Obligation to Reimburse and to Prepay. (a) In connection with any Letter of Credit, the US Borrower may make funds available for disbursement by the Issuing Bank in connection with such Letter of Credit. In such cases, the Issuing Bank shall use such funds which the US Borrower has made available to fund such Letter of Credit. In addition, the US Borrower may give written instructions to the Issuing Bank and the US Administrative Agent to make a Loan under this Agreement to fund any Letters of Credit which may be drawn. In all such cases, the US Borrower shall give the appropriate notices required under this Agreement for a US Dollar Base Rate Loan, a US Dollar LIBOR Reference Rate Loan or a US Dollar LIBOR Loan. If a disbursement by the Issuing Bank is made under any Letter of Credit, in cases in which the US Borrower has not either provided its own funds to fund a draw on a Letter of Credit or given the US Administrative Agent prior notice for a Loan under this Agreement, then the US Borrower shall pay to the US Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days after notice of any such disbursement is received by the US Borrower, the amount and, in the case of any Offshore Currency Letters of Credit, the US Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of such disbursement, of each such disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under the Letter of Credit (if such payment is not sooner effected as may be required under this Section 2.10 or under other provisions of the Letter of Credit), together with interest on the amount disbursed from and including the date of disbursement until payment in full of such disbursed amount at a varying rate per annum equal to (i) the then applicable interest rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans through the second Business Day after notice of such disbursement is received by the US Borrower and (ii) thereafter, the Post-Default Rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans (but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate) for the period from and including the third Business Day following the date of such disbursement to and including the date of repayment in full of such disbursed amount. The obligations of the US Borrower under this Agreement with respect to each Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid or performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever, including but only to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, the following circumstances: (A) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (B) any amendment or waiver of (including any default), or any consent to departure from this Agreement (except to the extent permitted under any amendment or waiver), any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (C) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other rights which the US Borrower may have at any time against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, any US Tranche Revolving Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the Security Instruments, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transaction; (D) any statement, certificate, draft, notice or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proves to have been forged, fraudulent, insufficient or invalid in any respect or any statement therein proves to have been untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (E) payment by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which appears on its face to comply, but does not comply, with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (F) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the US Borrower will not be liable for payment or performance that results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank or its officers, employees, agents or representatives, except where the US Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary actually recovers the proceeds for itself or the Issuing Bank of any payment made by the Issuing Bank in connection with such gross negligence or willful misconduct. (b) In the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default, a payment or prepayment pursuant to Section 2.07(b) or the maturity of the Loans, whether by acceleration or otherwise, an amount equal to the LC Exposure, except for all Offshore Currency Letters of Credit which shall equal an amount equal to 110% of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent, shall be deemed to be forthwith due and owing by the US Borrower to the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent and the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as of the date of any such occurrence; and the US Borrower’s obligation to pay such amount (or provide one or more Support Letters of Credit in a face amount equal to such amount) shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit, and, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, shall not be subject to any defense or be affected by a right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment which the US Borrower may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, the US Tranche Revolving Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever. The US Borrower will have a continuing obligation to maintain in such account at least an amount in cash or one or more Support Letters of Credit equal to 110% of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent. Such payments shall be held by the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank on behalf of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders, as collateral securing the LC Exposure in an account or accounts at the Principal Office; and the US Borrower hereby grants to, and by its deposit with the US Administrative Agent grants to, the US Administrative Agent a security interest in such collateral. In the event of any such payment by the US Borrower of amounts contingently owing under outstanding Letters of Credit and in the event that thereafter drafts or other demands for payment complying with the terms of such Letters of Credit are not made prior to the respective expiration dates thereof, the US Administrative Agent agrees, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if no other amounts are outstanding under this Agreement, the Loans or the Security Instruments, to (i) remit to the US Borrower (A) such amounts for which the contingent obligations evidenced by the Letters of Credit have ceased and (B) amounts on deposit as cash collateral for Letters of Credit and (ii) cancel and return any outstanding Support Letters of Credit issued in connection therewith. (c) Each US Tranche Revolving Lender severally and unconditionally agrees that it shall promptly reimburse the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, in US Dollars an amount equal to such Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.01(b) of any disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit that is not reimbursed according to this Section 2.10 (other than with respect to disbursements described in the second paragraph of Section 2.10(a)), and such obligation to reimburse is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. If the US Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the US Administrative Agent shall notify each US Tranche Revolving Lender of the applicable disbursement, the payment then due from the US Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s applicable percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each US Tranche Revolving Lender shall pay to the US Administrative Agent its applicable percentage of the payment then due from the US Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02(f) with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.02(f) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders), and the US Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the US Tranche Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the US Administrative Agent of any payment from the US Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the US Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that US Tranche Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such US Tranche Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the US Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such disbursement. If no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and subject to availability under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), to the extent the US Borrower has not reimbursed the Issuing Bank for any drawn upon Letter of Credit within one (1) Business Day after notice of such disbursement has been received by the US Borrower, the amount of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall automatically be funded by the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as a Loan hereunder and used to pay such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation in the percentages referenced in clause (c) above. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if the funding of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation as a Loan would cause the aggregate amount of all Loans outstanding to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall not be funded as a Loan, but instead shall accrue interest as provided in Section 2.10(a) and be subject to reimbursement under Section 2.10(c).
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Samples: Senior Secured Credit Agreement (Exterran Holdings Inc.)
Obligation to Reimburse and to Prepay. (a) In connection with any Letter of Credit, the US Borrower may make funds available for disbursement by the Issuing Bank in connection with such Letter of Credit. In such cases, the Issuing Bank shall use such funds which the US Borrower has made available to fund such Letter of Credit. In addition, the US Borrower may give written instructions to the Issuing Bank and the US Administrative Agent to make a Loan under this Agreement to fund any Letters of Credit which may be drawn. In all such cases, the US Borrower shall give the appropriate notices required under this Agreement for a US Dollar Base Rate Loan, a US Dollar LIBOR Reference Rate Loan or a US Dollar LIBOR Loan. If a disbursement by the Issuing Bank is made under any Letter of Credit, in cases in which the US Borrower has not either provided its own funds to fund a draw on a Letter of Credit or given the US Administrative Agent prior notice for a Loan under this Agreement, then the US Borrower shall pay to the US Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days after notice of any such disbursement is received by the US Borrower, the amount and, in the case of any Offshore Currency Letters of Credit, the US Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of such disbursement, of each such disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under the Letter of Credit (if such payment is not sooner effected as may be required under this Section 2.10 or under other provisions of the Letter of Credit), together with interest on the amount disbursed from and including the date of disbursement until payment in full of such disbursed amount at a varying rate per annum equal to (i) the then applicable interest rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans through the second Business Day after notice of such disbursement is received by the US Borrower and (ii) thereafter, the Post-Default Rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans (but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate) for the period from and including the third Business Day following the date of such disbursement to and including the date of repayment in full of such disbursed amount. The obligations of the US Borrower under this Agreement with respect to each Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid or performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever, including including, without limitation, but only to the fullest extent permitted under by applicable law, the following circumstances: (Ai) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (Bii) any amendment or waiver of (including any default), or any consent to departure from this Agreement (except to the extent permitted under by any amendment or waiver), any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (Ciii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other rights which the US Borrower may have at any time against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, any US Tranche Revolving Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the Security Instruments, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transaction; (Div) any statement, certificate, draft, notice or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proves to have been forged, fraudulent, insufficient or invalid in any respect or any statement therein proves to have been untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (Ev) payment by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which appears on its face to comply, but does not comply, with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (Fvi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the US Borrower will not be liable for payment or performance that results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank or its officers, employees, agents or representatives, except .
(i) where the US Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary actually recovers the proceeds for itself or the Issuing Bank of any payment made by the Issuing Bank in connection with such gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct or (ii) in cases where the Administrative Agent makes payment to the named beneficiary of a Letter of Credit.
(b) In the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default, a payment or prepayment pursuant to Section 2.07(b) or the maturity of the LoansNotes, whether by acceleration or otherwise, an amount equal to the LC Exposure, except for all Offshore Currency Letters of Credit which shall equal Exposure (or an amount equal to 110% the amount by which the LC Exposure exceeds the Working Capital Borrowing Base in the case of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent, Section 2.07(b)) shall be deemed to be forthwith due and owing by the US Borrower to the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent and the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as of the date of any such occurrence; and the US Borrower’s 's obligation to pay such amount (or provide one or more Support Letters of Credit in a face amount equal to such amount) shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit, and, to the fullest extent permitted under by applicable law, shall not be subject to any defense or be affected by a right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment which the US Borrower may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, the US Tranche Revolving Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever. The US Borrower will have a continuing obligation to maintain in such account at least an amount in cash or one or more Support Letters of Credit equal to 110% of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent. Such payments shall be held by the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank on behalf of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders, Lenders as cash collateral securing the LC Exposure in an account or accounts at the Principal Office; and the US Borrower hereby grants to, to and by its deposit with the US Administrative Agent grants to, to the US Administrative Agent a security interest in such cash collateral. In the event of any such payment by the US Borrower of amounts contingently owing under outstanding Letters of Credit and in the event that thereafter drafts or other demands for payment complying with the terms of such Letters of Credit are not made prior to the respective expiration dates thereof, the US Administrative Agent agrees, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if no other amounts are outstanding under this Agreement, the Loans Notes or the Security Instruments, to remit to the Borrower
(i) remit to the US Borrower (A) such amounts for which the contingent obligations evidenced by the Letters of Credit have ceased and (Bii) amounts on deposit as cash collateral for Letters of Credit and (ii) cancel and return any outstanding Support Letters of Credit issued Credit, to the extent that the LC Exposure no longer exceeds the Working Capital Borrowing Base, in connection therewithwith a redetermination of such Working Capital Borrowing Base.
(c) Each US Tranche Revolving Lender severally and unconditionally agrees that it shall promptly reimburse the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, in US Dollars Bank an amount equal to such Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.01(b) 's Percentage Share of any disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit that is not reimbursed according to this Section 2.10 2.10.
(other than with respect to disbursements described in the second paragraph of Section 2.10(a)), and such obligation to reimburse is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. If the US Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the US Administrative Agent shall notify each US Tranche Revolving Lender of the applicable disbursement, the payment then due from the US Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s applicable percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each US Tranche Revolving Lender shall pay d) Notwithstanding anything to the US Administrative Agent its applicable percentage of the payment then due from the US Borrowercontrary contained herein, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02(f) with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.02(f) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders), and the US Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the US Tranche Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the US Administrative Agent of any payment from the US Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the US Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that US Tranche Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such US Tranche Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the US Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such disbursement. If if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, continuing and subject to availability under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), to the extent the US Borrower has not reimbursed the Issuing Bank for any drawn upon Letter of Credit within one
one (1) Business Day Days after notice of such disbursement has been received by the US Borrower, the amount of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall automatically be funded by the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as a Loan hereunder and used by the Lenders to pay such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation in the percentages referenced in clause (c) aboveobligation. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if the funding of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation as a Loan would cause the aggregate amount of all Loans outstanding to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall not be funded as a Loan, but instead shall accrue interest as provided in Section 2.10(a) and be subject to reimbursement under Section 2.10(c).
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Samples: Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement (BRL Universal Equipment Corp)
Obligation to Reimburse and to Prepay. (a) In connection with any Letter of Credit, the US Borrower Borrowers may make funds available for disbursement by the Issuing Bank in connection with such Letter of Credit. In such cases, the Issuing Bank shall use such funds which the US Borrower has Borrowers have made available to fund such Letter of Credit. In addition, the US Borrower Borrowers may give written instructions to the Issuing Bank and the US Administrative Agent to make a Loan under this Agreement to fund any Letters of Credit which may be drawn. In all such cases, the US Borrower Borrowers shall give the appropriate notices required under this Agreement for a US Dollar Base Rate Loan, a US Dollar LIBOR Reference Rate Loan or a US Dollar LIBOR Loan. If a disbursement by the Issuing Bank is made under any Letter of Credit, in cases in which the US Borrower has Borrowers have not either provided its their own funds to fund a draw on a Letter of Credit or given the US Administrative Agent prior notice for a Loan under this Agreement, then the US Borrower Borrowers shall pay to the US Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days after notice of any such disbursement is received by the US BorrowerBorrowers, the amount and, in the case of any Offshore Currency Letters of Credit, the US Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of such disbursement, of each such disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under the Letter of Credit (if such payment is not sooner effected as may be required under this Section 2.10 or under other provisions of the Letter of Credit), together with interest on the amount disbursed from and including the date of disbursement until payment in full of such disbursed amount at a varying rate per annum equal to (i) the then applicable interest rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans through the second Business Day after notice of such disbursement is received by the such US Borrower and (ii) thereafter, the Post-Default Rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans (but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate) for the period from and including the third Business Day following the date of such disbursement to and including the date of repayment in full of such disbursed amount. The obligations of the each US Borrower under this Agreement with respect to each Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid or performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever, including including, without limitation, but only to the fullest extent permitted under by applicable law, the following circumstances: (A) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (B) any amendment or waiver of (including any default), or any consent to departure from this Agreement (except to the extent permitted under by any amendment or waiver), any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (C) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other rights which the either US Borrower may have at any time against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, any US Tranche Revolving Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the Security Instruments, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transaction; (D) any statement, certificate, draft, notice or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proves to have been forged, fraudulent, insufficient or invalid in any respect or any statement therein proves to have been untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (E) payment by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which appears on its face to comply, but does not comply, with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (F) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the US Borrower Borrowers will not be liable for payment or performance that results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank or its officers, employees, agents or representatives, except where the US Borrower Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary actually recovers the proceeds for itself or the Issuing Bank of any payment made by the Issuing Bank in connection with such gross negligence or willful misconduct, except for reasonable costs and expenses associated with such recovery.
(b) In the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default, a payment or prepayment pursuant to Section 2.07(b) or the maturity of the LoansNotes, whether by acceleration or otherwise, an amount equal to the LC Exposure, except for all Offshore Currency Letters of Credit which shall equal an amount equal to 110% of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent, shall be deemed to be forthwith due and owing by the US Borrower Borrowers to the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent and the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as of the date of any such occurrence; and the each US Borrower’s obligation to pay such amount (or provide one or more Support Letters of Credit in a face amount equal to such amount) shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit, and, to the fullest extent permitted under by applicable law, shall not be subject to any defense or be affected by a right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment which the US Borrower Borrowers may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, the US Tranche Revolving Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever. The US Borrower Borrowers will have a continuing obligation to maintain in such account at least an amount in cash or one or more Support Letters of Credit equal to 110% of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent. Such payments shall be held by the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank on behalf of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders, Lenders as cash collateral securing the LC Exposure in an account or accounts at the Principal Office; and the US Borrower Borrowers hereby grants grant to, and by its their deposit with the US Administrative Agent grants to, the US Administrative Agent a security interest in such cash collateral. In the event of any such payment by the US Borrower Borrowers of amounts contingently owing under outstanding Letters of Credit and in the event that thereafter drafts or other demands for payment complying with the terms of such Letters of Credit are not made prior to the respective expiration dates thereof, the US Administrative Agent agrees, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if no other amounts are outstanding under this Agreement, the Loans Notes or the Security Instruments, to (i) remit to the US Borrower Borrowers (Ai) such amounts for which the contingent obligations evidenced by the Letters of Credit have ceased and (Bii) amounts on deposit as cash collateral for Letters of Credit and (ii) cancel and return any outstanding Support Letters of Credit issued in connection therewithCredit.
(c) Each US Tranche Revolving Lender severally and unconditionally agrees that it shall promptly reimburse the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, Bank in US Dollars an amount equal to such Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.01(b) of any disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit that is not reimbursed according to this Section 2.10 (other than with respect to disbursements described in the second paragraph of Section 2.10(a)), and such obligation to reimburse is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. If the US Borrower fails Borrowers fail to make such payment when due, the US Administrative Agent shall notify each US Tranche Revolving Lender of the applicable disbursement, the payment then due from the US Borrower Borrowers in respect thereof and such Lender’s applicable percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each US Tranche Revolving Lender shall pay to the US Administrative Agent its applicable percentage of the payment then due from the US BorrowerBorrowers, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02(f) with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.02(f) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders), and the US Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the US Tranche Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the US Administrative Agent of any payment from the US Borrower Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, the US Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that US Tranche Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such US Tranche Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the US Borrower Borrowers of its their obligation to reimburse such disbursement. .
(d) If no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and subject to availability under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), to the extent the US Borrower has Borrowers have not reimbursed the Issuing Bank for any drawn upon Letter of Credit within one
one (1) Business Day after notice of such disbursement has been received by the US BorrowerBorrowers, the amount of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall automatically be funded by the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as a Loan hereunder and used to pay such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation in the percentages referenced in clause (c) above. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if the funding of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation as a Loan would cause the aggregate amount of all Loans outstanding to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall not be funded as a Loan, but instead shall accrue interest as provided in Section 2.10(a) and be subject to reimbursement under Section 2.10(c).
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Samples: Senior Secured Credit Agreement (Universal Compression Holdings Inc)
Obligation to Reimburse and to Prepay. (a) In connection with any Letter of Credit, the US Borrower may make funds available for disbursement by the Issuing Bank in connection with such Letter of Credit. In such cases, the Issuing Bank shall use such funds which the US Borrower has made available to fund such Letter of Credit. In addition, the US Borrower may give written instructions to the Issuing Bank and the US Administrative Agent to make a Loan under this Agreement to fund any Letters of Credit which may be drawn. In all such cases, the US Borrower shall give the appropriate notices required under this Agreement for a US Dollar Base Rate Loan, a US Dollar LIBOR Reference Rate Loan or a US Dollar LIBOR Loan. If a disbursement by the Issuing Bank is made under any Letter of Credit, in cases in which the US Borrower has not either provided its own funds to fund a draw on a Letter of Credit or given the US Administrative Agent prior notice for a Loan under this Agreement, then the US Borrower shall pay to the US Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days after notice of any such disbursement is received by the US Borrower, the amount and, in the case of any Offshore Currency Letters of Credit, the US Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of such disbursement, of each such disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under the Letter of Credit (if such payment is not sooner effected as may be required under this Section 2.10 or under other provisions of the Letter of Credit), together with interest on the amount disbursed from and including the date of disbursement until payment in full of such disbursed amount at a varying rate per annum equal to (i) the then applicable interest rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans through the second Business Day after notice of such disbursement is received by the US Borrower and (ii) thereafter, the Post-Default Rate for US Dollar Base Rate Loans (but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate) for the period from and including the third Business Day following the date of such disbursement to and including the date of repayment in full of such disbursed amount. The obligations of the US Borrower under this Agreement with respect to each Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid or performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever, including including, without limitation, but only to the fullest extent permitted under by applicable law, the following circumstances: (Ai) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (Bii) any amendment or waiver of (including any default), or any consent to departure from this Agreement (except to the extent permitted under by any amendment or waiver), any Letter of Credit or any of the Security Instruments; (Ciii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other rights which the US Borrower may have at any time against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, any US Tranche Revolving Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the Security Instruments, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transaction; (Div) any statement, certificate, draft, notice or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proves to have been forged, fraudulent, insufficient or invalid in any respect or any statement therein proves to have been untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (Ev) payment by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which appears on its face to comply, but does not comply, with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (Fvi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the US Borrower will not be liable for payment or performance that results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Bank or its officers, employees, agents or representativesas determined by a final and non appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, except (i) where the US Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary actually recovers the proceeds for itself or the Issuing Bank of any payment made by the Issuing Bank in connection with such gross negligence or willful misconductmisconduct or (ii) in cases where the US Administrative Agent makes payment to the named beneficiary of a Letter of Credit.
(b) In the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default, a payment or prepayment pursuant to Section 2.07(b) or the maturity of the LoansNotes, whether by acceleration or otherwise, an amount equal to the LC Exposure, except for all Offshore Currency Letters of Credit which shall equal Exposure (or an amount equal to 110% the amount by which the LC Exposure exceeds the Working Capital Borrowing Base in the case of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent, Section 2.07(b)) shall be deemed to be forthwith due and owing by the US Borrower to the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent and the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as of the date of any such occurrence; and the US Borrower’s 's obligation to pay such amount (or provide one or more Support Letters of Credit in a face amount equal to such amount) shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit, and, to the fullest extent permitted under by applicable law, shall not be subject to any defense or be affected by a right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment which the US Borrower may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, the Issuing Bank, the US Administrative Agent, the US Tranche Revolving Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever. The US Borrower will have a continuing obligation to maintain in such account at least an amount in cash or one or more Support Letters of Credit equal to 110% of the aggregate face amount of all such Offshore Currency Letters of Credit based on the then US Dollar Equivalent. Such payments shall be held by the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank on behalf of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders, Lenders as cash collateral securing the LC Exposure in an account or accounts at the Principal Office; and the US Borrower hereby grants to, to and by its deposit with the US Administrative Agent grants to, to the US Administrative Agent a security interest in such cash collateral. In the event of any such payment by the US Borrower of amounts contingently owing under outstanding Letters of Credit and in the event that thereafter drafts or other demands for payment complying with the terms of such Letters of Credit are not made prior to the respective expiration dates thereof, the US Administrative Agent agrees, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if no other amounts are outstanding under this Agreement, the Loans Notes or the Security Instruments, to (i) remit to the US Borrower (Ai) such amounts for which the contingent obligations evidenced by the Letters of Credit have ceased and (Bii) amounts on deposit as cash collateral for Letters of Credit and (ii) cancel and return any outstanding Support Letters of Credit issued Credit, to the extent that the LC Exposure no longer exceeds the Working Capital Borrowing Base, in connection therewithwith a redetermination of such Working Capital Borrowing Base.
(c) Each US Tranche Revolving Lender severally and unconditionally agrees that it shall promptly reimburse the US Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, in US Dollars Bank an amount equal to such Lender’s 's participation in any Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.01(b) of any disbursement made by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit that is not reimbursed according to this Section 2.10 2.10.
(other than with respect to disbursements described in the second paragraph of Section 2.10(a)), and such obligation to reimburse is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. If the US Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the US Administrative Agent shall notify each US Tranche Revolving Lender of the applicable disbursement, the payment then due from the US Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s applicable percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each US Tranche Revolving Lender shall pay d) Notwithstanding anything to the US Administrative Agent its applicable percentage of the payment then due from the US Borrowercontrary contained herein, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02(f) with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.02(f) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the US Tranche Revolving Lenders), and the US Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the US Tranche Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the US Administrative Agent of any payment from the US Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the US Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that US Tranche Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such US Tranche Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the US Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such disbursement. If if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, continuing and subject to availability under the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), to the extent the US Borrower has not reimbursed the Issuing Bank for any drawn upon Letter of Credit within one
one (1) Business Day Days after notice of such disbursement has been received by the US Borrower, the amount of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall automatically be funded by the US Tranche Revolving Lenders as a Loan hereunder and used by such Lenders to pay such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation in the percentages referenced in clause (c) above. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if the funding of such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation as a Loan would cause the aggregate amount of all Loans outstanding to exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (after reduction for the LC Exposure), such Letter of Credit reimbursement obligation shall not be funded as a Loan, but instead shall accrue interest as provided in Section 2.10(a) and be subject to reimbursement under Section 2.10(c).
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Samples: Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement (Universal Compression Inc)