment Percentages of the Banks. Payments to the Banks in respect of the Loans and Letters of Credit will be made to give effect to the allocations or reallocations described in this subsection.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Humana Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At any time after the date hereof, provided that no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Company may request an increase of the Total Commitment by notice thereof to the Agent in writing (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”), in an amount not less than $25,000,000 nor more than $300,000,000 in the amount aggregate. The Agent will provide the Lenders with notice of such Commitment Increase Notice. Such increase shall be allocated between the Total Floor Plan Loan Commitment and Total Acquisition Loan Commitment as requested by Borrower, provided, following any such increase, the Acquisition Loan Commitment shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate Tranche A Total Commitment. Any such Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Increase Notice shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation Agent, and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) must offer each Lender the opportunity to increase their Commitments subscribe for its pro rata share of each increased Commitment. If the Company does not receive either telephonic or written notice from the Agent that all of the increased Commitment is subscribed for by the Lenders within fifteen (15) Business Days after the delivery of the Commitment Increase Notice, the Company may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender, offer to any existing Lender or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount portion of such offerunsubscribed portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to Section 5.18(b) or Section 5.18(c), as applicable.
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Company selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments, and (C) request that Banks wishing elects to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower Company and the Administrative AgentAgent (a “New Lender”), subject to by the Administrative Agent’s receipt execution of an agreement (a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement “New Lender Agreement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto5.18(b), shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereof and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. The Commitment of any such New Lender shall be in an amount not less than $10,000,000, and such Commitment must be comprised of both a Floor Plan Loan Commitment and an Acquisition Loan Commitment , both in the same ratio with respect to the Total Floor Plan Loan Commitment and the Total Acquisition Loan Commitment.
(c) Any Lender that accepts an offer by the Company to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 5.18 shall, in each case, execute an agreement whereby it agrees to be bound by, and accept the benefits of, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.18(c), with the Company and the Agent. Upon delivery to the Agent of one or more Commitment Increase Agreements, the Agent shall enter such New Lender and its Commitment in the Register and distribute a new Schedule 1.1
(a) reflecting the Commitment of such New Lender and the Total Commitments, as increased.
(d) The effectiveness of any Accession Commitment Increase Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect contingent upon receipt by the Commitment Agent of such corporate resolutions of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Company and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available legal opinions of counsel to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Company as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent Agent.
(e) Additional Loans made on or after the date that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust any bank or limited liability company action financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to approve such increase in the aggregate Section 5.18(b) or any Lender’s Commitment Amountsis increased pursuant to Section 5.18(c), (2the “Re-Allocation Date”) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and shall be made pro rata based on their respective Floor Plan Loan Commitments in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Eurodollar Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the making of new Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Company elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.18, (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion and (Bii) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice after giving effect to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.175.18, the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall not exceed $1,250,000,000.
(g) The Company shall execute and deliver a Note or Notes to each New Lender and replacement Notes to Lenders signing a Commitment Increase Agreement in the amount of said Persons’ Commitments.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (Group 1 Automotive Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) At the request of Defaultthe Company to ----------------------- the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers aggregate Commitments hereunder may request an increase in be increased after the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Closing Date on one or more occasions by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks not more than $500,000,000 provided that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of all such increases pursuant to this Section -------- 2.20 and pursuant to Section 2.20 of the increase that is sought and 364-Day Credit Agreement may total no more than $500,000,000, (ii) the name sum of the aggregate Commitments hereunder and the aggregate Commitments under and as defined in the 364 - Day Credit Agreement shall not exceed $2,000,000,000, (iii) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $50,000,000, (iv) each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a whose Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, increased consents and (Cv) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the consent of the Administrative Agent within 14 days is obtained.
(b) In the event that the Company and one or more of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days Banks (or such other date as is acceptable financial institutions which may elect to participate with the Borrower and consent of the Administrative Agent) after shall agree, in accordance with Section 2.20(a), upon such an increase in the fourteenth day following aggregate Commitments, the date Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement (a form of which is attached hereto) setting forth the amounts of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon satisfaction of such Bank shall promptly make available to other conditions as the Administrative Agent at may specify (including the office delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution Company relating to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to amendment and new Notes), this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) No Bank shall have been amended any obligation to reflect the increase its Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage event of such Loans, for further distribution to a request by the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Company hereunder.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) In addition to increases in the Commitment pursuant to Section 2.4, the Borrowers Company may from time to time, on the terms set forth below, request that the Commitments hereunder be increased to an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderwhich does not exceed $2,000,000,000; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request that an increase in the Commitments hereunder may only be made at a time when (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the Company’s senior long-term indebtedness (without giving effect to any third-party credit enhancement) is rated at least BBB- by S&P, Baa3 by Xxxxx’x or BBB- by Fitch.
(b) In the event of such a requested increase in the Commitments, (i) each of the Banks shall be given the opportunity to participate in the increased Commitments (x) initially ratably in the proportion that its Commitment bears to the Commitments and (y) to the extent that the requested increase of Commitments is not fulfilled pursuant to the preceding clause (x) and subject to clause (d) below, in such additional amounts as a Bank desires, (ii) if an executive officer of the Company knows that a Potential Default then exists or would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after result upon giving effect to such increase in the Commitments, then the Company shall provide written notice thereof to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and such Bank prior to such Bank agreeing to (or declining) such requested increase in the Commitments, and (iii) to the extent that the Banks do not elect so to participate in such increased Commitments after being afforded an opportunity to do so, then the Company shall consult with the Administrative Agent as to the number, identity and requested Commitments of additional financial institutions which the Company may, upon the written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, invite to participate in the Commitments.
(Ac) refer No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment pursuant to a request by the Company hereunder. No Bank shall be deemed to have approved an increase in its Commitment unless such approval is in writing. Failure on the part of a Bank to respond to a request by the Company hereunder shall be deemed a rejection of such request.
(d) In no event shall any Bank’s Commitment, as a direct result of an increase in its Commitment hereunder pursuant to this Section 2.23, exceed 20% of the Commitments under this Agreement, .
(Be) specify If the Company and one or more of the Banks (or other financial institutions) agree upon such an increase in the Commitments hereunder (i) the aggregate amount Company, the Administrative Agent and each Bank or other financial institution increasing its Commitment or extending a new Commitment shall enter into a consent in substantially the form of the increase that is sought Exhibit K hereto and (ii) the name of Company shall furnish new Notes to each financial institution that is extending a new Commitment and to each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a is increasing its Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that requested by any such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default financial institution or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (Conagra Foods Inc /De/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists The Company shall have the right to increase the Total U.S. Commitment one or more times by obtaining additional U.S. Commitments to be provided on the same terms as herein set forth with respect to the existing U.S. Commitments, either from one or more of the U.S. Lenders or another one or more lending institutions (each such lending institution a "New Lender") provided that: (i) each increase shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000, (ii) the Company may make a maximum of 6 such requests for increases under this Section 2.09(e), (iii) the Total U.S. Commitments may not be increased in excess of $1,300,000,000 under this Section 2.09(e), (iv) no Default shall exist on the effective date of the increase or would result therefrom (including any Event of DefaultDefault arising as a result of a failure to comply with the limitation on Indebtedness provisions contained in the Covered Note Documents); (v) no U.S. Lender shall have any obligation to increase its U.S. Commitment unless it is a party to an Increased Commitment Supplement; and (vi) the Administrative Agent shall have approved of any such New Lender, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Subject to the Borrowers may request foregoing provisions, an increase in the amount of U.S. Commitments made in accordance with this Section shall become effective on the aggregate Tranche A date Administrative Agent receives: (i) a properly completed Increased Commitment Amounts Supplement executed by the Loan Parties and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity U.S. Lenders willing to increase their respective U.S. Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage New Lenders (if any) or by a combination of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment foregoing and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and requested by the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a partylegal opinions, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken with respect thereto. Administrative Agent shall promptly execute any Increased Commitment Supplement so delivered in accordance with this Section and deliver a copy thereof to the other U.S. Lenders. If all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion existing U.S. Lenders shall not have provided their pro rata portion of the Borrower’s legal counselrequested increase, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and then after giving effect to the requested increase the outstanding U.S. Revolving Loans may not be held pro rata in accordance with the new U.S. Commitments. On the Business Day following any such increase, all outstanding ABR Revolving Loans shall be reallocated among the U.S. Lenders (Aincluding any New Lenders) in accordance with the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as U.S. Lenders' respective revised U.S. Applicable Percentages. Eurocurrency Borrowings shall not be reallocated among the U.S. Lenders prior to the expiration of the date of such effectiveness, except to applicable Interest Period in effect at the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment time of any additional Bank, in each case such increase. Any advances made under this Section 2.17by a U.S. Lender shall be deemed to be a purchase of a corresponding amount of the U.S. Revolving Loans of the U.S. Lender or U.S. Lenders who shall receive such advances. The U.S. Commitments of the U.S. Lenders who do not agree to increase their U.S. Commitments cannot be reduced or otherwise changed pursuant to this Section.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable By written notice sent to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective which the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to the Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however), the Borrower shall not may request from time to time an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts amount of the Commitments by an aggregate amount equal to any integral multiple of $5,000,000 and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request not less than $10,000,000; provided that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreementcontinuing, (B) specify (iii) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought Commitments shall not have been reduced, nor shall the Borrower have given notice of any such reduction under Section 2.10, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Commitments can not be increased pursuant to this Section 2.18 more than three (3) times; and (iiiv) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank Commitments may not be increased to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the an aggregate amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s requestexceeds $350,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, no No Bank shall be required have any obligation to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees A Bank’s decision whether to increase such its Commitment under this Section 2.17 2.18 if it is requested to do so shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase made in such Bank’s Commitment sole and (ii) if absolute disrection and any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, failure to respond to a request shall be deemded to be a decsion by such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office that it will not increase its Commitment. If one or more of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such LoansBanks is not increasing its Commitment, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankthen, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed with notice to the Administrative Agent and the Banks other Banks, another one or more financial institutions, each as approved by the Borrower and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “New Bank”), may commit to provide an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the requested increase that will not be provided by the existing Banks (the “Increase Amount”); provided, that the Commitment of each New Bank shall be at least $5,000,000 and the maximum number of New Banks shall be three (3) a certificate ). Upon receipt of notice from the Borrowers certifying thatAdministrative Agent to the Banks and the Borrower that the Banks, before or sufficient Banks and New Banks, have agreed to commit to an aggregate amount equal to the Increase Amount (or such lesser amount as the Borrower shall agree, which shall be at least $10,000,000 and an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof), then: provided that no Default exists at such time or after giving effect to such the requested increase, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Banks willing to increase their respective Commitments and the New Banks (Aif any) shall execute and deliver an Increased Commitment Supplement (herein so called) in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and form attached hereto as Exhibit G hereto. If all existing Banks shall not have provided their pro rata portion of the requested increase, on the effective date of such effectivenessthe Increased Commitment Supplement the Banks shall make advances among themselves (which may be through the Administrative Agent) so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans will be held by the Banks, except pro rata in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages hereunder. The advances made under this Section by each Bank whose Applicable Percentage is new or has increased under the Increased Commitment Supplement (as compared to its Applicable Percentage prior to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer effectiveness of the Increased Commitment Supplement) shall be deemed to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct be a purchase of a corresponding amount of the Committed Loans of the Bank or Banks whose Applicable Percentage has decreased (as compared to its Applicable Percentage prior to the effectiveness of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default existsthe Increased Commitment Supplement). The Administrative Agent advances made under this Section shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any be Base Rate Borrowings made under each Bank’s Commitment and (B) unless another type of Borrowing is selected by the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Borrower to be applicable thereto.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however), the Borrower shall not request an have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase that would cause the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that (i) such increase may be effected by increasing the 2019 Commitment, the 20202021 Commitment Amounts or any combination of the foregoing, so long as such increase satisfies all terms and conditions herein, including, but not limited to, this Section 2.17, (ii) the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Amendment Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of $500,000,000 and the amount of any Commitments terminated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(c) and (iii) the total aggregate amount of Commitments hereunder does not, at any time, exceed $2,200,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Bank the Commitment of which is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such increase date) from all the Banks or (y) to exceed $2,600,000,000the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank. The date on which the conditions set forth in this the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Banks and/or cash collateral will be provided furtherby the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.19(a)(iv), and participating interests in any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Banks in a manner consistent with Section 2.19(a)(iv)(A) (and such Defaulting Bank shall not participate therein). In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, and the Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Bank has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Bank to be a Defaulting Bank, then the L/C Obligations of the Banks shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Bank’s Commitment and on such date such Bank shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Banks as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Bank to hold such Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
(c) At the Borrower’s option, the Borrower may elect to terminate the Commitment of any Defaulting Bank upon notice to such Defaulting Bank and the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether such Defaulting Bank holds any outstanding Loans) and such notice shall be effective upon receipt by both the Defaulting Bank and the Administrative Agent; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if such Defaulting Bank holds any Loans, and such Loans are not assigned pursuant to Section 2.18 or otherwise, then such Defaulting Bank shall continue to hold such Loans until such time as such Loans are repaid by the Borrower or assigned pursuant to this Agreement. Upon termination of a Bank’s Commitment under this Section 2.19, the Borrower shall (x) to the extent applicable after giving effect to said increaseSection 2.19(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Bank, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage Cash Collateralize such Defaulting Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit, (y) subject to Section 2.19(a), pay or cause to be paid all accrued facility fees or Letter of Credit Fees payable to such Bank and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any all other amounts due and payable to such request shall be sent to the BanksBank hereunder and (z) if such Bank is an Issuing Bank, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available pay to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds for deposit an amount equal to the available amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage , and upon such payments, the obligations of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory hereunder with respect to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to unused Commitment which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect terminated shall, by the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; provisions hereof, be released and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17discharged.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) At any time prior to the Termination Date, the Borrowers Borrower may request an increase (in consultation with the Agent) that the Commitments be increased, provided, that (a) the Commitments shall at no time exceed $125,000,000; (b) the Borrower shall not previously have reduced the Commitments; and (c) the Borrower shall not be entitled to make such request more than 2 times during the term of this Agreement. Such request shall be made in a written notice given to the Agent and the Banks by the Borrower not less than twenty (20) Business Days prior to the proposed effective date of such increase, which notice (a “Commitment Increase Notice”) shall specify the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts proposed increase in the Commitments and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering proposed effective date of such increase. The proposed increase in the Commitments shall be in an amount (i) not more than $25,000,000 with respect to the Banks aggregate amount of all such increases and (ii) not less than $10,000,000 with respect to any one such increase. No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment pursuant to a Commitment Increase Notice. On or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable prior to the Administrative date that is ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Commitment Increase Notice, each Bank shall submit to the Agent (“Prospective Banks”) a notice indicating the opportunity maximum amount by which it is willing to increase their its Commitment in connection with such Commitment Increase Notice (any such notice to the Agent being herein a “Bank Increase Notice”). Any Bank which does not submit a Bank Increase Notice to the Agent prior to the expiration of such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to have denied any increase in its Commitment. In the event that the increases of Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, howeverset forth in the Bank Increase Notices exceed the amount requested by the Borrower in the Commitment Increase Notice, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of right, in consultation with the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent Agent, to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and allocate the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing increases necessary to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of meet the Borrower’s requestCommitment Increase Notice. For In the avoidance of doubtevent that the Bank Increase Notices are less than the amount requested by the Borrower, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective not later than three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable prior to the proposed effective date the Borrower and may notify the Administrative AgentAgent of any financial institution that shall have agreed to become a “Bank” party hereto (a “Proposed New Bank”) after in connection with the fourteenth day following Commitment Increase Notice. Any Proposed New Bank shall be subject to the date consent of the Borrower’s request without Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the Borrower shall not have arranged any further action by the Banks or any amendment Proposed New Bank(s) to commit to the agreement. Upon shortfall from the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s CommitmentBank Increase Notices, (i) Schedule 1 then the Borrower shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect reduced the increase in such Bank’s amount of its Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available Increase Notice to the Administrative Agent at aggregate amount set forth in the office of Bank Increase Notices. Based upon the Administrative Agent specified Bank Increase Notices, any allocations made in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective connection therewith and any notice regarding any Proposed New Bank, if applicable, the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative AgentBanks on or before the Business Day immediately prior to the proposed effective date of the amount of each Bank’s and Proposed New Banks’ Commitment (the “Effective Commitment Amount”) and the amount of the Commitments, which amount shall be effective on the following Business Day. Any increase in the Commitments shall be subject to the Administrative following conditions precedent: (i) the Borrower shall have obtained the consent thereto of any guarantor of the Obligations and its reaffirmation of the Credit Document(s), if any, executed by it, which consent and reaffirmation shall be in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent’s receipt , (ii) as of the date of the Commitment Increase Notice and as of the proposed effective date of the increase in the Commitments, all representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as though made on such date and no event shall have occurred and then be continuing which constitutes a duly completed Default or an Event of Default, (iii) the Borrower, the Agent and each Proposed New Bank or Bank that shall have agreed to provide a Commitment in support of such increase in the Commitments shall have executed Accession Agreement and delivered a Commitment and Acceptance (“Commitment and Acceptance”) substantially in the form of Exhibit H F hereto. Upon , and (iv) the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Borrower and the Proposed New Bank shall otherwise have executed and delivered such other instruments and documents as may be entitled to all rights, benefits required hereunder or that the Agent shall have requested in connection with such increase. In the event any provision of a Commitment and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 Acceptance shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment inconsistent with any provision of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in then this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.shall
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At any time after the Closing Date, provided that no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may request an from time to time one or more increases of the Commitments by notice to the Agent in writing of the amount of each such proposed increase (each such notice, a "COMMITMENT INCREASE NOTICE"). Any such Commitment Increase Notice must offer each Bank the opportunity to subscribe for its pro rata share of the requested increase in the amount Commitments, and the Agent shall promptly provide to each Bank a copy of any Commitment Increase Notice received by the Agent. Within 10 Business Days after receipt by the Agent of the aggregate Tranche A applicable Commitment Amounts and Increase Notice, each Bank wishing to subscribe for its pro rata share of the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering requested increase in the Commitments must deliver written notice of such fact to the Agent. If any portion of the requested increase in the Commitments is not subscribed for by the Banks within such 10-day period, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Bank (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed so long as such Person is an Eligible Assignee), offer to any existing Bank or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase their Commitments participate in all or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to a portion of such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage unsubscribed portion of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The requested increase in the Commitment of each Bank Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5 (b) or (c) below, as applicable;
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and selects to offer a participation in the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date unsubscribed portion of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment increased Commitments, and that elects to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankand obtain a Commitment, shall execute an agreement (a "NEW BANK AGREEMENT"), in the form required by the Agent, with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such bank or financial institution (a "NEW BANK") shall become a Bank for all purposes hereunder to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of same extent as if originally a duly completed party hereto and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be bound by and entitled to all rightsthe benefits of this Agreement, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to have been add the name and Commitment of such New Bank, provided that the Commitment of any such New Bank shall be in an amount not less than $5,000,000;
(c) Any Bank that accepts an offer by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall, in each case, execute a commitment increase agreement (a "COMMITMENT INCREASE AGREEMENT"), in the form required by the Agent, with the Borrower and the Agent, whereupon such Bank shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, of such Bank;
(2d) a written opinion The effectiveness of any New Bank Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower’s Borrower and legal counsel, addressed opinions of in-house counsel to the Administrative Borrower, if any, as the Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto;
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Bank pursuant to Section 2.5(b) or if any Bank's Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.5(c), additional Loans and additional liability for Facility Letters of Credit made or issued on or after the Banks and effectiveness thereof (the "RE-ALLOCATION DATE") shall be made pro rata based on each Bank's (including each New Bank's) respective Commitment in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before effect on and after giving effect to such increase, Re-Allocation Date (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations pro rata borrowings or incurring of liability would result in any Bank making an aggregate principal amount of Loans and warranties specifically refer to an earlier dateincurring liability for the Facility Letters of Credit in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made or incurred by, such New Bank and/or Banks with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Eurodollar Rate Loans on the last day of the Rate Period applicable thereto and the extension of new Eurodollar Rate Loans pro rata based on the Banks' respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there are Alternate Base Rate Loans outstanding, the Borrower shall make prepayments thereof and borrow new Alternate Base Rate Loans so that, after giving effect thereto, the Alternate Base Rate Loans outstanding are held pro rata based on the Banks' respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there are Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding, such Eurodollar Rate Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Rate Periods (Bunless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Rate Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Banks holding such Eurodollar Rate Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding;
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.5, (i) no Default or Event Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment under this Section 2.5 unless it agrees in writing to do so in its sole discretion, (ii) no Bank shall have any right to decrease the amount of Default exists. The Administrative its Commitment as a result of any requested increase of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.5, (iii) the Agent shall give prompt notice have no obligation to such find or locate any New Bank to participate in any unsubscribed portion of (A) any increase in the Commitments requested by the Borrower, (iv) each increase in the Commitments requested by the Borrower shall not be less than $10,000,000, (v) after giving effect to any Bank’s Commitment increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.5, the sum of the Commitments and the aggregate commitments of the lenders under the Short-Term Credit Facility shall not exceed $250,000,000, and (Bvi) in the Commitment event the Borrower reduces the Commitments pursuant to Section 4.6 or any other provision of any additional Bankthis Agreement more than one time during the term of this Agreement, the ability of the Borrower to request increases in each case under the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.172.5 shall automatically terminate; and
(g) The Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Agent (for delivery by the Agent to each applicable Bank) a new Note payable to each applicable Bank (including each New Bank) participating in any increase of the Commitments in the original principal amount of such Bank's Commitment after giving effect to any such increase of the Commitments.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default The Borrower shall have the right, without the consent of the Lenders or Event the Agent (except as contemplated in clauses (d) and (e) of Defaultthis sentence), the Borrowers may request to effectuate from time to time, on any Business Day (but not on more than one Business Day in any calendar quarter) an increase in the amount total Commitments under this Agreement (an "Increase") by adding to this Agreement one or more banks or other financial institutions (who shall, upon completion of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts requirements stated in this Section 2.20, constitute Lenders hereunder), or by offering to the Banks allowing one or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity more Lenders to increase their Commitments hereunder, or both, provided that (a) no Increase in Commitments pursuant to extend this Section 2.20 shall result in the total Commitments hereunder; providedexceeding $800,000,000 or shall result in the aggregate amount of the Increases in the Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section 2.20 since the date of this Agreement exceeding $200,000,000, however(b) any Increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall be in the amount of $20,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (c) on the effective date of each Increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20, (i) the Borrower shall have outstanding public long-term senior unsecured debt securities that are rated by S&P or Moodx'x, (xi) either (1) the lowest such rating by Moodx'x xxxll be A3 or better or (2) the lowest such rating by S&P shall be A- or better, and (iii) no event shall have occurred and be continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both, (d) no Lender's Commitment amount shall be increased without the consent of such Lender, (e) each new bank or other financial institution, if any, both is acceptable to the Agent and provides a Commitment of at least $20,000,000, (f) simultaneously with each increase in the Commitment of any Lender pursuant to this Section 2.20, the Borrower shall not request an increase will cause such Lender's "Commitment" (under and as defined in the Short-Term Revolving Credit Agreement) to be increased pursuant to Section 2.20 thereof by the same percentage as such Lender's Commitment is being increased pursuant to this Section 2.20, unless the Short- Term Revolving Credit Agreement has been terminated, (g) simultaneously with the addition of any bank or financial institution pursuant to this Section 2.20, the Borrower will cause such bank or financial institution to become a party to the Short-Term Revolving Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 2.20 thereof with a "Commitment" (under and as defined in the Short-Term Revolving Credit Agreement) that would cause constitutes the aggregate same percentage of all "Commitments" thereunder as the percentage that its Commitment Amounts hereunder constitutes of all Commitments hereunder, unless the Short-Term Revolving Credit Agreement has been terminated, and (h) immediately prior to, or simultaneously with, any Increase pursuant to this Section 2.20, the Borrower will prepay in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, all outstanding A Advances, if any (including, without limitation, prepayment from the proceeds of any A Borrowing from the Lenders made on the date of such Increase in accordance with this Agreement and in accordance with their respective Commitments after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for Increase). The Borrower shall give the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date ten Business Days' notice of the Borrower’s request's intention to effect any Increase in the total Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20. For Such notice shall specify each new bank or other financial institution, if any, the avoidance changes in amounts of doubtCommitments that will result, no Bank shall be required if any, and such other information as is reasonably requested by the Agent. Each new bank or other financial institution, and each Lender agreeing to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 , shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable execute and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agent an Increase Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H F-1 hereto or Exhibit F-2 hereto. Upon , as the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement case may be, pursuant to which any Prospective Bank is it becomes a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust party hereto or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.increases its
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Samples: Long Term Revolving Credit Agreement (Burlington Resources Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, Upon at least 45 days' prior notice to the Borrowers may request an increase in Agent (which notice the amount Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however), the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent Banks as set forth below, to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is sought and to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to which reflect the opportunity to increase or extend a increased Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, Bank and (Ciii) request that Banks wishing if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Borrower’s request. For Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the avoidance of doubt, no Bank Committed Loans shall be required outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to increase its Commitment. The increase in the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of each an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that agrees (i) such institution becomes a party to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date Agreement as is acceptable a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date Agent of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness counterparts of any increase in a Bank’s Commitmentthis Agreement, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank the Required Banks shall promptly make available consent to the Administrative Agent at the office creation of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Commitment of such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (iiii) such Prospective Bank the signature pages hereof shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank Borrower shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) issue a sum in immediately available funds equal Note to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to new Bank in conformity with the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.provisions of
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the 32 Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as (i) the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created after the Effective Date, does not exceed $800,000,000 and (ii) after giving effect to such increase or new Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of any Bank shall not exceed 17.5% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments (excluding, for purposes of this clause (ii), any increase resulting solely from the merger or the acquisition of one Bank into or by another Bank). It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At the request of the Company to the Administrative Agent, the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder may be increased after the Closing Date on one or more occasions by not more than an aggregate of $600,000,000; provided that (i) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 or $5,000,000 increments in excess thereof, (ii) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder shall not exceed $1,850,000,000 after giving effect to such increases, (iii) no Commitment of any Bank may be increased without its consent, (iv) the consent of the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Bank and each Issuing Lender that has an outstanding Letter of Credit is obtained (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (v) no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank Default shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts occurred and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct continuing on and as of the date of each such effectivenessincrease or after giving effect thereto, and (vi) each of the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are true and correct in all material respects (except (x) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer expressly relate solely to an earlier date, in which case they are such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date and (By) no Default to the extent such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality in the text thereof, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct) on and as of the date of each such increase.
(b) In the event that the Company and one or Event more of Default exists. The the Banks (or other financial institutions that may elect to participate with the consent of the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Bank and each Issuing Lender that has an outstanding Letter of Credit (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) shall agree, in accordance with subsection 2.20(a), upon such an increase in the aggregate Commitments, the Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall give prompt notice enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement setting forth the amounts of the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon the satisfaction of such other conditions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably specify (including the delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Company relating to the amendment and new Notes), this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment in the event of such a request by the Company hereunder.
(d) If any Term Benchmark Loans are outstanding on the date that a Commitment Increase Supplement becomes effective (A) any increase each Bank party to such Commitment Increase Supplement shall be deemed to have purchased a participation in any Bank’s Commitment each such Loans in an amount such that, after giving effect to such participations, each Bank shall participate in each outstanding borrowing of each such Loan ratably according to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments and (B) the Administrative Agent shall, on the last day of the applicable Interest Periods, give appropriate notice to the applicable Banks to fund their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of such outstanding Loans, and shall reallocate such Loans among the Bank so that, after giving effect to such reallocation, each Bank shall participate in such outstanding Loans ratably according to their respective Revolving Credit Commitments. If any additional BankSwing Line Loans or Letters of Credit are outstanding on the date that a Commitment Increase Supplement becomes effective, the Participation Interests in each case under this Section 2.17such Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be reallocated on such date according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to such Commitment Increase Supplement.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Western Union CO)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At the request of the Company to the Administrative Agent, the aggregate Commitments hereunder may be increased after the Closing Date on one or more occasions by not more than $500,000,000 provided that (i) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $50,000,000 and $10,000,000 increments in excess thereof, (ii) the sum of the aggregate Commitments hereunder shall not exceed $2,000,000,000 after giving effect to such increases, (iii) each Bank whose Commitment is increased consents, (iv) the consent of the Administrative Agent is obtained, (v) no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank Default shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts occurred and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought continuing and (iivi) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offerif, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, the sum of the aggregate Commitments hereunder shall exceed $1,500,000,000, the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, or a properly empowered committee of such Board, shall be obtained.
(Ab) In the representations event that the Company and warranties contained one or more of the Banks (or other financial institutions which may elect to participate with the consent of the Administrative Agent) shall agree, in accordance with Section 2.20(a), upon such an increase in the aggregate Commitments, the Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit J) setting forth the amounts of the increase in Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon satisfaction of such other conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify (including the delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Company relating to the amendment and new Notes), this Agreement are true and correct on and as of shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment in the date event of such effectiveness, except to a request by the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Company hereunder.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (First Data Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event The Company may from time to time, by notice to the Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy to each of Defaultthe Banks), request that the Borrowers may request aggregate Commitments be increased by an amount that will not result in the aggregate Commitments under this Agreement exceeding $100,000,000. Each such notice shall set forth the requested amount of the increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Commitments and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering date on which such increase is to become effective (which shall be not fewer than 20 days after the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation date of such notice), and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) shall offer each Bank the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an its Commitment by its pro rata share of such requested increase that would cause in the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect Commitments. Each Bank shall, by notice to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Company and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of given not more than 10 Banking Days after the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubtCompany's notice, no Bank shall be required either agree to increase its Commitment. The Commitment by all or a portion of the offered amount or decline to increase in the its Commitment of each (and any Bank that agrees to increase does not deliver such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business a notice within such period of 10 Banking Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended declined to reflect increase its Commitment). In the event that, on the 10th Banking Day after the Company shall have delivered a notice pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph, the Banks shall have agreed pursuant to the preceding sentence to increase their Commitments by an aggregate amount less than the increase in the aggregate Commitments requested by the Company, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to arrange for one or more commercial banks or other financial institutions (any such bank or other financial institution being called an "Augmenting Bank’s "), which may include any Bank, to extend Commitments or increase their existing Commitments in an aggregate amount up to, but not greater than, the unsubscribed amount, provided that each Augmenting Bank, if not already a Bank hereunder, (i) shall extend a new Commitment of not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, shall execute all such Bank documentation as the Agent shall promptly make available specify to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates evidence its status as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; . If (iiand only if) Schedule 1 Banks (including Augmenting Banks) shall be deemed have agreed to have been amended increase their aggregate Commitments or to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided extend new Commitments in an aggregate amount not less than $5,000,000 in the Accession Agreement; aggregate, such increases and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Commitments shall become effective on the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available date specified in the notice delivered by the Company pursuant to the Administrative Agent at the office first sentence of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentagesthis paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a the aggregate Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank ) shall become effective until under this paragraph unless, on the date of such time as increase, the Administrative conditions set forth in Section 9 shall be satisfied (with all references in such Section to an Advance being deemed to be references to such increase), the Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by the chief financial officer of the Company, any Augmenting Bank (1not already a Bank) evidence in form and substance shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such in its reasonable discretion and any increase in the aggregate Commitment AmountsCommitments requested after May 31, (2) a written opinion 1997 or any increase causing the aggregate Commitments to exceed $85,000,000 shall have been agreed to by the Majority Banks. Upon the effectiveness of any increase pursuant to this Section 2.7 of the Borrower’s legal counselaggregate Commitments and any resulting adjustment in any Bank's pro rata share, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form the Augmenting Banks will purchase from each other and substance satisfactory sell to each other outstanding Advances sufficient to cause the Administrative Agent Advances of each Bank and Augmenting Bank to equal its pro rata share (3as so adjusted) of the aggregate outstanding Advances. Such purchase and sale shall be made pursuant to Section 14.11 except that no minimum amount shall be required, no processing fee shall be charged and, if any Bank shall suffer a loss or incur an expense as a result of the effectiveness of such purchase or sale being during an Interest Period, the Company shall reimburse such Bank the amount of such loss or expense. Each such Bank shall furnish the Company with a certificate from setting forth the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect basis for determining the amount to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except be paid to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17it hereunder.
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Samples: Revolving Loan Agreement (North Star Universal Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default (a) The Company and any one or Event of Defaultmore Banks (including New Banks) may, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without at any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) when no Default or Event of Default existshas occurred and is continuing, agree that such Banks shall make, obtain or increase the amount of their Commitments by executing and delivering to the Agent an Increased Commitment Notice specifying (i) the amount of such increase and (ii) the applicable Increased Commitment Closing Date. The Administrative Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) without the consent of the Required Banks, the aggregate amount of increased Commitments obtained after the ClosingFirst Amendment Effective Date pursuant to this paragraph, together with any increase of commitments under the 364-Day Revolving Facility (or any facility that replaces or refinances the 364-Day Revolving Facility), shall not exceed $750,000,000500,000,000 and (ii) without the consent of the Agent, each increase effected pursuant to this paragraph shall be in a minimum amount of at least $10,000,000. No Bank shall have any obligation to participate in any increase described in this paragraph unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.
(b) Any additional bank, financial institution or other entity which, with the consent of the Company, the Agent and each Issuing Bank (which consents shall give prompt notice not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), elects to become a “Bank” under this Agreement in connection with any transaction described in subsection 2.21(a) shall execute a New Bank supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1, whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (a “New Bank”) shall become a Bank for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
(c) Initial Loans made under any such increased Commitments shall be made pursuant to funding procedures then agreed to by the Company and the Agent (including as to the initial interest applicable to such Bank Loans), and payments of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment principal, interest and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case fees under this Section 2.17Agreement shall be made by the Company to give effect to such procedures and the timing of such increased Commitments. On each Increased Commitment Closing Date, participating interests in Letters of Credit shall be adjusted as directed by the Agent to reflect the then respective Commitment Percentages of the Banks. Payments to the Banks in respect of the Loans and Letters of Credit will be made to give effect to the allocations or reallocations described in this subsection.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Humana Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default (a) The Borrower may from time to time during the 364-Day Commitment Period, in the case of the 364-Day Commitments, and the Working Capital Commitment Period, in the case of the Working Capital Commitments, by notice to the Administrative Agent, request that either or Event both of Default, the Borrowers may request 364-Day Commitments and the Working Capital Commitments be increased by an aggregate amount that is not less than $5,000,000 and will not result in an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name Commitments for all Lenders in excess of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment $50,000,000 under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and both Facilities after giving effect to such increasethereto, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent PROVIDED that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no increase may not be requested or become effective at any time that a Default or Event of Default exists. The Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will request the agreement of one or more existing or new Lenders to increase or, in the case of new Lenders, provide, its or their applicable Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to the increase so requested by such Borrower. No Lender shall give prompt notice have any obligation to agree to any increase of its commitments, and may decline any such request in its sole discretion.
(b) If one or more existing or new Lenders shall have agreed to increase or provide its or their applicable Commitments pursuant to a request made as described in the foregoing clause (a) in an aggregate amount not less than $5,000,000, such increases and such new Commitments shall become effective on a date mutually agreed upon among the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing such increase and/or such new Commitments and shall be implemented pursuant to documentation consistent herewith and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, providing, among other things, for adjustments to cause the 364-Day Loans and the Working Capital Loans of each Lender to correspond ratably to their respective 364-Day Percentages and Working Capital Percentages, as applicable, after giving effect to such Bank increase (including, without limitation, by providing for prepaying and reborrowing all then outstanding Loans of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17affected Facility).
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Department 56 Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) So long as no Default or Event of DefaultDefault has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may request from time to time, upon at least 10 days’ written notice to the Agent (who shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to each Bank), propose to increase the Aggregate Commitment Amount by increments of $25,000,000, to an increase in amount not to exceed $2,000,000,000 (the amount of any such increase, the aggregate Tranche A “Additional Commitment Amounts Amount”). Each Bank may, not more than 10 Business Days following receipt of such notice, elect by written notice to the Borrower and the aggregate Tranche B Agent to increase its Commitment Amounts by offering a principal amount equal to its Percentage of the Banks Additional Commitment Amount. No Bank (or any successor thereto) shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment or its other prospective Banks obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any decision by a Bank to increase its Commitment shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Bank.
(b) If any Bank shall not elect to increase its Commitment pursuant to paragraph (a), the Borrower may designate another bank or other financial institution (which may be, but need not be, one or more of the existing Banks) which at the time agrees to, in the case of any such Person that can make is an existing Bank, increase its Commitment and in the representation case of any other such Person (each such Person, and warranty contained each Person that shall accept an assignment as provided in Section 8.12 acceptable 2.7 is an “Additional Bank”), become a party to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderthis Agreement; provided, however, that any new bank or financial institution must meet the Borrower criteria for an Eligible Assignee and must in all other respects be acceptable to the Agent and the Swingline Bank, which acceptance will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The sum of the increases in the Commitments of the existing Banks pursuant to this paragraph (b) plus the Commitments of the Additional Banks shall not request an increase that would cause in the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage unsubscribed amount of the aggregate Tranche A Additional Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall Amount.
(Ac) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) An increase in the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank 2.6 shall become effective until such time as upon the Administrative receipt by the Agent shall have received (1) evidence of an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that signed by the Borrower, by each Additional Bank and by each other Bank whose Aggregate Commitment Amount is to be increased, setting forth the new Commitments of such Banks and setting forth the agreement of each Additional Bank to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof, together with a replacement or additional Revolving Note, as applicable, evidencing the new Commitment of each affected Bank, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower has taken all necessary corporateand such evidence of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower with respect to the increase in the Commitments and such opinions of counsel for the Borrower with respect to the increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount as the Agent may reasonably request.
(d) Upon the acceptance of any such agreement by the Agent, trust or limited liability company action to approve the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall automatically be increased by the amount of the Commitments added through such agreement.
(e) Upon any increase in the aggregate Commitment Amountsamount of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.6 that is not pro rata among all Banks, (2x) a written opinion within five (5) Business Days, in the case of any Revolving Loans bearing interest at the Floating Rate, and at the end of the Borrower’s legal counselthen current Interest Period with respect thereto, addressed in the case of any Revolving Loans bearing interest at a LIBO Rate, the Borrower shall prepay such Advances in their entirety and, to the Administrative Agent extent the Borrower elects to do so and subject to the conditions specified in Section 2.5, the Borrower shall reborrow Revolving Advances from the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory proportion to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and their respective Commitments after giving effect to such increase, until such time as all outstanding Revolving Advances are held by the Banks in such proportion and (Ay) effective upon such increase, the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as amount of the date participations held by each Bank in each Letter of Credit then outstanding shall be adjusted such effectivenessthat, except after giving effect to such adjustments, the Banks shall hold participations in each such Letter of Credit in the proportion its respective Commitment bears to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice Aggregate Commitment Amount after giving effect to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17increase.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (3m Co)
Increase of Commitments. Provided The Company shall have the right, without the consent of the Banks but subject to the approval of the Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), to effectuate from time to time an increase in the total Commitments under this Agreement by adding to this Agreement one or more Persons that are Eligible Assignees (who shall, upon completion of the requirements stated in this Section, constitute "Banks" hereunder), or by allowing one or more Banks to increase their Commitments hereunder, so that such added and increased Commitments shall equal the increase in Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section; provided that (a) no increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section shall result in the total Commitments exceeding $1,200,000,000 or shall result in the aggregate amount of the increases in the Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section since the date of this Agreement being in excess of the sum of $200,000,000 plus the aggregate amount (but not greater than $100,000,000) of all non-ratable reductions and terminations of Commitments effectuated pursuant to Section 2.08; (b) no Bank's Commitment shall be increased without the consent of such Bank; (c) there exists has occurred and is continuing no Default or Event of Default, and (d) there has been no ratable reduction of Commitments pursuant to Section 2.07. The Company shall deliver or pay, as applicable, to the Borrowers may request an Agent each of the following items prior to 11:00 a.m. (Houston time) (i) three Business Days prior to the requested effective date of such increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments, if such date is a No Loan Date, or (ii) five Business Days prior to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to requested effective date of such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided furtherin the Commitments, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any if such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall date is not a No Loan Date:
(A) refer a written notice of the Company's intention to increase the total Commitments pursuant to this AgreementSection, which shall specify each new Eligible Assignee, if any, the changes in amounts of Commitments that will result, and such other information as is reasonably requested by the Agent;
(B) specify (i) a document in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought Agent, executed and (ii) the name of delivered by each new Eligible Assignee and each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required agreeing to increase its Commitment. The increase , pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto or increases its Commitment, as the case may be, which document, in the case of a new Eligible Assignee, shall (among other matters) specify the CD Lending Office, Domestic Lending Office and LIBOR Lending Office of such new Eligible Assignee;
(C) a Note in the principal amount of the Commitment of each new Eligible Assignee, or a replacement Note in the principal amount of the increased Commitment of each Bank that agrees agreeing to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 its Commitment, as the case may be, executed and delivered by the Company, which Note shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory as may be reasonably required by Agent; and
(D) a non-refundable processing fee of $3,500, for the sole account of the Agent. Upon receipt of any notice referred to in clause (A) above, the Agent will promptly notify each Bank thereof. Upon execution and delivery of such documents and the payment of such fee, such new Eligible Assignee shall constitute a "Bank" hereunder with a Commitment as specified therein, or such Bank's Commitment shall increase as specified therein, as the case may be. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken Banks any and all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action amounts to approve the extent payable pursuant to Section 3.02 as a result of any such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Commitments.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable By written notice sent to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective which the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to the Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however), the Borrower shall not may request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts amount of the Commitments; provided that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (ii) the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request Borrower shall be sent have provided evidence satisfactory to the BanksBanks that the Indebtedness to be incurred pursuant to the increase in the Commitments is permitted by the Senior Note THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, Page 40 Indenture to the Prospective Banks extent such Indenture is still in effect; and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (iiii) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought Commitments shall not at any time exceed $375,000,000 after giving effect to any such increase. Each Bank, in its sole and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offerabsolute discretion, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to determine whether it will increase its Commitment. The increase in If one or more of the Banks will not be increasing its Commitment of pursuant to such request, then, with notice to the Administrative Agent, another one or more financial institutions, each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to approved by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after Agent (a “New Bank”), may commit to provide an amount equal to the fourteenth day following the date aggregate amount of the Borrower’s request without any further action requested increase that will not be provided by the existing Banks or any amendment to (the agreement“Increase Amount”); provided, that the Commitment of each New Bank shall be at least $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof. Upon the effectiveness receipt of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to notice from the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according and the Borrower that the Banks, or sufficient Banks and New Banks, have agreed to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding commit to an aggregate amount equal to the foregoingIncrease Amount (or such lesser amount as the Borrower shall agree, which shall be at least $10,000,000 and an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof), then: provided that no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until Default exists at such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory or after giving effect to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporaterequested increase and the Indebtedness to be incurred pursuant to the requested increase is permitted by the Senior Note Indenture to the extent such Indenture is still in effect, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks willing to increase their respective Commitments and the New Banks (if any) shall execute and deliver an Increased Commitment Supplement in the form and substance satisfactory to attached hereto as Exhibit G (the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from “Increased Commitment Supplement”). If all existing Banks shall not have provided their pro rata portion of the Borrowers certifying thatrequested increase, before and then after giving effect to such increasethe requested increase the outstanding Loans may not be held pro rata in accordance with the new Commitments. In order to remedy the foregoing, (A) on the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as effective date of the date of Increased Commitment Supplement the Banks shall make advances among themselves, such effectivenessadvances to be in amounts sufficient so that after giving effect thereto, except the Loans shall be held by the Banks pro rata according to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default existstheir respective Commitments. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such advances made by a Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.172.18 shall be deemed to be a purchase of a corresponding amount of the Loans of one or more of the Banks who received the advances. The Commitments of the Banks who do not agree to increase their Commitments can not be reduced or otherwise changed pursuant to this Section 2.18.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) If no Default or Event of Defaultshall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may at any time during the Availability Period request an increase in the amount one or more increases of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Commitments by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable notice to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Prospective BanksCommitment Increase Notice”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder); provided, however, that (i) the Borrower shall Commitment of any Lender may not request an increase that would cause be increased without such Lender’s consent, (ii) the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to minimum amount of any such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks $5,000,000 and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (iiii) the aggregate amount of the increase Lenders’ Commitments, after giving effect to any such increase, shall not exceed $150,000,000.
(b) Following any Commitment Increase Notice, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative Agent as to any Person that is sought and not at such time a Lender (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to which any existing Lender or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to be offered paragraph (c) or (d) below, as applicable, by notifying the Administrative Agent. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice from the amount Borrower of its desire to offer such offerunsubscribed commitments to certain existing Lenders, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the additional banks or financial institutions identified therein or such existing Lenders, additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent within 14 days and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify such proposed lenders of the date opportunity to participate in all or a portion of such unsubscribed portion of the Borrower’s request. For increased Commitments.
(c) Any additional bank or financial institution that the avoidance of doubt, no Bank Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments shall be required execute and deliver to increase the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement setting forth its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower , and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon upon the effectiveness of any increase in such New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a Bank’s Commitment“New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, (i) Schedule 1 and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to have been be amended to reflect add the name of such New Lender and Schedule 2.01 and the definition of Commitment in Section 1.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase in the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders by the Commitment of such Bank’s New Lender, provided that the Commitment of any New Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank Commitment Increase Agreement shall promptly make available to be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the office same time as that of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(ball other New Lenders or increasing Lenders.
(d) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank Any Lender that accepts the Borrower’s an offer to extend it by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall, in each case, execute a Commitment shall become a party to this Increase Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and Schedule 2.01 and the definition of Commitment in Section 1.01 hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase. Any Commitment Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders and increasing Lenders.
(e) The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of . Once a duly completed and executed Accession New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, the Administrative Agent shall reflect the increases in the form Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(f) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.19(c) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.19(d), additional Loans made on or after the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an aggregate principal amount of Exhibit H hereto. Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case such excess amount will be allocated to, and made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or, in the case of ABR Loan, on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
(g) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
(h) Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement Commitment Increase Agreement, Section 2.09(b), Schedule 2.01 and other pertinent sections hereof shall be automatically and proportionately modified to which any Prospective Bank is a partyreflect the increased Commitment, the exact figures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and all references to the Commitments shall be deemed amended mutatis mutandis.
(i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase any New Lender must have the ability to fund Alternative Currencies with respect to which there are outstanding Loans and all Alternative Currencies described in a Bank’s Commitment (a) and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1b) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as definition of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Alternative Currency.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Fei Co)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At any time after the Closing Date, provided that no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Company may request an increase of the Total Commitment by notice thereof to the Agent in writing (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”), in an amount not less than $25,000,000 nor more than $300,000,000 in the amount aggregate. The Agent will provide the Lenders with notice of such Commitment Increase Notice. Such increase shall be allocated between the Total Floor Plan Loan Commitment and Total Acquisition Loan Commitment as requested by Borrower, provided, following any such increase, the Acquisition Loan Commitment shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate Tranche A Total Commitment. Any such Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Increase Notice shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation Agent, and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) must offer each Lender the opportunity to increase their Commitments subscribe for its pro rata share of each increased Commitment. If the Company does not receive either telephonic or written notice from the Agent that all of the increased Commitment is subscribed for by the Lenders within fifteen (15) Business Days after the delivery of the Commitment Increase Notice, the Company may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender, offer to any existing Lender or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount portion of such offerunsubscribed portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to Section 5.18(b) or Section 5.18(c), as applicable.
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Company selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments, and (C) request that Banks wishing elects to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower Company and the Administrative AgentAgent (a “New Lender”), subject to by the Administrative Agent’s receipt execution of an agreement (a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement “New Lender Agreement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto5.18(b), shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereof and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. The Commitment of any such New Lender shall be in an amount not less than $10,000,000, and such Commitment must be comprised of both a Floor Plan Loan Commitment and an Acquisition Loan Commitment, both in the same ratio with respect to the Total Floor Plan Loan Commitment and the Total Acquisition Loan Commitment. Upon delivery to the Agent of one or more New Lender Agreements, the Agent shall enter such New Lender and its Commitment in the Register and distribute a new Schedule 1.1
(a) reflecting the Commitment of such New Lender and the Total Commitment, as increased.
(c) Any Lender that accepts an offer by the Company to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 5.18 shall, in each case, execute an agreement whereby it agrees to be bound by, and accept the benefits of, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.18(c), with the Company and the Agent. Upon delivery to the Agent of one or more Commitment Increase Agreements, the Agent shall enter such Lender’s increased Commitment in the Register and distribute a new Schedule 1.1
(a) reflecting the increased Commitment of such Lender and the Total Commitment, as increased.
(d) The effectiveness of any Accession Commitment Increase Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect contingent upon receipt by the Commitment Agent of such corporate resolutions of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Company and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available legal opinions of counsel to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Company as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust Agent.
(e) Additional Loans made on or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of that any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 5.18(b) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 5.18(c) (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on the Lenders’ respective Commitments in effect on or after such effectiveness, Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of any Loans subject to an Interest Period outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the making of new Loans pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of any Loans subject to an Interest Period, such Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Company elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.18, (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion and (Bii) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice after giving effect to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.175.18, the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall not exceed $2,100,000,000.
(g) The Company shall execute and deliver a Note or Notes to each New Lender and replacement Notes to Lenders signing a Commitment Increase Agreement in the amount of said Persons’ Commitments.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (Group 1 Automotive Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 45 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created after the Effective Date, does not exceed $300,000,000. It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in this Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower 2.16 shall not request constitute an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance amendment of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H heretoNotes. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.ARTICLE III
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $125,000,000. It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event The Company may from time to time, by notice to the Agent, request that the aggregate Commitments be increased by an amount that will not result in the aggregate Commitments under this Agreement plus the "Commitments" under the Other Credit Agreement to exceed $1,000,000,000. Each such notice shall set forth the requested amount of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Commitments and the date on which such increase is to become effective. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to arrange for one or more commercial banks or other financial institutions (any such bank or other financial institution being called an "Augmenting Bank"), which may include any Bank, to extend Commitments or increase their existing Commitments in an aggregate Tranche B amount up to, but not greater than, the requested increase, provided that each Augmenting Bank, if not already a Bank hereunder (i) shall extend a new Commitment Amounts of not less than $10,000,000, (ii) shall execute all such documentation as the Agent shall specify to evidence its status as a Bank hereunder and (iii) shall be consented to by offering to the Agent. If (and only if) Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective including Augmenting Banks”) the opportunity shall have agreed to increase their aggregate Commitments or to extend new Commitments hereunder; providedin an aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 in the aggregate, howeversuch increases and such new Commitments shall become effective on the date agreed to by the Company, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Augmenting Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a the aggregate Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank ) shall become effective until under this paragraph unless, on the date of such time as increase, the Administrative conditions set forth in Section 4.2 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to a Loan being deemed to be references to such increase) and the Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form a certificate to that effect dated such date and substance satisfactory executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Upon the effectiveness of any increase pursuant to this Section 2.14 of the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase aggregate Commitments and any resulting adjustment in the aggregate Commitment AmountsPro Rata Share, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form the Augmenting Banks will purchase from each other and substance satisfactory sell to each other outstanding Loans sufficient to cause the Administrative Agent outstanding Loans of each Bank and Augmenting Bank to equal its Pro Rata Share (3as so adjusted) of the aggregate outstanding Loans. Such purchase and sale shall be made pursuant to Section 10.7 except that no minimum amount shall be required, no processing fee shall be charged and, if any Bank shall suffer a loss or incur an expense as a result of the effectiveness of such purchase or sale being during an Interest Period, the Company shall reimburse such Bank the amount of such loss or expense. Each such Bank shall furnish the Company with a certificate from setting forth the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect basis for determining the amount to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except be paid to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17it hereunder.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that (i) such increase may request be effected by increasing the Commitment, so long as such increase satisfies all terms and conditions herein, including, but not limited to, this Section 2.17, (ii) the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Amendment Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of $500,000,000 and the amount of any Commitments terminated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(c) and (iii) the total aggregate amount of Commitments hereunder does not, at any time, exceed $2,200,000,000.
(a) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Bank the Commitment of which is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank. The date on which the conditions set forth in this paragraph are satisfied is the “Increased Amount Date” and each such Bank providing an Incremental Commitment, an “Incremental Bank”.
(b) On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, each Incremental Bank shall become a Bank hereunder with respect to its Incremental Commitment and the incremental loans made pursuant thereto.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Banks promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of the Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof of Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Banks.
(d) The terms and provisions of the Incremental Commitments and any Borrowing in respect of such Incremental Commitments shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein, identical to the Commitments on the Amendment Effective Date and any other Loans made under this Agreement.
(e) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (not constitute an amendment of this Agreement or such other date as is acceptable the Notes and that no Bank shall have any obligation to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase participate in such Bank’s Commitment increase except in its absolute and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17sole discretion.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At the request of the Company to the Administrative Agent, the aggregate Commitments hereunder may be increased at any time after the Closing Date, on one or more occasions by not more than $400,000,000; provided that (i) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $10,000,000, (ii) the Commitment of any Bank may not be increased without its consent, (iii) the consent of the Administrative Agent is obtained (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (iv) no Default or Event of Default, Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the Borrowers may request an time of any such increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts immediately after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offerthereto, and (Cv) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days each of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement made on the Closing Date are true and correct in all material respects (except (x) to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date and (y) to the extent such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality in the text thereof, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct) on and as of the date of such effectivenessincrease.
(b) In the event that the Company and one or more of the Banks (or other financial institutions that may elect to participate with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, except conditioned or delayed)) (each, an “Incremental Bank”) shall agree, in accordance with subsection 2.20(a), upon such an increase in the aggregate Commitments, the Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F) setting forth the amounts of the increase in Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon the satisfaction of such other conditions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably specify (including the delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Company relating to the extent amendment and new Notes), this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Incremental Bank severally agrees to make term loans in Dollars to the Company on the date that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier datethe increase in Commitments is effective, in which case they are true and correct as of an aggregate principal amount that shall not exceed the amount indicated on such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Incremental Bank’s Commitment and Increase Supplement.
(Bd) No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment in the Commitment event of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17such a request by the Company hereunder.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) At any time prior to the Termination Date upon 30 days' notice in writing to the Agent and the Banks, the Borrowers Company may request that the Aggregate Commitment be increased to an increase amount up to but not exceeding Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000). Upon receipt of such request, each Bank may in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity its sole discretion agree to increase their Commitments or its Commitment to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect amount equal to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same its Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A increased Aggregate Commitment Amounts by notice to the Company and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent Agent not more than 20 days after the giving of notice by the Company to the Banks. If any Bank elects not to increase its Commitment or does not reply to the Company's notice within the specified time, such Bank's Commitment shall remain at its original amount and its Commitment Percentage of the Aggregate Commitment shall be adjusted accordingly.
(b) If the Company does not receive the agreement of any or all of the Banks to increase the Aggregate Commitment as requested, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount Company may request any other of the Banks on a pro rata basis to increase that is sought its Commitment and if none of the Banks agrees to such further increase in its Commitment, the Company may request one or more other banks, with the consent of the Agent (ii) which shall not be unreasonably withheld), to assume all or a ratable part of the name increased Aggregate Commitment. Upon agreement of such Bank or Banks, or upon such other bank becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.08, the Aggregate Commitment and each Bank's Commitment and Commitment Percentage shall be entered on a new Schedule 2.01 to be effective on the date requested by the Company and agreed by the Banks (the "Increase Date"). From and after the Increase Date to the Termination Date, the Company may borrow, repay and reborrow pursuant to Section 2.01. Any reimbursement of outstanding Letters of Credit on and after the Increase Date shall be in accordance with the Commitment Percentage of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which as modified (if any) on the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Increase Date.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Ceridian Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists So long as no Default or Event of DefaultDefault then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrowers may Company may, at any time and from time to time and upon at least five (5) Business Days' notice, deliver a written request an to the Administrative Agent to increase the aggregate Commitments under this Agreement by up to $50,000,000 in the amount aggregate ("Commitment Increase Amount"). Each such request to increase the Commitments shall be a Commitment Increase Amount of not less than $5,000,000 or in an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof. The Commitment Increase Amount will be in the form of increases in the Commitments under the Tranche 2 Facility. In the event the Company desires to increase the Commitments, the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts written request from the Company described above, may offer to (x) any Bank or (y) one or more banks, financial institutions or other entities, which are not Banks and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 are acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (“Prospective "New Banks”) "), the opportunity to increase their Commitments participate in any or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage all of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment AmountsIncrease Amount. Any such request increase shall be sent to become effective upon the Banksexecution by the Company, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount any lender providing a portion of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name Commitment Increase Amount of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence an assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Company, pursuant to which, if such lender is a New Bank, such New Bank shall become a Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to its portion of the Commitment Increase Amount. Upon the effectiveness of a Commitment Increase Amount, each Bank's Pro Rata Share in the liability of each outstanding Letter of Credit shall be reallocated in accordance with the definition of "Pro Rata Share" and if there are any outstanding Loans, the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to and/ or such New Bank providing the Commitment Increase Amount shall make such payments among themselves as directed by the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date so that each Bank is responsible for its Pro Rata Share of such effectiveness, except Loans. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer be amended to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) reflect the Commitment Increase Amount and the addition of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17New Banks as Banks party hereto and thereto."
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrowers Agent may request arrange for an existing Bank or another bank or financial institution, with the consent of the Borrower as to any such bank or financial institution that is not at such time a Bank (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed so long as such bank or financial institution is an Eligible Assignee) to participate in a possible increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution pursuant to the other Banks according terms and conditions of this Section 2.4;
(b) Any such bank or financial institution that so elects to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankand obtain a Commitment shall execute an agreement (a "New Bank Agreement"), in the form required by the Agent, with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such bank or financial institution (a "New Bank") shall become a Bank for all purposes hereunder to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of same extent as if originally a duly completed party hereto and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be bound by and entitled to all rightsthe benefits of this Agreement, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to have been add the name and Commitment of such New Bank, provided that the Commitment of any such New Bank shall be in an amount not less than $2,500,000;
(c) If an existing Bank accepts an offer to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.4, such Bank shall execute a commitment increase agreement (a "Commitment Increase Agreement"), in the form required by the Agent, with the Borrower and the Agent, whereupon such Bank shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, of such Bank;
(2d) a written opinion The effectiveness of any New Bank Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower’s Borrower and legal counsel, addressed opinions of in-house counsel to the Administrative Borrower, if any, as the Agent and shall reasonably request with respect thereto;
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Bank pursuant to Section 2.4(b) or if any Bank's Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.4(c), additional Loans made or issued on or after the Banks and effectiveness thereof (the "Re-Allocation Date") shall be made pro rata based on each Bank's (including each New Bank's) respective Commitment in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before effect on and after giving effect to such increase, Re-Allocation Date (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings or incurring of liability would result in any Bank making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made or incurred by, such New Bank and/or Banks with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Eurodollar Rate Loans on the last day of the Rate Period applicable thereto and the extension of new Eurodollar Rate Loans pro rata based on the Banks' respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there are Alternate Base Rate Loans outstanding, the Borrower shall make prepayments thereof and borrow new Alternate Base Rate Loans so that, after giving effect thereto, the Alternate Base Rate Loans outstanding are held pro rata based on the Banks' respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there are Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding, such Eurodollar Rate Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Rate Periods (Bunless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Rate Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Banks holding such Eurodollar Rate Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding;
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4, (i) no Default or Event Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment under this Section 2.4 unless it agrees in writing to do so in its sole discretion, (ii) no Bank shall have any right to decrease the amount of Default exists. The Administrative its Commitment as a result of any requested increase of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.4, (iii) the Agent shall give prompt notice have no obligation to such arrange, find or locate any New Bank to participate in any unsubscribed portion of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment the Commitments requested by the Borrower, (iv) each increase in the Commitments requested by the Borrower shall not be less than $2,500,000, and (Bv) after giving effect to any increase in the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.172.4, the sum of the Commitments shall not exceed $150,000,000; and
(g) The Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Agent (for delivery by the Agent to each applicable Bank) a new Note payable to each applicable Bank (including each New Bank) participating in any increase of the Commitments in the original principal amount of such Bank's Commitment after giving effect to any such increase of the Commitments.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as (i) the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created after the Effective Date, does not exceed $500,000,000 and (ii) after giving effect to such increase or new Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of any Bank shall not exceed 17.5% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments (excluding, for purposes of this clause (ii), any increase resulting solely from the merger or the acquisition of one Bank into or by another Bank). It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) From time to time prior to the Termination Date and in accordance with this Section 2.17, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering SPV may, upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity who shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to each Managing Agent), propose to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderthe Facility Limit (each such increase, an “Incremental Commitment”); provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify that:
(i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Commitments shall not exceed the increase that is sought and Maximum Incremental Facility Amount;
(ii) the name any Incremental Commitment shall be in a minimum principal amount of each Bank $10,000,000 and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to in integral multiples of $10,000,000 in excess thereof and shall be offered and to each Committed Investor on a pro-rata basis in proportion to the Commitment amount of such offer, Committed Investor and shall be for a time period agreed to by all Committed Investors;
(Ciii) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments no Termination Event or Potential Termination Event shall exist and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify be continuing at the Administrative Agent within 14 days time of the establishment of any Incremental Commitment;
(iv) the conditions set forth in Section 5.3 shall be satisfied as of the date of the Borrower’s request. For establishment of any Incremental Commitment;
(v) the avoidance of doubtSPV shall have provided to the Agent a certificate, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is form a detail reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and Agent, demonstrating compliance with the Administrative Agentterms of this Agreement taking into account such Incremental Commitment;
(vi) after the fourteenth day following the date Agent shall have received all documents (including resolutions of the Borrower’s board of directors of the SPV, the Servicer, Colliers and any other Originator and opinions of counsel to the such Persons) it may reasonably request without relating to such Incremental Commitments, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(vii) any further action Incremental Commitments shall have terms identical to those for the initial Commitments under this Agreement;
(viii) no Investor shall have any obligation to provide any Incremental Commitment, and any decision by an Investor to provide any Incremental Commitment shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Investor;
(ix) any Incremental Commitments shall be pursuant to a commitment agreement, joinder agreement or other document in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, and upon the effectiveness of such commitment agreement, joinder agreement or other document pursuant to the terms thereof, the Commitments, as applicable, shall automatically be increased by the Banks amount of the Commitments added through such commitment agreement, joinder agreement or other document;
(x) the SPV shall pay any amendment applicable upfront or arrangement fees in connection with such Incremental Commitments;
(xi) all other terms and conditions with respect to any such Incremental Commitments shall be reasonably satisfactory to the agreement. Agent; and
(xii) any such Incremental Commitment shall be accompanied by an equal and corresponding Incremental Commitment under the U.S. Transfer Agreement.
(b) Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall such Incremental Commitment the Commitments each Investor will be deemed adjusted to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available give effect to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Incremental Commitments.
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Samples: Canadian Transfer and Administration Agreement (Colliers International Group Inc.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”a) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubtSo long as, after giving pro forma effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (Bx) no Default or Event of Default existshas occurred and is continuing on the date thereof and (y) the Borrower is in compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.16 and Section 6.17 (assuming for purposes of this Section 2.18(a) that the Commitments, including any proposed increase in Tranche B Commitments, are fully drawn) (as evidenced by a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date the Borrower submits a Commitment Increase Notice), the Borrower may at any time and from time to time request an increase of the aggregate Tranche B Commitments by notice under Section 2.18(a) or (b) to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall be at least $25,000,000, (ii) the cumulative increase in Tranche B Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall not exceed $50,000,000, (iii) the Tranche B Commitment of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, and (iv) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments shall not exceed $350,000,000(w) if such increase occurs prior to December 31, 2016, $300,000,000, (x) if such increase occurs on or after December 31, 2016 and prior to June 30, 2017, $250,000,000, (y) if such increase occurs on or after June 30, 2017 and prior to December 31, 2017, $225,000,000 or (z) if such increase occurs on or after December 31, 2017, $200,000,000, in each case, without the approval of the Required Lenders. If the Borrower elects to increase the aggregate Tranche B Commitments by increasing the Tranche B Commitment of a Lender, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender shall execute an agreement (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Tranche B Commitment as so increased, and the definition of “Tranche B Commitment” in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase. No Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to increase its Commitment. Each Commitment Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other increasing Lenders.
(b) The Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Tranche B Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c) below by notifying the Administrative Agent with a Commitment Increase Notice. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of a Commitment Increase Notice from the Borrower of its desire to offer to the additional banks or to financial institutions identified therein or such additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice notify such proposed lenders of the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Tranche B Commitments.
(c) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Tranche B Commitments shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement (a “New Lender Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, setting forth its Tranche B Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such Bank New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of (A) any this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to add the name of such New Lender and the definition of “Tranche B Commitment” in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase in any Bank’s the aggregate Tranche B Commitments of the Tranche B Revolving Lenders by the Tranche B Commitment and (B) of such New Lender, provided that the Tranche B Commitment of any additional BankNew Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders.
(d) The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case under in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Once a New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, the Administrative Agent shall reflect the increases in the Tranche B Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) or any Tranche B Revolving Lender’s Tranche B Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.18(a), additional Revolving Loans made on or after, participations in Letters of Credit issued on or after, and participations in Swingline Loans made on or after, the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such pro rata Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, would result in any Lender exceeding its Commitment, in which case such excess amount will be allocated to, and made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or, in the case of ABR Loan, on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
(f) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 2.17Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) So long as no Default or Event of DefaultDefault has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may request from time to time, upon at least 10 days’ written notice to the Agent (who shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to each Bank), propose to increase the Aggregate Commitment Amount by increments of $25,000,000, to an increase in amount not to exceed $2,000,000,000 (the amount of any such increase, the aggregate Tranche A “Additional Commitment Amounts Amount”). Each Bank may, not more than 10 Business Days following receipt of such notice, elect by written notice to the Borrower and the aggregate Tranche B Agent to increase its Commitment Amounts by offering a principal amount equal to its Percentage of the Banks Additional Commitment Amount. No Bank (or any successor thereto) shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment or its other prospective Banks obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any decision by a Bank to increase its Commitment shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Bank.
(b) If any Bank shall not elect to increase its Commitment pursuant to paragraph (a), the Borrower may designate another bank or other financial institution (which may be, but need not be, one or more of the existing Banks) which at the time agrees to, in the case of any such Person that can make is an existing Bank, increase its Commitment and in the representation case of any other such Person (each such Person, and warranty contained each Person that shall accept an assignment as provided in Section 8.12 acceptable 2.7 is an “Additional Bank”), become a party to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderthis Agreement; provided, however, that any new bank or financial institution must meet the Borrower criteria for an Eligible Assignee and must in all other respects be acceptable to the Agent and the Swingline Bank, which acceptance will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The sum of the increases in the Commitments of the existing Banks pursuant to this paragraph (b) plus the Commitments of the Additional Banks shall not request an increase that would cause in the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage unsubscribed amount of the aggregate Tranche A Additional Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall Amount.
(Ac) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) An increase in the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank 2.6 shall become effective until such time as upon the Administrative receipt by the Agent shall have received (1) evidence of an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that signed by the Borrower, by each Additional Bank and by each other Bank whose Aggregate Commitment Amount is to be increased, setting forth the new Commitments of such Banks and setting forth the agreement of each Additional Bank to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof, and such evidence of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower has taken all necessary corporatewith respect to the increase in the Commitments and such opinions of counsel for the Borrower with respect to the increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount as the Agent may reasonably request.
(d) Upon the acceptance of any such agreement by the Agent, trust or limited liability company action to approve the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall automatically be increased by the amount of the Commitments added through such agreement.
(e) Upon any increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion amount of the Borrower’s legal counselCommitments pursuant to this Section 2.6 that is not pro rata among all Banks, addressed within five (5) Business Days, in the case of any Revolving Advances bearing interest at the Floating Rate, and at the end of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, in the case of any Revolving Advances bearing interest at a LIBO Rate, the Borrower shall prepay such Advances in their entirety and, to the Administrative Agent extent the Borrower elect to do so and subject to the conditions specified in Section 2.5, the Borrower shall reborrow Revolving Advances from the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory proportion to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and their respective Commitments after giving effect to such increase, (A) until such time as all outstanding Revolving Advances are held by the representations and warranties contained Banks in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17proportion.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (3m Co)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) If no Default, Event of Default or Event of DefaultMaterial Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may at any time and from time to time request an increase of the aggregate Commitments by notice to the Agent in writing, in the amount of such proposed increase request, substantially in the aggregate Tranche A form of Exhibit 2.17(a) (such notice, a “Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective BanksIncrease Notice”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall be at least $5,000,000, (ii) the Borrower cumulative increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for 75,000,000 without the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage approval of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Majority Banks, (iii) the Prospective Banks Commitment of any Bank may not be increased without such Bank’s consent, and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (iiv) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) Banks’ Commitments shall not exceed $325,000,000 without the name approval of the Majority Banks. Any such Commitment Increase Notice must offer each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a subscribe for its pro rata share of the increased Commitment. If any portion of the increased Commitment is not subscribed for by such Banks, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Bank (which consent shall not be offered and unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to any existing Bank or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the amount opportunity to participate in all or a portion of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days unsubscribed portion of the date of increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) below, as applicable.
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required Borrower selects to increase its Commitment. The increase offer participation in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a increased Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower by executing and the Administrative Agent, subject delivering to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement Agent an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon 2.17(b) (a “New Bank Agreement”) setting forth its Commitment, whereupon such bank or financial institution (a “New Bank”) shall become a Bank for all purposes and to the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is same extent as if originally a party, (i) such Prospective Bank party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to all rightsthe benefits of this Agreement, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to have been be amended to add the name of such New Bank and the definition of Commitment in Annex A of the Credit Agreement hereof shall be deemed amended to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Banks by the Commitment of such New Bank, provided that the Commitment of any New Bank shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000.
(c) Any Bank that accepts an offer to it by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall, in each case, execute a Commitment Increase Agreement with the Borrower and the Agent, whereupon such Bank shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and the definition of Commitment in Annex A hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase.
(d) The effectiveness of any New Bank Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Commitment Agent of such corporate resolutions of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Borrower and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available legal opinions of counsel to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporateAgent.
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Bank pursuant to Section 2.17(b) or any Bank’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.17(c), trust additional Loans made on or limited liability company action to approve after the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, Re-Allocation Date (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Bank making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Bank and/or Banks with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
(f) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Fixed Rate Loans or Prime Rate Loans, (i) any such Prime Rate Loans shall be reallocated immediately among the Banks (including any New Banks and any Banks that have executed a Commitment Increase Agreement) so that all Borrowing and Loans that are outstanding are pro rated based on each Bank’s Commitment, after giving effect to the Re-Allocation Date, and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (Aii) any increase such Fixed Rate Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in any Bank’s Commitment accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and (B) interest on and repayments of all Loans will be paid thereon to the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17respective Banks holding same pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Kirby Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (i) If no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing, upon written notice to Administrative Agent (each such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”), Borrower may from time to time prior to the Borrowers may Maturity Date, request an increase of the Aggregate Commitments (but not the L/C Sublimit) by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding Seventy Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000); provided that, (i) any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000); and (ii) Borrower may make a maximum of two (2) such requests. Any such Commitment Increase Notice delivered with respect to any proposed increase in the amount Commitment may offer one or more Lenders an opportunity to subscribe for its Applicable Percentage (with respect to the existing Commitment (prior to such increase)) of the aggregate Tranche A increased Aggregate Commitments. Administrative Agent shall promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of a Commitment Amounts and Increase Notice, notify each Lender of such request. Each Lender desiring to increase its Commitment shall notify Administrative Agent in writing no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of notice from Administrative Agent. Any Lender that does not notify Administrative Agent within the aggregate Tranche B time period specified above that it will, in its sole discretion, increase its Commitment Amounts will be deemed to have rejected such offer. Any agreement by offering a Lender to increase its Commitment shall be irrevocable.
(ii) If any proposed increase in the Commitment is not fully subscribed by the existing Lenders pursuant to the Banks procedure outlined in Section 2.06(b)(i), Borrower may, in its sole discretion, offer to any existing Lender or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent one or more additional banks or financial institutions which is an Eligible Assignee (each, a “Prospective BanksNew Lender”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments participate in all or a portion of such unsubscribed portion of the increased Aggregate Commitments, by notifying Administrative Agent in writing. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice from Borrower of its desire to offer such unsubscribed commitments to certain existing Lenders or to extend Commitments hereunder; providedany New Lender identified therein, however, the Borrower Administrative Agent shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to notify such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage proposed lenders of the aggregate Tranche A opportunity to participate in all or a portion of such unsubscribed portion of the increased Aggregate Commitments.
(iii) Any New Lender which accepts Borrower’s offer to participate in the increased Commitment Amounts shall execute and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent deliver to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and Borrower a New Lender Addendum, an Administrative Questionnaire and such other documents, instruments and agreements as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and upon the receipt thereof and the effectiveness of such New Lender Addendum such New Lender shall (A) refer become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 signature pages hereof shall be deemed to have been be amended to reflect add the increase name of such New Lender.
(iv) If the Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, Administrative Agent and Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank increase. Administrative Agent shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the notify Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.
(v) As a condition precedent to such increase, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative AgentAgent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement (y) in the form case of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a partyBorrower, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such effectivenessIncrease Effective Date, except that (x) if a qualifier relating to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies, such representation and warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all respects, (y) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date date, and (z) for purposes of this Section 2.06, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent Borrower shall give prompt notice to such Bank of prepay any Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of pay any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.amounts required pursuant to
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Wageworks, Inc.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default The Borrower shall have the right, without the consent of the Lenders or Event the Agent (except as contemplated in clauses (d) and (e) of Defaultthis sentence), the Borrowers may request to effectuate from time to time, on any Business Day (but not on more than one Business Day in any calendar quarter) an increase in the amount total Commitments under this Agreement (an "Increase") by adding to this Agreement one or more banks or other financial institutions (who shall, upon completion of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts requirements stated in this Section 2.20, constitute Lenders hereunder), or by offering to the Banks allowing one or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity more Lenders to increase their Commitments hereunder, or to extend both, provided that (a) no Increase in Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer pursuant to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) Section 2.20 shall result in the total Commitments exceeding $800,000,000 or shall result in the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and Increases in the Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section 2.20 since the date of this Agreement exceeding $200,000,000, (iib) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank any Increase in Commitments pursuant to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to this Section 2.20 shall be offered and in the amount of $20,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (c) on the effective date of each Increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.20, (i) the Borrower shall have outstanding public long-term senior unsecured debt securities that are rated by S&P or Moodx'x, (xi) either (1) the lowest such offerrating by Moodx'x xxxll be A3 or better or (2) the lowest such rating by S&P shall be A- or better, and (Ciii) request no event shall have occurred and be continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubtnotice be given or time elapse or both, (d) no Bank Lender's Commitment amount shall be required increased without the consent of such Lender, (e) each new bank or other financial institution, if any, both is acceptable to increase its Commitment. The the Agent and provides a Commitment of at least $20,000,000, (f) simultaneously with each increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees any Lender pursuant to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank2.20, the Borrower will cause such Lender's "Commitment" (under and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement as defined in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.Short-Term
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Samples: Long Term Revolving Credit Agreement (Burlington Resources Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) In addition to increases in the Commitment pursuant to Section 2.4, the Borrowers Company may from time to time, on the terms set forth below, request that the Commitments hereunder be increased to an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderwhich does not exceed $2,000,000,000; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request that an increase that in the Commitments hereunder may only be made at a time when (i) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would cause result therefrom and (ii) the aggregate Commitment Amounts after Company's senior long-term indebtedness (without giving effect to any third-party credit enhancement) is rated at least BBB- by S&P, Baa3 by Moody's or BBB- by Fitch.
(b) In the event of sxxx x xequested increase in the Commitments, (i) each of the Banks shall be given the opportunity to participate in the increased Commitments (x) initially ratably in the proportion that its Commitment bears to the Commitments and (y) to the extent that the requested increase of Commitments is not fulfilled pursuant to the preceding clause (x) and subject to clause (d) below, in such additional amounts as a Bank desires, and (ii) to the extent that the Banks do not elect so to participate in such increased Commitments after being afforded an opportunity to do so, then the Company shall consult with the Administrative Agent as to the number, identity and requested Commitments of additional financial institutions which the Company may, upon the written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, invite to participate in the Commitments.
(c) No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment pursuant to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for a request by the avoidance Company hereunder. No Bank shall be deemed to have approved an increase in its Commitment unless such approval is in writing. Failure on the part of doubta Bank to respond to a request by the Company hereunder shall be deemed a rejection of such request.
(d) In no event shall any Bank's Commitment, after giving effect to said increasean increase in its Commitment hereunder, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage exceed 20% of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Commitments under this Agreement.
(e) In the event that the Company and one or more of the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any Banks (or other financial institutions) shall agree upon such request shall be sent to an increase in the BanksCommitments hereunder (i) the Company, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and each Bank or other financial institution increasing its Commitment or extending a new Commitment shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) enter into a consent in substantially the aggregate amount form of the increase that is sought Exhibit K hereto and (ii) the name of Company shall furnish new Notes to each financial institution that is extending a new Commitment and to each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase increasing its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17.
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Samples: Long Term Revolving Credit Agreement (Conagra Foods Inc /De/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At the request of the Company to the Administrative Agent, the aggregate Commitments hereunder may be increased after the Closing Date on one or more occasions by not more than $750,000,000; provided that (i) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $25,000,000 or $10,000,000 increments in excess thereof, (ii) the sum of the aggregate Commitments hereunder shall not exceed $2,250,000,000 after giving effect to such increases, (iii) the Commitment of any Bank may not be increased without its consent, (iv) the consent of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender that has an outstanding Letter of Credit is obtained (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (v) no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank Default shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts occurred and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct continuing on and as of the date of each such effectivenessincrease or after giving effect thereto, and (vi) each of the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are true and correct in all material respects (except (x) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer expressly relate solely to an earlier date, in which case they are such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date and (By) no Default to the extent such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality in the text thereof, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct) on and as of the date of each such increase.
(b) In the event that the Company and one or Event more of Default exists. The the Banks (or other financial institutions that may elect to participate with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall give prompt notice to not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)) shall agree, in accordance with subsection 2.20(a), upon such Bank of (A) any an increase in the aggregate Commitments, the Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F) setting forth the amounts of the increase in Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon the satisfaction of such other conditions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably specify (including the delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Company relating to the amendment and new Notes), this Agreement shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) No Bank shall have any Bank’s obligation to increase its Commitment and (B) in the Commitment event of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17such a request by the Company hereunder.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Western Union CO)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At the request of the Company to the Administrative Agent, the aggregate Commitments hereunder may be increased after the Closing Date on one or more occasions by not more than $750,000,000 provided that (i) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $50,000,000 and $10,000,000 increments in excess thereof, (ii) the sum of the aggregate Commitments hereunder shall not exceed $2,250,000,000 after giving effect to such increases, (iii) each Bank whose Commitment is increased consents, (iv) the consent of the Administrative Agent is obtained, (v) no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank Default shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts occurred and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreementcontinuing, (Bvi) specify (i) the aggregate amount each of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement made on the Closing Date are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such effectivenessincrease and (vii) if, except after giving effect to such increase, the sum of the aggregate Commitments hereunder shall exceed $1,500,000,000, the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, or a properly empowered committee of such Board, shall be obtained.
(b) In the event that the Company and one or more of the Banks (or other financial institutions which may elect to participate with the consent of the Administrative Agent) shall agree, in accordance with Section 2.20(a), upon such an increase in the aggregate Commitments, the Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit J) setting forth the amounts of the increase in Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon satisfaction of such other conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify (including the delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Company relating to the extent that such representations amendment and warranties specifically refer new Notes), this Agreement shall be deemed to an earlier date, be amended accordingly.
(c) No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment in which case they are true and correct as the event of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) a request by the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Company hereunder.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Western Union CO)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) At the request of Defaultthe Company to the ----------------------- Administrative Agent, the Borrowers aggregate Commitments hereunder may request an increase in be increased after the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Closing Date on one or more occasions by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks not more than $500,000,000 provided -------- that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of all such increases pursuant to this Section 2.20 and pursuant to Section 2.20 of the increase that is sought and Revolving Credit Agreement may total no more than $500,000,000, (ii) the name sum of the aggregate Commitments hereunder and the aggregate Commitments under and as defined in the Revolv- ing Credit Agreement shall not exceed $2,000,000,000, (iii) each such increase is in a minimum amount of $50,000,000, (iv) each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a whose Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, increased consents and (Cv) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the consent of the Administrative Agent within 14 days is obtained.
(b) In the event that the Company and one or more of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days Banks (or such other date as is acceptable financial institutions which may elect to participate with the Borrower and consent of the Administrative Agent) after shall agree, in accordance with Section 2.20(a), upon such an increase in the fourteenth day following aggregate Commitments, the date Company, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement (a form of which is attached hereto) setting forth the amounts of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under be included as Banks for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon satisfaction of such Bank shall promptly make available to other conditions as the Administrative Agent at may specify (including the office delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution Company relating to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to amendment and new Notes), this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) No Bank shall have been amended any obligation to reflect the increase its Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage event of such Loans, for further distribution to a request by the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Company hereunder.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (First Data Corp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event By delivery of Defaultan effective Increase Notice to the Agent (which the Agent shall promptly distribute to the Banks), the Borrowers Company may request an increase in of the aggregate amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks Commitments; provided that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (ia) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, both before and after giving effect to such increaserequested increase shall not exceed $275,000,000, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (Bb) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (c) the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Agent shall give prompt notice a commitment (or commitments) from (i) at least one Bank that commits to lending to the Borrowers more than its then current Commitment (such Bank to be referred to herein as an "Existing Bank" and such amount of its commitment above its then current Commitment to be referred to herein as a "Commitment Supplement") and/or (ii) any other Person (including an Affiliate of a Bank) that meets the requirements (other than the approval requirement) of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of "Eligible Assignee" (as defined in Article I hereof) and that commits to lending to the Borrowers and becoming a Bank under this Agreement (such Person to be referred to herein as a "New Bank" and the amount of its commitment to be referred to herein as a "New Commitment") (each Existing Bank and each New Bank to be referred to herein collectively as the "Supplementing Banks"). Upon receipt of notice from the Agent to the Banks and the Company that the Supplementing Banks have agreed to commit to increase the Commitments by an aggregate amount equal to the Increase Amount (as defined below) and execution and delivery by the Borrowers, the Agent and the Supplementing Banks of an Increased Commitment Agreement evidencing such agreement, then (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and the then current aggregate Commitments shall be increased by the Increase Amount, (B) the then current Commitment of any additional each Existing Bank shall be increased by such Existing Bank, in 's Commitment Supplement and (C) each case of the New Banks will be added as a Bank under this Section 2.17Agreement and each such New Bank's Commitment shall be such New Bank's New Commitment. On the effective date of the Increased Commitment Agreement, the Borrowers shall request a Revolving Advance hereunder, which Revolving Advance shall be made by (and only by) the Supplementing Banks in the appropriate amounts as provided below. The proceeds of such Revolving Advance shall be utilized by the Borrowers to repay the Banks that did not agree to increase their Commitments, such Revolving Advance and repayment to be in amounts sufficient so that, after giving effect to the Increased Commitment Agreement, the Revolving Advances and the Letter of Credit Exposure shall be held by the Banks according to their Pro Rata Share of the Commitments as increased in accordance with the Increased Commitment Agreement.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable By written notice sent to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective which the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to the Banks”) the opportunity ), Carlisle may request from time to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request time an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts amount of the Commitments by an aggregate amount equal to any integral multiple of $5,000,000 and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request not less than $10,000,000; provided that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreementcontinuing, (B) specify (iii) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought Commitments shall not have been reduced, nor shall Carlisle have given notice of any such reduction under Section 2.10, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Commitments can not be increased pursuant to this Section 2.18 more than three (3) times; and (iiiv) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank Commitments may not be increased to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the an aggregate amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s requestexceeds $500,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, no No Bank shall be required have any obligation to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees A Bank’s decision whether to increase such its Commitment under this Section 2.17 2.18 if it is requested to do so shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase made in such Bank’s Commitment sole and (ii) if absolute disrection and any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, failure to respond to a request shall be deemded to be a decsion by such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office that it will not increase its Commitment. If one or more of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such LoansBanks is not increasing its Commitment, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankthen, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed with notice to the Administrative Agent and the Banks other Banks, another one or more financial institutions, each as approved by the Co-Borrowers and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “New Bank”), may commit to provide an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the requested increase that will not be provided by the existing Banks (the “Increase Amount”); provided, that the Commitment of each New Bank shall be at least $5,000,000 and the maximum number of New Banks shall be three (3) a certificate ). Upon receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent to the Banks and Carlisle that the Banks, or sufficient Banks and New Banks, have agreed to commit to an aggregate amount equal to the Increase Amount (or such lesser amount as the Co-Borrowers certifying thatshall agree, before which shall be at least $10,000,000 and an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof), then: provided that no Default exists at such time or after giving effect to such the requested increase, the Co-Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Banks willing to increase their respective Commitments and the New Banks (Aif any) shall execute and deliver an Increased Commitment Supplement (herein so called) in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and form attached as Exhibit G hereto. If all existing Banks shall not have provided their pro rata portion of the requested increase, on the effective date of such effectivenessthe Increased Commitment Supplement the Banks shall make advances among themselves (which may be through the Administrative Agent) so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans will be held by the Banks, except pro rata in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages hereunder. The advances made under this Section by each Bank whose Applicable Percentage is new or has increased under the Increased Commitment Supplement (as compared to its Applicable Percentage prior to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer effectiveness of the Increased Commitment Supplement) shall be deemed to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct be a purchase of a corresponding amount of the Committed Loans of the Bank or Banks whose Applicable Percentage has decreased (as compared to its Applicable Percentage prior to the effectiveness of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default existsthe Increased Commitment Supplement). The Administrative Agent advances made under this Section shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any be Base Rate Borrowings made under each Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment unless another type of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Borrowing is selected by Carlisle to be applicable thereto.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as (i) the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created after the Effective Date, does not exceed $800,000,000 and (ii) after giving effect to such increase or new Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of any Bank shall not exceed 17.5% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments (excluding, for purposes of this clause (ii), any increase resulting solely from the merger or the acquisition of one Bank into or by another Bank). It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) The Company may from time to time, on the Borrowers may terms set forth below, request that the Aggregate Commitment hereunder be increased to an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering not to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderexceed $100,000,000; provided, however, that no increase in the Borrower Aggregate Commitment shall be made at a time when a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) In the event of such a requested increase in the Aggregate Commitment, (i) each of the Banks shall be given the opportunity to participate in the increased Commitments (x) initially ratably in the proportions that their respective Commitments bear to the Aggregate Commitment and (y) to the extent that the requested increase of Commitments is not fulfilled pursuant to the preceding clause (x), ratably in the proportion that the respective Commitments of the Banks desiring to participate in any such increase bear to the total of the Commitments of the increasing Banks, and (ii) to the extent that the Banks do not elect so to participate in such increased Commitments after being afforded an opportunity to do so, then the Company shall consult with the Agent as to the number, identity and requested Commitments of additional financial institutions which the Company may, upon the written consent of the Agent, which consent shall not request an increase that would cause be unreasonably withheld, invite to participate in the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Commitments.
(c) No Bank shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment pursuant to a request by the same Commitment Percentage Company hereunder.
(d) In the event that the Company and one or more of the aggregate Tranche A Banks (or other financial institutions) shall agree upon such an increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount Company, the Agent and each Bank or other financial institution increasing its Commitment or extending a new Commitment shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement setting forth the amounts of the increase Commitments, as so increased, providing that is sought the financial institutions extending new Commitments shall be Banks for all purposes of this Agreement, and setting forth such additional provisions as the Agent shall consider reasonably appropriate and (ii) the name Company shall furnish new Notes to each financial institution that is extending a new Commitment. No such amendment shall require the approval or consent of each any Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a whose Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreementnot being increased. Upon the effectiveness execution and delivery of any increase in a Bank’s Commitmentsuch amendment as provided above, and upon satisfaction of such other conditions as the Agent may reasonably specify upon the request of the financial institutions that are increasing or extending new Commitments (i) Schedule 1 including the delivery of certificates, evidence of corporate authority and legal opinions on behalf of the Company), this Agreement shall be deemed to have been be amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17accordingly.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Johnson Worldwide Associates Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that (i) the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Third Amendment Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of $465,125,000500,000,000 and the amount of any Commitments terminated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(c) and (ii) the total aggregate amount of Commitments hereunder does not, at any time, exceed $1,300,000,0002,200,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Bank the Commitment of which is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank. The date on which the conditions set forth in this paragraph are satisfied is the “Increased Amount Date” and each such Bank providing an Incremental Commitment, an “Incremental Bank”.
(c) On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, each Incremental Bank shall become a Bank hereunder with respect to its Incremental Commitment and the Incremental Loansincremental loans made pursuant thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Banks promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of the Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof of Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Banks.
(e) The terms and provisions of the Incremental Commitments and any Borrowing in respect of such Incremental Commitments shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein, identical to the Commitments on the Effective Date and any other Loans made under this Agreement.
(f) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (not constitute an amendment of this Agreement or such other date as is acceptable the Notes and that no Bank shall have any obligation to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase participate in such Bank’s Commitment increase except in its absolute and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17sole discretion.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) From time to time after the Restatement Date and in accordance with this Section, the Borrower and one or more Increasing Lenders (as defined below) or Additional Lenders may enter into an agreement to increase the aggregate Revolving Commitments (an “Incremental Revolving Commitment”) and/or make term loan commitments hereunder (an “Incremental Term Loan Commitment”; together with the Incremental Revolving Commitment, the “Incremental Commitments”) so long as the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) (A) unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Incremental Commitment pursuant to this Section shall be in an amount not less than $10,000,000, and (B) the aggregate principal amount of all such Incremental Commitments made pursuant to this Section shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to the Maximum Incremental Commitment Amount;
(ii) the Borrower shall execute and deliver such documents and instruments and take such other actions as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent in connection with and at the time of any such proposed increase;
(iii) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such proposed increase no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall exist or, in the case of any Incremental Term Loan Commitment established to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, no Event of Default under Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) exists or would result from such Limited Condition Transaction; provided, that, in the case of any Incremental Term Loan Commitment established to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the Borrowers date of determination of whether the condition in this clause (iii) has been satisfied shall, at the option of the Borrower, be the LCT Test Date for such Limited Condition Transaction;
(iv) all representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than those representations and warranties that are expressly qualified by a Material Adverse Effect or other materiality, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects); provided that, in the case of any Incremental Term Loan Commitment established to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, such representations and warranties may request an increase be limited to customary “SunGard” specified representations;
(v) any incremental term loans made pursuant to this Section (the “Incremental Term Loans”) shall have a maturity date no earlier than the Maturity Date;
(vi) any Incremental Revolving Commitments provided pursuant to this Section shall have the same terms and conditions as the existing Revolving Commitments hereunder, including, without limitation, the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and Applicable Margin;
(vii) Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Article VI as of the last day of the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which financial statements are required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or (b), calculated on a Pro Forma Basis and as if all such Incremental Term Loans had been made and all such Incremental Revolving Commitments had been established (and fully funded) as of the first day of the relevant period for testing compliance (but calculated without including the cash proceeds of any such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Commitments in the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents to be netted in the aggregate Tranche A calculation of Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio); provided, that, (a) in the case of any Incremental Commitments established to finance a Material Acquisition, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio may be 0.50 greater than the otherwise applicable covenant level set forth in Article VI and (b) in the case of any Incremental Term Loan Commitment Amounts established to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of whether the condition in this clause (vii) has been satisfied shall, at the option of the Borrower, be the LCT Test Date for such Limited Condition Transaction;
(viii) any collateral securing any such Incremental Commitments and Incremental Term Loans shall also secure all other Obligations on a pari passu basis;
(ix) the scheduled amortization installments with respect to any Incremental Term Loans may not be more frequent than quarterly and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts annual amount of scheduled amortization with respect to any Incremental Term Loans may not exceed 10% of the original principal amount of such Incremental Term Loans (it being understood that, subject to this clause (viii), the amortization schedule applicable to (and the effect thereon of any prepayments of) any Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by offering the Borrower and the applicable Increasing Lenders;
(x) covenants and events of default applicable to any Incremental Term Loan commitments or Incremental Term Loan shall be identical to those applicable to the Banks Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans, other than any such covenants and events of default applicable after the Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans; and
(xi) except for the terms referred to above and otherwise subject to this Section 2.23, to the extent the terms and conditions of any Incremental Term Loans (other than interest rates (whether fixed or to floating), interest margins, benchmark rate floors, upfront fees, original issue discounts and prepayment terms (including “no call” terms and other prospective Banks that can make restrictions thereon) and premiums) are not consistent with those of the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 Revolving Loans, such differences shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(b) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the The Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect provide at least 30 days’ written notice to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and (who shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend promptly provide a Commitment is to be offered and the amount copy of such offer, and (Cnotice to each Lender) request that Banks wishing of any proposal to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its establish an Incremental Commitment. The increase in Borrower may also, but is not required to, specify any fees offered to those Lenders (the Commitment of each Bank “Increasing Lenders”) that agrees agree to increase the principal amount of their Revolving Commitments and/or provide Incremental Term Loans, which fees may be variable based upon the amount by which any such Lender is willing to increase the principal amount of its Revolving Commitment under this Section 2.17 and/or provide Incremental Term Loans, as applicable. Each Increasing Lender shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or as soon as practicable, and in any case within 15 days following receipt of such other date as is acceptable notice, specify in a written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative AgentAgent the amount of such proposed Incremental Commitment and/or Incremental Term Loans that it is willing to provide. No Lender (or any successor thereto) after shall have any obligation, express or implied, to offer to increase the fourteenth day following aggregate principal amount of its Revolving Commitment and/or provide Incremental Term Loans, and any decision by a Lender to increase its Revolving Commitment and/or provide Incremental Term Loans shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Lender. Only the date consent of each Increasing Lender shall be required for an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the BorrowerRevolving Commitments and/or the providing of Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, pursuant to this Section. No Lender which declines to increase the principal amount of its Revolving Commitment and/or provide Incremental Term Loans may be replaced with respect to its existing Revolving Commitment and/or any existing Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, as a result thereof without such Lender’s request without consent. If any further action Lender shall fail to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing about whether it will increase its Revolving Commitment and/or provide Incremental Term Loans within 15 days after receipt of such notice, such Lender shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Commitment and/or provide Incremental Term Loans, as applicable. The Borrower may also designate Additional Lenders to provide all or a portion of such Incremental Commitment, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have discretion jointly to adjust the allocation of such Incremental Revolving Commitments and/or such Incremental Term Loans among the Increasing Lenders and the Additional Lenders. The sum of the increase in the Revolving Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans of the Increasing Lenders plus the Revolving Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans of the Additional Lenders shall not in the aggregate exceed the unsubscribed amount of the Maximum Incremental Commitment Amount.
(c) Subject to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, any increase requested by the Banks Borrower shall be effective upon delivery to the Administrative Agent of each of the following documents:
(i) an originally executed copy of an instrument of joinder, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Borrower, by each Additional Lender and by each Increasing Lender, setting forth the new Revolving Commitments and/or new Incremental Term Loan commitments, as applicable, of such Lenders, the new outstanding LC Commitment (if applicable), and setting forth the agreement of each Additional Lender to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all of the terms and provisions hereof;
(ii) such evidence of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower with respect to such Incremental Commitment and such opinions of counsel for the Borrower with respect to such Incremental Commitment as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(iii) a certificate of the Borrower signed by a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, certifying that each of the conditions in subsection (a) of this Section has been satisfied;
(iv) to the extent requested by any Additional Lender or any amendment Increasing Lender, executed promissory notes evidencing such Incremental Revolving Commitments and/or such Incremental Term Loans, issued by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.10; and
(v) any other certificates or documents that the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the agreementAdministrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness of any increase such Incremental Commitment, the Commitments and Pro Rata Share of each Lender will be adjusted to give effect to the Incremental Revolving Commitments and/or the Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, the LC Commitment will be increased automatically (if applicable), and Schedule II shall automatically be deemed amended accordingly.
(d) All terms of the initial Incremental Term Loan advanced hereunder and any other Incremental Term Loans that are different from the terms outstanding under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans (any such initial Incremental Term Loan and other Incremental Term Loans, the “Non-Conforming Credit Extensions”) shall be as set forth in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts separate assumption agreement among the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans and the Administrative Agent, subject the execution and delivery of which agreement shall be a condition to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of the Non-Conforming Credit Extensions. The scheduled principal payments on any Accession Agreement existing Incremental Term Loans shall be ratably increased after the making of any new Incremental Term Loans (other than Incremental Term Loans that are Non-Conforming Credit Extensions) under this Section by the aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Term Loans. After the incurrence of any Non-Conforming Credit Extensions, all optional prepayments of Incremental Term Loans shall be allocated ratably between the then-outstanding Incremental Term Loans and such Non-Conforming Credit Extensions. Notwithstanding anything to which the contrary in Section 10.2, the Administrative Agent is expressly permitted to amend the Loan Documents to the extent necessary to give effect to any Prospective Bank is a party, increase pursuant to this Section and mechanical changes necessary or advisable in connection therewith (including amendments to (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rightsimplement the requirements in the preceding two sentences, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed ensure pro rata allocations of Eurodollar Loans and Base Rate Loans between Loans incurred pursuant to have been amended this Section and Loans outstanding immediately prior to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and any such incurrence, (iii) if provide optional and mandatory prepayments for any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Incremental Term Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (Biv) no Default or Event reflect any maturity date after the Maturity Date (including, without limitation, amendments to any provisions of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to this Credit Agreement affected by such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17later maturity date)).
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Samples: Credit Agreement (LendingTree, Inc.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) If, prior to and after giving effect to any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.19, no Default, Event of Default or Event of DefaultMaterial Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may at any time and from time to time, request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Commitments by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable notice to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Prospective BanksCommitment Increase Notice”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall be at least $10,000,000, (ii) the Borrower aggregate cumulative increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall not request an increase that would cause exceed $200,000,000, (iii) the aggregate sum of the Commitments of all Lenders under this Agreement shall not exceed $300,000,000, (iv) the Commitment Amounts of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, which consent may be withheld in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, and (v) the Market Value is equal to or greater than four (4) times the Threshold Value (calculated at the time of, and after giving effect to to, such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided furtherincrease). If the conditions in clauses (i) through (v) above have been satisfied, for the avoidance of doubtBorrower may, after giving effect to said increasein its sole discretion, that each Bank shall have but with the same Commitment Percentage consent of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Administrative Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to any existing Lender or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c) below by notifying the Administrative Agent. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice from the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent Borrower of its desire to offer increased Commitments to certain existing Lenders, to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and additional banks or to financial institutions identified therein or such additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount notify such proposed lenders of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount portion of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days unsubscribed portion of the date of increased Commitments.
(b) Any Lender that accepts an offer to it by the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required Borrower to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees pursuant to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three 2.19 shall, in each case, execute an agreement (3) Business Days (or such other date a “Commitment Increase Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s CommitmentExhibit G, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the Administrative Agent’s receipt benefits of a duly completed this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and executed Accession Agreement the definition of Commitment in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be entitled deemed to all rights, benefits be amended to reflect such increase. Any Lender that fails to timely execute and privileges accorded deliver a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 Commitment Increase Agreement as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have been rejected Borrower’ offer to increase its Commitment. Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement (a “New Lender Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H, setting forth its Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect add the name of such New Lender and the definition of Commitment in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders by the Commitment of such New Lender, provided that the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Commitment of any New Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement shall be irrevocable and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the office same time as that of all other New Lenders. Nothing contained in this Section 2.19 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder.
(c) The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporateAgent. Once a New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and shall reflect the Banks and increases in form and substance satisfactory the Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(d) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.19(b), additional Revolving Credit Loans made on or after the Administrative Agent effectiveness thereof (3the “Re-Allocation Date”) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after giving effect to such increase, Re-Allocation Date (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments, to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event Loans on the last day of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional BankInterest Period applicable thereto or, in each the case under of ABR Loan(s), on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments; provided, however, for purposes of Section 4.02, the making of such new Loans shall be deemed continuations of Borrowings.
(e) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of SOFR Loans, such SOFR Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 2.17Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such SOFR Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such SOFR Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) If, prior to and after giving effect to any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.19, no Default, Event of Default or Event of DefaultMaterial Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may at any time and from time to time, request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Commitments by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable notice to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Prospective BanksCommitment Increase Notice”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall be at least $10,000,000, (ii) the Borrower aggregate cumulative increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.19 shall not request an increase that would cause exceed $200,000,000, (iii) the aggregate sum of the Commitments of all Lenders under this Agreement shall not exceed $500,000,000, (iv) the Commitment Amounts of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, which consent may be withheld in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, and (v) the Market Value is equal to or greater than four (4) times the Threshold Value (calculated at the time of, and after giving effect to to, such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided furtherincrease). If the conditions in clauses (i) through (v) above have been satisfied, for the avoidance of doubtBorrower may, after giving effect to said increasein its sole discretion, that each Bank shall have but with the same Commitment Percentage consent of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Administrative Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to any existing Lender or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c) below by notifying the Administrative Agent. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice from the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent Borrower of its desire to offer increased Commitments to certain existing Lenders, to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and additional banks or to financial institutions identified therein or such additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount notify such proposed lenders of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount portion of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days unsubscribed portion of the date of increased Commitments.
(b) Any Lender that accepts an offer to it by the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required Borrower to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees pursuant to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three 2.19 shall, in each case, execute an agreement (3) Business Days (or such other date a “Commitment Increase Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s CommitmentExhibit G, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the Administrative Agent’s receipt benefits of a duly completed this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased, and executed Accession Agreement the definition of Commitment in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be entitled deemed to all rights, benefits be amended to reflect such increase. Any Lender that fails to timely execute and privileges accorded deliver a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 Commitment Increase Agreement as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have been rejected Borrower’ offer to increase its Commitment. Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement (a “New Lender Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H, setting forth its Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect add the name of such New Lender and the definition of Commitment in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders by the Commitment of such New Lender, provided that the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Commitment of any New Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement shall be irrevocable and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the office same time as that of all other New Lenders. Nothing contained in this Section 2.19 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder.
(c) The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporateAgent. Once a New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and shall reflect the Banks and increases in form and substance satisfactory the Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(d) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.19(b), additional Revolving Credit Loans made on or after the Administrative Agent effectiveness thereof (3the “Re-Allocation Date”) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after giving effect to such increase, Re-Allocation Date (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments, to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event Loans on the last day of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional BankInterest Period applicable thereto or, in each the case under of ABR Loan(s), on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments; provided, however, for purposes of Section 4.02, the making of such new Loans shall be deemed continuations of Borrowings.
(e) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 2.17Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default The Borrower may, at any time by notice to the Administrative Agent, increase the total Commitments hereunder (each such increase being a “Commitment Increase”) either by having a Bank increase its Commitment then in effect (each an “Increasing Bank”) or Event by adding as a Bank with a new Commitment hereunder a Person which is not then a Bank (each an “Assuming Bank”) in each case with the consent of Defaultthe Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld), which notice shall specify the Borrowers may request an increase in name of each Increasing Bank and/or Assuming Bank, as applicable, the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Increase and the aggregate Tranche B portion thereof being assumed by each such Increasing Bank or Assuming Bank, and the date on which such Commitment Amounts by offering Increase is to be effective (the “Commitment Increase Date”) (which shall be a Business Day at least three Business Days after delivery of such notice and 30 days prior to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent Commitment Termination Date); provided that:
(“Prospective Banks”i) the opportunity to minimum amount of the increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; providedof the Commitment of any Increasing Bank, howeverand the minimum amount of the Commitment of any Assuming Bank, the Borrower as part of any Commitment Increase shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts less than $10,000,000;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such increase to any Commitment Increase, the total Commitments hereunder shall not exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and 2,625,000,000;
(iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent Default shall have received occurred and be continuing on the relevant Commitment Increase Date; and
(1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (Aiv) the representations and warranties contained of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement are Section 7 hereof shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations relevant Commitment Increase Date as if made on and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); and provided, further, that no existing Bank shall be required to become an Increasing Bank unless it has delivered to the Administrative Agent the agreement referred to in clause (B) below, and then only for the increased Commitment set forth in such agreement. Each Commitment Increase (and the increase of the Commitment of each Increasing Bank and/or the new Commitment of each Assuming Bank, as applicable, resulting therefrom) shall become effective as of the relevant Commitment Increase Date upon receipt by the Administrative Agent, on or prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Commitment Increase Date, of (A) a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower stating that the conditions with respect to such Commitment Increase under this Section have been satisfied and (B) no Default an agreement, in the form of Exhibit G hereto, pursuant to which, effective as of such Commitment Increase Date, the Commitment of each such Increasing Bank shall be increased or Event each such Assuming Bank, as applicable, shall undertake a Commitment, duly executed by such Increasing Bank or Assuming Bank, as the case may be, and the Borrower and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent. Upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of Default exists. The a fully executed agreement from each Increasing Bank and/or Assuming Bank referred to in clause (B) above, together with the certificate referred to in clause (A) above, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice of the relevant Commitment Increase to the Borrower and the Banks (including, if applicable, each Assuming Bank). On each Commitment Increase Date the Borrower shall simultaneously (i) prepay in full the outstanding Syndicated Loans (if any) held by the Banks immediately prior to giving effect to the relevant Commitment Increase, (ii) if the Borrower shall have so requested in accordance with this Agreement, borrow new Syndicated Loans from all Banks (including, if applicable, any Assuming Bank) such that, after giving effect thereto, the Syndicated Loans are held ratably by the Banks in accordance with their respective Commitments (after giving effect to such Bank of (ACommitment Increase) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (Biii) pay to the Commitment Banks the amounts, if any, payable under Section 5.05.”
2.06. Section 5.06(a)(i) of any additional Bankthe Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended by inserting after the reference to “2.04(c)” the reference to “, in each case under this Section 2.172.10”.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however), the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent right, subject to the Banksterms and conditions set forth below, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that (i) such increase that is sought may be effected by increasing theeither the 2025 Commitments (prior to the 2025 Commitment Termination Date) or the 2026 Commitments or both, so long as such increase satisfies all terms and conditions herein, including, but not limited to, this Section 2.17, (ii) the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Amendment Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of $500,000,000 and the amount of any Commitments terminated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(c) and (iii) the total aggregate amount of Commitments hereunder does not, at any time, exceed $2,200,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Bank the Commitment of which is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to which reflect the opportunity to increase or extend a increased Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, Bank and (Ciii) request that Banks wishing if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Borrower’s request. For Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the avoidance of doubt, no Bank Committed Loans shall be required outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees changes made pursuant to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three on such date) from all the Banks or (3y) Business Days to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (or i) such other date institution becomes a party to this Agreement as is acceptable a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date Agent of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness counterparts of any increase in a Bank’s Commitmentthis Agreement, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank Schedule shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding under at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the Prospective date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking business practices. Immediately upon the making of each L/C Credit Extension, each Bank shall promptly make available be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such Issuing Bank a risk participation in such L/C Credit Extension in an amount equal to the product of such Bank’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such L/C Credit Extension (calculated after the Maturity Date with respect to the 2025 Commitments, only by reference to the 2026 Facility).
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, (i) upon the expiration of the initial term of each Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit shall terminate or (ii) upon the expiration of the initial and each successive term of each Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit shall then be automatically extended for successive one-year terms (each such automatically extending Letter of Credit, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”), except that the last term in each case shall in any event expire not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Banks in accordance with Section 2.01(c)(i)); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) or upon notice to such Issuing Bank by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(i), by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a Domestic Business Day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the office time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by such Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Banks shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Banks in accordance with Section 2.01(c)(i)); provided, however, that such Issuing Bank shall not permit any such extension if such Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the Administrative Agent specified provisions of Section 2.01(c)(i), or otherwise), or it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in Section 2.3(bwriting) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to on or before the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding day that is five Domestic Business Days before the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust the Required Banks have elected not to permit such extension or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to from the Administrative Agent and or any Bank that one or more of the Banks applicable conditions specified in Section 3.03 is not then satisfied, and in form and substance satisfactory each such case directing such Issuing Bank not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17contrary.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At any time after the Closing Date, provided that no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Company may request an increase of the Total Commitment by notice thereof to the Agent in writing (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”), in an amount not less than $25,000,000 nor more than $300,000,000 in the amount aggregate. The Agent will provide the Lenders with notice of such Commitment Increase Notice. Such increase shall be allocated between the Total Floor Plan Loan Commitment and Total Acquisition Loan Commitment as requested by Borrower, provided, following any such increase, the Acquisition Loan Commitment shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate Tranche A Total Commitment. Any such Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Increase Notice shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation Agent, and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) must offer each Lender the opportunity to increase their Commitments subscribe for its pro rata share of each increased Commitment. If the Company does not receive either telephonic or written notice from the Agent that all of the increased Commitment is subscribed for by the Lenders within fifteen (15) Business Days after the delivery of the Commitment Increase Notice, the Company may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender, offer to any existing Lender or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount portion of such offerunsubscribed portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to Section 5.18(b) or Section 5.18(c), as applicable.
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Company selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments, and (C) request that Banks wishing elects to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower Company and the Administrative AgentAgent (a “New Lender”), subject to by the Administrative Agent’s receipt execution of an agreement (a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement “New Lender Agreement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto5.18(b), shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereof and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. The Commitment of any such New Lender shall be in an amount not less than $10,000,000, and such Commitment must be comprised of both a Floor Plan Loan Commitment and an Acquisition Loan Commitment, both in the same ratio with respect
(a) reflecting the Commitment of such New Lender and the Total Commitment, as increased.
(c) Any Lender that accepts an offer by the Company to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 5.18 shall, in each case, execute an agreement whereby it agrees to be bound by, and accept the benefits of, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.18(c), with the Company and the Agent. Upon delivery to the Agent of one or more Commitment Increase Agreements, the Agent shall enter such Lender’s increased Commitment in the Register and distribute a new Schedule 1.1
(a) reflecting the increased Commitment of such Lender and the Total Commitment, as increased.
(d) The effectiveness of any Accession Commitment Increase Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect contingent upon receipt by the Commitment Agent of such corporate resolutions of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Company and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available legal opinions of counsel to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Company as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust Agent.
(e) Additional Loans made on or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of that any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 5.18(b) or any Lender’s Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 5.18(c) (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on the Lenders’ respective Commitments in effect on or after such effectiveness, Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of any Loans subject to an Interest Period outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the making of new Loans pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of any Loans subject to an Interest Period, such Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Company elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.18, (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion and (Bii) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice after giving effect to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.175.18, the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall not exceed $2,100,000,000.
(g) The Company shall execute and deliver a Note or Notes to each New Lender and replacement Notes to Lenders signing a Commitment Increase Agreement in the amount of said Persons’ Commitments.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (Group 1 Automotive Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that (i) the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Third Amendment Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of $415,125,000500,000,000 and the amount of any Commitments terminated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(c) and (ii) the total aggregate amount of Commitments hereunder does not, at any time, exceed $1,300,000,0002,200,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Bank the Commitment of which is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank. The date on which the conditions set forth in this paragraph are satisfied is the “Increased Amount Date” and each such Bank providing an Incremental Commitment, an “Incremental Bank”.
(c) On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, each Incremental Bank shall become a Bank hereunder with respect to its Incremental Commitment and the Incremental Loansincremental loans made pursuant thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Banks promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of the Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof of Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Banks.
(e) The terms and provisions of the Incremental Commitments and any Borrowing in respect of such Incremental Commitments shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein, identical to the Commitments on the Effective Date and any other Loans made under this Agreement.
(f) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall not constitute an amendment of replaced Issuing Bank. Furthermore, from and after the effective date of such replacement, the successor Issuing Bank, shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable issued thereafter. References herein to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a term “Issuing Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 ” shall be deemed to refer to any successor or additional Issuing Bank, as applicable, or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to any successor or additional Issuing Banks, as applicable, and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have been amended to reflect all the increase in such Bank’s Commitment rights and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available Agreement with respect to the Administrative Agent at the office Letters of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal Credit issued by it prior to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Credit.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) The Borrower may from time to time after the Restatement Date, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall be provided four Business Days prior to the Increase Effective Date), executed by the Borrower and one or more financial institutions (any such financial institution referred to in this Section being called an “Prospective BanksIncreasing Lender”) ), which may include any Lender (acting in its sole discretion), cause new Commitments to be extended by the opportunity Increasing Lenders or cause the existing Commitments of the Increasing Lenders to be increased (any such extension or increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderbeing called a “Commitment Increase”), in an amount set forth in such notice; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and Commitment Increases becoming effective on any single date shall be at least $25,000,000 (or such lesser amount consented to by the Administrative Agent), (ii) at no time shall the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the aggregate amount of such offerCommitments, giving effect to the Commitment Increases effected pursuant to this paragraph, exceed $4,635,000,000, (iii) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, (A) shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (B) shall complete an Administrative Questionnaire and (C) request that Banks wishing shall become a party hereto by completing and delivering to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after , not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase Increase Effective Date, a duly executed accession agreement in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent at and the office of Borrower (an “Accession Agreement”). New Commitments and increases in Commitments shall become effective on the Administrative Agent date specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party applicable notices delivered pursuant to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H heretoparagraph. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank Increasing Lender is a party, (ix) such Prospective Bank Increasing Lender shall thereafter be deemed to be a party to this Agreement and shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded to, and shall be subject to all obligations of, a Bank hereunder; Lender hereunder and (iiy) Schedule 1 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment Commitments of the additional Bank such Increasing Lender as provided in the such Accession Agreement; and . Upon the effectiveness of any Commitment Increase with respect to a Lender already a party hereto, Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender may be made an Increasing Lender without its consent.
(iiib) if any On the Increase Effective Date, which shall not be less than 30 days prior to the Maturity Date, (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans are outstanding under this Agreementimmediately prior to giving effect to the applicable Commitment Increase on the Increase Effective Date (the “Initial Loans”) shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) after the effectiveness of the Commitment Increase, the Prospective Bank Borrower shall promptly make available be deemed to have made new Borrowings (the “Subsequent Borrowings”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Loans and of the Types, in the currencies and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Administrative Agent at the office of in accordance with Section 2.03, (iii) each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in same day funds and in the applicable currencies of the relevant Borrowings an amount equal to the difference, if positive, between (A) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase), of the Subsequent Borrowings and (B) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the Commitment Increase), of the Initial Loans, (iv) after the Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in Section 2.3(bclause (iii) a sum in immediately available above, the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference, if positive, between (A) such Prospective BankLender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the Commitment Increase), of the Initial Loans and (B) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase), of the amount of the Subsequent Borrowings, (v) each Increasing Lender and each other Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution each Subsequent Borrowing (each calculated after giving effect to the Banks according Commitment Increase) and (vi) the Borrower shall pay each Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Initial Loans. The deemed payments made pursuant to their Commitment Percentagesclause (i) above in respect of each non-ABR Loan shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the Increase Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto and breakage costs result. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, implement other procedures (such as non-pro rata Borrowings while current Interest Periods are in effect) in order to minimize or eliminate breakage costs in connection with any such increase.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s the Commitments (or in any Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank any Lender) shall become effective until under this Section unless, on the date of such time as increase, the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such increase) and the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to received, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporateIncrease Effective Date, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving to that effect to dated such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event executed by a Financial Officer of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Loan Party.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Blackstone Inc.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) The Borrower shall have the right to increase the total Commitments from time to time (each such increase, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A a “Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable Increase”) upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (or other notice acceptable to the Administrative Agent), by obtaining Commitments from one or more Persons to which an assignment could be made pursuant to Section 9.04(b) (each, an “Prospective BanksIncreasing Lender”); provided that (i) each Commitment Increase shall be in a principal amount of at least $25,000,000, (ii) all such Commitment Increases shall not aggregate in excess of $500,000,000, (iii) no Commitment Increase shall become effective unless, at such time, (A) no Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, (B) the opportunity representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if already qualified by materiality), except to increase their Commitments the extent any such representations or warranties are limited to extend Commitments hereunder; provideda specific date, howeverin which case, such representations or warranties are accurate in all material respects as of such specific date, and (C) if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b), (c) and/or (d) and (iv) each such Increasing Lender, if not request already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank (such approvals to not be unreasonably withheld) to the extent the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks would be required to effect an increase that would cause assignment under Section 9.04(b). No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitment Increase unless and until it expressly agrees to do so in its sole discretion. On the aggregate effective date of any Commitment Amounts Increase (i) each relevant Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase Commitment Increase and the use of such amounts to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided furthermake payments to such other Lenders, for each Lender’s portion of the avoidance outstanding Loans of doubt, after giving effect all the Lenders to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment equal its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banksoutstanding Loans, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days reborrowed all outstanding Loans as of the date of any Commitment Increase. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the Borrower’s requestimmediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurodollar Loan or BA Rate Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods.
(b) Each Increasing Lender that was not, prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Commitment Increase, a Lender shall execute and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a New Lender Supplement (each, a “New Lender Supplement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, whereupon such Increasing Lender shall become a party to this Agreement and shall be a “Lender” for all purposes, and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and be entitled to the benefits, of this Agreement. Participating interests in Letters of Credit shall automatically be reallocated among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages on the date of any such increase. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank the operation of this Section 2.20 in accordance with its terms is not an amendment subject to Section 9.02. No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the Commitment Increase) shall be required for any Commitment Increase pursuant to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.172.20.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the Borrower to the Agent, increase the Commitments up to a maximum aggregate amount of CAD 112,500,000 with additional Commitments from any existing Lender or from any other financial institution selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Guarantor; provided that:
(i) any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of CAD 25,000,000 and in integral multiples of CAD 1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default, Default shall exist and be continuing at the Borrowers may request an time of any such increase;
(iii) no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Commitment shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;
(iv) (A) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents reasonably required by the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Agent and/or (B) any existing Lender electing to increase its Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering shall have executed a commitment agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Banks or Agent; and
(v) as a condition precedent to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, howeversuch increase, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause deliver to the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage Agent a certificate of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days Borrower dated as of the date of such increase signed by the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower (A) certifying and attaching the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action resolutions adopted by the Banks Borrower approving or any amendment consenting to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitmentsuch increase, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (iiB) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A1) the representations and warranties contained of the Borrower and the Guarantor set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such effectivenessincrease, except to that for purposes of this Section 2.06(c), the extent that such representations and warranties specifically in Section 3.04(a) shall be deemed to refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (Bb), respectively, of Section 5.01, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent Borrower shall give prompt notice prepay any Revolving Loans owing by it and outstanding on the date of any such increase (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to such Bank of (ASection 2.13) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Commitments arising from any nonratable increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case Commitments under this Section 2.17Section.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) From time to time prior to the Termination Date and in accordance with this Section 2.17, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering SPV may, upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity who shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to each Managing Agent), propose to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderthe Facility Limit (each such increase, an “Incremental Commitment”); provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify that:
(i) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Commitments shall not exceed the increase that is sought and Maximum Incremental Facility Amount;
(ii) the name any Incremental Commitment shall be in a minimum principal amount of each Bank $10,000,000 and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to in integral multiples of $10,000,000 in excess thereof and shall be offered and to each Committed Investor on a pro-rata basis in proportion to the Commitment amount of such offer, Committed Investor and shall be for a time period agreed to by all Committed Investors;
(Ciii) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments no Termination Event or Potential Termination Event shall exist and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify be continuing at the Administrative Agent within 14 days time of the establishment of any Incremental Commitment;
(iv) the conditions set forth in Section 5.3 shall be satisfied as of the date of the Borrower’s request. For establishment of any Incremental Commitment;
(v) the avoidance of doubtSPV shall have provided to the Agent a certificate, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is form a detail reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and Agent, demonstrating compliance with the Administrative Agentterms of this Agreement taking into account such Incremental Commitment;
(vi) after the fourteenth day following the date Agent shall have received all documents (including resolutions of the Borrower’s board of directors of the SPV, the Servicer, Colliers and any other Originator and opinions of counsel to the such Persons) it may reasonably request without relating to such Incremental Commitments, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;
(vii) any further action Incremental Commitments shall have terms identical to those for the initial Commitments under this Agreement;
(viii) no Investor shall have any obligation to provide any Incremental Commitment, and any decision by an Investor to provide any Incremental Commitment shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Investor;
(ix) any Incremental Commitments shall be pursuant to a commitment agreement, joinder agreement or other document in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, and upon the effectiveness of such commitment agreement, joinder agreement or other document pursuant to the terms thereof, the Commitments, as applicable, shall automatically be increased by the Banks amount of the Commitments added through such commitment agreement, joinder agreement or other document;
(x) the SPV shall pay any amendment applicable upfront or arrangement fees in connection with such Incremental Commitments;
(xi) all other terms and conditions with respect to any such Incremental Commitments shall be reasonably satisfactory to the agreement. Agent; and
(xii) any such Incremental Commitment shall be accompanied by an equal and corresponding Incremental Commitment under the CF Transfer Agreement.
(b) Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall such Incremental Commitment the Commitments each Investor will be deemed adjusted to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available give effect to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Incremental Commitments.
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Samples: Transfer and Administration Agreement (Colliers International Group Inc.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least 15 days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $250,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent.
(c) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) So long as no Default or Event of DefaultDefault has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers Borrower may request from time to time, upon at least 10 days’ written notice to the Agent (who shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to each Bank or Additional Bank (as defined below)), propose to increase the Aggregate Commitment Amount by increments of $25,000,000, to an increase in amount not to exceed $5,000,000,000 (the amount of any such increase, the aggregate Tranche A “Additional Commitment Amounts Amount”). Each Bank and Additional Bank may, not more than 10 Business Days following receipt of such notice, elect by written notice to the Borrower and the aggregate Tranche B Agent to participate in the requested increase of Commitments and the amount of such participation. No Bank (or any successor thereto) shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment Amounts or its other obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any decision by offering a Bank to increase its Commitment shall be made in its sole discretion independently from any other Bank. Any Bank that does not respond to a request to increase its Commitment hereunder shall be deemed to have declined such request.
(b) The Borrower may designate any Bank or other financial institution which at the Banks or to time agrees to, in the case of any such Person that is an existing Bank, increase its Commitment and in the case of any other prospective Banks such Person (each such Person, and each Person that can make the representation and warranty contained shall accept an assignment as provided in Section 8.12 acceptable 2.7 is an “Additional Bank”), become a party to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunderthis Agreement; provided, however, that any new bank or financial institution must meet the Borrower criteria for an Eligible Assignee and must in all other respects be acceptable to the Agent and the Swingline Bank, which acceptance will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The sum of the increases in the Commitments of the existing Banks pursuant to this paragraph (b) plus the Commitments of the Additional Banks shall not request an increase that would cause in the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage unsubscribed amount of the aggregate Tranche A Additional Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall Amount.
(Ac) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) An increase in the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank 2.6 shall become effective until such time as upon the Administrative receipt by the Agent shall have received (1) evidence of an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that signed by the Borrower, by each Additional Bank and by each other Bank whose Aggregate Commitment Amount is to be increased, setting forth the new Commitments of such Banks and setting forth the agreement of each Additional Bank to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof, and such evidence of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower has taken all necessary corporatewith respect to the increase in the Commitments and such opinions of counsel for the Borrower with respect to the increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount as the Agent may reasonably request.
(d) Upon the acceptance of any such agreement by the Agent, trust or limited liability company action to approve the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall automatically be increased by the amount of the Commitments added through such agreement.
(e) Upon any increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion amount of the Borrower’s legal counselCommitments pursuant to this Section 2.6 that is not pro rata among all Banks, addressed within five (5) Business Days, in the case of any Revolving Advances bearing interest at the Floating Rate, and at the end of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, in the case of any Revolving Advances bearing interest at a LIBO Rate, the Borrower shall prepay such Advances in their entirety and, to the Administrative Agent extent the Borrower elect to do so and subject to the conditions specified in Section 2.5, the Borrower shall reborrow Revolving Advances from the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory proportion to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and their respective Commitments after giving effect to such increase, (A) until such time as all outstanding Revolving Advances are held by the representations and warranties contained Banks in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17proportion.
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Samples: Five Year Credit Agreement (3m Co)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) The Borrower may from time to time, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity Agent, elect to increase their the Revolving Commitments or the Delayed Draw Term Commitments or to extend Commitments add one or more new tranches of term loans (such new term loans, “Incremental Term Loans”) hereunder; provided, howeverin each case in minimum increments of $5,000,000 and not less than $20,000,000, so long as, after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall aggregate amount of such increases does not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts exceed $325,000,000 and after giving effect to any such increase, the Commitments do not exceed $975,000,000. The Borrower may arrange for any such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Delayed Draw Term Commitment or Revolving Commitment, or to make available Incremental Term Loans, an “Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an “Augmenting Lender”; and provided furtherthat no Ineligible Institution may be an Augmenting Lender), for which agree to increase their existing Revolving Commitments or Delayed Draw Term Commitments, or to provide new Revolving Commitments, Delayed Draw Term Commitments or new term loans, as the avoidance of doubtcase may be; provided (i) each Augmenting Lender, after giving effect shall be subject to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage approval of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the BanksBorrower, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount extent the consent of the increase that is sought Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender would be required to effect an assignment under Section 9.04(b), and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (Cx) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment case of each Bank that agrees to an Increasing Lender in respect of an increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and Revolving Commitments or the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective BankDelayed Draw Term Commitments, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H C hereto, and (y) in the case of an Augmenting Lender in respect of an increase to the Revolving Commitments or the Delayed Draw Term Commitments, the Borrower and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto. Upon the effectiveness No consent of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, Lender (iother than the Lenders participating in the increase) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled required for any increase in Revolving Commitments, Delayed Draw Term Commitments or an addition of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to all rightsthis Section 2.20. Increases and new Revolving Commitments, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 Delayed Draw Term Commitments or the addition of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect become effective on the Commitment of date agreed by the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this AgreementBorrower, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at and the office of relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, and the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentagesshall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s the Revolving Commitments (or in the Revolving Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank any Lender) shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amountsunder this paragraph unless, (2i) a written opinion on the proposed date of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to effectiveness of such increase, (A) the representations conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and warranties (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and (B) the Borrower shall be in compliance (on a pro forma basis) with the covenants contained in Section 6.12 and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the organizational power and authority of the Borrower to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Delayed Draw Term Commitments (or in the Delayed Draw Term Loan Loans of any Lender) and no addition of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective under this Agreement are true paragraph unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase, (A) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and correct (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 9.02 and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and (B) the Borrower shall be in compliance (on a pro forma basis) with the covenants contained in Section 6.12, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the organizational power and authority of the Borrower to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase and (iii) in respect of an addition of Incremental Term Loans, such Incremental Term Loans (A) shall be unsecured, (B) shall be pari passu in right of payment with any then-existing Delayed Draw Term Loans and any other Class of Incremental Term Loans added pursuant to this Section 2.20 (unless the Borrower and the lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans elect to share in such prepayments on a less than pro rata basis) and (C) shall have a maturity date, amortization schedule, interest rates, interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts and original issue discounts as determined by the Borrower and the lenders providing such new Incremental Term Loans. On the effective date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments, (i) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Revolving Lenders, each Revolving Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Revolving Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans and (ii) the Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments (with such effectivenessreborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, except with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the applicable Augmenting Lenders and/or Increasing Lenders may agree upon procedures for phasing in any increase to minimize breakage costs or for reasons of convenience. Nothing contained in this Section 2.20 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Revolving Commitment or Delayed Draw Term Commitment or to provide Incremental Term Loans hereunder at any time. In connection with any increase of the Revolving Commitments, Delayed Draw Term Commitments or the addition of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.20, any Augmenting Lender becoming a party hereto shall (1) execute such documents and agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (2) in the case of any Augmenting Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America, provide to the Administrative Agent, its name, address, tax identification number and/or such other information as shall be necessary for the Administrative Agent to comply with “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including without limitation, the Patriot Act.
(b) Any increase in the Revolving Commitments or the Delayed Draw Term Commitments may be implemented using customary documentation (any such documentation, an “Incremental Agreement”) and any addition of Incremental Term Loans shall be implemented pursuant to an Incremental Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to an Incremental Agreement, without the consent of Lenders other than the Lenders providing such increase in the Revolving Commitments, the Delayed Draw Term Commitments or providing Incremental Term Loans, as applicable, to the extent that such representations necessary to (i) reflect the existence and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as terms of such earlier date increase or addition and (Bii) no Default or Event of Default exists. The address technical issues relating to funding and payments, and the Required Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to enter into any such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Incremental Agreement.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Arcosa, Inc.)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder and all prior or contemporaneous increases in the commitments under the Other Credit Facilities (including in each case by way of creating new Commitments), in each case on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $500,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent and each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent.
(c) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers The Company may from time to time request an increase in the amount Commitments or one or more tranches of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent term loans (“Prospective BanksIncremental Term Loans”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided), however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed in each case in minimum increments of $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt20,000,000 so long as, after giving effect to said increasethereto, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the Commitments and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed $250,000,000. The Company may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Commitment, or to participate in such a tranche an “Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new Lenders (each new Lender, an “Augmenting Lender”), to increase their existing Commitments, or to participate in such a tranche, or extend Commitments, as the case may be; provided that is sought (i) each Augmenting Lender, shall be subject to the approval of the Company and the Administrative Agent (in each case such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (Cx) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment case of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankan Increasing Lender, the Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H C hereto, and (y) in the case of an Augmenting Lender, the Company and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto. Upon Increases and new Commitments and Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to this Section 2.20 shall become effective on the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a partydate agreed by the Company, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at and the office of relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders and the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentagesshall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s the Commitments (or in the Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loan shall become effective until under this paragraph unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such time as increase or tranche, the condition set forth in paragraph (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Company to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer and (1ii) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporateshall have received, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amountsextent it so requests, (2) a written opinion documents consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the corporate power and authority of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed Borrowers to borrow hereunder and as to the Administrative Agent corporate power and authority of Singapore to continue to be obligated under the Banks and Subsidiary Guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying thateach case, before and after giving effect to such increase. On the effective date of any increase in the Commitments, (Ai) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the representations Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and warranties contained the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) except in this Agreement are true the case of any Incremental Term Loans, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and correct on and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Company in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Loans, and (Bb) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date (but may have amortization prior to such date), provided that (i) the Commitment terms and conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may provide for material additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment requirements applicable only during periods after the Maturity Date and (ii) the Incremental Term Loans may be priced differently than the Revolving Loans. Incremental Term Loans may be made hereunder pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Term Loan Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers, each Augmenting Lender participating in such tranche, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan Amendment may, without the consent of any additional Bankother Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in each case under the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.17Section.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (International Rectifier Corp /De/)
Increase of Commitments. (a) Provided there exists that no Default or Event of DefaultDefault has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers may Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, provide a written request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent to increase the Commitments of the Facility by up to an aggregate maximum amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) so that the aggregate Maximum Amount is One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000). Subject to the terms hereof, Borrower may request to obtain such increase in Commitments (“Prospective BanksProposed Increased Commitment”) from Lenders or banks, financial institutions or other entities other than the Lenders. Borrower may offer the opportunity to increase their Commitments provide all or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage a portion of the aggregate Tranche A Proposed Increased Commitment Amounts and to (i) other Lenders and/or (ii) other banks, financial institutions or other entities with the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and consent of the Administrative Agent and shall the L/C Issuer (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office consents of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) and the L/C Issuer shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If offered by Borrower, each Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation to commit to all or a sum in immediately available funds equal portion of its pro rata amount of the Proposed Increased Commitment based on the then existing allocation of Commitments. As a precondition to such Bank’s increase Proposed Increased Commitment becoming effective, the Asset Coverage Ratio covenant shall be met respecting such new Maximum Amount. Any additional bank, financial institution or other entity which Borrower selects to offer a portion of the increased aggregate Commitments in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution accordance with the terms hereof and which elects to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on and obtain a Commitment in an amount so offered and accepted by it pursuant to this Section shall execute such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankinstruments, the Borrower documents and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time agreements as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form determine to cause such bank, financial institution or other entity to become a Lender hereunder, whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity shall become a Lender for all purposes and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, provided that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporatethe Commitment of any such bank, trust financial institution or limited liability company action to approve such other entity shall be in an amount of not less than $5,000,000.
(b) Upon any increase in the aggregate Commitment AmountsCommitments pursuant to Section 2.18(a), (2) a written opinion within five Business Days, in the case of any Base Rate Loans then outstanding, and at the end of the Borrower’s legal counselthen current Interest Period with respect thereto, addressed in the case of any LIBOR Loans then outstanding, Borrower shall prepay such Loans in their entirety and, to the Administrative Agent extent the Borrower elects to do so and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory subject to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate conditions specified in Section 5.02, Borrower shall reborrow Loans from the Borrowers certifying that, before and Lenders in proportion to their respective Commitments after giving effect to such increase, (A) until such time as all outstanding Loans are held by the representations and warranties contained Lenders in this Agreement are true and correct on and as such proportion. Effective upon such increase, the amount of the date participations held by each Lender in each Letter of Credit then outstanding shall be adjusted such effectivenessthat, except after giving effective to such adjustments, the Lenders shall hold participations in each such Letter of Credit in the proportion its respective Commitment bears to the extent that aggregate Commitments of all of the Lenders after giving effect to such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default existsincrease. The Administrative Agent Collateral Trustee and Borrower shall give prompt notice execute and deliver such documents and instruments deemed reasonably necessary by either of them to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral with respect to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17aggregate Commitments.
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Samples: Loan and Security Agreement (K-Sea Transportation Partners Lp)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default (a) The Company and any one or Event of Defaultmore Banks (including New Banks) may, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without at any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) when no Default or Event of Default existshas occurred and is continuing, agree that such Banks shall make, obtain or increase the amount of their Commitments by executing and delivering to the Agent an Increased Commitment Notice specifying (i) the amount of such increase and (ii) the applicable Increased Commitment Closing Date. The Administrative Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) without the consent of the Required Banks, the aggregate amount of increased Commitments obtained after the Closing Date pursuant to this paragraph, together with any increase of commitments under the 5-Year Revolving Facility (or any facility that replaces or refinances the 5-Year Revolving Facility), shall not exceed $500,000,000 and (ii) without the consent of the Agent, each increase effected pursuant to this paragraph shall be in a minimum amount of at least $10,000,000. No Bank shall have any obligation to participate in any increase described in this paragraph unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.
(b) Any additional bank, financial institution or other entity which, with the consent of the Company and the Agent (which consents shall give prompt notice not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), elects to become a “Bank” under this Agreement in connection with any transaction described in subsection 2.21(a) shall execute a New Bank supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1, whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (a “New Bank”) shall become a Bank for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.
(c) Initial Loans made under any such increased Commitments shall be made pursuant to funding procedures then agreed to by the Company and the Agent (including as to the initial interest applicable to such Bank Loans), and payments of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment principal, interest and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case fees under this Section 2.17Agreement shall be made by the Company to give effect to such procedures and the timing of such increased Commitments. Payments to the Banks in respect of the Loans will be made to give effect to the allocations or reallocations described in this subsection.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, By written notice sent to the Administrative Agent (which the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to the Lenders) the Borrowers may from time to time request an increase in the aggregate amount (each, an “Increase Amount”) (i) of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Revolving Commitments, and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”ii) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall Term Commitments; provided that (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and increases in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.23 shall not exceed $100,000,000, (iiB) the name of each Bank Borrowers shall provide legal opinions, corporate resolutions authorizing such increase and Prospective Bank to which such other documents reasonably requested by the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and Administrative Agent, (C) the amount of any increase shall be $20,000,000 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof, (D) with respect to increases in the Revolving Commitments, (1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (2) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments shall not have been reduced, nor shall the Borrowers have given notice of any such offerreduction, under Section 2.9, and (CE) with respect to increases in the Term Commitments, (1) the conditions precedent to each credit extension set forth in Section 5.2 shall be satisfied, (2) the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.1 shall be satisfied on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the loans to be borrowed under such increased Term Commitments (each, an “Incremental Term Loan”), (3) the Borrowers shall make such request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of no later than the date of that is six months prior to the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubtMaturity Date, (4) no Bank more than two such increases may be requested and (5) Incremental Term Loans shall be required subject to the terms and provisions set forth below in paragraph (b). No Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees A Lender’s decision whether to increase such its Commitment under this Section 2.17 2.23 if it is requested to do so shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or made in such other date as is acceptable Lender’s sole and absolute discretion and any failure to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s respond to a request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the a decision by such Lender that it will not increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office its Commitment. If one or more of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such LoansLenders is not increasing its Commitment, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankthen, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed with notice to the Administrative Agent and the Banks other Lenders, another one or more financial institutions, each as approved by the Borrowers and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate “New Lender”), may commit to provide an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the requested Increase Amount that will not be provided by the existing Lenders; provided, that the Commitment of each New Lender shall be at least $5,000,000. Upon receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrowers certifying thatthat the Lenders, before or sufficient Lenders and New Lenders have agreed to commit to an aggregate amount equal to the Increase Amount (or such lesser amount as the Borrowers shall agree, which shall be at least $20,000,000 and an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof), then: provided that no Default exists at such time or after giving effect to such the requested increase, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders willing to increase their respective Commitments and the New Lenders (Aif any) shall execute and deliver an “Increase Commitment Supplement” (herein so called) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G hereto. If all existing Lenders shall not have provided their pro rata portion of the requested increase, on the effective date of the Increase Commitment Supplement (the “Increase Effective Date”) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of Borrowers shall request a borrowing hereunder which shall be made only by the date Lenders who have increased their Commitment and, if applicable, the New Lenders. The proceeds of such effectivenessborrowing shall be utilized by the Borrowers to repay the Lenders who did not agree to increase their Commitments, except such borrowing and repayment to be in amounts sufficient so that after giving effect thereto, the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer Loans shall be held by the Lenders pro rata according to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17their Commitments.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Amedisys Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided The Company shall have the right, without the consent of the Banks but subject to the approval of the Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), to effectuate from time to time an increase in the total Commitments under this Agreement by adding to this Agreement one or more Persons that are Eligible Assignees (who shall, upon completion of the requirements stated in this Section, constitute "Banks" hereunder), or by allowing one or more Banks to increase their Commitments hereunder, so that such added and increased Commitments shall equal the increase in Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section; provided that (a) no increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section shall result in the total Commitments exceeding $300,000,000 or shall result in the aggregate amount of the increases in the Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section since the date of this Agreement being in excess of the sum of $50,000,000 plus the aggregate amount (but not greater than $50,000,000) of all non-ratable reductions and terminations of Commitments effectuated pursuant to Section 2.08; (b) no Bank's Commitment shall be increased without the consent of such Bank; (c) there exists has occurred and is continuing no Default or Event of Default, and (d) there has been no ratable reduction of Commitments pursuant to Section 2.07. The Company shall deliver or pay, as applicable, to the Borrowers may request an Agent each of the following items prior to 11:00 a.m. (Houston time) (i) three Business Days prior to the requested effective date of such increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments, if such date is a No Loan Date, or (ii) five Business Days prior to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to requested effective date of such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided furtherin the Commitments, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any if such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall date is not a No Loan Date:
(A) refer a written notice of the Company's intention to increase the total Commitments pursuant to this AgreementSection, which shall specify each new Eligible Assignee, if any, the changes in amounts of Commitments that will result, and such other information as is reasonably requested by the Agent;
(B) specify (i) a document in form and substance as may be reasonably required by the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought Agent, executed and (ii) the name of delivered by each new Eligible Assignee and each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required agreeing to increase its Commitment. The increase , pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto or increases its Commitment, as the case may be, which document, in the case of a new Eligible Assignee, shall (among other matters) specify the CD Lending Office, Domestic Lending Office and LIBOR Lending Office of such new Eligible Assignee;
(C) a Note in the principal amount of the Commitment of each new Eligible Assignee, or a replacement Note in the principal amount of the increased Commitment of each Bank that agrees agreeing to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 its Commitment, as the case may be, executed and delivered by the Company, which Note shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory as may be reasonably required by Agent; and
(D) a non-refundable processing fee of $3,500, for the sole account of the Agent. Upon receipt of any notice referred to in clause (A) above, the Agent will promptly notify each Bank thereof. Upon execution and delivery of such documents and the payment of such fee, such new Eligible Assignee shall constitute a "Bank" hereunder with a Commitment as specified therein, or such Bank's Commitment shall increase as specified therein, as the case may be. The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken Banks any and all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action amounts to approve the extent payable pursuant to Section 3.02 as a result of any such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Commitments.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $375,000,000. It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided The Company shall have the right, without the consent of the Banks but subject to the approval of the Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), to effectuate from time to time an increase in the total Commitments under this Agreement by adding to this Agreement one or more Persons that are Eligible Assignees (who shall, upon completion of the requirements stated in this Section, constitute "Banks" hereunder), or by allowing one or more Banks to increase their Commitments hereunder, so that such added and increased Commitments shall equal the increase in Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section; provided that (a) no increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section shall result in the total Commitments exceeding $550,000,000 or shall result in the aggregate amount of the increases in the Commitments effectuated pursuant to this Section since the date of this Agreement being in excess of the sum of $50,000,000 plus the aggregate amount (but not greater than $50,000,000) of all non-ratable reductions and terminations of Commitments effectuated pursuant to Section 2.08; (b)no Bank's Commitment shall be increased without the consent of such Bank; (c) there exists has occurred and is continuing no Default or Event of Default, and (d) there has been no ratable reduction of Commitments pursuant to Section 2.07. The Company shall deliver or pay, as applicable, to the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount Agent each of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering following items prior to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent 11:00 a.m. (“Prospective Banks”Houston time) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) three Business Days prior to the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the requested effective date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment AmountsCommitments, if such date is a No Loan Date, or (2ii) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed five Business Days prior to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the requested effective date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional BankCommitments, in each case under this Section 2.17.if such date is not a No Loan
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default(a) The Borrower shall have the right to increase the total Commitments from time to time (each such increase, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A a “Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable Increase”) upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity and pursuant to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and procedures established by the Administrative Agent and acceptable to the Borrower with respect to the reallocation of any outstanding Revolving Loans in connection with any Commitment Increase, by obtaining Commitments from one or more Persons to which an assignment could be made pursuant to Section 9.04(b) (each, an “Increasing Lender”); provided that (i) each Commitment Increase shall be in a principal amount of at least $25,000,000, (ii) all such Commitment Increases shall not aggregate in excess of $250,000,000, (iii) no Commitment Increase shall become effective unless, at such time, (A) refer to this Agreementno Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, (B) specify the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (i) and in all respects if already qualified by materiality), except to the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought extent any such representations or warranties are limited to a specific date, in which case, such representations and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount warranties are accurate in all material respects as of such offerspecific date, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent within 14 days shall have received documents consistent with those delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b), (c) and/or (e) and (iv) each such Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (such approvals to not be unreasonably withheld) to the extent the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender would be required to effect an assignment under Section 9.04(b). No Lender shall have any obligation to provide any Commitment Increase unless and until it expressly agrees to do so in its sole discretion.
(b) Each Increasing Lender that was not, prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Commitment Increase, a Lender shall execute and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a New Lender Supplement (each, a “New Lender Supplement”) substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, whereupon such Increasing Lender shall become a party to this Agreement and shall be a “Lender” for all purposes, and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and be entitled to the benefits, of this Agreement. Participating interests in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans shall automatically be reallocated among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages on the date of the Borrower’s requestany such increase. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment operation of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as 2.20 in accordance with its terms is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any not an amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.179.02.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers The Company may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering from time to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity time elect to increase their the Revolving Commitments or enter, or cause one or more Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers to extend Commitments hereunder; providedenter, howeverinto one or more tranches of term loans (each an “Incremental Term Loan”), the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed in each case in minimum increments of $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt25,000,000 so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such increases and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed $300,000,000, minus any incremental term loans incurred pursuant to said increasethe incremental facility fixed dollar basket under the Senior Secured Term Loan Facility.. The Borrowers may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Revolving Commitment, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, an “Increasing Lender”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an “Augmenting Lender”; provided that no Ineligible Institution may be an Augmenting Lender), which agree to increase their existing Revolving Commitments, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, or extend Revolving Commitments, as the case may be; provided that (i) each Bank Augmenting Lender, shall have be subject to the same Commitment Percentage approval of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks Company and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreementand, (B) specify (i) in the case of any increase in the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments, the increase that is sought Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (Cx) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment case of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankan Increasing Lender, the Borrower Company and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H C-1 hereto, and (y) in the case of an Augmenting Lender, the Company and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto. Upon the effectiveness Except as set forth above, no consent of any Accession Agreement to which Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the increase or any Prospective Bank is a party, (iIncremental Term Loan) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled required for any increase in Revolving Commitments pursuant to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; this Section 2.20. No consent of any Lender (iiother than the Lenders participating in any Incremental Term Loan) Schedule 1 shall be deemed required for any Incremental Term Loans pursuant to have been amended this Section 2.20. Increases and new Revolving Commitments and Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to reflect this Section 2.20 shall become effective on the Commitment of date agreed by the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this AgreementCompany,applicable Borrower(s), the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at and the office of relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, and the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentagesshall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s the Revolving Commitments (or in the Revolving Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective until unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such time as increase or Incremental Term Loans, (A) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied (and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Company) or waived by the Required Lenders and (1B) evidence the Company shall be in form compliance (on a pro forma basis) with the covenants contained in Section 6.09 and substance satisfactory to (ii) the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action shall have received documents consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion organizational power and authority of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed Companyapplicable Borrower(s) to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase. On the effective date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments or any Incremental Term Loans being made, (Ai) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) the representations Borrowerexcept in the case of any Incremental Term Loans, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment the Revolving Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Company, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Companyapplicable Borrower(s) pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Revolving Loans and the initial Term Loans, (b) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date (but may have amortization prior to such date) and (Bc) shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Commitment Revolving Loans and the initial Term Loans; provided that (i) the terms and conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may provide for material additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment requirements applicable only during periods after the Maturity Date and (ii) the Incremental Term Loans may be priced differently than the Revolving Loans and the initial Term Loans. Incremental Term Loans may be made hereunder pursuant to an amendment or restatement (an “Incremental Term Loan Amendment”) of this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the applicable Borrower(s), each Increasing Lender participating in such tranche, each Augmenting Lender participating in such tranche, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan Amendment may, without the consent of any additional Bankother Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in each case under the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.172.20. Nothing contained in this Section 2.20 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Revolving Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time. In connection with any increase of the Revolving Commitments or Incremental Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.20, any Augmenting Lender becoming a party hereto shall (1) execute such documents and agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (2) in the case of any Augmenting Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America, provide to the Administrative Agent, its name, address, tax identification number and/or such other information as shall be necessary for the Administrative Agent to comply with “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Fuller H B Co)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, (a) At the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable Borrower to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, howeverAgent, the Borrower shall combined Commitments hereunder may be increased after the Closing Date on one or more occasions by not request an increase more than $250,000,000 provided that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of all such increases pursuant to this Section 2.23 and pursuant to Section 2.23 of the increase that is sought and Five Year Credit Agreement may total no more than $500,000,000, (ii) any increase of the name Commitments hereunder is in the same amount as any increase of the Commitments under the Five Year Credit Agreement, (iii) each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to such increase or extend is in a minimum amount of $25,000,000, (iv) each Lender whose Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, increased consents and (Cv) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the consent of the Administrative Agent within 14 days of is obtained.
(b) In the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank event that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and one or more of the Lenders (or other financial institutions which may elect to participate with the consent of the Administrative Agent) after shall agree, in accordance with Section 2.23(a), upon such an increase in the fourteenth day following aggregate Commitments, the date Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each financial institution in question shall enter into a Commitment Increase Supplement setting forth the amounts of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 Commitments and providing that the additional financial institutions participating shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under be included as Lenders for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery of such Commitment Increase Supplement as provided above, and upon satisfaction of such Bank shall promptly make available to other conditions as the Administrative Agent at may specify (including the office delivery of certificates and legal opinions on behalf of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution Borrower relating to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to amendment and, if requested, new Notes), this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to be amended accordingly.
(c) No Lender shall have been amended any obligation to reflect the increase its Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage event of such Loans, for further distribution to a request by the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17hereunder.
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Samples: 364 Day Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Agreement (HFS Inc)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”a) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubtSo long as, after giving pro forma effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (Bx) no Default or Event of Default existshas occurred and is continuing on the date thereof and (y) the Borrower is in compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.16 and Section 6.17 (assuming for purposes of this Section 2.18(a) that the Commitments, including any proposed increase in Tranche B Commitments, are fully drawn) (as evidenced by a certificate of a Financial Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date the Borrower submits a Commitment Increase Notice), the Borrower may at any time and from time to time request an increase of the aggregate Tranche B Commitments by notice under Section 2.18(a) or (b) to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”); provided, however, that (i) each such increase shall be at least $25,000,000, (ii) the cumulative increase in Tranche B Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall not exceed $50,000,000, (iii) the Tranche B Commitment of any Lender may not be increased without such Lender’s consent, and (iv) the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments shall not exceed (w) if such increase occurs prior to December 31, 2016, $300,000,000, (x) if such increase occurs on or after December 31, 2016the Second Amendment Closing Date and prior to June 30,December 31, 2017, $250,000,000,225,000,000, (y) if such increase occurs on or after June 30,December 31, 2017 and prior to December 31, 2017, $225,000,0002018, $200,000,000 or (z) if such increase occurs on or after December 31, 2017, $200,000,000,2018, $150,000,000, in each case, without the approval of the Required Lenders. If the Borrower elects to increase the aggregate Tranche B Commitments by increasing the Tranche B Commitment of a Lender, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Lender shall execute an agreement (a “Commitment Increase Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Tranche B Commitment as so increased, and the definition of “Tranche B Commitment” in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be amended to reflect such increase. No Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to increase its Commitment. Each Commitment Increase Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other increasing Lenders.
(b) The Borrower may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Administrative Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Tranche B Commitments pursuant to paragraph (c) below by notifying the Administrative Agent with a Commitment Increase Notice. Promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt of a Commitment Increase Notice from the Borrower of its desire to offer to the additional banks or to financial institutions identified therein or such additional banks or financial institutions identified by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice notify such proposed lenders of the opportunity to participate in all or a portion of the increased Tranche B Commitments.
(c) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer participation in the increased Tranche B Commitments shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a New Lender Agreement (a “New Lender Agreement”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, setting forth its Tranche B Commitment, and upon the effectiveness of such Bank New Lender Agreement such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of (A) any this Agreement, and the signature pages hereof shall be deemed to be amended to add the name of such New Lender and the definition of “Tranche B Commitment” in Section 1.01 and Schedule 2.01 hereof shall be deemed amended to increase in any Bank’s the aggregate Tranche B Commitments of the Tranche B Revolving Lenders by the Tranche B Commitment and (B) of such New Lender, provided that the Tranche B Commitment of any additional BankNew Lender shall be an amount not less than $5,000,000. Each New Lender Agreement shall be irrevocable and shall be effective upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent at the same time as that of all other New Lenders.
(d) The effectiveness of any New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case under in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Once a New Lender Agreement or Commitment Increase Agreement becomes effective, the Administrative Agent shall reflect the increases in the Tranche B Commitments effected by such agreements by appropriate entries in the Register.
(e) If any bank or financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) or any Tranche B Revolving Lender’s Tranche B Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.18(a), additional Revolving Loans made on or after, participations in Letters of Credit issued on or after, and participations in Swingline Loans made on or after, the effectiveness thereof (the “Re-Allocation Date”) shall be made pro rata based on their respective Commitments in effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such pro rata Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, as the case may be, would result in any Lender exceeding its Commitment, in which case such excess amount will be allocated to, and made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto or, in the case of ABR Loan, on the date of such increase, and the making of new Loans of the same Type pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date.
(f) If on any Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 2.17Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) Upon at least five days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers may request Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000; provided that (i) the amount of such increase when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments hereunder (including by way of creating new Commitments), on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed the sum of $465,125,000 and the amount of any Commitments terminated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(c) and (ii) the total aggregate amount of Commitments hereunder does not, at any time, exceed $1,300,000,000.
(b) Any such increase in the Commitments (the “Incremental Commitments”) hereunder shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Bank the Commitment of which is to be increased shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the Commitment Schedule opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of one or more institutions not then a Bank hereunder; provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and (NY) 27011/233/CA/JPM.CA.doc delivery to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Commitment Schedule shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iii) if requested by such new Bank, the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (iv) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment, incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant to this Section 2.17 on such date) from all the Banks and (v) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Administrative Agent. The date on which the conditions set forth in this paragraph are satisfied is the “Increased Amount Date” and each such Bank providing an Incremental Commitment, an “Incremental Bank”.
(c) On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Commitments are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, each Incremental Bank shall become a Bank hereunder with respect to its Incremental Commitment and the Incremental Loans made pursuant thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Banks promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of the Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof of Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Banks.
(e) The terms and provisions of the Incremental Commitments and any Borrowing in respect of such Incremental Commitments shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein, identical to the Commitments on the Effective Date and any other Loans made under this Agreement.
(f) It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower this Section 2.17 shall not request constitute an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance amendment of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event Upon at least 15 days' prior notice to the Agent (which notice the Agent shall promptly transmit to each of Defaultthe Banks), the Borrowers Borrower shall have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and with the consent of the Banks as set forth below, to increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments in multiples of $5,000,000. Any such increase shall apply, at the option of the Borrower, (x) to the Commitment of one or more Banks, provided that (i) the Required Banks (including each Bank whose Commitment is to be increased) shall consent to such increase, (ii) the amount set forth on the signature pages hereof opposite the name of each Bank the Commitment of which is being so increased shall be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of such Bank and (iii) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of such an increase, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of such increase incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks or (y) to the creation of a new Commitment of an institution not then a Bank hereunder, provided that (i) such institution becomes a party to this Agreement as a Bank by execution and delivery to the Borrower and the Agent of counterparts of this Agreement, (ii) the Required Banks shall consent to the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, (iii) the signature pages hereof shall be amended to reflect the Commitment of such new Bank, (iv) the Borrower shall issue a Note to such new Bank in conformity with the provisions of Section 2.05, (v) if any Committed Loans are outstanding at the time of the creation of such Commitment of such Bank, the Borrower will, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on the date of the creation of such Commitment incur and repay or prepay one or more Committed Loans from the Banks in such amounts so that after giving effect thereto, the Committed Loans shall be outstanding on a pro rata basis (based on the Commitments of the Banks after giving effect to the changes made pursuant hereto on such date) from all the Banks and (vi) if such institution is neither a banking institution nor an affiliate of a Bank, such institution must be consented to by the Agent; provided further that any such increase or creation may request an apply, at the option of the Borrower, as set forth in clause (x) or (y) above but without the consent of the Required Banks so long as the amount of such increase or the amount of such new Commitment so created, as the case may be, when added to the aggregate amount of all such prior increases in the Commitments and all such prior creations of new Commitments, in each case created on or after the Effective Date, does not exceed $150,000,000. It is understood that any increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts by offering Commitments pursuant to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date not constitute an amendment of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17Notes.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp /Dc/)
Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists no Default or Event (a) The Borrower shall have the right from time to time to increase the Total Commitment by an amount of Defaultup to $40,000,000 for the purpose of consummating acquisitions approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion, upon a specific date (the Borrowers may "INCREASE EFFECTIVE DATE") set forth in such request an (the "INCREASE REQUEST") upon the same terms and conditions as set forth herein. Any such increase shall be in incremental aggregate amounts of not less than $5,000,000 (the "REQUESTED AMOUNT") and shall increase the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts Total Commitments then in effect and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Committed Sum of each Lender shall be increased by offering its Pro Rata Part of the Requested Amount (subject to the Banks Borrower's right to terminate or to other prospective Banks that can make reduce the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and Commitments pursuant to Section 2.3).
(b) On the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify Increase Effective Date specified in any Increase Request (i) each Lender's Committed Sum shall be automatically increased by a Pro Rata Part of the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought Requested Amount on the Increase Effective Date therefor, and correspondingly, the Total Commitments, shall be increased accordingly, in each case without the necessity of further amendment to this Agreement and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank Borrower shall pay to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount of such offer, and (C) request that Banks wishing to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after , for the fourteenth day following the date account of the Borrower’s request without any further action by Credit Parties as Administrative Agent shall determine, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 3/8% of the Banks or any amendment to Requested Amount on the agreement. Increase Effective Date.
(c) Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available request to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bankby any Lender, the Borrower and shall deliver to each such Lender, in exchange for the Administrative AgentNote held by such Lender, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement new Note, in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage principal amount of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and Lender's Committed Sum after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except adjustments made pursuant to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.172.5.
(F) SECTION 3.2(B) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists PROVIDED that no Default or Event of Defaultshall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers may request Company shall have the right, without the consent of the Banks but subject to the approval of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), to effectuate from time to time an increase in the amount Aggregate Commitment under the Credit Agreement by adding to the Credit Agreement one or more commercial banks or other financial institutions (who shall, upon completion of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts requirements stated in this SECTION 6, constitute Banks hereunder), or by offering to the allowing one or more Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make the representation and warranty contained in Section 8.12 acceptable to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) the opportunity to increase their Commitments or hereunder, so that such added and increased Commitments shall equal the increase in Commitments effectuated pursuant to extend this SECTION 6; PROVIDED that (a) no increase in Commitments hereunder; providedpursuant to this SECTION 6 shall result in the Aggregate Commitment exceeding $350,000,000, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate (b) no Bank's Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request amount shall be sent to increased without the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which the opportunity to increase or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount consent of such offerBank, and (Cc) request that Banks wishing on the effective date of any such increase in Aggregate Commitment, there are no outstanding Eurodollar Loans. The Company shall give the Agent three Business Days' notice of the Company's intention to increase their the Aggregate Commitment pursuant to this SECTION 6. Such notice shall specify each new commercial bank or other financial institution, if any, the changes in amounts of Commitments that will result, and Prospective Banks wishing to extend such other information as is reasonably requested by the Agent. Each new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubtcommercial bank or other financial institution, no and each Bank shall be required agreeing to increase its Commitment, shall execute and deliver to the Agent a document satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto or increases its Commitment, as the case may be, which document, in the case of a new commercial bank or other financial institution, shall (among other matters) specify the domestic lending office and Eurodollar lending office of such new commercial bank or other financial institution. The increase In addition, the Company shall execute and deliver a Note in the principal amount of the Commitment of each new commercial bank or other financial institution, or, against delivery to it of such Bank's existing Note, a replacement Note in the principal amount of the increased Commitment of each Bank that agrees agreeing to increase such Commitment under its Commitment, as the case may be. Such Notes and other documents of the nature referred to in this Section 2.17 SECTION 6 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable furnished to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, subject to the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto. Upon the effectiveness of any Accession Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the Commitment of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence in form and substance satisfactory to as may be reasonably required by it. Upon the Administrative Agent that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust or limited liability company action to approve such increase in the aggregate Commitment Amounts, (2) a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent execution and the Banks and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date delivery of such effectivenessdocuments, except to such new commercial bank or financial institution shall constitute a "Bank" under the extent that Credit Agreement with a Commitment as specified therein, or such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier dateBank's Commitment shall increase as specified therein, in which as the case they are true and correct as of such earlier date and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under this Section 2.17may be.
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Increase of Commitments. Provided there exists (a) At any time after the date hereof, provided that no Default or Event of DefaultDefault shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers Company may request an increase in the amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts Commitments by offering notice thereof to the Banks or to other prospective Banks that can make Agent in writing (such notice, a "Commitment Increase Notice"), in an amount not less than $25,000,000 nor more than $100,000,000 in the representation aggregate. The Agent will provide the Lenders with notice of such Commitment Increase Notice. Such increase shall be allocated between Floor Plan Loan Commitments and warranty contained Revolving Credit Loan Commitments as requested by Borrower, provided, following any such increase, the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the Total Commitment. Any such Commitment Increase Notice shall be in Section 8.12 acceptable a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (“Prospective Banks”) Agent, and must offer each Lender the opportunity to increase their Commitments subscribe for its pro rata share of each increased Commitment. If the Company does not receive either telephonic or written notice from the Agent that all of the increased Commitment is subscribed for by the Lenders within fifteen (15) Business Days after the delivery of the Commitment Increase Notice, the Company may, in its sole discretion, but with the consent of the Agent as to any Person that is not at such time a Lender, offer to any existing Lender or to extend Commitments hereunder; provided, however, the Borrower shall not request an increase that would cause the aggregate Commitment Amounts after giving effect to such increase to exceed $2,600,000,000; and provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to said increase, that each Bank shall have the same Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Tranche A Commitment Amounts and the aggregate Tranche B Commitment Amounts. Any such request shall be sent to the Banks, the Prospective Banks and the Administrative Agent and shall (A) refer to this Agreement, (B) specify (i) the aggregate amount of the increase that is sought and (ii) the name of each Bank and Prospective Bank to which one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to increase participate in all or extend a Commitment is to be offered and the amount portion of such offerunsubscribed portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to Section 5.18(b) or Section 5.18(c), as applicable.
(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Company selects to offer participation in the increased Commitments, and (C) request that Banks wishing elects to increase their Commitments and Prospective Banks wishing to extend new Commitments notify the Administrative Agent within 14 days of the date of the Borrower’s request. For the avoidance of doubt, no Bank shall be required to increase its Commitment. The increase in the Commitment of each Bank that agrees to increase such Commitment under this Section 2.17 shall be effective three (3) Business Days (or such other date as is acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the fourteenth day following the date of the Borrower’s request without any further action by the Banks or any amendment to the agreement. Upon the effectiveness of any increase in a Bank’s Commitment, (i) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the increase in such Bank’s Commitment and (ii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, such Bank shall promptly make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Bank’s increase in Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the other Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Each Prospective Bank that accepts the Borrower’s offer to extend a Commitment shall become a party to this Agreement on such date or dates as may be mutually satisfactory to such Prospective Bank, with the Borrower Company and the Administrative AgentAgent (a "New Lender"), subject to by the Administrative Agent’s receipt execution of an agreement (a duly completed and executed Accession Agreement "New Lender Agreement") substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto5.18(b), shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereof and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. The Commitment of any such New Lender shall be in an amount not less than $10,000,000, and such Commitment must be comprised of both a Floor Plan Loan Commitment and a Revolving Credit Loan Commitment on a pro rata basis.
(c) Any Lender that accepts an offer by the Company to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 5.18 shall, in each case, execute an agreement whereby it agrees to be bound by, and accept the benefits of, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (a "Commitment Increase Agreement") substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.18(c), with the Company and the Agent. Upon delivery to the Agent of one or more Commitment Increase Agreements, the Agent shall enter such New Lender and its Commitment in the Register and distribute a new Schedule 1.1
(a) reflecting the Commitment of such New Lender and the Total Commitments, as increased.
(d) The effectiveness of any Accession Commitment Increase Agreement to which any Prospective Bank is a party, (i) such Prospective Bank shall be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder; (ii) Schedule 1 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect contingent upon receipt by the Commitment Agent of such corporate resolutions of the additional Bank as provided in the Accession Agreement; Company and (iii) if any Loans are outstanding under this Agreement, the Prospective Bank shall promptly make available legal opinions of counsel to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 2.3(b) a sum in immediately available funds equal to such Prospective Bank’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans, for further distribution to the Banks according to their Commitment Percentages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in a Bank’s Commitment and no accession of a Prospective Bank shall become effective until such time Company as the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) evidence reasonably request with respect thereto, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent Agent.
(e) Additional Loans made on or after the date that each Borrower has taken all necessary corporate, trust any bank or limited liability company action financial institution becomes a New Lender pursuant to approve such increase in the aggregate Section 5.18(b) or any Lender's Commitment Amountsis increased pursuant to Section 5.18(c), (2the "Re-Allocation Date") a written opinion of the Borrower’s legal counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Banks and shall be made pro rata based on their respective Floor Plan Loan Commitments in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent effect on or after such Re-Allocation Date (3) a certificate from the Borrowers certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date of such effectiveness, except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically refer to pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an earlier dateaggregate principal amount of Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case they are true such excess amount will be allocated to, and correct as made by, such New Lender and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments), and continuations of Eurodollar Loans outstanding on such Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such earlier date Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the making of new Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective Commitments in effect on and after such Re-Allocation Date. In the event that on any such Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Company elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.18, (i) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion and (Bii) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice after giving effect to such Bank of (A) any increase in any Bank’s Commitment and (B) the Commitment of any additional Bank, in each case under Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.175.18, the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall not exceed $900,000,000.
(g) The Company shall execute and deliver a Note or Notes to each New Lender and replacement Notes to Lenders signing a Commitment Increase Agreement in the amount of said Persons' Commitments.
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Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (Asbury Automotive Group Inc)