Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13, each of the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such Person, provided, however, that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penalties, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penalties, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). (c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.6, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers, or with respect to which any Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the Borrowers. If a Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). (d) If any Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it by the Borrowers or any of them, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the Borrowers, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded by any of the Borrowers, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any Borrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure. (e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a Lender, upon the written request of the Borrower or the Agent, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the Agent, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated Form W-9 or any successor form thereto. (f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, but only at the written request of any Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a Lender. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal withholding tax. (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balance, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f). (h) All payments by any Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension.
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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Royale Energy Holdings, Inc.), Term Loan Agreement (Royale Energy Holdings, Inc.)
Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)paragraph) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each the Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13, each of the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable paid by such Personthe Lender, including any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes arising from the negligence, whether sole or concurrent, of the Lender; provided, however, that no the Borrower shall not in any event be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penalties, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penalties, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or breach of this Agreement by, the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof)Lender.
(c) If a the Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.62.8, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the BorrowersBorrower, or with respect to which any the Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the BorrowersBorrower. If a the Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 2.8 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) If any the Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it or for its benefit by the Borrowers or any of themBorrower, such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the BorrowersBorrower, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded requested by any of the BorrowersBorrower, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any the Borrower, such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 2.8 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of AmericaThe Lender, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a LenderBorrower, upon the written request of the Borrower or the AgentBorrower, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such the Lender, certifying that such the Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter thereafter, at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the AgentBorrower, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to All payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, but only at the written request of any Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a Lender. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balance, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f).
(h) All payments by any Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 p.m., Eastern Central Standard or Eastern Central Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent Lender at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any the Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension.
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Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any Borrower either of the Borrowers shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)paragraph) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each the relevant Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each the relevant Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each Borrower the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.20, each of the BorrowersTHE BORROWERS SHALL INDEMNIFY THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER FOR INDEMNIFIED TAXES AND OTHER TAXES PAID BY SUCH PERSON, on a joint and several basisINCLUDING ANY INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such PersonWHETHER SOLE OR CONCURRENT, providedOF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER; PROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penaltiesTHAT THE BORROWERS SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE PAYMENT TO THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN RESPECT OF PENALTIES, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penaltiesINTEREST AND OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES IF SUCH PENALTIES, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof)INTEREST OR OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE PERSON SEEKING INDEMNIFICATION.
(c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any Borrower either of the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.62.8, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers, or with respect to which any Borrower either of the Borrowers has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower Borrowers of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 ten days after receipt of a request by either of the BorrowerBorrowers, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the Borrowers. If a Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any Borrower either of the Borrowers pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 2.8 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) If any Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it or for its benefit by either of the Borrowers or any of themBorrowers, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the Borrowersrelevant Borrower, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded requested by any of the Borrowersrelevant Borrower, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any Borrowereither of the Borrowers, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 2.8 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a Lender, upon the written request of either or both of the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by either or both of the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, but only at the written request of any Borrower either or both of the Borrowers or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by either or both of the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any the Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such the Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such each Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a LenderLender and, if required by law, on or before the date, if any, such Foreign Lender changes its Applicable Lending Office by designating a different lending office with respect to its Loans. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal Federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, the Borrower Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax Tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balancea Loan, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending officeApplicable Lending Office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f2.8(f).
(h) All payments by any Borrower hereunder the Borrowers shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 3:00 p.m., Eastern Central Standard or Eastern Central Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension; provided, however, that in the case of any LIBO Rate Loan, if the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, then the relevant payment shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)paragraph) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each the Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.20, each of the BorrowersTHE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER FOR INDEMNIFIED TAXES AND OTHER TAXES PAID BY SUCH PERSON, on a joint and several basisINCLUDING ANY INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such PersonWHETHER SOLE OR CONCURRENT, providedOF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER; PROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penaltiesTHAT THE BORROWER SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE PAYMENT TO THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN RESPECT OF PENALTIES, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penaltiesINTEREST AND OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES IF SUCH PENALTIES, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof)INTEREST OR OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE PERSON SEEKING INDEMNIFICATION.
(c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.62.8, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the BorrowersBorrower, or with respect to which any the Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the BorrowersBorrower. If a Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 2.8 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) If any Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it or for its benefit by the Borrowers or any of themBorrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the BorrowersBorrower, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded requested by any of the BorrowersBorrower, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any the Borrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 2.8 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a Lender, upon the written request of the Borrower or the Agent, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the Agent, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers Borrower and the Agent, but only at the written request of any the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any the Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such the Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such each Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a LenderLender and, if required by law, on or before the date, if any, such Foreign Lender changes its Applicable Lending Office by designating a different lending office with respect to its Loans. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal Federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax Tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balancea Loan, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending officeApplicable Lending Office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f2.8(f).
(h) All payments by any the Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 3:00 p.m., Eastern Central Standard or Eastern Central Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension; provided, however, that in the case of any LIBO Rate Loan, if the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, then the relevant payment shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)paragraph) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each the Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.132.20, each of the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, Borrower shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable paid by such Person, including any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes arising from the negligence, whether sole or concurrent, of the Agent or any Lender; provided, however, that no the Borrower shall not be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penalties, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penalties, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.62.8, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the BorrowersBorrower, or with respect to which any the Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the BorrowersBorrower. If a Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 2.8 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) If any Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it or for its benefit by the Borrowers or any of themBorrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the BorrowersBorrower, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded requested by any of the BorrowersBorrower, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any the Borrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 2.8 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a Lender, upon the written request of the Borrower or the Agent, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the Agent, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers Borrower and the Agent, but only at the written request of any the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any the Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such the Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such each Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a LenderLender and, if required by law, on or before the date, if any, such Foreign Lender changes its Applicable Lending Office by designating a different lending office with respect to its Loans. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal Federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax Tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balancea Loan, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending officeApplicable Lending Office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f2.8(f).
(h) All payments by any the Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 3:00 p.m., Eastern Central Standard or Eastern Central Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension; provided, however, that in the case of any LIBO Rate Loan, if the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, then the relevant payment shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)paragraph) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each the Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to . • THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE LENDER FOR INDEMNIFIED TAXES AND OTHER TAXES PAID BY THE LENDER, INCLUDING ANY INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER SOLE OR CONCURRENT, OF THE LENDER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE BORROWER SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE PAYMENT TO THE LENDER IN RESPECT OF PENALTIES, INTEREST AND OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES IF SUCH PENALTIES, INTEREST OR OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF, OR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY, THE LENDER. • If the provisions of Section 2.13, each of the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such Person, provided, however, that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penalties, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penalties, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.62.8, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the BorrowersBorrower, or with respect to which any the Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the BorrowersBorrower. If a the Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 2.8 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) . • If any the Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it or for its benefit by the Borrowers or any of themBorrower, such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the BorrowersBorrower, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded requested by any of the BorrowersBorrower, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any the Borrower, such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 2.8 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of America. • The Lender, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a LenderBorrower, upon the written request of the Borrower or the AgentBorrower, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such the Lender, certifying that such the Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter thereafter, at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the AgentBorrower, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to . • All payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, but only at the written request of any Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a Lender. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balance, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f).
(h) All payments by any Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 p.m., Eastern Central Standard or Eastern Central Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent Lender at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any the Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension.
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Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)paragraph) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each the Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE LENDER FOR INDEMNIFIED TAXES AND OTHER TAXES PAID BY THE LENDER, each of the BorrowersINCLUDING ANY INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, on a joint and several basisWHETHER SOLE OR CONCURRENT, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such PersonOF THE LENDER; PROVIDED, providedHOWEVER, howeverTHAT THE BORROWER SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE PAYMENT TO THE LENDER IN RESPECT OF PENALTIES, that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penaltiesINTEREST AND OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES IF SUCH PENALTIES, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penaltiesINTEREST OR OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided furtherOR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT BY, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof)THE LENDER.
(c) If a the Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.62.8, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the BorrowersBorrower, or with respect to which any the Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the BorrowersBorrower. If a the Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 2.8 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) If any the Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it or for its benefit by the Borrowers or any of themBorrower, such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the BorrowersBorrower, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded requested by any of the BorrowersBorrower, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any the Borrower, such the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 2.8 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of AmericaThe Lender, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a LenderBorrower, upon the written request of the Borrower or the AgentBorrower, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such the Lender, certifying that such the Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter thereafter, at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the AgentBorrower, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to All payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, but only at the written request of any Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a Lender. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a), the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balance, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f).
(h) All payments by any Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 p.m., Eastern Central Standard or Eastern Central Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent Lender at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any the Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension; provided, however, that in the case of any LIBO Rate Loan, if the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, then the relevant payment shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day with interest accrued and payable to such Business Day.
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Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.132.14, each of the Borrowers, on a joint and several basisbasis with any other Borrower, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such Person, provided, however, that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penalties, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penalties, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.6, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers, or with respect to which any Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the BorrowerBorrowers, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the Borrowers. If a Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) If any Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it by the Borrowers or any of them, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the Borrowers, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded by any of the Borrowers, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any Borrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower Borrowers and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a Lender, upon the written request of the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such LenderLxxxxx, certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, but only at the written request of any Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a Lender. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower Borrowers or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a), the Borrower Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office with respect to such LenderLxxxxx’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balance, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f).
(h) All payments by any Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after made not later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as the case may beNew York time, on any Business Day, and shall be made the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Agent at the Principal Officeaccount most recently designated by it in Dollars, in immediately available funds and shall be made without any set of, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m., New York time, may, in Agent’s discretion, be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day for all purposes. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension.
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Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. (a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, however that if any the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)paragraph) the Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) each the Borrower shall make any such deductions and (iii) each the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.13SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2.20, each of the BorrowersTHE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER FOR INDEMNIFIED TAXES AND OTHER TAXES PAID BY SUCH PERSON, on a joint and several basisINCLUDING ANY INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such PersonWHETHER SOLE OR CONCURRENT, providedOF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER; PROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender in respect of penaltiesTHAT THE BORROWER SHALL NOT BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE PAYMENT TO THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN RESPECT OF PENALTIES, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penaltiesINTEREST AND OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES IF SUCH PENALTIES, interest or other similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers (except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof)INTEREST OR OTHER SIMILAR LIABILITIES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE PERSON SEEKING INDEMNIFICATION.
(c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.62.8, including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the BorrowersBorrower, or with respect to which any the Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days after receipt of a request by the Borrower, make a claim to such Governmental Authority for such refund at the expense of the BorrowersBorrower. If a Lender or the Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by any the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 2.8 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).
(d) If any Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on payments made to it or for its benefit by the Borrowers or any of themBorrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the BorrowersBorrower, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other document demanded requested by any of the BorrowersBorrower, the completion and delivery of which are a precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, provided that the taking of such action by such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or other document requested by any the Borrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 2.8 in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for such failure.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, when such Lender first becomes a Lender, upon the written request of the Borrower or the Agent, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States of America backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and (ii) thereafter at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the Borrower or the Agent, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of an updated United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or any successor form thereto.
(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of AmericaStates, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers Borrower and the Agent, but only at the written request of any the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good faith opinion of any the Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such the Foreign Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be delivered by such each Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a LenderLender and, if required by law, on or before the date, if any, such Foreign Lender changes its Applicable Lending Office by designating a different lending office with respect to its Loans. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrower or the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal Federal withholding tax.
(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax Tax pursuant to Section 2.6(a)subsection (a) above, (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments to a new lending office Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Loan Balancea Loan, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not designated such new lending officeApplicable Lending Office; (iii) with respect to a change by such Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f2.8(f).
(h) All payments by any the Borrower hereunder shall be deemed received on (i) receipt or (ii) the next Business Day following receipt if such receipt is after 2:00 3:00 p.m., Eastern Central Standard or Eastern Central Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be, on any Business Day, and shall be made to the Agent at the Principal Office. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so extended for the period of such extension; provided, however, that in the case of any LIBO Rate Loan, if the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, then the relevant payment shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Primeenergy Corp)