LENDER'S RIGHTS Upon default, Lender may declare the entire unpaid principal balance on this Note and all accrued unpaid interest immediately due, and then Borrower will pay that amount.
Finance Parties’ rights and obligations (a) The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
(b) The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt.
(c) A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.
Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders (a) This Amended Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Lenders, the Agents, all future holders of the Loans, and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Amended Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender.
(b) Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions or Lender Affiliates (“Participants”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any participating interest of such Lender in the Letters of Credit, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Amended Agreement to the other parties to this Amended Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Amended Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Amended Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided, however, that such Lender shall not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in Section 12.1(i) that affects such Participant. The Company agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Amended Agreement and the Loans are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Amended Agreement and any Loan to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Amended Agreement or any Loan; provided that such Participant shall only be entitled to such right of setoff if it shall have agreed in the agreement pursuant to which it shall have acquired its participating interest to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof, as provided in Section 12.7. The Company also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 5.12, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21 and 5.23 with respect to its participation in the Letters of Credit and in the Commitments and the Loans outstanding from time to time; provided that (x) no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such Sections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred, (y) each Participant shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 5.20 and (z) a Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.23 unless the Company is notified of the participation interest sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Company, to comply with Section 5.23(e) and (h) as through it were a Lender.
(c) Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, with the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, at any time sell to any Lender or any Affiliate or Lender Affiliate thereof (including any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such transferor Lender) and, with the prior written consent of the Company (subject to the penultimate sentence of this clause (c)) and the Administrative Agent (which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), sell to one or more additional banks or financial institutions (an “Assignee”), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Amended Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents and, with respect to the Letters of Credit, such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (and by the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender, to the extent their consent is required), and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided that (A) each such sale pursuant to this Section 12.6(c) of a Lender’s rights and obligations (I) to a Person which is not then a Lender or an Affiliate or Lender Affiliate of a Lender shall be of the entire remaining amount of the Assigning Lenders rights and obligations or, if less than such entire remaining amount, of Commitments and/or Loans of $5,000,000 (or in the case of any Incremental Term Loan Commitments and Incremental Term Loans, $1,000,000) or more unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent; and (II) to a Person which is then a Lender or an Affiliate or Lender Affiliate of a Lender may be in any amount and shall not require the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, and (B) each Assignee which is a Foreign Lender shall comply with the provisions of Section 5.23(e) and (h) hereof; and provided, further that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Lender from selling participating interests in accordance with Section 12.6(b) in all or any portion of its Commitments and/or Loans (without duplication). For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) of the first proviso contained in the preceding sentence, the amount described therein shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with the Commitments and Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred, as reflected in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Amended Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Amended Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). Such Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to amend this Amended Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Assignee and the resulting adjustment of Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Assignee of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such assigning Lender under this Amended Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (and to the extent permitted by law), after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default any Lender may sell all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Amended Agreement without the consent of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign at any time to its designating Lender hereunder without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder and pursuant to its designation agreement and without regard to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this Section 12.6(c).
(d) The Administrative Agent acting on behalf of and as agent for the Company, shall maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in Section 12.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, the principal amount of any Swing Line Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Incremental Term Loans, if any owing to, and if such Lender has any Revolving Credit Commitment, the L/C Participating Interests of, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests recorded therein for all purposes of this Amended Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Amended Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee (and by the Company, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent to the extent required hereby), together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 (which fee the Company shall have no obligation to pay and which fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Company.
(f) If, pursuant to this Section 12.6, any interest in this Amended Agreement or any Loan or Letter of Credit is transferred to any Transferee which would be a Foreign Lender upon the effectiveness of such transfer, the assigning Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, (i) to represent to the assigning Lender (for the benefit of the assigning Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Company) that under applicable law and treaties no Taxes will be required to be withheld by the Administrative Agent, the Company or the assigning Lender with respect to any payments to be made to such Transferee in respect of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests, (ii) to furnish to the assigning Lender (and, in the case of any Assignee registered in the Register, the Administrative Agent and the Company) such Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be furnished pursuant to Section 5.23(e) and (h) and (iii) to agree (for the benefit of the assigning Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Company) to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.23(e) and (h).
(g) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Amended Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this Section concerning assignments of Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment (i) by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law and (ii) by a Lender or a Lender Affiliate which is a fund to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee; provided that any transfer of Loans or Notes upon, or in lieu of, enforcement of or the exercise of remedies under any such pledge shall be treated as an assignment thereof which shall not be made without compliance with the requirements of this Section 12.6.
(h) The Company, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (h) above.
(i) Each of the Company, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however (i) that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period forbearance and (ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit or limit the ability of any such Person to file claims against a Conduit Lender in connection with any such proceeding.
Assignee’s Rights As Purchaser
a. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in these Conditions of Sale, the Assignee shall be entitled to bid for the Property whether by itself or its agent and without having to pay any deposit whatsoever.
b. In the event the Assignee is declared the Purchaser:-
(i) The Assignee is at liberty to set off the purchase price or so much as is applicable against the indebtedness owing to the Assignee under the loan/financing and the Security Documents on the date of successful sale plus costs and expenses for the sale and all other costs and expenses whatsoever incidental thereto;
(ii) If approvals from any relevant authorities are required in respect of the purchase, then the Assignee shall apply for the approvals after the successful bid and shall only be required to set off the purchase price or so much as is applicable against the indebtedness owing to the Assignee under the loan/financing and the Security Documents on the date of successful sale plus costs and expenses for the sale and all other costs and expenses whatsoever incidental thereto within ninety (90) days from the date of receipt by the Assignee of all the approvals;
(iii) However for avoidance of doubt, nothing in the foregoing shall restrict the Assignee’s right or discretion to pay the full purchase price by way of set off before the approvals have been obtained;
(iv) If any of the approvals are not obtained or are obtained but subject to conditions which are not acceptable to the Assignee, the Assignee shall be entitled to terminate the purchase of the Property and the purchase price or part thereof paid including the deposit which has been paid by way of a reduction of the indebtedness owing to the Assignee or by way of set off shall be reversed and parties shall be placed back in position as if this sale has not taken place;
(v) The Assignee shall be entitled at its absolute discretion to assign, novate or transfer all or any of its rights, obligations and interests hereunder to a third party in the event that the Assignee exercises its rights to bid for and/or purchase the Property. - Vis-à-vis The Auction
c. The Assignee shall be and is hereby at liberty to postpone, adjourn, stand down, call off, withdraw or vacate the auction sale at any time before the fall of hammer with or without notice and without having to provide any reason(s) or ground(s) whatsoever.
d. Thereafter, the Assignee is entitled to resell the Property at any time subject to such conditions and provisions whether identical with or differing wholly or in part from the conditions and provisions applicable to the Property to be auctioned at the present auction and in such manner as the Assignee may think fit.
Party A’s Rights and Obligations 4.1 甲方应不晚于扣款日向/在其结算账户转账/存入等于（或不少于）存款资金的款项，并在起息日前的所有时间均确保并维持结算账户中有该等数额的款项。若因非乙方过错的任何原因，包括但不限于由于甲方的债权债务纠纷或任何原因导致结算账户被司法机关采取查封、冻结或支取等强制措施，甲方未能在起息日前的所有时间确保并维持结算账户中的存款资金数额的，本协议应立即解除并失效，但不影响甲方应承担的违约责任并向乙方赔偿全部损失的义务。 No later than the Trade Date, Party A shall transfer/deposit money equal to (or not less than) the full Deposit Amount to/in the Settlement Account and shall ensure that such amount of fund in the Settlement Account shall be held and maintained at all time until the Effective Date. Failure by Party A to do the same due to whatever reason other than Party B’s fault, including without limitation, the Deposit Amount being frozen, seized or taken, in whole or in part, with enforcement measures by judicial authority arising from its credits, debts dispute and/or whatsoever reason, shall cause this Agreement to be immediately and automatically ceased and this Agreement will be no longer to be in force and effect, and in such case, it shall be deemed that Party A breaches the terms of this Agreement and therefore shall be liable for all losses and damages suffered by Party B arising therefrom.
4.2 甲方授权乙方在扣款日对甲方结算账户扣划与存款资金相等数额的款项并转存至结构性存款标的下，该等操作无须经甲方另行同意或通知甲方。 On the Effective Date, Party A hereby authorizes Party B to deduct fund in the Settlement Account equal to the full Deposit Amount and transfer the same to be deposited under the Structured Deposit program without further consent from and notice to Party A.
4.3 甲方授权乙方在结算日或根据本协议第6.2 款的提前终止日（如适用）将结构性存款标的下的符合本协议第5.2 款数额的资金转入甲方的结算账户，该等操作无须经甲方另行同意或通知甲方。 On the Settlement Date or (as the case may be) the Early Termination Date (as specified in Clause 6.2), Party A hereby authorizes Party B to transfer fund so deposited under the Structured Deposit program to the Settlement Account without further consent from and notice to Party A. Provided that the fund to be transferred by Party B thereof shall be equal to the amount as specified in Clause 5.2.
4.4 在甲方签署本协议后的 24 小时（“冷静期”）内，甲方有权以乙方指定的方式通知乙方撤销结构性存款业务。若甲方在冷静期内行使撤销权的，本协议视为未生效，相关结构性存款业务不进行。冷静期结束后，甲方的撤销权立即自动完全失效。 Within 24 hours from the execution of this Agreement by Party A (“Cooling-off Party A’s right to withdraw/cancel the purchase of Structured Deposit shall be completely ceased.
4.5 除另有约定外，相关税费（若有）由甲方自行负担。 Unless otherwise specified, Party A shall bear all relevant taxes applicable to it (if any).
4.6 甲方对本协议及销售文件负有保密义务，未经乙方书面许可，甲方不得向任何组织、个人提供或泄露与乙方或本协议有关的任何业务资料及信息，法律及/或监管要求另有规定除外。 Party A shall keep confidential this Agreement and Ancillary Document. Without written approval from Party B, it shall not provide nor disclose to any organization or individual any business material and information relating to Party B and in connection with this Agreement, unless otherwise required by laws regulations and/or regulatory requirement.
4.7 甲方认可，产品说明书及所有销售文件的所有条款与条件符合其意图及要求，应得到甲方的完全遵守。 Party A accepts that all terms and conditions as provided in the Commercial Term and any relevant Ancillary Documents meet its intentions and requirements and it shall fully comply with all provisions hereof/thereof.
Party B’s Rights and Obligations 9.2.1 Party B guarantees that it will use the Leased Unit properly according to the Agreement, be responsible for its own profits and losses and operate independently;
9.2.2 After being submitted to Party A for examination and approval, the Leased Unit shall be renovated at its own expense; The decoration of Leased Unit must abide by the codes, regulations and requirements on decoration formulated by Party A and the property company, and accept the supervision of Party A;
9.2.3 After the expiration of the lease term, if Party B needs to renew the agreement, it shall submit a written application to Party A three months before the expiration of the Agreement. After both parties reach an agreement on renewing the agreement, they shall renew the agreement 30 days before the expiration of the Agreement. Otherwise, Party B shall be deemed to have given up the priority to lease;
9.2.4 Party B shall pay rent, property management fee, water and electricity fee on time and in quantity, and pay relevant taxes and fees to the state and local government by itself. Party B shall guarantee legal operation during the lease term, and shall not be in arrears with employees’ wages; otherwise, all liabilities arising therefrom shall be borne by Party B itself;
9.2.5 During the lease term, Party B shall reasonably utilize, actively maintain, and repair the Leased Unit and the equipment and facilities in the Leased Unit to ensure the overall safety and normal operation of the Leased Unit, and all expenses arising from the repair and maintenance shall be borne by Party B;
9.2.6 Party B shall bear the fire safety responsibility of the Leased Unit. Party B shall not store or allow others to store inflammable, explosive, toxic and other dangerous goods in the Leased Unit. If a fire accident occurs in the Leased Unit, unless the national fire safety department proves that the cause of the accident has nothing to do with Party B, all its responsibilities shall be borne by Party B; In case of property and personnel casualties of Party A or others, Party B shall bear all compensation responsibilities;
9.2.7 Party B shall accept and cooperate with the unified management of Party A and the property management company, and abide by the property management regulations, codes and relevant unified charging standards of the Building;
9.2.8 During the lease term, Party B shall insure its own property and personnel in the Leased Unit and go through the insurance formalities by itself. Party B shall be responsible for the safety of personnel and property in the Leased Unit, and shall be responsible for the safety of ancillary facilities, personnel and articles in the Leased Unit. In case of loss or damage of articles, and injury or death of people in the Leased Unit, all the consequences and responsibilities shall be borne by Party B independently;
9.2.9 The procedures such as industrial and commercial procedures, and tax registration procedures, as well as the licenses such as fire protection license or other business license required by Party B shall be handled by Party B itself, and the expenses shall be borne by Party B. The consequences and responsibilities caused by incomplete procedures or licenses shall be borne by Party B itself;
9.2.10 Without the prior written consent of Party A, it is not allowed to use the name of Party A or the Building or the name of 「Xiangjiang Financial Center」 and its related trade names and trademarks for social activities, publicity, commodity packaging, printing, advertising, making badges, etc., but it does not include the use of 「Xiangjiang Financial Center」 as the address of its business or commodity packaging;
9.2.11 Party B shall not destroy, damage or smear any part of the Building, or any decorations in public areas, stairs, elevators and escalators, and shall not smear, deface, post advertisements around the Leased Unit, set up stalls, or do other acts that hinder the overall cleanliness. Party B shall promptly dispose of any packing, cartons, garbage or other obstacles of any kind or nature left or untreated in the public areas, so as not to affect the hygiene and cleanliness of the public areas;
9.2.12 Without Party A’s consent, Party B can only register one business entity in the Leased Unit. If Party B registers a business entity in the Leased Unit, Party B and the business entity registered by Party B guarantee that they shall jointly perform all obligations of this Agreement; If Party B needs to transfer Party B’s rights and obligations in this Agreement to the newly registered business entity, it shall issue copies of business license and tax registration certificate with official seal and issue a written notice to Party A on the establishment date of the newly registered business entity, and Party A, Party B and the newly registered business entity can sign the rights and obligations transfer agreement only on the premise that Party B and its guarantor guarantee to bear joint and several guarantee liabilities for Party B’s newly registered business entity to fulfill all obligations under this Agreement;
9.2.13 Accept and abide by the management rules and regulations of the Building.
Successors and Assigns; Participations; New Lenders (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrowers, Agent, each Lender, all future holders of the Obligations and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Borrower may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Agent and each Lender.
(b) Each Borrower acknowledges that in the regular course of commercial banking business one or more Lenders may at any time and from time to time sell participating interests in the Advances to other financial institutions (each such transferee or purchaser of a participating interest, a "Transferee"). Each Transferee may exercise all rights of payment (including without limitation rights of set-off) with respect to the portion of such Advances held by it or other Obligations payable hereunder as fully as if such Transferee were the direct holder thereof provided that Borrowers shall not be required to pay to any Transferee more than the amount which it would have been required to pay to Lender which granted an interest in its Advances or other Obligations payable hereunder to such Transferee had such Lender retained such interest in the Advances hereunder or other Obligations payable hereunder and in no event shall Borrowers be required to pay any such amount arising from the same circumstances and with respect to the same Advances or other Obligations payable hereunder to both such Lender and such Transferee. Each Borrower hereby grants to any Transferee a continuing security interest in any deposits, moneys or other property actually or constructively held by such Transferee as security for the Transferee's interest in the Advances.
(c) Any Lender may with the consent of Agent which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed sell, assign or transfer all or any part of its rights under this Agreement and the Other Documents to one or more additional banks or financial institutions and one or more additional banks or financial institutions may commit to make Advances hereunder (each a "Purchasing Lender"), in minimum amounts of not less than $5,000,000, pursuant to a Commitment Transfer Supplement, executed by a Purchasing Lender, the transferor Lender, and Agent and delivered to Agent for recording. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the transfer effective date determined pursuant to such Commitment Transfer Supplement, (i) Purchasing Lender thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Commitment Transfer Supplement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder with a Commitment Percentage as set forth therein, and (ii) the transferor Lender thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Commitment Transfer Supplement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement, the Commitment Transfer Supplement creating a novation for that purpose. Such Commitment Transfer Supplement shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of the Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under this Agreement and the Other Documents. Borrowers hereby consent to the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of the Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under this Agreement and the Other Documents. Borrowers shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things in order to effectuate the foregoing.
(d) Agent shall maintain at its address a copy of each Commitment Transfer Supplement delivered to it and a register (the "Register") for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Advances owing to each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and Borrowers, Agent and Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Advance recorded therein for the purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrowers or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Agent shall receive a fee in the amount of $3,500 payable by the applicable Purchasing Lender upon the effective date of each transfer or assignment to such Purchasing Lender.
(e) Each Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Transferee or Purchasing Lender and any prospective Transferee or Purchasing Lender any and all financial information in such Lender's possession concerning such Borrower which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of such Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with such Lender's credit evaluation of such Borrower.
Successors and Assigns Participations Assignments (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrowers and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns.
(b) The foregoing shall not authorize any assignment by any Borrower of its rights or duties hereunder, and, except as otherwise provided herein, no such assignment shall be made (or be effective) without the prior written approval of the Lenders.
(c) No Lenders may at any time assign or grant participations in such Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents except (i) by way of assignment to any Eligible Assignee in accordance with clause (d) of this Section, (ii) by way of a participation in accordance with the provisions of clause (e) of this Section or (iii) by way of a pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of clause (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any Lender shall be deemed to be null and void).
(d) Each assignment by a Lender of all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) each such assignment shall be made on a pro rata basis, and shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x) Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or such lesser amount as the Agent shall agree and (y) the entire remaining amount of assigning Lender’s aggregate interest in the Revolving Credit (and participations in any outstanding Letters of Credit); provided however that, after giving effect to such assignment, in no event shall the entire remaining amount (if any) of assigning Lender’s aggregate interest in the Revolving Credit (and participations in any outstanding Letters of Credit) be less than $5,000,000; and
(ii) the parties to any assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent an Assignment Agreement substantially (as determined by Agent) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (with appropriate insertions acceptable to Agent), together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount, if any, required as set forth in the Assignment Agreement (provided however that such Lender need not deliver an Assignment Agreement in connection with assignments to such Lender’s Affiliates or to a Federal Reserve Bank). Until the Assignment Agreement becomes effective in accordance with its terms, and Agent has confirmed that the assignment satisfies the requirements of this Section 13.8, the Borrowers and the Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the assigning Lender in connection with the interest so assigned. From and after the effective date of each Assignment Agreement that satisfies the requirements of this Section 13.8, the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to be a party to this Agreement, such assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including without limitation the right to receive fees payable hereunder in respect of the period following such assignment) and the assigning Lender shall relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Upon request, Borrowers shall execute and deliver to the Agent, new Note(s) payable to the order of the assignee in an amount equal to the amount assigned to the assigning Lender pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, and with respect to the portion of the Indebtedness retained by the assigning Lender, to the extent applicable, new Note(s) payable to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the amount retained by such Lender hereunder. The Agent, the Lenders and each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that any such new Note(s) shall be given in renewal and replacement of the Notes issued to the assigning lender prior to such assignment and shall not effect or constitute a novation or discharge of the Indebtedness evidenced by such prior Note, and each such new Note may contain a provision confirming such agreement.
(e) The Borrowers and the Agent acknowledge that each of the Lenders may at any time and from time to time, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, grant participations in such Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder (on a pro rata basis only) and under the other Loan Documents to any Person (other than a natural person or to any Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries); provided that any participation permitted hereunder shall comply with all applicable laws and shall be subject to a participation agreement that incorporates the following restrictions:
(i) such Lender shall remain the holder of its Notes hereunder (if such Notes are issued), notwithstanding any such participation;
(ii) a participant shall not reassign or transfer, or grant any sub-participations in its participation interest hereunder or any part thereof; and
(iii) such Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Credit Parties relating to the Notes and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the right to proceed against any Guarantors, or cause the Agent to do so (subject to the terms and conditions hereof), and the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement without the consent of the participant (unless such participant is an Affiliate of such Lender), except for those matters covered by Section 13.10(a) through (e) hereof (provided that a participant may exercise any of the approval rights granted above in this clause (iii) only on an indirect basis, acting through such Lender and the Credit Parties, Agent and the other Lenders may continue to deal directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and duties hereunder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in the case of any participation granted by any Lender hereunder, the participant shall not have any rights under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents against the Agent, any other Lender or any Credit Party; provided, however that the participant may have rights against such Lender in respect of such participation as may be set forth in the applicable participation agreement and all amounts payable by the Credit Parties hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation. Each such participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Article 11 of this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (d) of this Section, provided that no participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such the provisions of Article 11 than the issuing Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such issuing Lender to such participant had no such transfer occurred and each such participant shall also be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.6 hereof as though it were a Lender, provided that such participant agrees to be subject to Section 10.3 hereof as though it were a Lender.
(f) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including its Notes, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledge or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) The Agent shall maintain at its principal office a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, the Percentages of such Lenders and the principal amount of each type of Advance owing to each such Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Agent, and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Advances recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender upon reasonable notice to the Agent and a copy of such information shall be provided to any such party on their prior written request. The Agent shall give prompt written notice to the Borrower Representative of the making of any entry in the Register or any change in such entry.
(h) Each Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any prospective assignee or participant which has satisfied the requirements hereunder, any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Credit Parties which has been delivered to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement, provided that each such prospective assignee or participant shall execute a confidentiality agreement consistent with the terms of Section 13.11 hereof or shall otherwise agree to be bound by the terms thereof.
(i) Nothing in this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall confer on any Person other than the respective parties hereto and thereto and their successors and assignees and participants permitted hereunder and thereunder any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or other claim under this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents.
Parties' Rights and Obligations If during the Term there is any Condemnation of all or any part of the Leased Property or any interest in this Lease, the rights and obligations of Lessor and Lessee shall be determined by this Article 15.
Trustee’s Rights and Obligations The Trustee is entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by the Indenture. If the Trustee has received such an Opinion of Counsel, it shall sign the amendment, supplement or waiver so long as the same does not adversely affect the rights of the Trustee. The Trustee may, but is not obligated to, execute any amendment, supplement or waiver that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture.
