Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (i) The Borrower and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered to the Facility Agent a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid. (ii) Subject to: (A) the Facility Agent performing all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the New Lender; and (B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment: (I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and (II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof to the Borrower. (iii) For as long as the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (A) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy. (iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable). (v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents. (vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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Samples: Facility Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD), Facility Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD), Facility Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD)
Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (i) The Borrower and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered to the Facility Agent a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.
(ii) Subject to:
(A) the Facility Agent performing all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the New Lender; and
(B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment:
(I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE BpiFAE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof to the Borrower.
(iii) For as long as the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (A) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE BpiFAE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE BpiFAE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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Samples: Fifth Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD), Credit Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD), Facility Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD)
Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (i) The Borrower and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered to the Facility Agent a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.
(ii) Subject to:
(A) to the Facility Agent performing all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the New Lender; and
(B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment:
(I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof to the Borrower.
(iii) For as long as the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (A) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros Dollars (EUR USD 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(viv) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(viv) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 6.4 (
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Samples: Fifth Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD), Facility Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD)
Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (a) In respect of any transfer:
(i) The Borrower subject to the conditions set out in Clause 26.2 (Conditions of Assignment or Transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (iii) below when the BPIFAE Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and updates the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered Register (as defined in Clause 26.8 (Register) below) in accordance with the provisions of Clause 26.8 (Register) below. The BPIFAE Agent shall, subject to the Facility Agent paragraph (ii) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender execute that Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.Certificate
(ii) Subject to:
(A) The BPIFAE Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Facility Agent performing Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender; and.
(iii) On the Transfer Date:
(A) to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);
(B) the Facility Agent Borrower and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;
(after consultation C) the BPIFAE Agent, the Security Agent, each Mandated Lead Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the Funding Entity rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the BPIFAE Agent, each Mandated Lead Arranger, the Security Agent and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
(if D) the Funding New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.
(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of article 1278 of the French Civil Code and only in relation to the Borrower Pledge of Bank Accounts, the Borrower Additional Pledge of Bank Accounts and the Holding Account Pledge Agreement it is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect expressly agreed that the security in favour Pledge of Bank Accounts shall be preserved for the benefit of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment New Lender and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/all other Finance Parties.
(b) In respect of any assignment:
(Ii) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion subject to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred conditions set out in Clause 26.2 (Conditions of Assignment or assigned Transfer) an assignment may be effected in accordance with paragraph (iii) below when the BPIFAE Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility . The BPIFAE Agent shall, subject to paragraph (ii) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, .
(ii) The BPIFAE Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the Borrowerassignment to such New Lender.
(iii) For as long as On the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless Transfer Date:
(A) the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the Assignment Agreement;
(B) the Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance Parties from the obligations owed by it (the “Relevant Obligations”) and expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment Agreement; and
(C) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, become a Party as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion “Lender” and will be bound by obligations equivalent to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned Relevant Obligations.
(iv) Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 26.5 to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s assign their rights under the Finance Documents and (but not, without the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour consent of the Funding Entity relevant Obligor or unless in accordance with this Clause 26.5, to obtain a release by that Obligor from the same extent as obligations owed to that Obligor by the Existing Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer ) provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Clause 26.2 (Conditions of Assignment or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicableTransfer).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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Samples: Bpifae Facility Agreement (Globalstar, Inc.), Bpifae Facility Agreement (Globalstar, Inc.)
Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (i) The Borrower and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered to the Facility Agent a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.
(ii) Subject to:
(A) to the Facility Agent performing all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the New Lender; and
(B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment:
(I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof to the Borrower.
(iii) For as long as the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (A) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros Dollars (EUR USD 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(viv) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(viv) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.4 (Increased Loan Costs, etc.), 6.5 (Funding Losses), 6.6 (Increased Capital Costs), 6.7 (Taxes) or 6.8 (Reserve Costs) that is greater than the amount which it would have been required to pay had no such transfer or assignment been made.
(vi) Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the Transfer Date and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.
(vii) Any transferring/assigning Lender or the relevant New Lender must pay a processing fee to the Facility Agent upon delivery of any Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement in the amount of two thousand Dollars (USD 2,000) (and shall also reimburse the Facility Agent for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred in connection with the assignment, unless a Default is continuing, in which case the Borrower shall be liable for such costs, fees and expenses).
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Samples: Fourth Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD)
Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. 22.5.1 Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 22.2 (iConditions of assignment or transfer) The Borrower a transfer of rights and obligations or an assignment of rights is effected in accordance with Sub-clause 22.5.3 below when the Facility Facilities Agent shall be entitled executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Agreement delivered to continue to deal solely and directly with it by the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Existing Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered New Lender. The Facilities Agent shall, subject to the Facility Agent Sub-clause 22.5.2 below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility execute that Transfer Agreement.
22.5.2 The Facilities Agent shall have executed such only be obliged to execute a Transfer Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender Transfer Certificate or and the New Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.
(ii) Subject to:
(A) the Facility Agent performing once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.
22.5.3 By virtue of the execution of a Transfer Agreement, subject to Clause 22.8 (Pro rata interest settlement) as from the Transfer Date:
(a) to the extent that in the Transfer Agreement the Existing Lender seeks to transfer its rights and its obligations under the Finance Documents, the Existing Lender shall be discharged to the extent provided for in the Transfer Agreement from further obligations towards each Obligor and the other Finance Parties under the Finance Documents;
(b) the rights and obligations of the Existing Lender with respect to any Obligor shall be transferred to the New Lender, to the extent provided for in the Transfer Agreement;
(c) the Facilities Agent, the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers, the New Lender and other Lenders shall have the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it to which it is entitled and subject as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Facilities Agent, the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
(B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment:
(I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof to the Borrower.
(iii) For as long as the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (Ad) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligationsbecome a Party as a “Lender”.
22.5.4 No right (whether current, as the case may befuture, actual or contingent) of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder any Lender is capable of being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New without a corresponding proportion of such Lender’s rights (whether current, future, actual or contingent), if any, subsisting under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged Guarantee being transferred or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (a) In respect of any transfer:
(i) The Borrower subject to the conditions set out in Clause 25.2 (Conditions of Assignment or Transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (iii) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and updates the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered Register (as defined in Clause 25.8 (Register) below) in accordance with the provisions of Clause 25.8 (Register) below. The Agent shall, subject to the Facility Agent paragraph (ii) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender execute that Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.Certificate
(ii) Subject to:
(A) The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Facility Agent performing Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender; and.
(iii) On the Transfer Date:
(A) to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);
(B) the Facility Agent Borrower and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;
(after consultation C) the Agent, the Security Agent, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the Funding Entity rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Security Agent and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
(if D) the Funding New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.
(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of article 1278 of the French Civil Code and only in relation to the Borrower Pledge of Bank Accounts, the Borrower Additional Pledge of Bank Accounts and the Holding Account Pledge Agreement it is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect expressly agreed that the security in favour Pledge of Bank Accounts shall be preserved for the benefit of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment New Lender and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/all other Finance Parties.
(b) In respect of any assignment:
(Ii) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion subject to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred conditions set out in Clause 25.2 (Conditions of Assignment or assigned Transfer) an assignment may be effected in accordance with paragraph (iii) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility . The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (ii) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, .
(ii) The Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the Borrowerassignment to such New Lender.
(iii) For as long as On the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless Transfer Date:
(A) the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the Assignment Agreement;
(B) the Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance Parties from the obligations owed by it (the “Relevant Obligations”) and expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment Agreement; and
(C) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, become a Party as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion “Lender” and will be bound by obligations equivalent to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and Relevant Obligations.
(Biv) the New Lender’s Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 25.5to assign their rights under the Finance Documents and (but not, without the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour consent of the Funding Entity relevant Obligor or unless in accordance with this Clause 25.5, to obtain a release by that Obligor from the same extent as obligations owed to that Obligor by the Existing Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer ) provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Clause 25.2(Conditions of Assignment or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicableTransfer).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (ia) The Borrower Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 25.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer of rights and obligations or an assignment of rights is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Facility Agent shall be entitled executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Agreement delivered to continue to deal solely and directly with it by the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Existing Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to the Facility Agent paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender execute that Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.
(iib) Subject to:
(A) The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Agreement delivered to it by the Facility Agent performing Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.
(c) By virtue of the execution of a Transfer Agreement, subject to Clause 25.8 (Pro rata interest settlement) as from the Transfer Date:
(i) to the extent that in the Transfer Agreement the Existing Lender seeks to transfer its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents, the Existing Lender shall be discharged to the extent provided for in the Transfer Agreement from further obligations towards the Obligors and the other Finance Parties under the Finance Documents;
(ii) the rights and obligations of the Existing Lender with respect to the Obligors shall be transferred to the New Lender, to the extent provided for in the Transfer Agreement;
(iii) the Agent, the Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders shall have the same rights and obligations between themselves as they would have had had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations to which it is entitled and subject as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Arranger and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
(B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment:
(I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof to the Borrower.
(iii) For as long as the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (Aiv) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of become a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named Party as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy“Lender”.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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Samples: Facility Agreement (Imerys S.A.)
Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (ia) The Borrower and Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 21.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer or assignment is effected in accordance with paragraph (b) below when the Facility Agent shall be entitled executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to continue to deal solely and directly with it by the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Existing Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered to the Facility Agent a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.
(ii) Subject to:
(A) the Facility Agent performing all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the New Lender; and
(B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment:
(I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the . The Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide send a copy thereof to the Borrower.
(b) On the Transfer Date:
(i) to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer its rights, and obligations under the Finance Documents the Borrower and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);
(ii) the Borrower and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as the Borrower and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Borrower and the Existing Lender;
(iii) For the Facility Agent, the New Lender and the other Lenders, shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as long they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been a Lender with the rights, and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the Funding Agreement transfer and to that extent the Facility Agent and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents;
(iv) the Existing Lender and the New Lender shall execute before a notary a public deed (escritura pública) in which the assignment or transfer is in effectdocumented, any transfer or assignment under filing this Clause 13.11 with the relevant Property Registries; and
(Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (Av) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of become a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named Party as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy“Lender”.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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Samples: Secured Bridge Facility Agreement (Cemex Sab De Cv)
Procedure for Transfer or Assignment. (a) In respect of any transfer:
(i) The Borrower subject to the conditions set out in Clause 26.2 (Conditions of Assignment or Transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (iii) below when the COFACE Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and updates the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered Register (as defined in Clause 26.8 (Register) below) in accordance with the provisions of Clause 26.8 (Register) below. The COFACE Agent shall, subject to the Facility Agent paragraph (ii) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender execute that Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.Certificate
(ii) Subject to:
(A) The COFACE Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Facility Agent performing Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender; and.
(iii) On the Transfer Date:
(A) to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);
(B) the Facility Agent Borrower and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;
(after consultation C) the COFACE Agent, the Security Agent, each Mandated Lead Arranger, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the Funding Entity rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the COFACE Agent, each Mandated Lead Arranger, the Security Agent and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
(if D) the Funding New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.
(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of article 1278 of the French Civil Code and only in relation to the Borrower Pledge of Bank Accounts, the Borrower Additional Pledge of Bank Accounts and the Holding Account Pledge Agreement it is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect expressly agreed that the security in favour Pledge of Bank Accounts shall be preserved for the benefit of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment New Lender and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/all other Finance Parties.
(b) In respect of any assignment:
(Ii) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion subject to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred conditions set out in Clause 26.2 (Conditions of Assignment or assigned Transfer) an assignment may be effected in accordance with paragraph (iii) below when the COFACE Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the . The COFACE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, subject to paragraph (ii) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, .
(ii) The COFACE Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the Borrowerassignment to such New Lender.
(iii) For as long as On the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless Transfer Date:
(A) the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the Assignment Agreement;
(B) the Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance Parties from the obligations owed by it (the “Relevant Obligations”) and expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment Agreement; and
(C) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, become a Party as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion “Lender” and will be bound by obligations equivalent to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred Relevant Obligations.
(iv) Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 26.5 (Procedure for Transfer or assigned Assignment) to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s assign their rights under the Finance Documents and (but not, without the COFACE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour consent of the Funding Entity relevant Obligor or unless in accordance with this Clause 26.5 (Procedure for transfer), to obtain a release by that Obligor from the same extent as obligations owed to that Obligor by the Existing Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such ) provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Clause 26.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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(i) The Borrower and the Facility Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with the existing Lender in connection with the interests to be transferred or assigned to a New Lender until (i) such New Lender and the transferring/assigning Lender shall have executed and delivered to the Facility Agent a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (ii) the Facility Agent shall have executed such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and (iii) the processing fee described in clause (viii) below shall have been paid.
(ii) Subject to:
(A) the Facility Agent performing all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the New Lender; and
(B) the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Funding Entity (if the Funding Agreement is then in effect) and upon the Lenders’ instructions) being satisfied if the Funding Agreement is then in effect that the security in favour of the Funding Entity under the Funding Agreement will not be adversely affected by the proposed transfer/assignment and confirming that, simultaneously with the transfer/assignment:
(I) the New Lender will have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender; and
(II) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE BpiFAE Insurance Policy will be delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment, the Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, and promptly thereafter provide a copy thereof to the Borrower.
(iii) For as long as the Funding Agreement is in effect, any transfer or assignment under this Clause 13.11 (Lender Transfers, Assignments and Participations) shall not be effective unless (A) the New Lender shall have rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a borrower under the Funding Agreement equal in proportion to the rights and/or obligations hereunder being transferred or assigned to the New Lender and (B) the New Lender’s rights under the Finance Documents and the COFACE BpiFAE Insurance Policy shall have been delegated, pledged or assigned, as applicable, in favour of the Funding Entity to the same extent as the Existing Lender’s rights thereunder immediately prior to such transfer/assignment. In addition, any transfer or assignment under paragraph (a)(iv) above shall not be effective unless Natixis is named as a co-insured under the COFACE BpiFAE Insurance Policy.
(iv) Any transfers or assignment must be in a minimum aggregate amount of fifteen million Euros (EUR 15,000,000) (or, if less, all of the existing Lender’s Commitment or portion of the Loan, as applicable).
(v) From and after the date that the Facility Agent executes the Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, as applicable, (A) the New Lender thereunder shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned to such New Lender in connection with such Lender Transfer Certificate or Lender Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and/or obligations, as the case may be, of a Lender hereunder and under the other Finance Documents, and (B) the transferring/assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and/or obligations hereunder have been transferred or assigned by it, shall be released from its obligations hereunder and under the other Finance Documents.
(vi) Except to the extent resulting from a change in law occurring after the date of a transfer or assignment (as the case may be), in no event shall the Borrower be required to pay to any New Lender any amount under Clauses 6.5 (
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