The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Financing Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Financing Documents shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Financing Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or thereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for any failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents or accuracy of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with such an office. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Cubic Corp /De/), Credit Agreement (Cubic Corp /De/), Credit Agreement (Cubic Corp /De/)

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Masco Corp /De/), Credit Agreement (Masco Corp /De/), Credit Agreement (Masco Corp /De/)

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Layne Christensen Co), Credit Agreement (Layne Christensen Co), Credit Agreement (Layne Christensen Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Superholdings, APCS, Alamosa Delaware, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to Superholdings, APCS, Alamosa Delaware, the Borrower or any of ~~its~~ the Restricted Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by Superholdings, Alamosa Delaware, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its ~~sub-~~sub- agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Alamosa Properties Lp), Credit Agreement (Alamosa Properties Lp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably (subject to the removal rights expressly set forth below) appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and the other Financing Documents~~hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or in the other Financing Documents~~herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby ~~or thereby~~ that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing or otherwise as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.2), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.2) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, and any action so taken or not taken at the direction of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.2) shall be binding on all Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default (other than a Default under Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) (with respect to interest or fees)) unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory and liability provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may (a) resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower~~Borrower or (b) be removed by written notice of the Required Lenders with the consent of the Borrower if the Administrative Agent engages in gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under the Loan Document; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default. Upon any such ~~resignation~~resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its ~~resignation~~resignation or the Required Lenders give notice of the Administrative Agent’s removal, as applicable, then the retiring or removed Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section ~~9.03~~ 9.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a Documentation Agent or Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders acting as Documentation Agent or Syndication Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with Borrower or any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents~~ same acknowledgments with respect to ~~and waives any claim based upon~~ such ~~conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-~~Syndication ~~Agent~~ Agents and Documentation Agents as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement (Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP), Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement (Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.)

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/), Credit Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/)

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (MTS Systems Corp), Credit Agreement (MTS Systems Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall not be removed at any time or for any reason without its prior written consent. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties~~ Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto ~~agree~~ upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and ~~Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties~~ (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon ~~such agents~~(or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Symmetry Medical Inc.), Credit Agreement (Symmetry Medical Inc.)

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Stepan Co), Credit Agreement (Stepan Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval of the Borrower~~ Borrower’s consent (which consent shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. ~~Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ The banks (or Affiliates thereof) identified in this Agreement as a ~~result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans~~“documentation agent” or “syndication agent” shall not have any right, ~~and expressly consents~~ power, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunderall banks herein.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Blockbuster Inc), Credit Agreement (Blockbuster Inc)

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Multicurrency Credit Agreement (Briggs & Stratton Corp), Five Year Credit Agreement (SNAP-ON Inc)

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Fuller H B Co), Credit Agreement (Fuller H B Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval~~ consent of the ~~Borrower (~~Borrower, such consent not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~withheld or delayed, to appoint a successor; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties~~ Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale lease, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and ~~Documentation~~ mandatory with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ may acquire and ~~confer no duties upon such agents~~be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Deluxe Corp), Credit Agreement (Deluxe Corp)

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Credit Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/), Credit Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Superholdings, APCS, Alamosa Delaware, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to Superholdings, APCS, Alamosa Delaware, the Borrower or any of ~~its~~ the Restricted Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by Superholdings, Alamosa Delaware, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Alamosa Holdings Inc)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Signet Jewelers LTD)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article (other than the sixth paragraph hereof, relating to the resignation and replacement of the Administrative Agent) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks), and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or in the other Financing Documents~~herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby ~~or thereby~~ that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful misconduct~~willful misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right,~~ right to appoint a successor with the ~~approval~~ written consent of the ~~Borrower (~~Company, which consent shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld~~withheld or delayed; provided, ~~except~~ that no such ~~approval~~ consent of the Company shall be required ~~upon the occurrence and continuance of~~ if an Event of ~~Default), to appoint a successor~~Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such appointment. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ anythe Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ suchthe Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further confirms that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this ~~Agreement~~Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or ~~thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges~~ thereunder and in deciding whether or to the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ extent to which it will continue as a ~~result~~ lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of ~~Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ the Lenders, if any, identified in ~~the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles~~ this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent ~~and~~ or a Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are ~~honorary~~ not partners or co-venturers, and ~~confer~~ no ~~duties upon such agents~~Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Lenders and each other Secured Party (by becoming a party hereto or otherwise obtaining the benefit of any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Collateral) irrevocably authorize and direct the Collateral Agent to act as agent with respect to the Collateral under each of the Collateral Documents and to enter into the Loan Documents relating to the Collateral for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.] Each Lender ~~hereunder~~and each other Secured Party (by becoming a party hereto or otherwise obtaining the benefit of any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Collateral) agrees that any action taken by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Required Lenders (or, where required by the express terms hereof, a different proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the other Loan Documents and the exercise by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Required Lenders (or, where required by the express terms hereof, a different proportion of the Lenders) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent shall each have the sole and exclusive right and authority to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Secured Parties with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection herewith and with the Loan Documents relating to the Collateral; (ii) execute and deliver each Loan Document relating to the Collateral and accept delivery of each such agreement delivered by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) act as agent for the Secured Parties for purposes stated therein to the extent such action is provided for under the Loan Documents; (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral; (v) take such action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interests and Liens created or purported to be created by the Loan Documents, and (vi) except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof or of any other Loan Document, exercise all remedies given to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Person with respect to the Collateral under the Loan Documents relating thereto, applicable law, or otherwise. The Lenders and each other Secured Party (by becoming a party hereto or otherwise obtaining the benefit of any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Collateral) irrevocably authorize (i) any Subsidiary Guarantor to be released from its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty as contemplated by Section 9.16 and (ii) the Administrative Agent to acknowledge the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under such Subsidiary Guaranty and take any other actions in connection therewith, in each case in accordance with Section 9.16. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will reaffirm in writing the authorization granted in the immediately preceding sentence. In addition, the Lenders and each other Secured Party (by becoming a party hereto or otherwise obtaining the benefit of any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Collateral) irrevocably agree that any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document shall be automatically released or subordinated, as applicable, and hereby irrevocably authorize and direct the Administrative Agent to release or subordinate any such Lien, in each case as contemplated by Section 9.16, and to execute, deliver, and file all documents reasonably requested by the Company in connection therewith.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Fuller H B Co)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Newmarket Corp)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Coach Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Ametek Inc/)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the ~~Lenders~~ Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.02(b)), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any ~~of its Subsidiaries~~ Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by the ~~bank serving as~~ Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.02(b)) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or ~~document,~~ document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by ~~notifying~~ giving the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower~~Borrower at least 30 days' notice. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right, with the approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default),~~ right to appoint a successor, which shall (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in Chicago, Illinois, or New ~~York, New York~~York City reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Epmr Corp)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Chicos Fas Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Electronic Arts Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New ~~York,~~ York or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its ~~sub-~~sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or a Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties~~ Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Holders of Secured Obligations within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Holder of Secured Obligations (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(c); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least two Business Days’ prior reasonably detailed written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations herein or pursuant hereto ~~agree~~ upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and ~~Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties~~ (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon ~~such agents~~(or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Myr Group Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Exco Resources Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with ~~the Borrower~~ Holdings or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to ~~the Borrower~~ Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right~~right to appoint a successor (such successor to be approved by the Borrower, ~~with the~~ such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, if an Event of Default shall exist at such time, no approval of the Borrower ~~(not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval~~ shall be required ~~upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~hereunder)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a any of the Lenders or any other bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~waives~~ interest on any ~~claim based~~ Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of Holdings or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by Holdings or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of the other Loan Parties, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by Holdings or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of Holdings or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by Holdings or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by Holdings or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by Holdings or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by Holdings or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of Holdings as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of Holdings which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of Holdings or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will — conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application — be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall — conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application — be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and ~~Documentation~~ agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) and ~~confer no duties upon~~ (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such ~~agents~~Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent its in its name and on its behalf any amendments, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (American Medical Systems Holdings Inc)

The Administrative Agent. 9.1 Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto~~. The bank~~ . 9.2 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower Parent or the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. . 9.3 The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in ~~the other Financing Documents~~this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by this Agreement that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in ~~Section 9.02~~Article 16(d), ) and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to Borrower Parent or the Borrower or any of ~~its~~ the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in ~~Section 9.02~~Article 16(d)) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by Borrower Parent or the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with this Agreement, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in this Agreement, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or ~~document,~~ document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in ~~Article IV or elsewhere herein~~any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. . 9.4 The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper ~~Person~~person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper ~~Person~~person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Borrower Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. . 9.5 The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers ~~by or~~ through ~~any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all~~ its ~~duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective~~ Related ~~Parties~~Parties (defined below). The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any specified person, such ~~sub-agent~~ person’s Affiliates and to the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such person’s Affiliates (the “Related ~~Parties~~ Parties”) of the Administrative ~~Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative~~ Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. . 9.6 Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the ~~Lenders, the Issuing Bank~~ Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right,~~ right to appoint a successor with the approval of the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except~~ withheld or delayed; provided that no such approval shall be required ~~upon the occurrence~~ if a Significant Default has occurred and ~~continuance of an Event of Default~~is continuing)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (and, if required, approved by the Borrower) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New ~~York~~York which has assets of not less than $500,000,000 and has a certificate of deposit, short-term deposit or commercial paper rating of at least A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The ~~fees~~ fees, if any, payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. For clarity, it is hereby acknowledged and agreed that Borrower is not required to pay any fees of Administrative Agent. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article ~~and Section 9.03~~ 9 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative ~~Agent,~~ Agent and its ~~sub-agents and their~~ respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. . 9.7 Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this ~~Agreement,~~ Agreement or any related agreement or any document furnished ~~hereunder~~ hereunder. 9.8 The Lenders are not partners or ~~thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans~~co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) be authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties hereto agree that~~ Administrative Agent shall have the ~~titles Co-Syndication Agent~~ exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~Documentation Agent are honorary~~ interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and ~~confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (On Semiconductor Corp)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Ugi Corp /Pa/)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (National General Holdings Corp.)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Lam Research Corp)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Qlogic Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and except with respect to the second sentence in the penultimate paragraph of this Article VIII, neither the Company nor any other Borrower shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law or other insolvency law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any such debtor relief law or insolvency law; and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross ~~negligence~~ negligence, bad faith or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or ~~document,~~ document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by ~~notifying~~ giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld~~Company and, ~~except that~~ so long as no ~~such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an~~ Event of ~~Default~~Default pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (h) or (i) under Article VII has occurred and is continuing, with the Company’s prior written consent, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank~~ bank. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such ~~an office~~notice. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Any resignation by Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender. If Bank of America, N.A. resigns as an Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding and issued by it as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Bank and all LC Exposure with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to fund risk participations in unreimbursed LC Disbursements pursuant to Section 2.06(e). If Bank of America, N.A. resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(c). Upon the appointment by the Company of a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America, N.A. to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America, N.A. with respect to such Letters of Credit. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this ~~Agreement~~Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or ~~thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges~~ thereunder and in deciding whether or to the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ extent to which it will continue as a ~~result~~ lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of ~~Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ the Lenders, if any, identified in ~~the Loans~~this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, ~~and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles~~ Co-Syndication Agent ~~and~~ or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement (other than with respect to Section 4.04) other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Lead Arrangers, Co-Syndication Agents or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are ~~honorary~~ not partners or co-venturers, and ~~confer~~ no ~~duties upon such agents~~Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as ~~a Lender hereunder~~otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Coach Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Signet Jewelers LTD)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of ~~its~~ the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval of the Borrower~~ Borrower’s consent (which consent shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. ~~Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ The banks (or Affiliates thereof) identified in this Agreement as a ~~result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans~~“documentation agent” or “syndication agent” shall not have any right, ~~and expressly consents~~ power, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunderall banks herein.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Blockbuster Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful misconduct~~willful misconduct as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval~~ consent of the ~~Borrower (~~Borrower, such consent not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~withheld or delayed, to appoint a successor; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this ~~Agreement~~Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or ~~thereunder~~thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties~~ Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale lease, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and ~~Documentation~~ mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ may acquire and ~~confer no duties upon such agents~~be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary).

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Deluxe Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~waives~~ interest on any ~~claim based~~ Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Borrower as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will - conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and ~~Documentation~~ agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) and ~~confer no duties upon~~ (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such ~~agents~~Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent its in its name and on its behalf any amendments, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Parametric Technology Corp)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Arbitron Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Apollo Group Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, ~~with~~ to appoint a successor (such successor to be approved by the Company, such approval ~~of the Borrower (~~not to be unreasonably ~~withheld~~withheld or delayed, ~~except that~~ provided, however, if an Event of Default shall exist at such time, no ~~such~~ approval of the Company shall be required ~~upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~hereunder)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against any Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~waives~~ interest on any ~~claim based~~ Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Company or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Each Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by each Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by any Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Company as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Company or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will - conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent ~~and Documentation Agent~~ is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are ~~honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~assigned to the successor Administrative Agent.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Zep Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably (subject to the removal rights expressly set forth below) appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and the other Financing Documents~~hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or in the other Financing Documents~~herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby ~~or thereby~~ that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing or otherwise as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.2), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.2) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, and any action so taken or not taken at the direction of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.2) shall be binding on all Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default (other than a Default under Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) (with respect to interest or fees)) unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory and liability provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may (a) resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower~~Borrower or (b) be removed by written notice of the Required Lenders with the consent of the Borrower if the Administrative Agent engages in gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under the Loan Document; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required during the existence and continuance of an Event of Default. Upon any such ~~resignation~~resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its ~~resignation~~resignation or the Required Lenders give notice of the Administrative Agent’s removal, as applicable, then the retiring or removed Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section ~~9.03~~ 9.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its ~~sub-~~sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a Documentation Agent or Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders acting as Documentation Agent or Syndication Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with Borrower or any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents~~ same acknowledgments with respect to ~~and waives any claim based upon~~ such ~~conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-~~Syndication ~~Agent~~ Agents and Documentation Agents as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

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Samples: Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement (Healthcare Trust of America Holdings, LP)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Ugi Corp /Pa/)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Under Armour, Inc.)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Perkinelmer Inc)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Fiserv Inc)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Fiserv Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Coach Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with ~~the Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or ~~document,~~ document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent, with the understanding that the Administrative Agent’s duties with respect to all Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars will be administered by X.X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch or such other affiliate thereof as may be designated from time to time. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this ~~Article~~ Article, Section 2.17(c) and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may not be removed without its prior written consent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. ~~Each Lender acknowledges~~ None of the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a ~~result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles~~ Co-Syndication Agent ~~and~~ or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are ~~honorary~~ applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against any Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~confer~~ no ~~duties upon such agents~~Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as ~~a Lender~~ otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty (i) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Documents (including sales of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary permitted under Section 6.03); or (ii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Subsdiary Guarantor from its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under any Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant hereto.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (G&k Services Inc)

The Administrative Agent. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Chase is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably ~~appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and~~ authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. ~~The~~ Any bank serving as ~~the~~ Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any ~~of its Subsidiaries~~ Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~10.02) or in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with such an office. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Bridge Credit Agreement (Kellogg Co)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (NetApp, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the ~~Borrower~~ Holding Companies, the Borrowers or ~~any Subsidiary~~ the Subsidiaries or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to ~~the Borrower or~~ any of ~~its~~ the Holding Companies, the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by ~~the~~ a Holding Company, a Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, 100 and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, ~~with~~ to appoint a successor approved by the Borrowers (which approval ~~of the Borrower~~ (i) shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval~~ withheld or delayed and (ii) shall not be required ~~upon~~ during the ~~occurrence and~~ continuance of an Event of Default)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the ~~Borrower~~ Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the ~~Borrower~~ Borrowers and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each ~~Lender~~ party hereto agrees and acknowledges that (i) the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and ~~Documentation~~ the Joint Lead Arrangers do not have any duties or responsibilities in their capacities as Syndication Agent ~~are honorary~~ and ~~confer no duties upon~~ Joint Lead Arrangers, respectively, hereunder and shall not have, or become subject to, any liability hereunder in such ~~agents, except as a Lender hereunder.~~capacities and (ii) the exculpation provisions contained herein relating to the Administrative Agent shall be equally applicable to the Syndication Agent and the Syndication Agent shall receive the full benefit thereof. 101

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ authorizes the ~~potential conflict~~ Administrative Agent to enter into each of ~~interest~~ the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of ~~each other Lender~~ the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a ~~result~~ power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders ~~holding disproportionate interests~~ hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the ~~Loans~~Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and ~~expressly consents~~ (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and ~~waives~~ on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any ~~claim based~~ Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Borrower as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will — conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application — be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall — conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application — be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and ~~Documentation~~ agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) and ~~confer no duties upon~~ (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such ~~agents~~Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent its in its name and on its behalf any amendments, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Kendle International Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by ~~the~~ any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by ~~notifying~~ giving written notice thereof to the Lenders, ~~the~~ each Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower. Upon any~~ Parent, such ~~resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of the Borrower (not~~ resignation to be ~~unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required~~ effective upon the ~~occurrence and continuance~~ appointment of ~~an Event of Default)~~a successor Administrative Agent, ~~to appoint a successor. If~~ or, if no successor ~~shall have~~ Administrative Agent has been ~~so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30~~ appointed, 45 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its ~~resignation, then the retiring~~ intention to resign. The Administrative Agent ~~may~~may be removed at any time with or without cause by written notice received by the Administrative Agent from the Required Lenders or the Parent, such removal to be effective on the date specified by the Required Lenders or the Parent, as applicable; provided that the Administrative Agent may not be removed unless, on or prior to the date of such removal, (a) the Administrative Agent (in its individual capacity) and any affiliate thereof acting as an Issuing Bank is relieved of all of its duties as an Issuing Bank, (b) the Administrative Agent (in its individual capacity) and any affiliate thereof acting as a Swing Line Lender is relieved of all of its duties as a Swing Line Lender and (c) the Administrative Agent (in its individual capacity) acting as Lender is relieved of all of its duties as Lender, in each case, pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to such Person. Upon any resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the consent of the Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld) to appoint, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Borrowers, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders within 30 days after the resigning Administrative Agent’s giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning Administrative Agent may appoint, on behalf of the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, a successor Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Administrative Agent may at any time (without the consent of any Lender but with, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the consent of the Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) appoint any of its Affiliates which is a commercial bank as a successor Administrative Agent ~~which~~ hereunder. If the Administrative Agent has resigned or been removed and no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed, the Lenders may perform all the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder and the Borrowers shall make all payments in respect of the Obligations to the applicable Lenders and for all other purposes shall deal directly with the Lenders. No successor Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such Administrative Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such successor Administrative Agent shall be a commercial bank ~~with~~ having capital and retained earnings of at least $100,000,000 and an office in New York, New York~~, or an Affiliate of any such bank with such an office~~. Upon the acceptance of ~~its~~ any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a ~~successor~~successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the ~~retiring~~ resigning or removed Administrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, ~~and~~ the ~~retiring~~ resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations ~~hereunder~~hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the ~~Borrower~~ Parent to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the ~~Borrower~~ Parent and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this ~~Agreement~~Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender ~~also acknowledges that it will~~shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Parent and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or ~~thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges~~ thereunder and in deciding whether or to the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ extent to which it will continue as a ~~result~~ lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders ~~holding disproportionate interests~~ identified in ~~the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles~~ this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent ~~and~~ or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are ~~honorary~~ not partners or co-venturers, and ~~confer~~ no ~~duties upon such agents~~Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as ~~a Lender hereunder~~otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Southwestern Energy Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~waives~~ interest on any ~~claim based~~ Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent agrees, to release or subordinate any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Borrower as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will – conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application – be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Secured Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations shall – conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application – be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co~~Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law-~~Syndication~~ governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law-governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) and ~~Documentation~~ (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law-governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ to enter as its agent in its name and ~~confer no duties upon~~ on its behalf into any German law-governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such ~~agents~~Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent in its name and on its behalf any amendments, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Advisory Board Co)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Newport Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with ~~the Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative ~~Agent~~Agent or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Pledged Equity or the existence of the Pledged Equity. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~waives~~ interest on any ~~claim based~~ Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Pledge Agreements to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Pledge Agreement, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Pledge Agreements. In the event that any Pledged Equity is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Pledged Equity in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Pledged Equity (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Pledged Equity pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Pledged Equity which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Pledged Equity that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Company or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Pledged Equity. Each Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by each Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Québec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by any Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Company as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Company which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Company or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will - conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Secured Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations shall - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and ~~Documentation~~ agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhänder) and ~~confer no duties upon~~ (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhänder) any pledge created under a German law governed Pledge Agreement which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietät), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender (on behalf of itself and its affiliated Secured Parties) hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Pledge Agreement, accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge or other creation of any accessory security right in relation to this Agreement and to agree to and execute on its behalf as its representative in its name and on its behalf any amendments, supplements and other alterations to any such ~~agents, except as a~~ Pledge Agreement and to release on behalf of any such Lender ~~hereunder~~or Secured Party any such Pledge Agreement and any pledge created under any such Pledge Agreement in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Pledge Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Esco Technologies Inc)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Network Appliance Inc)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Electronic Arts Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing Documents~~Loan Documents (including powers as Collateral Agent), together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of ~~its~~ the other Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (ia) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (iib) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (~~iii~~c) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (ivd) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or ~~document,~~ document or (ve) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Holdings or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more ~~sub-~~sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such ~~sub-~~sub agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such ~~sub-~~sub agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such ~~sub-~~sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right,~~ right to appoint a successor with the ~~approval~~ consent of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), such consent not to be unreasonably withheld~~, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent ~~which~~ that shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its ~~sub-~~sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. ~~Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans,~~ It is understood and ~~expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree~~ agreed that the ~~titles Co-Syndication Agent and~~ Documentation ~~Agent are honorary and confer~~ Agents shall have no ~~duties upon such agents, except~~ responsibility or authority in their respective capacities as ~~a Lender hereunder.~~Documentation Agents. 62

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc)

The Administrative Agent. 262657 Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~8.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~8.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or ~~document,~~ document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative ~~Agent~~Agent or its counsel. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through 262657 their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower~~ Company (~~not to be unreasonably withheld, except~~ provided that no ~~such approval~~ consultation with the Company shall be required ~~upon the occurrence and continuance of~~ if an Event of ~~Default~~Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section ~~9.03~~ 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this ~~Agreement~~Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender ~~also acknowledges that it will~~shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Company and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or ~~thereunder~~thereunder and in deciding whether or the extent to which it will continue as a lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 8.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against any Borrower or with respect to any 262657 Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties hereto agree that~~ Administrative Agent shall have the ~~titles Co-Syndication Agent~~ exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~Documentation Agent are honorary~~ interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and ~~confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Masco Corp /De/)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Signet Jewelers LTD)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Fiserv Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Stepan Co)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to ~~the Borrower~~ any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV IV, the Closing Checklist or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for ~~the Borrower~~a Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a commercial bank ~~with an office in New York, New York,~~ or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~commercial bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to any of the Lenders to ensure that the Collateral exists, is owned by the Loan Parties, is cared for, protected or insured, is unencumbered by others, or that the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent therein have been properly, sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced, or that such Liens are entitled to any particular priority, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Administrative Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given the Administrative Agent’s own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Lenders and that the Administrative Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender as to any of the foregoing, provided that the Administrative Agent shall exercise the same care which it would in dealing with loans for its own account. Each Lender ~~acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of~~ hereby appoints each other Lender as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable law can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions. Each Lender hereby agrees that (a) it is deemed to have requested that the Administrative Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, and the Administrative Agent agrees to provide, a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent; (b) the Administrative Agent (i) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report, or (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and that the Administrative Agent or any other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel and that the Administrative Agent undertakes no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, not share the Report with any Loan Party and not to distribute any Report to any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of ~~Lenders holding disproportionate interests in~~ any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the ~~Loans~~indemnifying Lender. Each Lender shall, ~~and expressly consents~~ upon the request of the Administrative Agent, provide the Administrative Agent with such information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request regarding any Banking Service Obligations or Swap Obligations owing to ~~and waives any claim based upon~~ such ~~conflict of interest~~Lender or its Affiliates. The ~~parties hereto agree that the titles~~ Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. For greater certainty, and without limiting the powers of the Administrative Agent or any other Person acting as an agent, attorney-in-fact or mandatary for the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents, each Lender, hereby (a) irrevocably constitutes, to the extent necessary, the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) for the purposes of holding any Liens, including hypothecs, granted or to be granted by any Loan Party on movable or immovable property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of a Loan Party under any bond issued by a Loan Party; and ~~Documentation~~ (b) appoints and agrees that the Administrative Agent, acting as agent for the Lenders, may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond that may be issued and pledged from time to time for the benefit of the Lenders. The said constitution of the fondé de pouvoir (within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec) as the holder of such irrevocable power of attorney and of the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ as bondholder and ~~confer no duties upon~~ mandatary with respect to any bond that may be issued and pledged from time to time for the benefit of the Lenders shall be deemed to have been ratified and confirmed by any assignee by the execution of an Assignment and Assumption. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), the Administrative Agent may purchase, acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by any Loan Party. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that any such ~~agents~~bond shall constitute a title of indebtedness, ~~except~~ as such term is used in Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec. The Administrative Agent herein appointed as fondé de pouvoir shall have the same rights, powers and immunities as the Administrative Agent as stipulated in Article VIII, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. Without limitation, the provisions of Article VIII of this Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to the resignation and appointment of a ~~Lender hereunder~~successor to the Administrative Agent acting as fondé de pouvoir.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Maytag Corp)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Vistaprint N.V.)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender's or Issuing Bank's behalf. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through ~~their respective~~ its Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their ~~respective~~ activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein (including syndication after the Effective Date) as well as the activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval of the Borrower~~ Borrower's consent (which consent shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their ~~respective~~ Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The banks (or Affiliates thereof) identified in this Agreement as a "documentation agent" or "syndication agent" shall not have any right, power, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all banks herein. Each Lender acknowledges ~~the potential conflict~~ that in no event shall any Obligations in respect of ~~interest of each other Lender~~ any Hedging Agreement, cash management services or "Card Programs" (as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ defined in the ~~Loans~~Collateral Agreement), in each case provided by an Affiliate of a Lender, constitute Obligations for the purpose of any Security Document governed by the laws of The United Kingdom unless the documents evidencing such Hedging Agreement, cash management services or Card Programs, as applicable, contain the following language: "We [name of hedging counterparty, cash management provider or Card Programs provider] hereby confirm that by entering into this [insert name of contract], we intend to be party to the Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement") dated February 16, 2005, between, amongst others, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Security Trustee (the "Security Trustee"), and ~~expressly consents~~ the Secured Parties named therein, and (a) undertake to perform all the obligations expressed in the Trust Agreement to be assumed by a Secured Party, and ~~waives any claim based upon such conflict~~ (b) agree that we shall be bound by all the provisions of ~~interest~~the Trust Agreement, as if we had been an original party thereto. ~~The parties hereto~~ We further agree that the ~~titles Co-Syndication Agent~~ Security Trustee may rely upon our undertaking and ~~Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~agreement given herein."

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Symbol Technologies Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right~~right to appoint a successor; provided that so long as no Event of Default exists, ~~with~~ such successor Administrative Agent shall be subject to the ~~approval~~ consent of the ~~Borrower~~ Company (not to be unreasonably ~~withheld~~conditioned, ~~except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~withheld or delayed)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties~~ Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto ~~agree~~ upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and ~~Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties~~ (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon ~~such agents~~(or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Company or any Subsidiary, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Dice Holdings, Inc.)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (MTS Systems Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Parent or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower~~Parent. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Parent, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against any Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ authorizes the ~~potential conflict~~ Administrative Agent to enter into each of ~~interest~~ the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of ~~each other Lender~~ the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a ~~result~~ power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders ~~holding disproportionate interests~~ hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Parent to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the ~~Loans~~Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and ~~expressly consents~~ (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Parent or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Parent or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. Each Borrower, on its behalf and ~~waives~~ on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by each Borrower or any ~~claim based~~ Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by any Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Parent as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Parent which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Parent or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will - conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and ~~Documentation~~ agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) and ~~confer no duties upon~~ (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such ~~agents~~Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent its in its name and on its behalf any amendments, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. For purposes of this Article VIII and for the purposes of Article IX, all references to the Administrative Agent are deemed to include the Collateral Agent. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or ~~other~~ any Affiliate ~~thereof~~ of any of the foregoing as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. 110 116 The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of ~~its~~ the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its ~~sub-~~sub- 112 118 agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Maxxim Medical Inc/Tx)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. ~~The bank~~ Each of the Canadian Revolving Lenders and the Canadian Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Canadian Agent as its agent and authorizes the Canadian Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Canadian Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the European Revolving Lenders and the European Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the European Agent as its agent and authorizes the European Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the European Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Person serving as ~~the Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not ~~the Administrative Agent~~ an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not ~~the Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to ~~the Borrower~~ any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as ~~Administrative~~ such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. ~~The Administrative~~ No Agent shall ~~not~~ be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. ~~The Administrative~~ No Agent shall be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent by the Borrower Representative or a Lender, and ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or (vii) whether any Loans or other Obligations constitute Permitted Debt pursuant to the ~~Administrative Agent~~2017 Indenture (and to the extent that such Loans or other Obligations do not constitute Permitted Debt, each applicable Lender shall continue to remain obligated for its Applicable Percentage of such Loans and other Obligations). ~~The Administrative~~ Each Lender has received copies of the 2017 Indenture and has reviewed the terms and conditions thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the Administrative~~ each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as ~~Administrative~~ Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor ~~Administrative~~ Agent as provided in this paragraph, ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Borrower Representative. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrowers, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor ~~Administrative~~ Agent which shall be a commercial bank ~~with an office in New York, New York,~~ or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~commercial bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as ~~Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent, and the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the ~~Borrower~~ Borrowers to a successor ~~Administrative~~ Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the ~~Borrower~~ Borrowers and such successor. After ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this ~~Article~~ Article, Section 2.17(d) and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as ~~Administrative~~ an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender ~~acknowledges the potential conflict of interest~~ hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of each Agent; (b) such Agent (i) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and that any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel and that such Agent undertakes no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, not share the Report with any Loan Party or any other ~~Lender~~ Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold such Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by as the direct or indirect result of ~~Lenders holding disproportionate interests in~~ any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the ~~Loans~~indemnifying Lender. For greater certainty, and ~~expressly consents to~~ without limiting the powers of the Canadian Agent under the Loan Documents, each of the Canadian Revolving Lenders, the Canadian Issuing Bank and ~~waives any claim based upon such conflict~~ the Canadian Agent (but solely in its capacity as the holder and depositary of ~~interest. The parties hereto agree~~ the Bonds (as defined below)), acknowledges and agrees that the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Canadian Agent ~~and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents~~shall, ~~except as a Lender hereunder.~~for the purposes of holding any security granted by any Canadian Loan Party under the Loan Documents pursuant to the laws of the Province of Québec to

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Park Ohio Holdings Corp)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Informatica Corp)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Genworth Financial Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Perkinelmer Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Pledged Equity or the existence of the Pledged Equity or (vi) or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval~~ consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld~~, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~), to appoint a successor; provided, that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required in the event a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to ~~and waives~~ act for, any ~~claim based upon such conflict of interest~~other Lender. The ~~parties~~ Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity as Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Pledge Agreements to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Pledge Agreement, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Pledge Agreements. In the event that any Pledged Equity is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Pledged Equity in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Pledged Equity (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Pledged Equity pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Pledged Equity which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto ~~agree~~ upon the Pledged Equity that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and ~~Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties~~ (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon ~~such agents~~(or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Pledged Equity.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (National General Holdings Corp.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and of the other ~~Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or and in the other ~~Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby ~~or thereby~~ and in the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the ~~credit facilities provided for herein~~ Facility as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right, with the approval of~~ right to appoint a successor approved by the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, ~~except~~ conditioned or delayed); provided that no ~~such~~ approval of the Borrower shall be ~~required upon the occurrence and continuance of~~ necessary if an Event of ~~Default), to appoint a successor~~Default has occurred and is continuing. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its ~~sub-~~sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Any resignation or removal of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the resignation or removal of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or its successor as Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Swingline Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans (together with payment of all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) made by the retiring or removed Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swingline Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each ~~Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of~~ Arranger and each ~~other Lender~~ institution identified as a ~~result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ “Syndication Agent” or “Documentation Agent” with respect to this Agreement shall have no obligations or duties whatsoever in ~~the Loans,~~ such capacity under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and ~~expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon~~ shall incur no liability hereunder or thereunder in such ~~conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~capacity.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Revolving Credit Agreement (Marathon Petroleum Corp)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Forest Laboratories Inc)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Taleo Corp)

The Administrative Agent. the Syndication Agent and the Collateral Agent In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, The Chase Manhattan Bank is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and First Union National Bank of North Carolina is hereby appointed to act as Syndication Agent, in each case on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the "Agents"). Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender and each Issuing Bank, hereby irrevocably ~~appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and~~ authorizes the ~~Administrative Agent~~ Agents to take such actions on ~~its~~ behalf of such Lender or assignee or Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the ~~Administrative Agent~~ Agents by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other ~~Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The ~~bank serving as~~ Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments in respect of L/C Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent ~~hereunder and~~ has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; (c) pursuant to Section 5.13, request the Parent Borrower to exercise all remedies under the Franchise Agreement (including Governance Remedies); and (d) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other ~~Financing Documents shall have~~ materials delivered by the ~~same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as~~ Borrowers or any other ~~Lender and may exercise~~ Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the ~~same~~ other Loan Documents as ~~though it were not~~ received by the Administrative Agent and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Financing DocumentsAgent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, ~~(a)~~ the Administrative Agent ~~shall not be subject~~ and the Collateral Agent are hereby expressly authorized to execute any ~~fiduciary or other implied duties~~and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, ~~regardless~~ as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of ~~whether a Default has occurred~~ this Agreement and ~~is continuing, (b)~~ the ~~Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or thereby~~ Security Documents. The Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent ~~is required~~ may designate prior to ~~exercise in writing by~~ the ~~Required Lenders (or~~ Closing Date any other Lender with the title co-agent and that any such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and co-agent shall not be ~~liable for~~ obligated to perform any ~~failure to disclose, any information relating to~~ duties in such capacity as a co-agent. Neither the ~~Borrower or~~ Agents nor any of ~~its Subsidiaries that is communicated to~~ their respective directors, officers, employees or ~~obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent~~ agents shall ~~not~~ be liable as such for any action taken or ~~not taken~~ omitted by ~~it with the consent~~ any of them except for its or ~~at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its~~ his own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct~~. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower~~ , or ~~a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not~~ be responsible for ~~or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)~~ any statement, warranty or representation ~~made in~~ herein or ~~in connection with this Agreement, (ii)~~ the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any ~~certificate, report or other~~ document delivered ~~hereunder or~~ in connection herewith, ~~(iii)~~ or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party of any of the ~~covenants~~terms, conditions, covenants or agreements ~~or other terms or conditions set forth herein~~contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, ~~(iv) the~~ genuineness, validity, ~~enforceability,~~ enforceability or effectiveness ~~or genuineness~~ of this Agreement or any other ~~agreement~~Loan Documents, ~~instrument~~ instruments or ~~document~~agreements. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or ~~(v)~~ refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the ~~satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere~~ Required Lenders and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, ~~other than to confirm receipt~~ such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of ~~items expressly required to be delivered~~ knowledge to the ~~Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall~~ contrary, be entitled to rely ~~upon, and shall not incur~~ on any ~~liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument,~~ instrument or document ~~or other writing~~ believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper ~~Person~~person or persons. ~~The Administrative Agent also~~ Neither the Agents nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Borrowers or any other Loan Party on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or any Issuing Bank of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or any Issuing Bank on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or Issuing Bank or the Borrowers or any other Loan Party of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely upon ~~any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed~~ the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or ~~not taken~~ suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of ~~any~~ such counsel~~, accountants or experts~~. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions Lenders hereby acknowledge that none of the ~~preceding paragraphs~~ Agents shall ~~apply~~ be under any duty to take any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent discretionary action permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of the Borrower (not to be ~~unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default),~~ taken by it pursuant to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with such an office. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as Agreement unless it shall ~~from time~~ be requested in writing to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges do so by the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunderRequired Lenders.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Magellan Health Services Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Lexmark International Inc /Ky/)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Parametric Technology Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right~~right to appoint a successor (such successor to be approved by the Borrower, ~~with the~~ such approval ~~of the Borrower (~~not to be unreasonably withheld, ~~except that~~ conditioned or delayed; provided, however, if an Event of Default shall exist at such time, no ~~such~~ approval of the Borrower shall be required ~~upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~hereunder)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent or shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a ~~result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Co-Syndication Agent as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~waives~~ interest on any ~~claim based~~ Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Secured Parties in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Borrower as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will - conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and ~~Documentation~~ agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German law governed pledges (Pfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) and ~~confer no duties upon~~ (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any Secured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case in its own name and for the account of the Secured Parties. Each Lender, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated Secured Parties, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter as its agent in its name and on its behalf into any German law governed Collateral Document, to accept as its agent in its name and on its behalf any pledge under such ~~agents~~Collateral Document and to agree to and execute as agent its in its name and on its behalf any amendments, ~~except as a Lender hereunder~~supplements and other alterations to any such Collateral Document and to release any such Collateral Document and any pledge created under any such Collateral Document in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in any such Collateral Document.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Angiodynamics Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as ~~a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests~~ Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the ~~Loans~~preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Loan Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and ~~expressly consents~~ no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and ~~waives~~ interest on any ~~claim based~~ Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Holders of Secured Obligations within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Holder of Secured Obligations (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 9.02(d); (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Secured Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The Borrower, on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, and each Lender, on its behalf and on the behalf of its affiliated Holders of Secured Obligations, hereby irrevocably constitute the Administrative Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fondé de pouvoir within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec) in order to hold hypothecs and security granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary on property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement, and agree that the Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond, debenture or similar title of indebtedness that may be issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and pledged in favor of the Holders of Secured Obligations in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the special powers of legal persons (Quebec), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent may acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement (i.e., the fondé de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of hypothec by the Borrower or any Subsidiary). The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Borrower as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Borrower which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Borrower or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Parallel Debt will — conditionally upon such ~~conflict~~ payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of ~~interest~~any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application — be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Holders of Secured Obligations in satisfaction of the Obligations shall — conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application — be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree ~~that~~ that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall administer any Collateral Document which is governed by German law and ~~Documentation~~ is a pledge (Pfandrecht) or otherwise transferred to any Holder of Secured Obligations under an accessory security right (akzessorische Sicherheit) in the name and on behalf of the Holder of Secured Obligations. In relation to any Collateral Document governed by the laws of Germany, each party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ to accept as its representative any pledge or other creation of any accessory security right made to such party in relation to this Agreement and ~~confer no duties upon~~ to agree to and execute on its behalf as its representative amendments, supplements and other alterations to any Collateral Document governed by the laws of Germany which creates a pledge or any other accessory security right and to release on behalf of such ~~agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~party any Collateral Document governed by the laws of Germany in accordance with the provisions herein and/or the provisions in the relevant German law governed pledge agreement.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Priceline Com Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of BC Holdings, the BC Borrower or ~~any Subsidiary~~ the Subsidiaries or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of BC Holdings, the BC Borrower or ~~any of its~~ the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by BC Holdings, the BC Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BC Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the BC Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right, with~~ right to appoint a successor approved by the ~~approval of the~~ BC Borrower (which approval (i) shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval~~ withheld or delayed and (ii) shall not be required ~~upon~~ during the ~~occurrence and~~ continuance of an Event of Default)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the BC Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the BC Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each ~~Lender~~ party hereto agrees and acknowledges that (i) the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and ~~Documentation~~ the Joint Lead Arrangers do not have any duties or responsibilities in their capacities as Syndication Agent ~~are honorary~~ and ~~confer no duties upon~~ Joint Lead Arrangers, respectively, hereunder and shall not have, or become subject to, any liability hereunder in such ~~agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~capacities and (ii) the exculpation provisions contained herein relating to the Administrative Agent shall be equally applicable to the Syndication Agent and the Syndication Agent shall receive the full benefit thereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C.)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through ~~their respective~~ its Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their ~~respective~~ activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein (including syndication after the Effective Date) as well as the activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval of the Borrower~~ Borrower’s consent (which consent shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default~~withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their ~~respective~~ Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. ~~Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender~~ The banks (or Affiliates thereof) identified in this Agreement as a ~~result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans~~“documentation agent” or “syndication agent” shall not have any right, ~~and expressly consents~~ power, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunderall banks herein.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Symbol Technologies Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~8.2), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the ~~Borrower~~ Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~8.2) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the ~~Borrower~~ Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents (which include without limitation any of the Administrative Agent’s Affiliates) appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs and other provisions of this Article VIII shall apply to any such sub-~~agent~~ agents (which include without limitation any of the Administrative Agent’s Affiliates) and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-~~agent~~agent mutatis mutandis, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the administration and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In Without limiting the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Documentforegoing, the Administrative Agent ~~is authorized~~designates JPMCB Canada to perform its duties and exercise its rights and powers with respect to Loans and Borrowings made to any Canadian Borrower and as a party to this Agreement, and as an Issuing Bank with respect to ~~the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof~~ Letters of ~~claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding~~ Credit issued for the ~~total amount~~ account of ~~obligations owed by such Person. With respect to~~ any ~~such proof of claim which~~ Canadian Borrower, and the Administrative Agent designates London Administrative Office to perform its duties and exercise its rights and powers with respect to Loans and Borrowings made to any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower (other than the Canadian Borrower), and as an Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the account of any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower (other than the Canadian Borrower). The Administrative Agent may ~~file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on~~ from time to time change any such ~~proof~~ designations and add any Affiliates of ~~claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation~~ the Administrative Agent as parties hereto for purposes of performing the duties and exercise the rights and powers of the Administrative Agent hereunder with respect to ~~whether an individual proof of claim must be filed~~ Loans and Borrowings denominated in ~~respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim~~Agreed Foreign Currencies. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the ~~Issuing Bank~~ Issuer and the ~~Borrower~~Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right, with the approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default),~~ right to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by ~~the~~ any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between ~~the~~ such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section ~~9.03~~ 9.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent, Joint Arranger or Joint Bookrunner shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict~~ same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent, Joint Arranger or Bookrunner (sole or joint), as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, including the Issuer, in accordance with the Agreement, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and subject to the agreements in the second succeeding paragraph, each Lender agrees that it will not take any action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against any Borrower or other Loan Party with respect to any Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, with the consent of the Administrative Agent. The Lenders, including the Issuer, are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan or any Letter of Credit after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Lenders within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Lenders any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. The Administrative Agent is further authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Lenders any intercreditor agreements necessary or appropriate to subordinate any Indebtedness to the Obligations. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) as described in Section 8.2.5; (ii) as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Loan Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Loan Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided , however , that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Company or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. The acknowledgments and agreements of any Lender in this Article XI shall be deemed to be made by such Lender on behalf of itself and its Affiliates. For purposes of such acknowledgements and agreements, the term “Lender” shall include the Issuer. Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as ~~a result~~ its agent for the purpose of ~~Lenders holding disproportionate interests in~~ perfecting Liens, for the ~~Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict~~ benefit of ~~interest. The parties hereto agree that~~ the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Administrative Agent and ~~Documentation~~ the holders of Obligations, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable law can be perfected only by possession. Should any Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary and confer no duties~~ thereof, and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such ~~agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions.

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Samples: Loan Agreement (Myers Industries Inc)

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Universal Corp /Va/)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent ~~as its agent~~ and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases and intercreditor agreements) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not ~~the Administrative Agent~~ an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any ~~Subsidiary~~ subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not ~~the Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder. ~~The Administrative~~ Neither Agent shall ~~not~~ have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) ~~the Administrative~~ neither Agent shall ~~not~~ be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) ~~the Administrative~~ neither Agent shall ~~not~~ have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby ~~or thereby~~ that ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent is ~~required~~ instructed in writing to exercise ~~in writing~~ by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.08), (c) each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action and (cd) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, ~~the Administrative~~ neither Agent shall ~~not~~ have any duty to disclose, ~~and~~ nor shall ~~not~~ it be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of ~~its Subsidiaries~~ the subsidiaries thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. ~~The Administrative~~ Neither Agent shall ~~not~~ be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.08) or in the absence of its own gross ~~negligence~~ negligence, bad faith or ~~wilful misconduct~~willful misconduct or material breach of the Loan Documents (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment). ~~The Administrative~~ Neither Agent shall be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and ~~the Administrative~~ neither Agent shall ~~not~~ be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Security Documents or (vvi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent may also ~~may~~ rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Borrower or any Affiliate thereof), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. ~~The~~ For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.02, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by ~~the Administrative Agent~~it. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the Administrative~~ each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as ~~Administrative~~ Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor ~~Administrative~~ Agent as provided ~~in this paragraph~~below, ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent may resign at any time by notifying in writing the Lenders, ~~the~~ each Issuing Bank (if applicable) and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such ~~resignation~~notice of resignation of the Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the ~~approval~~ consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, ~~except~~ and provided that no such ~~approval~~ consent of the Borrower shall be required ~~upon the occurrence and continuance of~~ if an Event of ~~Default~~Default has occurred and is continuing under paragraphs (g)(i) or (h) of Article VII), to appoint a ~~successor~~successor (other than a Disqualified Institution) which shall be a commercial banking institution organized under the laws of the United States or any State or a United States branch or agency of a commercial banking institution, in each case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. If no successor ~~shall have been so~~ agent is appointed prior to the effective date of resignation of the relevant Agent specified by such Agent in its notice, the resigning Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders with the consent of and the Borrower, a successor agent from among the Lenders. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the successor agent by the ~~Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30~~ date which is 60 days ~~after~~ following the retiring ~~Administrative Agent gives~~ Agent’s notice of ~~its~~ resignation, ~~then~~ the retiring ~~Administrative Agent may, on behalf~~ Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of such Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders, appoint a successor agent as provided for above (except in the case of the Administrative Agent ~~which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate~~ holding collateral security on behalf of any Secured Parties, the resigning Agent shall continue to hold such ~~bank with~~ collateral security as nominee until such ~~an office~~time as a successor Agent is appointed). Upon the acceptance of ~~its~~ any appointment as ~~Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder by a ~~successor~~successor and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Security Documents, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to (a) continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents or (b) otherwise ensure that the obligations under Section 5.09 are satisfied, the successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, ~~privileges~~ discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent, and the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations ~~hereunder~~under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After ~~the Administrative~~ an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section ~~9.03~~ 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while ~~it was~~ acting as ~~Administrative~~ Agent. None of Lenders or other Persons identified on the cover page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent,” “documentation agent,” “bookrunner” or “arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this ~~Agreement~~Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. ~~Each~~ To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to any Lender ~~acknowledges~~ an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the ~~potential conflict~~ Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the Obligations shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise; (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the Obligations and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and each ~~other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives~~ Agent or (including any claim ~~based upon such conflict~~ for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of ~~interest. The parties hereto agree that~~ the ~~titles Co-Syndication~~ Lenders and each Agent and ~~Documentation~~ their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due such Lenders and the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary~~ under Section 2.05 and ~~confer no duties upon~~ 9.05) allowed in such ~~agents, except as a Lender hereunder.~~judicial proceeding; and (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Revolving Loan Credit Agreement (CDW Finance Corp)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably (subject to the removal rights expressly set forth below) appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and the other Financing Documents~~hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or in the other Financing Documents~~herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby ~~or thereby~~ that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing or otherwise as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.2), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section ~~9.02~~9.2) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, and any action so taken or not taken at the direction of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.2) shall be binding on all Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default (other than a Default under Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) (with respect to interest or fees)) unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory and liability provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may (a) resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the ~~Borrower~~Borrower or (b) be removed by written notice of the Required Lenders with the consent of the Borrower if the Administrative Agent engages in gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under the Loan Document. Upon any such ~~resignation~~resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its ~~resignation~~resignation or the Required Lenders give notice of the Administrative Agent’s removal, as applicable, then the retiring or removed Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section ~~9.03~~ 9.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a Documentation Agent or Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders acting as Documentation Agent or Syndication Agent shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with Borrower or any Lender. Each Lender ~~acknowledges~~ hereby makes the ~~potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents~~ same acknowledgments with respect to ~~and waives any claim based upon~~ such ~~conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-~~Syndication ~~Agent~~ Agents and Documentation Agents as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent ~~are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Agreement (Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.)

The Administrative Agent. (a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other ~~Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. . (b) The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder~~. The~~ . (c) To the extent required by any applicable laws, the Administrative Agent ~~shall not have~~ may withhold from any ~~duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Financing Documents~~payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the ~~generality~~ provisions of Section 2.16, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, within 10 days after written demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent as a result of the ~~foregoing~~failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold any Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, ~~(a)~~ without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall ~~not~~ be ~~subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b)~~ conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent ~~shall not have~~ to set off and apply any ~~duty~~ and all amounts at any time owing to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or thereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such ~~other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary~~ Lender under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for any failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents or accuracy of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other ~~agreement, instrument or document, or~~ Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this clause (vc). The agreements in this clause (c) shall survive the ~~satisfaction~~ resignation and/or replacement of ~~any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to~~ the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. The ~~Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon~~term “Lender” shall, ~~and shall not incur any liability~~ for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel purposes of this clause (~~who may be counsel for the Borrower~~c), ~~independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for~~ include any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with such an office. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunderBank.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Crown Media Holdings Inc)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Synchronoss Technologies Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative ~~Agent~~ Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of BC Holdings, the BC Borrower or ~~any Subsidiary~~ the Subsidiaries or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of BC Holdings, the BC Borrower or ~~any of its~~ the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by BC Holdings, the BC Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered ~~hereunder~~ thereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the BC Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the~~ each Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor the Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the BC Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the ~~right, with~~ right to appoint a successor approved by the ~~approval of the~~ BC Borrower (which approval (i) shall not to be unreasonably ~~withheld, except that no such approval~~ withheld or delayed and (ii) shall not be required ~~upon~~ during the ~~occurrence and~~ continuance of an Event of Default)~~, to appoint a successor~~. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the BC Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the BC Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each ~~Lender~~ party hereto agrees and acknowledges that (i) the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and ~~Documentation~~ the Joint Lead Arrangers do not have any duties or responsibilities in their capacities as Syndication Agent ~~are honorary~~ and ~~confer no duties upon~~ Joint Lead Arrangers, respectively, hereunder and shall not have, or become subject to, any liability hereunder in such ~~agents, except as a Lender hereunder~~capacities and (ii) the exculpation provisions contained herein relating to the Administrative Agent shall be equally applicable to the Syndication Agent and the Syndication Agent shall receive the full benefit thereof.

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Samples: Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C.)

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Heidrick & Struggles International Inc)

The Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its ~~behalf~~ behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms ~~hereof and~~ of the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. ~~The bank~~ Each of the Canadian Revolving Lenders and the Canadian Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Canadian Agent as its agent and authorizes the Canadian Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Canadian Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the European Revolving Lenders and the European Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the European Agent as its agent and authorizes the European Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the European Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Person serving as ~~the Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder ~~and under the other Financing Documents~~ shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not ~~the Administrative Agent~~ an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the ~~Borrower~~ Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not ~~the Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth ~~herein or~~ in the ~~other Financing~~ Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated ~~hereby or thereby~~ by the Loan Documents that ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth ~~herein~~in the Loan Documents, ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for ~~any~~ the failure to disclose, any information relating to ~~the Borrower~~ any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as ~~Administrative~~ such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. ~~The Administrative~~ No Agent shall ~~not~~ be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or ~~wilful~~ willful misconduct. ~~The Administrative~~ No Agent shall be deemed ~~not~~ to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent by the Borrower Representative or a Lender, and ~~the Administrative~~ no Agent shall ~~not~~ be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with ~~this Agreement~~any Loan Document, (ii) the contents ~~or accuracy~~ of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection ~~herewith~~with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of ~~this Agreement~~ any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere ~~herein~~in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or (vii) whether any Loans or other Obligations constitute Permitted Debt pursuant to the ~~Administrative Agent~~2011 Indenture (and to the extent that such Loans or other Obligations do not constitute Permitted Debt, each applicable Lender shall continue to remain obligated for its Applicable Percentage of such Loans and other Obligations). ~~The Administrative~~ Each Lender has received copies of the 2011 Indenture and has reviewed the terms and conditions thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the ~~Borrower~~Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by ~~the Administrative~~ such Agent. ~~The Administrative~~ Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of ~~the Administrative~~ each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as ~~Administrative~~ Agent. In the event that a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar law is filed by or against the Borrower or any other Person obligated under the Financing Document, the Administrative Agent is authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to file a proof of claim on behalf of itself and the Lenders in such proceeding for the total amount of obligations owed by such Person. With respect to any such proof of claim which the Administrative Agent may file, each Lender acknowledges that without reliance on such proof of claim, such Lender shall make its own evaluation as to whether an individual proof of claim must be filed in respect of such obligations owed to such Lender and, if so, take the steps necessary to prepare and timely file such individual claim. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor ~~Administrative~~ Agent as provided in this paragraph, ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing ~~Bank~~ Banks and the ~~Borrower~~Borrower Representative. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the ~~approval of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld, except that no such approval shall be required upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default)~~Borrowers, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent may, on behalf of the ~~Lenders~~Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor ~~Administrative~~ Agent which shall be a commercial bank ~~with an office in New York, New York,~~ or an Affiliate of any such ~~bank with such an office~~commercial bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as ~~Administrative~~ an Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent, and the retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the ~~Borrower~~ Borrowers to a successor ~~Administrative~~ Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the ~~Borrower~~ Borrowers and such successor. After ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this ~~Article~~ Article, Section 2.17(d) and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring ~~Administrative~~ Agent, its ~~sub-agents~~ sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as ~~Administrative~~ an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon ~~the Administrative~~ any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender ~~acknowledges the potential conflict of interest~~ hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of each Agent; (b) such Agent (i) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and that any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties' books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties' personnel and that such Agent undertakes no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, not share the Report with any Loan Party or any other ~~Lender~~ Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold such Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by as the direct or indirect result of ~~Lenders holding disproportionate interests in~~ any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the Loans, and expressly consents to and waives any claim based upon such conflict of interest. The parties hereto agree that the titles Co-Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent are honorary and confer no duties upon such agents, except as a Lender hereunderindemnifying Lender.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Park Ohio Holdings Corp)

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