Common use of Successors and Transferees Clause in Contracts

Successors and Transferees. (a) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this Section. Except as provided in this Section, a voluntary transfer of a party’s rights or duties under this Agreement without the written consent of the other parties will be void. (b) The Bank may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Bank transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the Deposit-related Agreements. (c) The Secured Party may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to (i) a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the financing or other arrangements between the Secured Party and the Debtor for which the Deposit Account acts as collateral security or (ii) if the Secured Party is acting as a trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative. (d) No transfer under this Section will be binding upon a non-transferring party until the transferring party or the transferee notifies the non-transferring parties of the transfer in a writing signed by the transferee that identifies the transferee, gives the transferee’s address for communications under this Agreement, and states that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted under this Section and is entitled to the benefit of the GENERAL TERMS FOR THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT 6 transferring parry’s rights and has assumed all of the transferring party’s duties under this Agreement. (e) A non-transferring party need not request proof of any transfer or that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted by this Section. If requested by a non-transferring party, however, the transferring party or the transferee will provide reasonable proof thereof. If the Bank or the Secured Party, as a non-transferring party, requests such proof, then the effectiveness of the notification of transfer as to the non-transferring party will be suspended until the proof is provided. (f) When a transfer becomes binding on the non-transferring parties, the transferring party will not be entitled to exercise any rights, and will be relieved of its obligations, accruing under this Agreement from and after that time. Those rights may be exercised and those obligations will be incurred by the transferee. (g) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) requiring notification for a transfer to be binding on the non-transferring parties and suspending the effectiveness of the notification of transfer until reasonable proof of the transfer has been provided do not apply to the Bank as the transferring party if the transfer is by operation of law and by operation of the law (i) the transferee succeeds to all or substantially all of the rights and becomes generally bound by all of the duties of the Bank, including the Bank’s duties under this Agreement, and (ii) the Bank ceases to exist.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Non Operated Deposit Account Control Agreement (Black Elk Energy Finance Corp.), Operated Deposit Account Control Agreement (Black Elk Energy Finance Corp.)

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Successors and Transferees. (a) This The provisions of this Agreement will shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, of the parties hereto and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this Section. Except as provided in this Sectionhereby, a voluntary except that Borrower may not transfer any of a party’s its rights or duties under this Agreement obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted transfer by Borrower without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the other parties will be voidhereto, their respective successors and transferees permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Global Administrative Agent, the Australian Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. (b) The Bank Any Lender may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to one or more bank or other entities which are not Offshore Associates of the Borrower (“Substituting Lender”) all or a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Bank transfers substantially all portion of its rights and duties obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Deposit-related AgreementsLoans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) each of U.S. Borrower, Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent must give their prior written consent to such transfer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) except in the case of a transfer to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or a transfer of the entire remaining amount of the transferring Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the transferring Lender subject to each such transfer (determined as of the date the Substitution Certificate with respect to such transfer is delivered to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent) shall be in increments of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 unless each of Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iii) each partial transfer shall be made as a transfer of a proportionate part of all the transferring Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (iv) the parties to each transfer shall execute and deliver to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent a Substitution Certificate, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 to the Australian Administrative Agent, and (v) the Substituting Lender, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that any consent of U.S. Borrower and Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default under Section 8.1 has occurred and is continuing. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Substitution Certificate the Substituting Lender thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest transferred by such Substitution Certificate, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the transferring Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred by such Substitution Certificate, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of a Substitution Certificate covering all of the transferring Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.20 and 10.3). Any transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section. (c) The Secured Party may transfer Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at one of its rights offices in Sydney, Australia, and duties under this Agreement The City of New York, respectively, a copy of each Substitution Certificate delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (i) a transferee to whichthe “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, by contract or operation of lawand Borrower, the Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under Australian Administrative Agent, the financing or other arrangements between the Secured Party Global Administrative Agent and the Debtor for which Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Deposit Account acts as collateral security or (ii) if Register pursuant to the Secured Party is acting terms hereof as a trusteeLender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, indenture trusteenotwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representativeat any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (d) No transfer under this Section will Upon its receipt of a duly completed Substitution Certificate executed by an transferring Lender and a Substituting Lender, the Substituting Lender’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Substituting Lender shall already be binding upon a non-transferring party until Lender hereunder), the transferring party or the transferee notifies the non-transferring parties processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of the transfer in a writing signed by the transferee that identifies the transferee, gives the transferee’s address for communications under this Agreement, and states that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted under this Section and is entitled any written consent to such transfer required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the benefit Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent shall accept such Substitution Certificate and record the information contained therein in the Register and will provide prompt written notice to Borrower of the GENERAL TERMS FOR THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT 6 transferring parry’s rights and effectiveness of such Substitution Certificate. No transfer shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has assumed all of been recorded in the transferring party’s duties under Register as provided in this Agreementparagraph. (e) A non-transferring party need Any Lender may, without the consent of Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent or the Global Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities which are not request proof of any transfer or that the transferee is a successor Offshore Associates of the transferor Borrower (a “Participant”) in all or other transferee permitted by this Section. If requested by a non-transferring party, however, the transferring party or the transferee will provide reasonable proof thereof. If the Bank or the Secured Party, as a non-transferring party, requests portion of such proof, then the effectiveness of the notification of transfer as to the non-transferring party will be suspended until the proof is provided. (f) When a transfer becomes binding on the non-transferring parties, the transferring party will not be entitled to exercise any rights, Lender’s rights and will be relieved of its obligations, accruing obligations under this Agreement from (including all or a portion of its Commitment and after the Loans owing to it); provided that time. Those rights may be exercised and those obligations will be incurred by the transferee. (g) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) requiring notification for a transfer to be binding on the non-transferring parties and suspending the effectiveness of the notification of transfer until reasonable proof of the transfer has been provided do not apply to the Bank as the transferring party if the transfer is by operation of law and by operation of the law (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the transferee succeeds other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent, the Global Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to all or substantially all of the deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and becomes generally bound by all of the duties of the Bank, including the Bank’s duties obligations under this Agreement, and (iv) if such Participant is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Lender shall have given notice to Borrower of the name of the Participant and the amount of such participation. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the first proviso to Section 10.2(c) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by transfer pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.8 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Any stamp duty payable on or in respect of such a sale which does not occur during the continuation of a Default shall be paid by the Participant. (f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless Borrower shall expressly agree otherwise in writing. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender. (g) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an 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 Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under this Agreement). (h) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender to a Federal Reserve Bank ceases or, in the case of a Lender organized in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, a comparable Person, and this Section shall not apply to existany such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. (i) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no assignments or participations shall be made to any Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or to any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Syndicated Facility Agreement, Syndicated Facility Agreement (Apache Corp)

Successors and Transferees. (a) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this Section. Except as provided in this Section, a voluntary transfer of a party’s rights or duties under this Agreement without the written consent of the other parties will be void. (b) The Bank may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Bank transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the Deposit-related Agreements. (c) The Secured Party may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to (i) a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the financing or other arrangements between the Secured Party and the Debtor for which the Deposit Account acts as collateral security or (ii) if the Secured Party is acting as a trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative. (d) No transfer under this Section will be binding upon a non-transferring party until the transferring party or the transferee notifies the non-transferring parties of the transfer in a writing signed by the transferee that identifies the transferee, gives the transferee’s address for communications under this Agreement, and states that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted under this Section and is entitled to the benefit of the GENERAL TERMS FOR THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT 6 transferring parryparty’s rights and has assumed all of the transferring party’s duties under this Agreement. (e) A non-transferring party need not request proof of any transfer or that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted by this Section. If requested by a non-transferring party, however, the transferring party or the transferee will provide reasonable proof thereof. If the Bank or the Secured Party, as a non-transferring party, requests such proof, then the effectiveness of the notification of transfer as to the non-transferring party will be suspended until the proof is provided. (f) When a transfer becomes binding on the non-transferring parties, the transferring party will not be entitled to exercise any rights, and will be relieved of its obligations, accruing under this Agreement from and after that time. Those rights may be exercised and those obligations will be incurred by the transferee. (g) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) requiring notification for a transfer to be binding on the non-transferring parties and suspending the effectiveness of the notification of transfer until reasonable proof of the transfer has been provided do not apply to the Bank as the transferring party if the transfer is by operation of law and by operation of the law (i) the transferee succeeds to all or substantially all of the rights and becomes generally bound by all of the duties of the Bank, including the Bank’s duties under this Agreement, and (ii) the Bank ceases to exist.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Deposit Account Control Agreement (Rochdale High Yield Advances Fund LLC), Deposit Account Control Agreement (Nutrition 21 Inc)

Successors and Transferees. (a) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this Section. Except as provided in this Section, a voluntary transfer of a party’s rights or duties under this Agreement without the written consent of the other parties will be void. (b) The Bank may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Bank transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the Deposit-related Agreements. (c) The Secured Party may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to (i) a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the financing or other arrangements between the Secured Party and the Debtor for which the Deposit Account acts as collateral security or (ii) if the Secured Party is acting as a trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative. (d) No transfer under this Section will be binding upon a non-transferring party until the transferring party or the transferee notifies the non-transferring parties of the transfer in a writing signed by the transferee that identifies the transferee, gives the transferee’s address for communications under this Agreement, and states that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted under this Section and is entitled to the benefit of the GENERAL TERMS FOR THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT 6 transferring parryparty’s rights and has assumed all of the transferring party’s duties under this Agreement. (e) A non-transferring party need not request proof of any transfer or that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted by this Section. If requested by a non-non- transferring party, however, the transferring party or the transferee will provide reasonable proof thereof. If the Bank or the Secured Party, as a non-transferring party, requests such proof, then the effectiveness of the notification of transfer as to the non-transferring party will be suspended until the proof is provided. (f) When a transfer becomes binding on the non-transferring parties, the transferring party will not be entitled to exercise any rights, and will be relieved of its obligations, accruing under this Agreement from and after that time. Those rights may be exercised and those obligations will be incurred by the transferee. (g) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) requiring notification for a transfer to be binding on the non-transferring parties and suspending the effectiveness of the notification of transfer until reasonable proof of the transfer has been provided do not apply to the Bank as the transferring party if the transfer is by operation of law and by operation of the law (i) the transferee succeeds to all or substantially all of the rights and becomes generally bound by all of the duties of the Bank, including the Bank’s duties under this Agreement, and (ii) the Bank ceases to exist.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Deposit Account Control Agreement

Successors and Transferees. (a) This The provisions of this Agreement will shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, of the parties hereto and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this Section. Except as provided in this Sectionhereby, a voluntary except that Borrower may not transfer any of a party’s its rights or duties under this Agreement obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted transfer by Borrower without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the other parties will be voidhereto, their respective successors and transferees permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Global Administrative Agent, the Australian Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. (b) The Bank Any Lender may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to one or more bank or other entities which are residents in Australia for purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Xxx 0000 (Cth) ("Substituting Lender") all or a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Bank transfers substantially all portion of its rights and duties under the Deposit-related Agreements. (c) The Secured Party may transfer its rights and duties obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of a transferee transfer to whicha Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, by contract or operation each of lawBorrower, the Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the financing or other arrangements between the Secured Party Australian Administrative Agent and the Debtor for Global Administrative Agent must give their prior written consent to such transfer (which the Deposit Account acts as collateral security or consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) if except in the Secured Party case of a transfer to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or a transfer of the entire remaining amount of the transferring Lender's Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the transferring Lender subject to each such transfer (determined as of the date the Substitution Certificate with respect to such transfer is acting delivered to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent) shall be in increments of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 unless each of Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iii) each partial transfer shall be made as a trusteetransfer of a proportionate part of all the transferring Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, indenture trustee(iv) the parties to each transfer shall execute and deliver to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent a Substitution Certificate, agenttogether with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 to the Australian Administrative Agent, collateral agentand (v) the Substituting Lender, or other representative in whose favor if it shall not be a security interest Lender, shall deliver to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that any consent of Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default under Section 8.1 has occurred and is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative. continuing. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) No transfer under of this Section will Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Substitution Certificate the Substituting Lender thereunder shall be binding upon a non-transferring party until hereto and, to the transferring party or the transferee notifies the non-transferring parties extent of the transfer in interest transferred by such Substitution Certificate, have the rights and obligations of a writing signed by the transferee that identifies the transferee, gives the transferee’s address for communications Lender under this Agreement, and states that the transferee is a successor transferring Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the transferor or other transferee permitted interest transferred by such Substitution Certificate, be released from its obligations under this Section and is entitled to Agreement (and, in the benefit case of the GENERAL TERMS FOR THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT 6 transferring parry’s rights and has assumed a Substitution Certificate covering all of the transferring party’s duties under this Agreement. (e) A non-transferring party need not request proof of any transfer or that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted by this Section. If requested by a non-transferring party, however, the transferring party or the transferee will provide reasonable proof thereof. If the Bank or the Secured Party, as a non-transferring party, requests such proof, then the effectiveness of the notification of transfer as to the non-transferring party will be suspended until the proof is provided. (f) When a transfer becomes binding on the non-transferring parties, the transferring party will not be entitled to exercise any rights, and will be relieved of its obligations, accruing under this Agreement from and after that time. Those rights may be exercised and those obligations will be incurred by the transferee. (g) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) requiring notification for a transfer to be binding on the non-transferring parties and suspending the effectiveness of the notification of transfer until reasonable proof of the transfer has been provided do not apply to the Bank as the transferring party if the transfer is by operation of law and by operation of the law (i) the transferee succeeds to all or substantially all of the Lender's rights and becomes generally bound by all of the duties of the Bank, including the Bank’s duties obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.19 and (ii) the Bank ceases to exist10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Apache Corp)

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Successors and Transferees. (a) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this Section. Except as provided in this Section, a voluntary transfer of a party’s rights or duties under this Agreement without the written consent of the other parties will be void. (b) The Bank may transfer its is rights and duties under this Agreement to a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Bank transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the Deposit-related Agreements. (c) The Secured Party may transfer its rights and duties under this Agreement to (i) a transferee to which, by contract or operation of law, the Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under the financing or other arrangements between the Secured Party and the Debtor for which the Deposit Account acts as collateral security or (ii) if the Secured Party is acting as a trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative. (d) No transfer under this Section will be binding upon a non-transferring party until the transferring party or the transferee notifies the non-transferring parties of the transfer in a writing signed by the transferee that identifies the transferee, gives the transferee’s address for communications under this Agreement, and states that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted under this Section and is entitled to the benefit of the GENERAL TERMS FOR THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT 6 transferring parryparty’s rights and has assumed all of the transferring party’s duties under this Agreement. (e) A non-transferring party need not request proof of any transfer or that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted by this Section. If requested by a non-transferring party, however, the transferring party or the transferee will provide reasonable proof thereof. If the Bank or the Secured Party, as a non-transferring party, requests such proof, then the effectiveness of the notification of transfer as to the non-transferring party will be suspended until the proof is provided. (f) When a transfer becomes binding on the non-transferring parties, the transferring party will not be entitled to exercise any rights, and will be relieved of its obligations, accruing under this Agreement from and after that time. Those rights may be exercised and those obligations will be incurred by the transferee. (g) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) requiring notification for a transfer to be binding on the non-transferring parties and suspending the effectiveness of the notification of transfer until reasonable proof of the transfer has been provided do not apply to the Bank as the transferring party if the transfer is by operation of law and by operation of the law (i) the transferee succeeds to all or substantially all of the rights and becomes generally bound by all of the duties of the Bank, including the Bank’s duties under this Agreement, and (ii) the Bank ceases to exist.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: u.s. Intermediate Transfer Agreement (Bunge LTD)

Successors and Transferees. (a) This The provisions of this Agreement will shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, of the parties hereto and their respective successors and other transferees permitted under this Section. Except as provided in this Sectionhereby, a voluntary except that Borrower may not transfer any of a party’s its rights or duties under this Agreement obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted transfer by Borrower without such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the other parties will be voidhereto, their respective successors and transferees permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Global Administrative Agent, the Australian Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. (b) The Bank Any Lender may transfer to one or more bank or other entities which are residents in Australia for purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) ("Substituting Lender") all or a portion of its rights and duties xxx xxxigations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that (i) except in the case of a transfer to a transferee to whichLender or an Affiliate of a Lender, by contract or operation each of lawBorrower, the Bank transfers substantially Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent must give their prior written consent to such transfer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) except in the case of a transfer to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or a transfer of the entire remaining amount of the transferring Lender's Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the transferring Lender subject to each such transfer (determined as of the date the Substitution Certificate with respect to such transfer is delivered to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent) shall be in increments of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 unless each of Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iii) each partial transfer shall be made as a transfer of a proportionate part of all the transferring Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, (iv) the parties to each transfer shall execute and deliver to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent a Substitution Certificate, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 to the Australian Administrative Agent, and (v) the Substituting Lender, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that any consent of Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default under Section 8.1 or has occurred and is continuing. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Substitution Certificate the Substituting Lender thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest transferred by such Substitution Certificate, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the transferring Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred by such Substitution Certificate, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of a Substitution Certificate covering all of its the transferring Lender's rights and duties obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the Deposit-related Agreementsbenefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.19 and 10.3). Any transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section. (c) The Secured Party may transfer Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at one of its rights offices in Sydney, Australia, and duties under this Agreement The City of New York, respectively, a copy of each Substitution Certificate delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (i) a transferee to whichthe "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, by contract or operation of lawand Borrower, the Secured Party transfers substantially all of its rights and duties under Australian Administrative Agent, the financing or other arrangements between the Secured Party Global Administrative Agent and the Debtor for which Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Deposit Account acts as collateral security or (ii) if Register pursuant to the Secured Party is acting terms hereof as a trusteeLender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, indenture trusteenotwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for, a transferee that is a successor trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representativeat any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. (d) No transfer under this Section will Upon its receipt of a duly completed Substitution Certificate executed by an transferring Lender and a Substituting Lender, the Substituting Lender's completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Substituting Lender shall already be binding upon a non-transferring party until Lender hereunder), the transferring party or the transferee notifies the non-transferring parties processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of the transfer in a writing signed by the transferee that identifies the transferee, gives the transferee’s address for communications under this Agreement, and states that the transferee is a successor of the transferor or other transferee permitted under this Section and is entitled any written consent to such transfer required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the benefit Australian Administrative Agent and the Global Administrative Agent shall accept such Substitution Certificate and record the information contained therein in the Register and will provide prompt written notice to Borrower of the GENERAL TERMS FOR THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT 6 transferring parry’s rights and effectiveness of such Substitution Certificate. No transfer shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has assumed all of been recorded in the transferring party’s duties under Register as provided in this Agreementparagraph. (e) A non-transferring party need not request proof Any Lender may, without the consent of any transfer Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent or that the transferee is a successor Global Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities which are resident in Australia for purposes of the transferor Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (a "Participant") in all or other transferee permitted by this Section. If requested by a non-transferring party, however, the transferring party or the transferee will provide reasonable proof thereof. If the Bank or the Secured Party, as a non-transferring party, requests portion of such proof, then the effectiveness of the notification of transfer as to the non-transferring party will be suspended until the proof is provided. (f) When a transfer becomes binding on the non-transferring parties, the transferring party will not be entitled to exercise any rights, Lender's rights and will be relieved of its obligations, accruing obligations under this Agreement from (including all or a portion of its Commitment and after the Loans owing to it); provided that time. Those rights may be exercised and those obligations will be incurred by the transferee. (g) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) requiring notification for a transfer to be binding on the non-transferring parties and suspending the effectiveness of the notification of transfer until reasonable proof of the transfer has been provided do not apply to the Bank as the transferring party if the transfer is by operation of law and by operation of the law (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the transferee succeeds other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) Borrower, the Australian Administrative Agent, the Global Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to all or substantially all of the deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and becomes generally bound by all of the duties of the Bank, including the Bank’s duties obligations under this Agreement, and (iiiv) if such Participant is not a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Lender shall have given notice to Borrower of the Bank ceases name of the Participant and the amount of such participation. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to existwhich a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 10.2(c) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by transfer pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.8 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(c) as though it were a Lender. Any stamp duty payable on or in respect of such a sale which does not occur during the continuation of a Default shall be paid by the Participant. (f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless Borrower shall expressly agree otherwise in writing. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 2.16(e) as though it were a Lender.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Apache Corp)

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