Applicable Rate The definition of “Applicable Rate” set forth in Section 14 is hereby amended by adding to the end of Subsection (b) of the definition after the word “Rate” the following provision: “; provided, however, that if the payee is a Defaulting Party for purposes of Section 6(e), then the rate shall be the Non-default Rate.”
Variable Rate The initial ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for Purchases is a fixed promotional rate as shown on page 1 of this Agreement and will remain in effect for your first six (6) billing cycles following the opening of your account ("Initial Rate Period for Purchases"). The Daily Periodic Rate during the Initial Rate Period for Purchases is 0%. After the Initial Rate Period for Purchases, the Daily Periodic Rate for Purchases based on the Current Index and Rate Spread described below will be .0493% and the corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE will be 18.00%. After the Initial Rate Period for Purchases, the ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for Purchases will change to the current rate shown on page 1 of this Agreement. The ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for transfers of account balances you have with another creditor ("Balance Transfers") is a fixed rate as shown on page 1 of this Agreement and will be in effect for eight (8) billing cycles following the opening of your account. The Daily Periodic Rate for Balance Transfers during the eight-billing cycle period is 4.99%. The Daily Periodic Rate for Balance Transfers after the eight-billing cycle period based on the Current Index and Rate Spread described below will be .0493% and the corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE will be 18.00%. The ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for Balance Transfers after the eight-billing cycle period will change to the current rate shown on page 1 of this Agreement. The current Daily Periodic Rate for Purchases and Balance Transfers is .0493%. The Daily Periodic Rate and the corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE may change (by increasing or decreasing) on the first day of each of your billing cycles that begin in March, June, September, and December. Each date on which the rate of interest could change is called a "Change Date." Changes will be based on changes in the "Index." The Index is the highest U.S. Prime Rate published in the "Money Rates" section of The Wall Street Journal on the last business day of the calendar month prior to the month in which the Change Date occurs. The most recent Index is called the “Current Index.” If the Index is no longer available, we will choose a new index based upon comparable information and will give you notice of our choice. Your interest rate for Purchases is based on a variable rate equal to the sum of the Current Index plus a "Rate Spread" of 12.99 percentage points. (The Rate Spread is also called the Margin.) Immediately before each Change Date we will determine the new interest rate for Purchases by adding the Rate Spread to the Current Index. For example, if the Current Index was 7.00% and the Rate Spread 12.99 percentage points, the ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE would be 18.00% and by dividing this percentage figure by 365, we would compute a Daily Periodic Rate of .0493%. The new interest rate for Purchases will become effective at the start of your first billing cycle after the Change Date. The ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE will not exceed the maximum rate permitted by law. The effect of any increase in the ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE and the Daily Periodic Rate for Purchases would be to increase the amount of interest you must pay and thus increase your monthly payments.
Base Rate The greater of (a) the variable annual rate of interest announced from time to time by Agent at Agent's Head Office as its "prime rate" or (b) one-half of one percent (0.5%) above the Federal Funds Effective Rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next one-eighth of one percent). The Base Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate being charged to any customer. Any change in the rate of interest payable hereunder resulting from a change in the Base Rate shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the Base Rate becomes effective, without notice or demand of any kind.