Common use of Successors and Assigns; Participants Clause in Contracts

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.), Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.), Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.)

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Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the NotesNotes or the Conversion Shares. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes or Conversion Shares to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower Representative (which consent of the Borrower Representative shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that (a) the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof, (b) for purposes of clarification, the Borrower Representative hereby consents to any such assignment (including, without limitation, a Principal Only Assignment (as defined below)) to each of (i) Raven Capital Management, LLC, (ii) Xxxxxx Cove Capital Management LLC, (iii) BasePoint Capital and/or (iv) their respective Affiliates, (c) anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the UK Term Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United Kingdom or to, or for the account or benefit of a Person within the United Kingdom and no transfer of UK Term Notes made in breach of this restriction will be registered by the UK Borrower and (d) no Notes or Commitments may be offered, assigned, sold or delivered by a Lender or Holder that is not an Affiliate of Agent to any Person (other than to (x) an Affiliate of such Lender or Holder or (y) to a Lender or Holder that is an Affiliate of Agent) without first offering to Agent and Agent’s designees an opportunity to purchase such Notes and/or Commitments at their fair market value (such fair market value to be reasonably determined by such transferring Lender or Holder and Agent, provided, that if such transferring Lender or Holder obtains a bona fide offer from a third party that is a permitted Assignee for such Notes and/or Commitments and such Lender or Holder is prepared to accept such offer, the fair market value shall be the price offered by such third party for such Notes and/or Commitments). Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Agent may from time to time update the Schedule of Lenders attached hereto to reflect any assignments made pursuant to this Section 13.8. For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase fund or advance any Notesdraws under this Agreement or any Note. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has Borrowers have reached the [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED Maximum US Term Note Commitment, Maximum UK Term Note Commitment, and/or Maximum Fourth Tranche US Last Out Term Note Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower Borrowers shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender Lender, a Holder or its any of their Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's or Holder’s ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the BorrowerBorrower Representative, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase fund draws under the Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participationapplicable participation agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the BorrowerBorrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s 's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.), Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.), Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement (a) All covenants and agreements contained by or on behalf of the Borrower in this Agreement, the Note and the Collateral Documents shall be binding upon bind its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties Lender and their respective permitted its successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this . (b) This Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of the Lender and for such Holder (other Person or Persons as well may from time to time become or be the holders of any of the Obligations, and this Agreement shall be transferable and negotiable, with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarificationObligations may be transferable, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunderit being understood that, upon the request transfer or assignment by the Lender of any of the Obligations, the legal holder of such Holder, Obligations shall have all of the Borrower shall cause to be delivered rights granted to the Assignee thereof either Lender under this Agreement. (ic) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating Borrower hereby recognizes and agrees that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice from time to or consent from Agent or the Borrowertime, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); providedtimes, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose transfer all or any portion of the Participant Register Obligations to one or more third parties. Such transfers may include, but are not limited to, sales of participation interests in such Obligations in favor of one or more third-party lenders. Borrower specifically (including i) consents to all such transfers and assignments, waives any subsequent notice of and right to consent to any such transfers and assignments as may be provided under applicable Louisiana law; (ii) agrees that the identity purchaser of a participation interest in the Obligations will be considered as the absolute owner of a percentage interest of such Obligations and that such a purchaser will have all of the rights granted to the purchaser under any participant participation agreement governing the sale of such a participation interest; (iii) waives any right of off-set that Borrower may have against the Lender, and/or any purchaser of such a participation interest in the Obligations and unconditionally agrees that either the Lender or such a purchaser may enforce Borrower's Obligations under this Agreement, irrespective of the failure or insolvency of the Lender or any information relating to such purchaser; (iv) agrees that any purchaser of a participant’s participation interest in the Obligations may exercise any commitmentsand all rights of counterclaim, loansset-off, letters of credit or its banker's lien and other obligations under any Transaction Document) liens with respect to any Person other than Agent except and all monies owing to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is Borrower in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) accordance with the terms of the United States Treasury Regulations Obligations, including but not limited to this Agreement; and Sections 163(f)(v) agrees that, 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) upon any transfer of all or any portion of the Code Obligations, the Lender may transfer and deliver any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries and all collateral securing repayment of such Obligations to the transferee of such Obligations and such collateral shall secure any and all of the Obligations in favor of such a transferee, and after any such transfer has taken place, the Participant Register Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest errorfully discharged from any and all future liability and responsibility to Borrower with respect to such collateral, and the transferee thereafter shall be vested with all the powers, rights and duties with respect to such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registercollateral.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Loan Agreement (Conrad Industries Inc), Loan Agreement (Conrad Industries Inc), Loan Agreement (Conrad Industries Inc)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement (a) All covenants and agreements made by or on behalf of the Borrower in this Agreement, the Note and the Collateral Documents shall be binding upon bind its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties Lender and their respective permitted its successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall The Borrower may not assign this Agreement or any its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person under this Agreement. (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (ib) a Lender to an Assignee that This Agreement is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of the Lender and for such Holder (other Person or Persons as well may from time to time become or be the holders of any of the Indebtedness, and this Agreement shall be transferrable and negotiable, with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarificationIndebtedness may be transferrable, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunderit being understood that, upon the request transfer or assignment by the Lender of any of the Indebtedness, the legal holder of such Holder, Indebtedness shall have all of the Borrower shall cause to be delivered rights granted to the Assignee thereof either Lender under this Agreement. (ic) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating The Borrower hereby recognizes and agrees that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice from time to or consent from Agent or the Borrowertime, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); providedtimes, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose transfer all or any portion of the Participant Register Indebtedness to one or more third parties. Such transfers may include, but are not limited to, sales of participation interests in such Indebtedness in favor of one or more third party lenders. Borrower specifically (including i) consents to all such transfers and assignments, waives any subsequent notice of and right to consent to any such transfers and assignments as may be provided under applicable Louisiana law; (ii) agrees that the identity purchaser of a participation interest in the Indebtedness will be considered as the absolute owner of a percentage interest of such Indebtedness and that such a purchaser will have all of the rights granted to the purchaser under any participant participation agreement governing the sale of such a participation interest; (iii) waives any right of offset that Borrower may have against the Lender, and/or any purchaser of such a participation interest in the Indebtedness, and unconditionally agrees that either the Lender or such a purchaser may enforce Borrower's Indebtedness under this Agreement, irrespective of the failure or insolvency of the Lender or any information relating to such purchaser; (iv) agrees that any purchaser of a participant’s participation interest in the Indebtedness may exercise any commitmentsand all rights of counter-claim, loansset-off, letters of credit or its banker's lien and other obligations under any Transaction Document) liens with respect to any Person other than Agent except and all monies owing to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitmentBorrower; and (v) agrees that, loan, letter upon any transfer of credit all or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) any portion of the United States Treasury Regulations Indebtedness, the Lender may transfer and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) deliver any and 881(c)(2) all collateral securing repayment of such Indebtedness to the transferee of such Indebtedness and such collateral shall secure any and all of the Code Indebtedness in favor of such a transferee, and after any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in such transfer has taken place, the Participant Register Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest errorfully discharged from any and all future liability and responsibility to Borrower with respect to such collateral, and the transferee thereafter shall be vested with all the powers, rights and duties with respect to such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registercollateral.

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Samples: Loan Agreement (Exploration Co of Delaware Inc), Loan Agreement (Venus Exploration Inc)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the NotesNotes or the Conversion Shares. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes or Conversion Shares to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower Representative (which consent of the Borrower Representative shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that (a) the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof, (b) for purposes of clarification, the Borrower Representative hereby consents to any such assignment (including, without limitation, a Principal Only Assignment (as defined below)) to each of (i) Raven Capital Management, LLC, (ii) Xxxxxx Cove Capital Management LLC, (iii) BasePoint Capital and/or (iv) their respective Affiliates, (c) anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the UK Term Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United Kingdom or to, or for the account or benefit of a Person within the United Kingdom and no transfer of UK Term Notes made in breach of this restriction will be registered by the UK Borrower and (d) no Notes or Commitments may be offered, assigned, sold or delivered by a Lender or Holder that is not an Affiliate of Agent to any Person (other than to (x) an Affiliate of such Lender or Holder or (y) to a Lender or Holder that is an Affiliate of Agent) without first offering to Agent and Agent’s designees an opportunity to purchase such Notes and/or Commitments at their fair market value (such fair market value to be reasonably determined by such transferring Lender or Holder and Agent, provided, that if such transferring Lender or Holder obtains a bona fide offer from a third party that is a permitted Assignee for such Notes and/or Commitments and such Lender or Holder is prepared to accept such offer, the fair market value shall be the price offered by such third party for such Notes and/or Commitments). Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Agent may from time to time update the Schedule of Lenders attached hereto to reflect any assignments made pursuant to this Section 13.8. For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase fund or advance any Notesdraws under this Agreement or any Note. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has Borrowers have reached the Maximum US Term Note Commitment, Maximum UK Term Note Commitment, and/or Maximum Fourth Tranche US Last Out Term Note Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower Borrowers shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the BorrowerBorrower Representative, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase fund draws under the Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participationapplicable participation agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-non- fiduciary agent of the BorrowerBorrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s 's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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Samples: Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be -------------------------------- binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties Borrower and Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns; provided, including however, that Borrower shall not ----------------- (by agreement, operation of law, or otherwise) assign any purchasers of their respective rights, or delegate any of their respective obligations, under any of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party without the prior written consent of AgentLender, including by way of a Change of Controland any such assignment or delegation made without such consent shall be null and void. Subject Lender shall have the unrestricted right at any time or from time to the provisions of Section 2.7time, 2.8 and 2.9 hereofwithout Borrower's or Guarantor's consent, a Lender to assign all or Holder may assign some or all any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder to one or more banks or other financial institutions (each, an "Assignee"), and Borrower and Guarantors agree that they shall execute, or cause to be executed, such documents, including without limitation, amendments to this Agreement and to any other documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection with herewith as Lender shall deem necessary to effect the transfer foregoing. In addition, at the request of Lender and any of its Notes to any Person (an “such Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheldissue one or more new promissory notes, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); providedas applicable, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, Lender has retained any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunderhereunder following such assignment, upon the request of such Holderto Lender, which new promissory notes shall be issued in replacement of, but not in discharge of, the Borrower liability evidenced by the promissory note held by Lender prior to such assignment and shall cause reflect the amount of the respective commitments and loans held by such Assignee and Lender after giving effect to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything Upon the execution and delivery of appropriate assignment documentation, amendments and any other documentation required by Lender in connection with such assignment, and the Transaction Documents payment by Assignee of the purchase price agreed to the contraryby Lender and such Assignee, (i) no lender such Assignee shall be a party to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates this Agreement and shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any all of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties Lender hereunder (and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document and all other guaranties, documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection herewith) to the extent that such rights and obligations have been assigned by Lender pursuant to this assignment documentation between Lender and such Assignee, and Lender shall be released from its obligations hereunder and thereunder to a corresponding extent. Lender shall have the unrestricted right at any time and from time to time, and without the consent of or notice to Borrower or Guarantor, to grant to one or more banks or other financial institutions (each, a "Participant") participating interests in Lender's obligations to lend hereunder and/or any or all of the loans held by Lender hereunder. In the event of any such grant by Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, whether or not upon notice to Borrower, Lender shall remain unchanged responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder and each other party hereto Borrower shall continue to deal solely and directly with Lender in connection with Lender's rights and obligations hereunder. Lender may furnish any information concerning Borrower in its possession from time to time to prospective Assignees and Participants, provided that Lender shall require any such Lender, which shall remain prospective Assignee or Participant to agree in writing to maintain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent confidentiality of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registerinformation.

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Samples: Loan Agreement (SBM Industries Inc)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement (a) All covenants and agreements contained by or on behalf of the Borrower in this Agreement, the Collateral Note and the Collateral Mortgage shall be binding upon bind its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties Lender and their respective permitted its successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this . (b) This Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of the Lender and for such Holder (other person or persons as well may from time to time become or be the holders of any of the Indebtedness, and this Agreement shall be transferable and negotiable, with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarificationIndebtedness may be transferable, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunderit being understood that, upon the request transfer or assignment by the Lender of any of the Indebtedness, the legal holder of such Holder, Indebtedness shall have all of the Borrower shall cause to be delivered rights granted to the Assignee thereof either Lender under this Agreement. (ic) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating Borrower hereby recognizes and agrees that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice from time to or consent from Agent or the Borrowertime, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); providedtimes, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose transfer all or any portion of the Participant Register Indebtedness to one or more third parties. Such transfers may include, but are not limited to, sales of participation interests in such Indebtedness in favor of one or more third party lenders. Borrower specifically (including i) consents to all such transfers and assignments, waives any subsequent notice of and right to consent to any such transfers and assignments as may be provided under applicable Louisiana law; (ii) agrees that the identity purchaser of a participation interest in the Indebtedness will be considered as the absolute owner of a percentage interest of such Indebtedness and that such a purchaser will have all of the rights granted to the purchaser under any participant participation agreement governing the sale of such a participation interest; (iii) waives any right of offset that Borrower may have against the Lender and/or any purchaser of such a participation interest in the Indebtedness unconditionally agrees that either the Lender or such a purchaser may enforce Borrower's Indebtedness under this Agreement, irrespective of the failure or insolvency of the Lender or any information relating to such purchaser; (iv) agrees that any purchaser of a participant’s participation interest in the Indebtedness may exercise any commitmentsand all rights of counterclaim, loansset-off, letters of credit or its banker's lien and other obligations under any Transaction Document) liens with respect to any Person other than Agent except and all monies owing to the extent Borrower; and (v) agrees that, upon any transfer of all or any portion of the Indebtedness, the Lender may transfer and deliver the Collateral Note to the transferee of such Indebtedness and such Collateral Note and the Collateral Mortgage shall secure any and all of the Indebtedness in favor of such a transferee, that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) transfer of the United States Treasury Regulations Collateral Note and Sections 163(f)the Collateral Mortgage shall not affect the priority and ranking thereof, 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) that the Collateral Note and the Collateral Mortgage shall secure with retroactivity the then existing Indebtedness of the Code Borrower to the transferee and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunderand all Indebtedness thereafter arising. The entries in After any such transfer has taken place, the Participant Register Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest errorfully discharged from any and all future liability and responsibility to Borrower with respect to the Collateral Note and the Collateral Mortgage, and such Lender the transferee thereafter shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in be vested with all the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice powers, rights and duties with respect to the contrary. For Collateral Note and the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant RegisterCollateral Mortgage.

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Samples: Collateral Pledge Agreement (Omega Protein Corp)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement (a) All covenants and agreements contained by or on behalf of Borrower in this Agreement, the Note and the Collateral Documents to which it is a party shall be binding upon bind its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties Lender and their respective permitted its successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this . (b) This Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of the Lender and for such Holder (other Person or Persons as well may from time to time become or be the holders of any of the Indebtedness, and this Agreement shall be transferable and negotiable, with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarificationIndebtedness may be transferable, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunderit being understood that, upon the request transfer or assignment by the Lender of any of the Indebtedness, the legal holder of such Holder, Indebtedness shall have all of the Borrower shall cause to be delivered rights granted to the Assignee thereof either Lender under this Agreement. (ic) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating Borrower hereby recognizes and agrees that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice from time to or consent from Agent or the Borrowertime, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); providedtimes, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose transfer all or any portion of the Participant Register Indebtedness to one or more third parties. Such transfers may include, but are not limited to, sales of participation interests in such Indebtedness in favor of one or more third party lenders. Borrower specifically (including i) consents to all such transfers and assignments and waives any subsequent notice of and right to consent to any such transfers and assignments as may be provided under applicable Louisiana law; (ii) agrees that the identity purchaser of a participation interest in the Indebtedness will be considered as the absolute owner of a percentage interest of such Indebtedness and that such a purchaser will have all of the rights granted to the purchaser under any participant participation agreement governing the sale of such a participation interest; (iii) waives any right of offset that Borrower may have against the Lender and/or any purchaser of such a participation interest in the Indebtedness and unconditionally agrees that either the Lender or such a purchaser may enforce Borrower's Indebtedness under this Agreement, irrespective of the failure or insolvency of the Lender or any information relating to such purchaser; (iv) agrees that any purchaser of a participant’s participation interest in the Indebtedness may exercise any commitmentsand all rights of counter-claim, loansset-off, letters of credit or its banker's lien and other obligations under any Transaction Document) liens with respect to any Person other than Agent except and all monies owing to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitmentBorrower; and (v) agrees that, loan, letter upon any transfer of credit all or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) any portion of the United States Treasury Regulations Indebtedness, the Lender may transfer and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) deliver any and 881(c)(2) all collateral securing repayment of such Indebtedness to the transferee of such Indebtedness and such collateral shall secure any and all of the Code Indebtedness in favor of such a transferee, and after any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in such transfer has taken place, the Participant Register Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest errorfully discharged from any and all future liability and responsibility to Borrower with respect to such collateral, and the transferee thereafter shall be vested with all the powers, rights and duties with respect to such collateral. Lender shall treat each Person whose name agrees that it will provide Borrower with at least thirty days notice prior to any assignment or participation of the Loans to any third party unaffiliated with Lender, unless such assignment or participation is recorded part of a sale or transfer of a loans including loans unrelated to Borrower's Loans, such as in the Participant Register as the owner connection with a sale or transfer of such participation for all purposes a portfolio of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contraryloans. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent it is agreed that Lender's agreement to provide notice shall have no responsibility for maintaining not apply to any transfer of any interests in Lender, such as a Participant Registermerger involving Lender or Lender's holding company.

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Samples: Loan Agreement (International Shipholding Corp)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower Representative (which consent of the Borrower Representative shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that (a) the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof, (b) for purposes of clarification, the Borrower Representative hereby consents to any such assignment (including, without limitation, a Principal Only Assignment (as defined below)) to each of (i) SJ VP Investments LLC, (ii) Raven Asset-Based Opportunity Fund I, LP, (iii) VPC Offshore Unleveraged Private Debt Fund, L.P., (iv) VPC Investor Fund A LP, (v) The Green Foundation, (vi) Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxx and/or (vii) their respective Affiliates, and (c) anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the UK Term Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United Kingdom or to, or for the account or benefit of a Person within the United Kingdom and no transfer of UK Term Notes made in breach of this restriction will be registered by the UK Borrower. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase fund or advance any Notesdraws under this Agreement or any Note. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has Borrowers have reached the Maximum US Term Note Commitment, Maximum UK Term Note Commitment and/or Maximum US Last Out Term Note Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower Borrowers shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the BorrowerBorrower Representative, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase fund draws under the Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participationapplicable participation agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the BorrowerBorrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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Samples: Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement (a) All covenants and agreements made by or on behalf of the Borrower in this Agreement, the Note and the Collateral Documents shall be binding upon bind its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties Lender and their respective permitted its successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall The Borrower may not assign this Agreement or any its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person under this Agreement. (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (ib) a Lender to an Assignee that This Agreement is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of the Lender and for such Holder (other Person or Persons as well may from time to time become or be the holders of any of the Indebtedness, and this Agreement shall be transferable and negotiable, with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarificationIndebtedness may be transferable, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunderit being understood that, upon the request transfer or assignment by the Lender of any of the Indebtedness, the legal holder of such Holder, Indebtedness shall have all of the Borrower shall cause to be delivered rights granted to the Assignee thereof either Lender under this Agreement. (ic) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating The Borrower hereby recognizes and agrees that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice from time to or consent from Agent or the Borrowertime, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); providedtimes, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose transfer all or any portion of the Participant Register Indebtedness to one or more third parties. Such transfers may include, but are not limited to, sales of participation interests in such Indebtedness in favor of one or more third party lenders. Borrower specifically (including i) consents to all such transfers and assignments, waives any prior or subsequent notice of and right to consent to any such transfers and assignments as may be provided under applicable law; (ii) agrees that the identity purchaser of a participation interest in the Indebtedness will be considered as the absolute owner of a percentage interest of such Indebtedness and that such a purchaser will have all of the rights granted to the purchaser under any participant participation agreement governing the sale of such a participation interest; (iii) waives any right of offset that Borrower may have against the Lender, and/or any purchaser of such a participation interest in the Indebtedness, and unconditionally agrees that either the Lender or such a purchaser may enforce Borrower's Indebtedness under this Agreement, irrespective of the failure or insolvency of the Lender or any information relating to such purchaser; (iv) agrees that any purchaser of a participant’s participation interest in the Indebtedness may exercise any commitmentsand all rights of counter-claim, loansset-off, letters of credit or its banker's lien and other obligations under any Transaction Document) liens with respect to any Person other than Agent except and all monies owing to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitmentBorrower; and (v) agrees that, loan, letter upon any transfer of credit all or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) any portion of the United States Treasury Regulations Indebtedness, the Lender may transfer and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) deliver any and 881(c)(2) all collateral securing repayment of such Indebtedness to the transferee of such Indebtedness and such collateral shall secure any and all of the Code Indebtedness in favor of such a transferee, and after any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in such transfer has taken place, the Participant Register Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest errorfully discharged from any and all future liability and responsibility to Borrower with respect to such collateral, and the transferee thereafter shall be vested with all the powers, rights and duties with respect to such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registercollateral.

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Samples: Loan Agreement (GMX Resources Inc)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including ; provided that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights under this Agreement. (b) The Lender may at any time sell to one or more Persons (each a "Participant") participating interests in any Revolving Loan owing to the Lender, any Note held by the Lender, the Commitment hereunder or any other interest of the Lender hereunder. In the event of any such sale by the Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, the Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, the Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, the Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under this Agreement, and obligations hereunder the Borrower and the Lender shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Lender in connection with the transfer Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. In no event shall the Lender be obligated to the Participant to take or refrain from taking any action hereunder except that the Lender may agree that it will not (except as provided below), without the consent of the Participant, agree to (i) the change of any date fixed for the payment of its Notes principal of or interest on the related Revolving Loan or Revolving Loans, (ii) the change of the amount of any principal, interest or fees due on any date fixed for the payment thereof with respect to the related Revolving Loan or Revolving Loans, (iii) the change of the principal of the related Revolving Loan or Revolving Loans, (iv) any change in the rate at which either interest is payable thereon or (if the Participant is entitled to any Person part thereof) fee is payable hereunder from the rate at which the Participant is entitled to receive interest or fee (an “Assignee”)as the case may be) in respect of such participation, with (v) the release or substitution of all or any substantial part of the collateral (if any) held as security for the Revolving Loans, or (vi) the release of any Guarantee given to support payment of the Revolving Loans. (c) With the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld), conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented First Union may assign to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten Person (10each, an "Assignee") Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Transaction Documents (including all its rights outstanding Loans made by it and obligations with respect to the NotesNote held by it); , provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except however that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the ----------------- Borrower's consent of such participant shall not be required during any Event of Default. (either directlyd) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.7 (which shall be binding on each Transferee), as a restraint on such Lender’s ability the Borrower authorizes Lender to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect disclose to any Transaction Document potential and actual Participant or potential and actual Assignee (each a "Transferee") and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in the Lender's possession concerning the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower which has been delivered to exercise the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such which has been delivered to the Lender by the Borrower in connection with the Lender's credit evaluation prior to entering into this Agreement. (e) Anything in this Section 7.6 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name assign and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose pledge all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating Revolving Loans and/or obligations owing to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) it to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit Federal Reserve Bank or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Code Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank, provided that any payment in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner respect of such participation for all purposes assigned Revolving Loans and/or obligations made by the Borrower to the Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice shall satisfy the Borrower' obligations hereunder in respect of such assigned Revolving Loans and/or obligations to the contraryextent of such payment. For No such assignment shall release the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant RegisterLender from its obligations hereunder.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Certegy Inc)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement (a) All covenants and agreements contained by or on behalf of the Mortgagor in this Mortgage shall be binding upon bind its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties Mortgagee and their respective permitted its successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person . (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (ib) a Lender to an Assignee that This Mortgage is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarificationMortgagee, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and such other Person or Persons as may from time to time become or be the Agent holders of any of the Indebtedness, and other Lenders towards such Lenderthis Mortgage shall be transferable and negotiable, under with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the Indebtedness may be transferrable, it being understood that, upon the transfer or assignment by the Credit Parties of any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lenderof the Indebtedness, which shall remain the legal holder of such Indebtedness shall have all of the applicable Obligations in rights granted to the RegisterMortgagee, except that each such participant shall be entitled to for the benefit of Section 2.6; providedthe Credit Parties, however, under this Mortgage. The Mortgagor specifically agrees that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce upon any transfer of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register Indebtedness, this Mortgage shall secure with retroactive rank the existing Indebtedness of the Mortgagor to the transferee and any and all Indebtedness to such transferee thereafter arising. (including c) Mortgagor hereby recognizes and agrees that the identity of any participant Mortgagee and the Credit Parties may, from time to time, one or more times, transfer all or any information relating portion of the Indebtedness to one or more third parties. Such transfers may include, but are not limited to, sales of participation interests in such Indebtedness in favor of one or more third party lenders. Mortgagor specifically (i) consents to all such transfers and assignments, waives any subsequent notice of and right to consent to any such transfers and assignments as may be provided under applicable law; (ii) agrees that the purchaser of a participant’s participation interest in any commitments, loans, letters the Indebtedness will be considered as the absolute owner of credit or its other obligations a percentage interest of such Indebtedness and that such a purchaser will have all of the rights granted to the purchaser under any Transaction Documentparticipation agreement governing the sale of such a participation interest; (iii) agrees that any purchaser of a participation interest in the Indebtedness may exercise any and all rights of counter-claim, set-off, banker's lien and other liens with respect to any Person other than Agent except and all monies owing to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitmentMortgagor; and (iv) agrees that, loan, letter upon any transfer of credit all or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) any portion of the United States Treasury Regulations Indebtedness, the Mortgagee and/or the subject Credit Party may transfer and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) deliver any and 881(c)(2) all collateral securing repayment of that Indebtedness to the transferee of such Indebtedness and such collateral shall secure any and all of the Code Indebtedness in favor of such a transferee, and after any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in such transfer has taken place, the Participant Register Mortgagee and/or subject Credit Party shall be conclusive absent manifest errorfully discharged from any and all future liability and responsibility to Mortgagor with respect to such collateral, and the transferee thereafter shall be vested with all the powers, rights and duties with respect to such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registercollateral.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Global Industries LTD)

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Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the US_142974558 Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged US_142974558 and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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Samples: Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of except that (i) the Notes. None of the Credit Loan Parties shall may not assign this Agreement or transfer their rights hereunder or any interest herein or delegate their duties hereunder, and (ii) each Purchaser shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder and under the other Purchase Documents and, in accordance with Article 6, under the Securities in accordance with Article 6. No rights are intended to be created under any Purchase Document for the benefit of any third party donee, creditor or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent incidental beneficiary of Agent, including by way any Loan Party. Nothing contained in any Purchase Document shall be construed as a delegation to Purchaser of a Change any other Person's duty of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender performance. (b) Each Purchaser may at any time sell participations in all or Holder may assign some or all any part of its rights and obligations hereunder under this Agreement and the other Purchase Documents (including the Notes) to one or more Persons (a "Participant"). In the event of any such sale by a Purchaser of a participation to a Participant, such Purchaser's obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Purchaser shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Purchaser shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Purchase Documents and the Loan Parties and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Purchaser in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding Purchaser's rights and obligations hereunder under this Agreement and the other Purchase Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of this Agreement, any Purchaser may at any time create a security interest in all or a any portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignmentunder this Agreement, a “Principal Only Assignment”)including, shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunderwithout limitation, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned it. The Loan Parties agree to such Holder pursuant use commercially reasonable efforts to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits assist any Purchaser in assigning or selling participations in all or any part of this Agreement and, if requested any Notes made by such Holder, a Note payable Purchaser to another Person identified by such Holder Purchaser. Each Purchaser may furnish any information concerning the Loan Parties in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request possession of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause Purchaser from time to be delivered time to the Assignee thereof either assignees and participants (iincluding prospective assignees and participants). (c) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents this Agreement to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a LenderCapitalSource's ability to assign assign, pledge or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation Purchase Document to an Affiliate or any lender or funding source of CapitalSource or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant RegisterCapitalSource's affiliates.

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Samples: Note and Equity Purchase Agreement (Encore Medical Corp)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower US_142815097 has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury US_142815097 Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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Samples: Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This (a) Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any party that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns. (b) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assignsassigns permitted hereby, including except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by way of a Change of Control. the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. (i) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7conditions set forth in paragraph (c)(ii) below, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a any Lender or Holder may assign some to one or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person more assignees (each, an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents this Agreement (including all or a portion of its rights Commitments and obligations the Advances at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent of: (A) the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; and (B) the Agent, provided that no consent of the Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund. (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Advances hereunder, the amount of the Commitments or Advances of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Notes); providedAdministrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000, howeverunless each of the Borrower and the Agent otherwise consent, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, provided that (i1) no such participant consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved Funds, if any; (1) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 and (2) the assigning Lender shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided paid in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for full any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled amounts owing by it to the benefit of Section 2.6Agent; providedand (C) the Assignee, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant if it shall not be required a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent a questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender which may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a contain material non-fiduciary agent of public information about the BorrowerBorrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, maintain a register on which it enters the name including Federal and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registerstate securities laws.

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Samples: Commodity Collateral Revolving Credit Agreement (Calpine Corp)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the NotesNotes or the Conversion Shares. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes or Conversion Shares to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower Representative (which consent of the Borrower Representative shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that (a) the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof, (b) for purposes of clarification, the Borrower Representative hereby consents to any such assignment (including, without limitation, a Principal Only Assignment (as defined below)) to each of (i) Raven Capital Management, LLC, (ii) Xxxxxx Cove Capital Management LLC, (iii) BasePoint Capital and/or (iv) their respective Affiliates, (c) anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the UK Term Notes may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United Kingdom or to, or for the account or benefit of a Person within the United Kingdom and no transfer of UK Term Notes made in breach of this restriction will be registered by the UK Borrower and (d) no Notes or Commitments may be offered, assigned, sold or delivered by a Lender or Holder that is not an Affiliate of Agent to any Person (other than to (x) an Affiliate of such Lender or Holder or (y) to a Lender or Holder that is an Affiliate of Agent) without first offering to Agent and Agent’s designees an opportunity to purchase such Notes and/or Commitments at their fair market value (such fair market value to be reasonably determined by such transferring Lender or Holder and Agent, provided, that if such transferring Lender or Holder obtains a bona fide offer from a third party that is a permitted Assignee for such Notes and/or Commitments and such Lender or Holder is prepared to accept such offer, the fair market value shall be the price offered by such third party for such Notes and/or Commitments). Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Agent may from time to time update the Schedule of Lenders attached hereto to reflect any assignments made pursuant to this Section 13.8. For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase fund or advance any Notesdraws under this Agreement or any Note. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has Borrowers have reached the Maximum US Term Note Commitment, Maximum UK Term Note Commitment, and/or Maximum Fourth Tranche US Last Out Term Note Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request of such Holder, the Borrower Borrowers shall cause to be delivered to the Assignee thereof either (i) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender Lender, a Holder or its any of their Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's or Holder’s ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the BorrowerBorrower Representative, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase fund draws under the Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participationapplicable participation agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the BorrowerBorrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s 's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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Samples: Financing Agreement (Elevate Credit, Inc.)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. This Agreement (a) All covenants and agreements contained by or on behalf of the Borrower in this Agreement, the Note and the Collateral Documents shall be binding upon bind its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties Lender and their respective permitted its successors and assigns, including any purchasers of the Notes. None of the Credit Parties shall assign this . (b) This Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Agent, including by way of a Change of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender or Holder may assign some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of the Lender and for such Holder (other Person or Persons as well may from time to time become or be the holders of any of the Obligations, and this Agreement shall be transferable and negotiable, with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarificationObligations may be transferable, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of all or a portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignment, a “Principal Only Assignment”), shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunder, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and, if requested by such Holder, a Note payable to such Holder in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunderit being understood that, upon the request transfer or assignment by the Lender of any of the Obligations, the legal holder of such Holder, Obligations shall have all of the Borrower shall cause to be delivered rights granted to the Assignee thereof either Lender under this Agreement. (ic) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating Borrower hereby recognizes and agrees that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation to an Affiliate or lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice from time to or consent from Agent or the Borrowertime, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); providedtimes, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose transfer all or any portion of the Participant Register Obligations to one or more third parties. Such transfers may include, but are not limited to, sales of participation interests in such Obligations in favor of one or more third- party lenders. Borrower specifically (including i) consents to all such transfers and assignments, waives any subsequent notice of and right to consent to any such transfers and assignments as may be provided under applicable Louisiana law; (ii) agrees that the identity purchaser of a participation interest in the Obligations will be considered as the absolute owner of a percentage interest of such Obligations and that such a purchaser will have all of the rights granted to the purchaser under any participant participation agreement governing the sale of such a participation interest; (iii) waives any right of off-set that Borrower may have against the Lender, and/or any purchaser of such a participation interest in the Obligations and unconditionally agrees that either the Lender or such a purchaser may enforce Borrower's Obligations under this Agreement, irrespective of the failure or insolvency of the Lender or any information relating to such purchaser; (iv) agrees that any purchaser of a participant’s participation interest in the Obligations may exercise any commitmentsand all rights of counterclaim, loansset-off, letters of credit or its banker's lien and other obligations under any Transaction Document) liens with respect to any Person other than Agent except and all monies owing to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is Borrower in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) accordance with the terms of the United States Treasury Regulations Obligations, including but not limited to this Agreement; and Sections 163(f)(v) agrees that, 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) upon any transfer of all or any portion of the Code Obligations, the Lender may transfer and deliver any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries and all collateral securing repayment of such Obligations to the transferee of such Obligations and such collateral shall secure any and all of the Obligations in favor of such a transferee, and after any such transfer has taken place, the Participant Register Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest errorfully discharged from any and all future liability and responsibility to Borrower with respect to such collateral, and the transferee thereafter shall be vested with all the powers, rights and duties with respect to such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registercollateral.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Loan Agreement (Conrad Industries Inc)

Successors and Assigns; Participants. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, including any purchasers of except that (i) the Notes. None of the Credit Loan Parties shall may not assign this Agreement or transfer their rights hereunder or any interest herein or delegate their duties hereunder, and (ii) each Purchaser shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder and under the other Purchase Documents and, in accordance with Article 6, under the Securities in accordance with Article 6. No rights are intended to be created under any Purchase Document for the benefit of any third party donee, creditor or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent incidental beneficiary of Agent, including by way any Loan Party. Nothing contained in any Purchase Document shall be construed as a delegation to Purchaser of a Change any other Person’s duty of Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, a Lender performance. (b) Each Purchaser may at any time sell participations in all or Holder may assign some or all any part of its rights and obligations hereunder under this Agreement and the other Purchase Documents (including the Notes) to one or more Persons (a “Participant”). In the event of any such sale by a Purchaser of a participation to a Participant, such Purchaser’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Purchaser shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Purchaser shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Purchase Documents and the Loan Parties and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Purchaser in connection with the transfer of any of its Notes to any Person (an “Assignee”), with the prior written consent of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Borrower (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and neither of which consents shall be required for an assignment by (i) a Lender to an Assignee that is (A) another Lender or Holder or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Lender or (ii) a Holder to an Assignee that is (A) another Holder or Lender or (B) an Affiliate of such assigning Holder); provided, however, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof. Each such permitted Assignee shall be deemed to be the Lender (or, as provided below, a Holder) hereunder with respect to such assigned rights and obligations, and the Credit Parties shall ensure that such transferee is registered as a Holder and that any Liens on the Collateral shall be for the benefit of such Holder (as well as the other Holders of Notes). For purposes of clarification, a Lender may assign all or a portion of such LenderPurchaser’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder under this Agreement and the other Purchase Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in connection therewith) with or without an assignment of this Agreement, any Purchaser may at any time create a security interest in all or a any portion of such Lender’s portion of the applicable Commitments. Any Assignee of all or a portion of a Lender’s outstanding Notes (and its corresponding rights and obligations hereunder in connection therewith) who shall not have also been assigned all or a portion of such Lender’s Commitment(s) (such assignmentunder this Agreement, a “Principal Only Assignment”)including, shall be deemed a “Holder” and not a “Lender” hereunderwithout limitation, and all or such portion of the Notes held by such Lender that shall have been assigned it. The Loan Parties agree to such Holder pursuant use commercially reasonable efforts to the Principal Only Assignment shall be evidenced by and entitled to the benefits assist any Purchaser in assigning or selling participations in all or any part of this Agreement and, if requested any Notes made by such Holder, a Note payable Purchaser to another Person identified by such Holder Purchaser. Each Purchaser may furnish any information concerning the Loan Parties in an amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding Notes as shall have been assigned to such Holder pursuant to such Principal Only Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, any Assignee of a Principal Only Assignment shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes. For purposes of determining whether the Borrower has reached the Maximum Commitment hereunder, any principal amount of Notes outstanding with respect to a Principal Only Assignment shall be included in such determination. In connection with any permitted assignment by a Holder of some or all of its rights and obligations hereunder, upon the request possession of such Holder, the Borrower shall cause Purchaser from time to be delivered time to the Assignee thereof either assignees and participants (iincluding prospective assignees and participants). (c) a letter from Outside Legal Counsel indicating that it may rely upon the opinion letter delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.1(f)(i) or (ii) an opinion from other legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Assignee to the effect of such opinion letter, in either case dated on or before the effective date of such assignment. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents this Agreement to the contrary, (i) no lender to or funding or financing source of a Lender or its Affiliates shall have any obligation to purchase Notes, (ii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent right on a Lender's CapitalSource’s ability to assign assign, pledge or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation Purchase Document to an Affiliate or any lender or funding or financing source, and (iii) there shall be no limitation or restriction or consent rights on such Affiliates’ or lenders’ or financing or funding sources’ ability to assign source of CapitalSource or otherwise transfer any Transaction Document, Note or Obligation (or any of its rights thereunder or interest therein). In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 13.8, each Lender may, without notice to or consent from Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Notes); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Transaction Document or of such participation, (i) no such participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to purchase Notes hereunder, and, except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such LenderCapitalSource’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Credit Parties and the Agent and other Lenders towards such Lender, under any Transaction Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the applicable Obligations in the Register, except that each such participant shall be entitled to the benefit of Section 2.6; provided, however, that in no case shall a participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Transaction Document, and (iii) except as may otherwise be provided in the operative documentation governing such participation, the consent of such participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Transaction Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Transaction Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Notes or other obligations under the Transaction Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Transaction Document) to any Person other than Agent except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Agent shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Registeraffiliates.

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Samples: Note and Equity Purchase Agreement (Encore Medical Corp)

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