Senior Credit Facilities. If the provisions of Articles 7 (Negative Covenants) and/or 8 (Default) (and the definitions of defined terms used therein) of any of the Existing Credit Agreements are proposed to be amended or otherwise modified in a manner that is more restrictive from the Borrower’s perspective (a “Restrictive Change”), the Borrower covenants and agrees that it shall (a) provide the Lenders with written notice describing such proposed Restrictive Change promptly and in any event prior to the effectiveness of such Restrictive Change, and (b) upon fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice from the Majority Lenders requesting that such Restrictive Change be effected with respect to this Agreement, take such steps as are necessary to effect a Restrictive Change with respect to this Agreement that is acceptable to the Majority Lenders and the Borrower; provided, that, in the event the Borrower fails to effect such equivalent Restrictive Change within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then, such Restrictive Change to such Existing Credit Agreement shall automatically be applied to this Agreement; provided, further that (i) no default or event of default would occur solely by reason of such amendment to this Agreement or any other debt agreement of the Borrower, and (ii) such Restrictive Change shall not be made if doing so would cause the Borrower to fail to maintain, or prevent it from being able to elect, REIT status. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Restrictive Change made to this Agreement hereunder shall remain in effect until such time as the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, at which point, unless the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Borrower will take such steps as are necessary to amend this Agreement to remove entirely any such amendments made under this Section 5.10 to this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that (A) the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, and (B) the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to modify such Restrictive Change with respect to its application for the remainder of this Agreement.
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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (American Tower Corp /Ma/), 364 Day Term Loan Agreement (American Tower Corp /Ma/), Term Loan Agreement (American Tower Corp /Ma/)
Senior Credit Facilities. If the provisions of Articles 7 (Negative Covenants) and/or 8 (Default) (and the definitions of defined terms used therein) of any of (i) the Loan Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2012, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “January 2012 Agreement”), among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto, (ii) the Loan Agreement dated as of June 28, 2013, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “June 2013 Agreement”), among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto and (iii) the Loan Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2013, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “September 2013 Agreement” and together with the January 2012 Agreement and the June 2013 Agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreements Agreements”) are proposed to be amended or otherwise modified in a manner that is more restrictive from the Borrower’s perspective (a “Restrictive Change”), the Borrower covenants and agrees that it shall (a) provide the Lenders with written notice describing such proposed Restrictive Change promptly and in any event prior to the effectiveness of such Restrictive Change, and (b) upon fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice from the Majority Lenders requesting that such Restrictive Change be effected with respect to this Agreement, take such steps as are necessary to effect a Restrictive Change with respect to this Agreement that is acceptable to the Majority Lenders and the Borrower; provided, that, in the event the Borrower fails to effect such equivalent Restrictive Change within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then, such Restrictive Change to such Existing Credit Agreement shall automatically be applied to this Agreement; provided, further that (i) no default or event of default would occur solely by reason of such amendment to this Agreement or any other debt agreement of the Borrower, and (ii) such Restrictive Change shall not be made if doing so would cause the Borrower to fail to maintain, or prevent it from being able to elect, REIT status. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Restrictive Change made to this Agreement hereunder shall remain in effect until such time as the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, at which point, unless the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Borrower will take such steps as are necessary to amend this Agreement to remove entirely any such amendments made under this Section 5.10 to this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that (A) the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, and (B) the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to modify such Restrictive Change with respect to its application for the remainder of this Agreement.
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Senior Credit Facilities. If the provisions of Articles 7 (Negative Covenants) and/or 8 (Default) (and the definitions of defined terms used therein) of any of (i) the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2014, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “September 2014 Agreement”), among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto, (ii) the Loan Agreement dated as of June 28, 2013, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “June 2013 Agreement”), among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto and (iii) the Loan Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2013, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “October 2013 Agreement” and together with the September 2014 Agreement and the June 2013 Agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreements Agreements”) are proposed to be amended or otherwise modified in a manner that is more restrictive from the Borrower’s perspective (a “Restrictive Change”), the Borrower covenants and agrees that it shall (a) provide the Lenders with written notice describing such proposed Restrictive Change promptly and in any event prior to the effectiveness of such Restrictive Change, and (b) upon fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice from the Majority Lenders requesting that such Restrictive Change be effected with respect to this Agreement, take such steps as are necessary to effect a Restrictive Change with respect to this Agreement that is acceptable to the Majority Lenders and the Borrower; provided, that, in the event the Borrower fails to effect such equivalent Restrictive Change within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then, such Restrictive Change to such Existing Credit Agreement shall automatically be applied to this Agreement; provided, further that (i) no default or event of default would occur solely by reason of such amendment to this Agreement or any other debt agreement of the Borrower, and (ii) such Restrictive Change shall not be made if doing so would cause the Borrower to fail to maintain, or prevent it from being able to elect, REIT status. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Restrictive Change made to this Agreement hereunder shall remain in effect until such time as the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, at which point, unless the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Borrower will take such steps as are necessary to amend this Agreement to remove entirely any such amendments made under this Section 5.10 to this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that (A) the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, and (B) the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to modify such Restrictive Change with respect to its application for the remainder of this Agreement.
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Senior Credit Facilities. If the provisions of Articles 7 (Negative Covenants) and/or 8 (Default) (and the definitions of defined terms used therein) of any (i) the Loan Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2011, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “2011 Agreement”), among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto or (ii) the Loan Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2012, as amended on or prior to and in effect on the Agreement Date (the “2012 Agreement” and together with the 2011 Agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreements Agreements”), among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto are proposed to be amended or otherwise modified in a manner that is more restrictive from the Borrower’s perspective (a “Restrictive Change”), the Borrower covenants and agrees that it shall (a) provide the Lenders with written notice describing such proposed Restrictive Change promptly and in any event prior to the effectiveness of such Restrictive Change, and (b) upon fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice from the Majority Lenders requesting that such Restrictive Change be effected with respect to this Agreement, take such steps as are necessary to effect a Restrictive Change with respect to this Agreement that is acceptable to the Majority Lenders and the Borrower; provided, that, in the event the Borrower fails to effect such equivalent Restrictive Change within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, then, such Restrictive Change to such either of the Existing Credit Agreement Agreements shall automatically be applied to this Agreement; provided, further that (i) no default or event of default would occur solely by reason of such amendment to this Agreement or any other debt agreement of the Borrower, and (ii) such Restrictive Change shall not be made if doing so would cause the Borrower to fail to maintain, or prevent it from being able to elect, REIT status. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Restrictive Change made to this Agreement hereunder shall remain in effect until such time as both of the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has Agreements have matured or otherwise been terminated, at which point, unless the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Borrower will take such steps as are necessary to amend this Agreement to remove entirely any such amendments made under this Section 5.10 to this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that (A) both of the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has Agreements have matured or otherwise been terminated, and (B) the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to modify such Restrictive Change with respect to its application for the remainder of this Agreement.
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