Bankers’ Acceptances (a) The Canadian Administrative Agent, promptly following receipt of a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Continuation, requesting BA Loans, shall advise each applicable Canadian Lender of the face or principal amount and term of each BA Loan to be accepted (and purchased) or advanced by it. The aggregate face or principal amount of BA Loans to be accepted or advanced by a Canadian Lender shall be determined by the Canadian Administrative Agent by reference to that Canadian Lender’s applicable pro rata portion of the issue or advance of BA Loans, except that the aggregate face amount of Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by the applicable Canadian Lenders shall be increased or reduced by the Canadian Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as may be necessary to ensure that the face amount of the Bankers’ Acceptance to be accepted by each applicable Canadian Lender would be C$100,000 or a whole multiple thereof. For greater certainty, the foregoing C$100,000 minimum face amount of Bankers’ Acceptances for each Lender shall not apply to BA Equivalent Loans.
(b) On the date specified in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Continuation on which a BA Loan is to be made, the Canadian Administrative Agent shall advise the Canadian Borrower as to the Canadian Administrative Agent’s determination of the BA Discount Rate for the BA Loans to be purchased or advanced, as the case may be.
(c) The Canadian Borrower shall sell and each Canadian Lender shall purchase the Bankers’ Acceptance accepted by it at the applicable BA Discount Rate. Subject to clause (d) below, each Canadian Lender shall provide the Canadian Administrative Agent, for the account of the Canadian Borrower, the BA Discount Proceeds less the Applicable Stamping Fee payable by the Canadian Borrower with respect to the Bankers’ Acceptance.
(d) In the event the Canadian Borrower requests a continuation of BA Loans for a further Interest Period, or requests conversion from Canadian Prime Loans into BA Loans in accordance with Section 2.6, the Canadian Administrative Agent shall make arrangements satisfactory to it to ensure the BA Discount Proceeds from the replacement BA Loans are applied to repay the face amount of the maturing BA Loans or the principal amount of such loans to be converted (the “Maturing Amount”) and the Canadian Borrower should concurrently pay to the Canadian Administrative Agent any positive difference between the Maturing Amount and such BA Discount Proceeds.
(e) Each Canadian Lender may from time to time hold, sell, rediscount or otherwise dispose of any or all Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and purchased by it.
(f) In order to facilitate the issuance of Bankers’ Acceptances pursuant to this Agreement, the Canadian Borrower hereby authorizes each of the Canadian Lenders, and appoints each of the Canadian Lenders as the Canadian Borrower’s attorney, to complete, sign and endorse drafts or depository bills (as defined in the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) (each such executed draft or xxxx being herein referred to as a “Draft”) on its behalf in handwritten form or by facsimile or mechanical signature or otherwise in accordance with the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Continuation and, once so completed, signed and endorsed to accept them as Bankers’ Acceptances under this Agreement and then if applicable, purchase, discount or negotiate such Bankers’ Acceptances in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Drafts so completed, signed, endorsed and negotiated on behalf of the Canadian Borrower by a Canadian Lender shall bind the Canadian Borrower as fully and effectively as if so performed by an Authorized Officer of the Canadian Borrower. Each draft of a Bankers’ Acceptance completed, signed or endorsed by a Canadian Lender shall mature on the last day of the term thereof. All Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by a particular Canadian Lender shall, at the option of such Canadian Lender, be issued in the form of depository bills made payable originally to and deposited with The Depository for Securities Limited pursuant to the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada).
(g) Any Drafts to be used for Bankers’ Acceptances which are held by a Canadian Lender shall be held in safekeeping with the same degree of care as if they were such Canadian Lender’s own property being kept at the place at which they are to be held. The Canadian Borrower may, by written notice to the Canadian Administrative Agent, designate persons other than Authorized Officers authorized to give the Canadian Administrative Agent instructions regarding the manner in which Drafts are to be completed and the times at which they are to be issued; provided however that receipt by the Canadian Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Continuation requesting an advance or continuation into, Bankers’ Acceptances shall be deemed to be sufficient authority from Authorized Officers or such designated persons for each of the Canadian Lenders to complete, and issue drafts in accordance with such notice. None of the Canadian Administrative Agent or the Canadian Lenders nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or representatives shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under this Section 2.14(g) except for their own respective gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(h) The Canadian Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other defense to the payment of any amounts due to a Canadian Lender in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance accepted and purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement which might exist solely by reason of the Bankers’ Acceptance being held, at the maturity thereof, by the Canadian Lender in its own right and the Canadian Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if the Canadian Lender as holder sues the Canadian Borrower on the Bankers’ Acceptance for payment of the amount payable by the Canadian Borrower thereunder. Each Bankers’ Acceptance shall mature and the face amount thereof shall be due and payable on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(i) Whenever the Canadian Borrower requests a Loan under this Agreement by way of Bankers’ Acceptances, each Non-Acceptance Lender shall, in lieu of accepting a Bankers’ Acceptance, make a BA Equivalent Loan by way of Discount Note in an amount equal to the Non-Acceptance Lender’s pro rata portion of the BA Loan. All terms of this Agreement applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances shall apply equally to Discount Notes evidencing BA Equivalent Loans with such changes as may in the context be necessary. For greater certainty:
(i) the term of a Discount Note shall be the same as the Interest Period for Bankers’ Acceptances accepted on the same date of the Borrowing in respect of the same BA Loan;
(ii) an acceptance fee will be payable in respect of a Discount Note and shall be calculated at the same rate and in the same manner as the Applicable Stamping Fee in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance; and
(iii) the proceeds from a BA Equivalent Loan shall be equal to the BA Discount Proceeds of the Discount Note.
Notice of Borrowing (a) Whenever the Borrower desires to incur (x) Eurodollar Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office at least three Business Days’ prior notice of each Eurodollar Loan to be incurred hereunder and (y) Base Rate Loans hereunder (excluding Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans made pursuant to a Mandatory Borrowing), the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office at least one Business Day’s prior notice of each Base Rate Loan to be incurred hereunder, provided that (in each case) any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on a certain day only if given before 2:00 P.M. (New York City time) on such day. Each such notice (each, a “Notice of Borrowing”), except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall be irrevocable and shall be in writing, or by telephone promptly confirmed in writing, in the form of Exhibit A-1, appropriately completed to specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans to be incurred pursuant to such Borrowing (stated in the relevant currency), (ii) the date of such Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) whether the Loans being incurred pursuant to such Borrowing are to be initially maintained as Base Rate Loans or, to the extent permitted hereunder, Euro Rate Loans and, if Euro Rate Loans, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, and (v) in the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans the proceeds of which are to be utilized to finance, in whole or in part, a Permitted Acquisition (or to pay any fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith), the amount of the Borrowing Availability after giving effect to such Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender which is required to make Loans specified in the respective Notice of Borrowing, notice of such proposed Borrowing, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters required by the immediately preceding sentence to be specified in the Notice of Borrowing.
(i) Whenever the Borrower desires to incur Swingline Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Swingline Lender no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date that a Swingline Loan is to be incurred, written notice or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing of each Swingline Loan to be incurred hereunder. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and specify in each case (A) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (B) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans to be incurred pursuant to such Borrowing, and (C) in the case of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans the proceeds of which are to be utilized to finance, in whole or in part, a Permitted Acquisition (or to pay any fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith), the amount of the Borrowing Availability after giving effect to such Borrowing.
(ii) Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 2.01(c), with the Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its incurrence of any Swingline Loan, to the making of the Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in Section 2.01(c).
(c) Without in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any telephonic notice of any Borrowing or prepayment of Loans, the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, may act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice of such Borrowing or prepayment, as the case may be, believed by the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, prior to receipt of written confirmation. In each such case, the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s or the Swingline Lender’s record of the terms of such telephonic notice of such Borrowing or prepayment of Loans, as the case may be, absent manifest error.
Notice of Borrowing and Disbursement The Swingline Lender will make Swingline Loans available to the Borrower on any Business Day upon request made by the Borrower not later than 2:00 P.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on such Business Day. A notice of request for Swingline Loan borrowing shall be made in the form of Schedule 2.1(b)(i) with appropriate modifications. Swingline Loan borrowings hereunder shall be made in minimum amounts of $100,000 and in integral amounts of $100,000 in excess thereof.
Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request (a) Prior to the making of each Term Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(b) Prior to the making of each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 3.4(a)) and each Swingline Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.
(c) Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a). The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 above have been satisfied as of that time.
Designation of Different Lending Office If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.01, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.03, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
Manner of Borrowing Loans and Designating Applicable Interest Rates (a) Notice to the Administrative Agent. The Initial Advance shall be made by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on the Original Closing Date following receipt of a Notice of Borrowing (as defined below) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Original Closing Date. The single advance under the BDC BCAP Credit Facility shall be made by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on the Closing Date following receipt of a Notice of Borrowing (as defined below) delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date. For all other Loans (other than Swing Loans), the Borrower shall give notice to the Administrative Agent by no later than 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) at least one Business Day before the date of any proposed Borrowing in the form of a Prime Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan. The Loans included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the rate contemplated in Section 2.8 and specified in such Notice of Borrowing. Thereafter, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may from time to time elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Borrowing or, subject to the minimum amount requirement for each outstanding Borrowing set forth in Section 2.9 hereof, a portion thereof. The Borrower shall give all such notices requesting the advance of a Borrowing to the Administrative Agent by telephone or facsimile (which notice shall be irrevocable once given and, if by telephone, shall be promptly confirmed in writing), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each, a "Notice of Borrowing") or Exhibit C (a "Notice of Continuation/Conversion"), as applicable, or in such other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent. All such notices concerning the advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing shall specify the date of the requested advance, continuation or conversion of a Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the requested Borrowing to be advanced, continued or converted, the type of Loans to comprise such new, continued or converted Borrowing. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may rely on any such notice via telephone, email or facsimile given by any person to the Administrative Agent in good faith believes is an authorized representative of the Borrower without the necessity of independent investigation, and in the event any such notice by telephone conflicts with any written confirmation such telephonic notice shall govern if the Administrative Agent has acted in reliance thereon.
Manner of Borrowing (a) The Borrower shall give the Agent notice (which shall be irrevocable) no later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on, in the case of Base Rate and Federal Funds Rate Loans, the Business Day of, and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, the third LIBOR Business Day before, the requested date for the making of such Loans. Each such notice shall be in the form of Schedule 1.02 and shall specify (i) the requested date for the making of the requested Loans, which shall be, in the case of Base Rate and Federal Funds Rate Loans, a Business Day and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, a LIBOR Business Day, (ii) the Kind or Kinds and Type or Types of Loans requested and (iii) the amount of each such Loan, the aggregate of which amounts for each Kind and Type of Loan requested by the Borrower shall be not less than the lesser of $500,000 and the maximum amount of that Kind of Loan that can then be borrowed by the Borrower hereunder. Upon receipt of any such notice, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the contents thereof and of the amount, Kind and Type of each Loan to be made by such Bank on the requested date specified therein.
(b) Not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on each requested date for the making of Loans, each Bank shall, if it has received the notice from the Agent contemplated by Section 1.02
(a) in a timely fashion, make available to the Agent, in Dollars in funds immediately available to the Agent at the Agent's Office, the Loans to be made by such Bank on such date. Any Bank's failure to make any Loan to be made by it on the requested date therefor shall not relieve any other Bank of its obligation to make any Loan to be made by such other Bank on such date, but such other Bank shall not be liable for such failure.
(c) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested date, if such Bank has received the notice from the Agent contemplated by Section 1.02
(a) in a timely fashion, for the making of any Loans that such Bank will not make available to the Agent the Loans requested to be made by such Bank on such date, the Agent may assume that such Bank has made such Loans available to the Agent on such date in accordance with Section 1.02(b) and the Agent in its sole discretion may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount on behalf of such Bank. If and to the extent such Bank shall not have so made available to the Agent the Loans requested to be made by such Bank on such date and the Agent shall have so made available to the Borrower a corresponding amount on behalf of such Bank, such Bank shall, on demand, pay to the Agent such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, at the Federal Funds Rate, for each day from the date such amount shall have been so made available by the Agent to the Borrower until the date such amount shall have been repaid to the Agent. If such Bank does not pay such corresponding amount promptly upon the Agent's demand therefor, the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately repay such corresponding amount to the Agent together with accrued interest thereon at the applicable rate or rates provided in Section 1.03(a).
(d) All Loans made available to the Agent in accordance with Section 1.02(b) shall be disbursed by the Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested date therefor in Dollars in funds immediately available to the Borrower by credit to an account maintained in the Borrower's name at the Agent's Office or in such other manner as may have been specified in the applicable notice and as shall be acceptable to the Agent.
Loan Request See Section 2.6.
Content of Borrowing Requests Each telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) whether such Borrowing is to be made under the Dollar Commitments or the Multicurrency Commitments;
(ii) the aggregate amount and Currency of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) in the case of a Syndicated Borrowing denominated in Dollars, whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period therefor, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period” and permitted under Section 2.02(d); and
(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.
Borrowing and Security To borrow funds and to mortgage and pledge the assets of the Trust or any part thereof to secure obligations arising in connection with such borrowing;