Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall: (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders; (b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender; (c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment; (d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Bojangles', Inc.), Amendment No. 4 (Bojangles', Inc.), Credit Agreement (Bojangles', Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent Consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Agent, with the Consent of the Required Lenders Lenders, and the Lead Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent Consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(ai) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent Consent of such Lender;Lender;
(cii) as to any Lender, postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for (i) any scheduled payment (excluding mandatory prepaymentsincluding any Maturity Date) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any of the other Loan Document Documents without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;Lender, or (ii) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written Consent of such Lender;
(diii) as to any Lender, reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowingheld by such Lender, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to or for the account of such Lender, without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; Lender; provided, however, that only the consent Consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate; (iv) as to any Lender, change Section 2.13 or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the effect pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written Consent of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;Lender;
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Term Loan Credit Agreement (Beyond, Inc.), Term Loan Credit Agreement (Kirkland's, Inc), Term Loan Credit Agreement (Beyond, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment (a) Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, none of this Agreement, any Loan Document or waiver any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that:
(i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or any other Loan Party therefrominconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall be effective unless in writing signed by have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders and stating that the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each Required Lenders object to such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which givenamendment; provided, however, that and
(ii) no such amendment, waiver or consent agreement shall:
(aA) waive increase any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cB) postpone reduce or forgive the principal amount of any date fixed by this Agreement Loan or payment obligation in respect of any other Loan Document for L/C Obligation or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principalfees payable hereunder, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly and adversely affected thereby; provided, however, provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or change the amount of the Default Rate;
(C) postpone the maturity of any Loan, or the required date of reimbursement of any L/C Obligation, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (it being understood that the waiver of any Default or any mandatory prepayment shall not constitute a postponement, waiver or excuse of any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts); provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or change the amount of the Default Rate;
(D) change Section 2.11(g) or 2.12 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender;
(E) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Class Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder or thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be);
(F) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(G) release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guarantees, without the written consent of each Lender;
(H) change any provision of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments or prepayments due to Lenders with Commitments or Obligations of any Class differently than those with Commitments or Obligations of any other Class without the written consent of the Required Class Lenders of the adversely affected Class; or
(I) change any of the provisions of Section 8.03, without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby; provided further that (i) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Agent or any L/C Issuer without the prior written consent of such Agent or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be; (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of one Class (but not of the other Classes) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Lenders of such Class; (iii) Section 10.06(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any defined term part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (iv) no amendment, waiver or consent shall be made to modify Section 7.08 or any definition related thereto (as any such definition is used thereinfor purposes of Section 7.08) even or waive any Default or Event of Default resulting from a failure to perform or observe the requirements of Section 7.08 without the written consent of the Required Class Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility; provided, however, that the waivers described in this clause (iv) shall not require the consent of any Lenders other than the Required Class Lenders under such Facility.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except that (i) the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, (ii) the maturity date of any Loan held by such Defaulting Lender may not be extended and (iii) the principal or interest in respect of any Loans held by such Defaulting Lender shall not be reduced or forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent (and, if their rights or obligations are affected thereby, the effect other Agents and the L/C Issuers) if (i) by the terms of such agreement the Commitments of each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment would and (ii) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan owed to it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to reduce add one or more additional Classes of credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the rate extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended as set forth in Section 2.13, Section 2.14 and Section 2.15.
(e) If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of such Lender or each adversely affected Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders or Required Class Lenders (as applicable), the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.01 or in the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document or L/C Borrowing (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent or any Lender to reduce undertake any fee payable hereunder;action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, no Affiliated Lender shall have any right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take (or refrain from taking) any such action and the Total Outstandings, aggregate unused Term Commitments and aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments held by any Affiliated Lenders shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken any actions. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Affiliated Lender shall have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present or (ii) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Article II).
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement, Credit Agreement (Time Inc.), Credit Agreement (Time Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i)or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document Lender without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentLender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iviii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Subsidiary Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or any amount owing to such Lender reduced (except in accordance with Section 2.15) or the final maturity thereof extended, in each case, without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Tesoro Corp /New/), Credit Agreement (Tesoro Logistics Lp), Credit Agreement (Tesoro Logistics Lp)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility (other than Section 4.02(e)(i) or (f)) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments, if any) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest interest, commitment fees or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(f) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and each affected L/C Issuer;
(g) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(h)), without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, or release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, in each case without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Collateral or any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (other than Section 9.10(a)(iii)) (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (1) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (2) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer may, without the consent of any other Lender or L/C Issuer, make such changes as may be necessary to incorporate provisions with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit in any Alternative Currency approved by such L/C Issuer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified (each in its sole discretion) an obvious error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the applicable Loan Parties shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following the posting of such amendment to the Lenders. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of such Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph). Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder so long as such amendment does not adversely impact any other Lender’s ability to participate in such vote or action.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Co)
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03, Section 2.02(f), Section 1.08(g) and the last paragraph of this Section 10.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and Lenders, the Borrower or the and any applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.01), no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) in the case of Credit Extensions to be made on the Restatement Effective Date, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01, without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Term Lenders, as the case may be;
(bc) extend (except as provided in Section 2.15 and Section 2.20) or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of (i) the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder and (ii) the Required Revolving Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(f) change (i) any provision of Section 2.14, Section 8.03 or any of the other terms or provisions in any Loan Document requiring pro rata payments, distributions, commitment reductions or sharing of payments without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby in each case without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby or (ii) the order of application of any reduction in Revolving Credit Commitments or any prepayment of Loans from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Sections 2.06 or 2.07 in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders,” “Required Term Lenders” or “Appropriate Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility or (iii) any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(h) release the Parent or the Borrower from their respective obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or release, or have the effect of releasing, all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty Agreement, in each case without the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents;
(i) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; or
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, each Term Lender and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, each Revolving Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by an L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) [reserved]; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, (x) affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (y) modify or change, or have the effect of modifying or changing, Section 3.03 or any term defined in such section or any other term or provision in this Agreement relating to the replacement of SOFR, Daily Simple SOFR, Term SOFR or any Successor Rates or the replacement of any such rate or Successor Rates; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary,
(i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) any Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (z) the outstanding principal balance of any Loan held by any Defaulting Lender may not be reduced without the consent of such Lender;
(ii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, with the consent of the other (but without the consent of any Lender or other Loan Party), amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document:
(A) to cure any ambiguity, omission, typographical error, mistake, defect or inconsistency if such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender;
(B) to add a “Guarantor” pursuant to in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; or
(C) (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement, in each case as contemplated by, and subject to the limitations, of Section 2.16, and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder;) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, (ii) to permit the Lenders providing such additional facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder, and (iii) if an additional facility shall take the form of a term loan facility on terms that are not identical to the terms of the then existing facilities hereunder, to include such terms as are then customary for the type of facility being added; and
(iii) this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Empire State Realty OP, L.P.), Credit Agreement (Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Empire State Realty OP, L.P.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments, if any) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest interest, commitment fees or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and each affected L/C Issuer;
(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, or release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, in each case without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Collateral or any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 10.19(a) and/or Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to amend the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any financial covenant other Loan Document; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (1) the Commitment of any defined term used therein) even if Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the effect consent of such Lender and (2) any waiver, amendment would be to reduce or modification requiring the rate consent of interest on all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Loan Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer may, without the consent of any other Lender or L/C Borrowing Issuer, make such changes as may be necessary to incorporate provisions with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit in any Alternative Currency approved by such L/C Issuer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified (each in its sole discretion) an obvious error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the applicable Loan Parties shall be permitted to reduce amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any fee payable hereunder;further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following the posting of such amendment to the Lenders. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of such Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Co), Credit Agreement (Babcock & Wilcox Co), Credit Agreement (McDermott International Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) [intentionally omitted];
(b) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Term Lenders, as the case may be;
(bc) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder (other than mandatory prepayments under clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.05(b), late fees and default interest) or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentpayment or extend the expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility;
(de) reduce or subordinate the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (other than late fees or default interest) without the written consent of each Lender or L/C Issuer entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) change (i) Section 8.03 or the definition of “Pro Rata Share” in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each affected Lender or (ii) the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of the Required Facility Lenders under such Facility;
(g) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty, or release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions except as specifically permitted by the Loan Documents without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Subsidiary Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Facility Lenders under such Facility; provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it, (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement, (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iv) each of the Fee Letters and the Engagement Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto, and (v) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or the principal amount owed to such Lender reduced, or the final maturity thereof extended, without the consent of such Lender, (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender, that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (z) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall modify the voting rights of any Defaulting Lender hereunder without the consent of each such Defaulting Lender. Upon delivery by the Borrower of each Compliance Certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying supplements to the Schedules to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.02(b), the schedule supplements attached to each such certificate shall be incorporated into and become a part of and supplement Schedules 5.03, 5.08, and 5.23 hereto, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent may attach such schedule supplements to such Schedules, and each reference to such Schedules shall mean and be a reference to such Schedules, as supplemented pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01 or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) guarantees, collateral security agreements, pledge agreements and related documents (if any) executed by the Loan Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be amended, supplemented and/or waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the input or need to obtain the consent of any other Lenders to (x) comply with applicable Law, (y) to cure ambiguities, omissions or defects or (z) to cause such guarantees, collateral security agreements, pledge agreement or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of any other Lender (other than the relevant Lenders providing Loans under such Sections), effect amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to effect the provisions of Section 2.16 (or any other provision specifying that any waiver, amendment or modification may be made with only the consent or approval of the Administrative Agent) and (iii) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have jointly identified any ambiguity, mistake, defect, inconsistency, obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature or any necessary or desirable technical change, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp), Credit Agreement (Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change (i) Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders, and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 11.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders,” or “Required Term Lenders,” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders, and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it, (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights and duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement, (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement, in each case subject to the limitations in Section 2.14, and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent, the Incremental Lenders to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder. Subject to compliance with the last paragraph of Section 8.03, no amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall (i) alter the ratable treatment of the Obligations owing under Secured Hedge Agreements in right of payment to principal on the Loans or (ii) result in the Obligations owing under Secured Hedge Agreements becoming unsecured (other than releases of Liens applicable to all Lenders and otherwise permitted in accordance with the terms hereof), in each case, in a manner adverse to the applicable Hedge Bank unless such amendment waiver or consent has been consented to in writing by such Hedge Bank (or in the case of a Secured Hedge Agreement provided or arranged by a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Lender or Affiliate). If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 11.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Bojangles', Inc.), Credit Agreement (Bojangles', Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or or, subject to Section 8.02, waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefromtherefrom (including any cure of any Event of Default), shall will be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or Administrative Agent at the written request of Required Lenders) and the Borrower Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and with receipt acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall will be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shallwill:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.01, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.028.03) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) payment, of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivi) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01(d)) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, or change the manner of computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in determining the Applicable Rate that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall will be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit L/C Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender, (ii) the definition of “Revolving Credit Maturity Date” or “Revolving Credit Stated Maturity Date,” Eligible Assignee,” “Participant,” “Defaulting Lender” or “Specified Lender” without the written consent of each Lender, or (iii) the definition of “Alternative Currency” or provision of Section 1.02(l) without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change (i) Section 2.07 to allow for non-pro rata application of any reductions in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (ii) Section 3.07 or (iii) Section 8.04 without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) release any Guarantor from its Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender except as permitted by Section 10.15(a) or Section 9.10; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent will, unless in writing and signed by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo and each other designated L/C Issuer that has issued a Credit under this Agreement in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of any L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent will, unless in writing and signed by Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent will, unless in writing and signed by Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender will have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (1) the Commitments of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, (2) the amount of principal and accrued fees and interest owing to the Defaulting Lender may not be reduced without the consent of such Lender, and (3) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders will require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties in accordance with Section 2.15 to (a) add one or more Incremental Term Loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) include appropriately the Lenders holding such Incremental Term Loans in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Ch2m Hill Companies LTD), Credit Agreement (Ch2m Hill Companies LTD)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party the Guarantor therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan PartyGuarantor, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingUnreimbursed Amount, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) required to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;Rate:
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Voya Financial, Inc.), Revolving Credit Agreement (ING U.S., Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the any Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document (except as expressly provided in Section 2.18) without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or interest, Letter of Credit Fees or BA Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Mastec Inc), Credit Agreement (Mastec Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No (a) Subject to Section 2.20 and Section 3.07 and except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(ai) except as provided in Section 4.01, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility therein without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(bii) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender whose Commitment is being extended, increased or reinstated (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or of any Default or of a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension, increase or reinstatement in Commitments of any Lender);
(ciii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(div) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivb) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such amount; provided, however, amount (it being understood that only the consent neither of the Required Lenders shall be necessary following constitutes a reduction in the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or any fees or other amounts: (iA) any amendment to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive waiver of any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (iiB) any amendment to amend or waiver of any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term or component defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment or waiver would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder);
(v) change Sections 2.14 or 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vi) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Pro Rata Facilities Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vii) release any Guarantor or the Borrower without the written consent of each Lender, or, except in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender whose Obligations are guaranteed thereby, except, in either case, to the extent any such release is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(viii) release or authorize the release of all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents without the written consent of each Lender whose Obligations hereunder are secured by such Collateral, it being understood that to the extent that Collateral comprises assets which are permitted to be sold pursuant to Section 7.05 or released pursuant to Section 9.10, such Collateral may be released without the consent of any of the Lenders;
(ix) amend Section 1.06 without the written consent of each Lender and L/C Issuer obligated to make Credit Extensions in Alternative Currencies; or
(x) without limiting the generality of clause (a)(i) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or any condition set forth in Section 4.03 as to the Credit Extension of Delayed Draw Term A Loans without the written consent of the Delayed Draw Term A Lenders who hold greater than 50% of the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Commitments.
(xi) prior to the termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, unless also signed by the Required Revolving Lenders, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall (A) waive any Default or Event of Default for purposes of Section 4.02(b), (B) amend, change, waive, discharge or terminate Sections 4.02 or 8.01 in a manner adverse to the Revolving Lenders or (C) amend, change, waive, discharge or terminate this clause (xi);
(xii) unless also signed by Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) holding in the aggregate at least a majority of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Term B Loans entitled to receive prepayments pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii), as applicable, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall (A) amend, change, waive, discharge or terminate Section 2.06(b)(v) so as to alter the manner of application of proceeds of any mandatory prepayment required by Section 2.06(b)(iii) or (B) amend, change, waive, discharge or terminate this clause (xii) (other than to provide Lenders of other Term Loans with proportional rights under this clause (xii));
(xiii) unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it;
(xiv) unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement;
(xv) unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and
(xvi) directly and materially adversely affect the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of one Class differently from the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of any other Class without the written consent of the applicable Class of Required Lenders of such affected Lenders;
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.01:
(i) any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to (A) Section 7.11 (or any defined term or component defined term used therein) or any Default or Event of Default or exercise of remedies by the Required Pro Rata Facilities Lenders in respect or as a result thereof, (B) the second proviso in Section 8.01(b), (C) clause (a) of Section 8.02 or (D) the parenthetical provisions referencing Section 7.11 in Section 10.03 will not require the consent of the Required Lenders but shall be effective if, and only if, signed by the Required Pro Rata Facilities Lenders and the Loan Parties and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent;
(ii) any Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
(iii) any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to the definitions of “Alternative Currency Sublimit”, “Letter of Credit Sublimit” and “Swing Line Sublimit”, Section 1.06, Section 2.03 and Section 2.05 will not require the consent of the Required Lenders but shall be effective if, and only if, signed by the Required Revolving Lenders, the Loan Parties and any party whose consent is required pursuant to clauses (a)(ix), (a)(x), (a)(xiii), (a)(xiv) or (a)(xv) above and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent;
(iv) a Refinancing Amendment shall be effective if signed only by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Person that agrees to provide a portion of the applicable Specified Refinancing Debt;
(v) an Incremental Facility Amendment shall be effective if signed only by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Person that agrees to provide a portion of the applicable Incremental Facility;
(vi) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (A) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(vii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein;
(viii) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral other than Cash Collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders;
(ix) this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of only the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders obligated to make Credit Extensions in Alternative Currencies to amend the definition of “Alternative Currency”, “LIBOR Quoted Currency”, “Non-LIBOR Quoted Currency” or “Eurocurrency Rate” solely to add additional currency options and the applicable interest rate with respect thereto, in each case solely to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 1.06;
(x) only the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be required to make amendments contemplated by Section 3.07;
(xi) this Agreement may be amended and restated in accordance with this Section 10.01 but without the consent of a specific Lender if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts then owing to it or then accrued for its account under this Agreement;
(xii) only the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be required to amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any other Loan Document to cure or correct administrative errors or omissions, any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency or to effect administrative changes or to extend an existing Lien over additional property, and such amendment shall become effective without any further consent of any other party to such Loan Document so long as (A) such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or other holder of Obligations in any material respect and (B) the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; and
(xiii) only the written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be required to amend, modify or supplement this Agreement with respect to Section 2.16(a)(ii) and the definitions of “First ECF Applicable Level” and “Second ECF Applicable Level” solely as it relates to inserting the fixed ratios that represent the Consolidated Secured Net Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the Delayed Draw Term A Loan Termination Date.
(c) In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.01, the Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, make one or more offers (each, a “Loan Modification Offer”) to all the Lenders holdings Commitments and/or Loans of a particular class or tranche to make one or more amendments or modifications to (i) allow the maturity of such Commitments or Loans of the accepting Lenders to be extended, (ii) modify the Applicable Rate and/or fees payable with respect to such Loans and Commitments of the accepting Lenders, (iii) modify any covenants or other provisions or add new covenants or provisions that are agreed between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Accepting Lenders; provided that such modified or new covenants and provisions are applicable only during periods after the latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the effective date of such amendment, and (iv) any other amendment to a Loan Document required to give effect to the amendments described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (“Permitted Amendments”, and any amendment to this Agreement to implement Permitted Amendments, a “Loan Modification Agreement”) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Such notice shall set forth (x) the terms and conditions of the requested Permitted Amendments and (y) the date on which such Permitted Amendments are requested to become effective. Permitted Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the applicable class or tranche of Commitments and/or Loans of the Lenders that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the “Accepting Lenders”) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such Lender’s Commitments and/or Loans as to which such Lender’s acceptance has been made. The Borrower and each Accepting Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Loan Modification Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the acceptance of the Permitted Amendments and the terms and conditions thereof, and the Loan Parties shall also deliver such resolutions, opinions and other documents as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Modification Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that (1) upon the effectiveness of any Loan Modification Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Permitted Amendments evidenced thereby and only with respect to the applicable class or tranche of Commitments and Loans of the Accepting Lenders as to which such Lenders’ acceptance has been made, (2) any applicable Lender who is not an Accepting Lender may be replaced by the Borrower in accordance with Section 10.13, and (3) to the extent relating to Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to make any amendments or modifications to any Loan Documents necessary to allow any borrowings, prepayments, participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and commitment reductions to be ratable across each class of Revolving Commitments the mechanics for which may be implemented through the applicable Loan Modification Agreement and may include technical changes related to the borrowing and repayment procedures of the Lenders; provided that with the consent of the Accepting Lenders such prepayments and commitment reductions and reductions in participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans may be applied on a non-ratable basis to the class of non-Accepting Lenders.
(d) In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.01, this Agreement and any othe
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Ii-Vi Inc), Credit Agreement (Ii-Vi Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) in the case of the initial Credit Extension, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(c)(i)) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) [reserved];
(c) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each such Lender entitled to such payment;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (ivii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or and (ii) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees on the Loans at the Default Rate Rate;
(f) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby or (ii) the order of application of any prepayment of Loans from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders without the written consent of the Required Lenders;
(g) change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentages specified in (or alter the method of calculation thereof) the definition of any of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(h) except as set forth in Section 9.11, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(j) subordinate the Obligations in right of payment or subordinate the Liens on the Collateral, in each case, to any other Indebtedness or any Lien securing any other Indebtedness, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(k) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under the Term Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Lenders; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent that by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended to extend the Maturity Date of the Term Facility with respect to Lenders that agree to such extension with respect to their Term Loans with the written consent of each such approving Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and no other Lender) and, in connection therewith and pursuant to a written offer from the Borrower to extend such Maturity Date may provide for different rates of interest and fees under the Term Facility with respect to the portion thereof the with a Maturity Date so extended and may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the latest stated maturity date (including, without limitation, the Maturity Date) existing on the effective date of such amendment; provided that in each such case, (x) no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any such extension and (y) any such proposed extension of the Maturity Date with respect to the Term Facility shall have been offered to each Lender with Loans or Commitments under the Term Facility proposed to be extended, and if the consents of such Lenders exceed the portion of Commitments and Loans the Borrower wishes to extend, such consents shall be accepted on a pro rata basis among the applicable consenting Lenders; provided that any such offer may, at the Borrower’s option, be made to the Lenders in respect of any tranche or tranches of Term Loans without being made to any other tranche of Term Loans, as the case may be. In connection with any extensions effected pursuant to this paragraph, the Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that the Lien and security interests granted by the Collateral Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to such extension (including any actions requested in connection with any existing Mortgages or any title policies related thereto). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, (x) Collateral Documents (including any additional Collateral Documents executed pursuant to Section 6.12 after the Closing Date) and related documents executed by the Loan Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be amended, supplemented and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Person if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or (iii) to cause such Collateral Document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (y) if following the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an ambiguity, inconsistency, obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any financial covenant hereunder (further action or consent of any defined term used therein) even other party to any Loan Documents if the effect same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;notice thereof.
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Sources: Term Loan Credit Agreement (Nn Inc), Term Loan Credit Agreement (Nn Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) Lender hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentLender;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingUnreimbursed Amounts under Letters of Credit, or (subject to clause (iviii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Lender without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountLender; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or and (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(d) without the written consent of each Lender, (i) change Section 2.13,
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, the Required Term A Lenders or the Required Term B Lenders, as the case may be;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for (i) any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentpayment or (ii) any scheduled reduction of any Facility hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Appropriate Lender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest or premium specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term A Facility, the Required Term A Lenders, (ii) if such Facility is the Term B Facility, the Required Term B Lenders and (iii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders,” “Required Term A Lenders,” or “Required Term B Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility or (iii) or the definition of “Repricing Transaction” without the written consent of each Lender materially and adversely affected thereby;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term A Facility, each Term A Lender, (ii) if such Facility is the Term B Facility, each Term B Lender and (iii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, each Revolving Lender; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto and (v) no amendment, waiver or consent shall amend, modify supplement or waive any condition precedent to any extension of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility set forth in Section 4.02 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility (it being understood that (A) amendments, modifications, supplements or waivers of any other provision of any Loan Document, including any representation or warranty, any covenant or any Default, shall be deemed to be effective for purposes of determining whether the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 have been satisfied regardless of whether the Required Revolving Lenders shall have consented to such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver and (B) such consent of the Required Revolving Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modifications to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement, in each case subject to the limitations in Section 2.14, and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph) and includes the payment to such Lender of all amounts owed including any premiums.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Gentiva Health Services Inc), Credit Agreement (Gentiva Health Services Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) in the case of the initial Credit Extension, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(c)(i)) or any Credit Extension under a particular Facility of Section 4.02(a), (b) or (c), without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, while the Term Loans (including any Incremental Term Loans) remain outstanding, without the prior written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, amend, modify or waive Section 4.02 or any other provision of this Agreement if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver is to require the Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans when such Lenders would not otherwise be required to do so;
(bc) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each such Lender entitled to such payment;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, provided that only the consent of (i) the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or ”, (ii) the Required Term Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest on the Term Loans at the Default Rate and (iii) the Required Revolving Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest on any Loans other than the Term Loans or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby or (ii) the order of application of any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (x) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders, and (y) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(g) change any provision of this Section or reduce the percentages specified in (or alter the method of calculation thereof) the definition of any of “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Lenders” or “Required Term Lenders”, or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(j) without the prior written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, amend, modify or waive Section 6.02(b); or
(k) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it and (iv) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended to extend the Maturity Date of (x) the Revolving Credit Commitments of Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to such extension with respect to their Revolving Credit Commitments with the written consent of each such approving Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and no other Lender) and, in connection therewith, to provide for different rates of interest and fees under the Revolving Credit Facility with respect to the portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments with a Maturity Date so extended; and (y) the Term Facility with respect to Term Lenders that agree to such extension with respect to their Term Loans with the written consent of each such approving Term Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and no other Lender) and, in connection therewith and pursuant to a written offer from the Borrower to extend such Maturity Date may provide for different rates of interest and fees under the Term Facility with respect to the portion thereof the with a Maturity Date so extended and may provide for other covenants and terms that apply solely to any period after the latest stated maturity date (including, without limitation, the Maturity Date) existing on the effective date of such amendment; provided that in each such case, (x) no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any such extension and (y) any such proposed extension of the Maturity Date with respect to a Facility shall have been offered to each Lender with Loans or Commitments under the applicable Facility proposed to be extended, and if the consents of such Lenders exceed the portion of Commitments and Loans the Borrower wishes to extend, such consents shall be accepted on a pro rata basis among the applicable consenting Lenders. This paragraph shall apply to any Incremental Term Loans in the same manner as it applies to the Term Facility; provided that any such offer may, at the Borrower’s option, be made to the Lenders in respect of any tranche or tranches of Incremental Term Loans and/or the Term Facility without being made to any other tranche of Incremental Term Loans or the Term Facility, as the case may be. In connection with any extensions effected pursuant to this paragraph, the Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that the Lien and security interests granted by the Collateral Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to such extension (including any actions requested in connection with any existing Mortgages or any title policies related thereto). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, (x) Collateral Documents (including any additional Collateral Documents executed pursuant to Section 6.12 after the Closing Date) and related documents executed by the Loan Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be amended, supplemented and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Person if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or (iii) to cause such Collateral Document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (y) if following the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an ambiguity, inconsistency, obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Documents if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Nn Inc), Credit Agreement (Nn Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement (including Section 2.23), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed executed by the Required Lenders Borrower and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may beRequired Lenders, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(ai) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders[reserved];
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(dii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, directly and adversely affected thereby (provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (ix) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any the obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (iiy) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term directly or indirectly used therein) ), even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing other Obligation or to reduce any fee payable hereunder);
(iii) postpone any date scheduled for any payment of principal of, or interest on, any Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(iv) change Section 2.16 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(v) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 or Section 4.02 without the written consent of each Lender;
(vi) [reserved];
(vii) change any provision of this Section or the percentage in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(viii) release or otherwise limit all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees provided by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, in each case, by limiting liability in respect thereof) under the Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in the Collateral Agreement (including any such release by the Administrative Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of any Subsidiary upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents), it being understood and agreed that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations guaranteed under the Collateral Agreement shall not be deemed to be a release or limitation of any Guarantee); or
(ix) release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents, or otherwise subordinate such Liens, without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in the applicable Security Document (including any such release by the Administrative Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of the Collateral upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents), it being understood and agreed that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations secured by the Security Documents shall not be deemed to be a release of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents), provided, further, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties hereunder or under any other Loan Document of the Administrative Agent, unless in writing executed by the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Borrower and the Lenders required above. In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Uncommitted Revolving Credit Agreement (Power Solutions International, Inc.), Revolving Credit Agreement (Power Solutions International, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing writing, signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by a copy thereof is provided to the Administrative Agent, or signed by the Borrower and the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 2.14, Section 8.03 or the definition of “Pro Rata Share” in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the percentages contained in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) release the Guarantor from liability under the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) Section 10.06(i) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification. Notwithstanding anything to amend the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any financial covenant right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or any defined term used thereinconsent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) even if the effect Commitment of such amendment would a Defaulting Lender may not be to reduce increased or extended, nor the rate principal amount of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing any interest thereon, or any other amounts payable hereunder, owed to such Defaulting Lender reduced or the date for payment thereof extended, without the consent of such Defaulting Lender, (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender, and (z) any waiver, amendment or modification changing the voting rights of a Defaulting Lender shall require the consent of each Lender that is a Defaulting Lender at the time that such waiver, amendment or modification becomes effective. If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, consent, discharge or termination of or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by this Section 10.01, the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Borrower shall have the right, to replace each such non-consenting Lender or Lenders with one or more (so long as all non-consenting Lenders are so replaced) persons pursuant to Section 10.14 so long as at the time of such replacement, each such new Lender consents to the proposed change, waiver, consent, discharge or termination. Each Lender agrees that, if the Borrower elects to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section, it shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption to evidence such sale and purchase and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lender’s Loans) subject to such Assignment and Assumption; provided that the failure of any such non-consenting Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such sale and purchase (and the corresponding assignment) invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Term Loan Agreement (Oneok Inc /New/), Term Loan Agreement (ONEOK Partners LP)
Amendments, Etc. No Neither the amendment or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Credit Document, and no nor the consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders, or if the Lenders shall not be parties thereto, by the parties thereto and consented to by the Required Lenders and (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative AgentBorrower, and each such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
shall unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the following: (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as increase the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders or subject the Lenders to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
additional obligations, (b) extend except as otherwise expressly provided in this Credit Agreement, reduce the principal of, or increase the Commitment interest on, any Loan or Note or any Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations or any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
fees hereunder, (c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment in respect of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingNote or any Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations or any fees hereunder, (d) change the percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments, or any minimum requirement necessary for the Lenders or the Required Lenders to take any action hereunder, (subject to clause e) amend or waive Section 2.2(b), Section 2.7, Section 2.8, Section 13.6 or this Section 14.9, or change the definition of Required Lenders, (ivf) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Credit Agreement, and other than in connection with the financing, refinancing, sale or other disposition of any asset of the second proviso to Credit Parties permitted under this Section 11.01Credit Agreement, release any Liens in favor of the Lenders on any material portion of the Collateral, (g) except as expressly permitted hereunder, release any fees or other amounts payable Credit Party from its obligations hereunder or under the Guaranty and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party or (h) increase the advance rates used to calculate the Borrowing Base or modify the definition of Borrowing Base and, provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent affecting the rights or duties of the Agent or the Issuing Bank under any other Loan Credit Document without shall in any event be effective, unless in writing and signed by the written Agent or of Wachovia with respect to Swing Loans and/or the Issuing Bank or Wachovia, as applicable, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the consent of each the Borrower shall not be required for any amendment, modification or waiver of the provisions of Article XIII (other than the provisions of Section 13.9). In addition, the Borrower and the Lenders hereby authorize the Agent to modify this Credit Agreement by unilaterally amending or supplementing Schedule 1.1A from time to time in the manner requested by the Borrower, the Agent or any Lender entitled in order to such amountreflect any assignments or transfers of the Loans as provided for hereunder; provided, however, that only the consent Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) any such modification to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;and each Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Senior Secured Working Capital Credit Facility (Transmontaigne Inc), Senior Secured Working Capital Credit Facility (Transmontaigne Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend (except as provided in Section 2.14) or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the waiver of any Default or any condition set forth in Section 4.02 shall not be deemed to be an extension or increase of the Commitment of any Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any of the terms or provisions in any Loan Document requiring pro rata payments, distributions, commitment reductions or sharing of payments without the consent of each Lender; provided, that with the consent of the Required Lenders, such terms and provisions may be amended on customary terms in connection with an “amend and extend” transaction;
(g) release (i) the Borrower or (ii) Guarantors collectively constituting all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty Agreement from its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; and, provided further, that if, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver, or consent (a “Proposed Change”) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, the consent of Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other requisite Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this paragraph being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then, so long as the Administrative Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at Borrower’s request, Administrative Agent or an Eligible Assignee shall have the right (but not the obligation) with Administrative Agent’s approval, to purchase from the Non-Consenting Lenders, and the Non-Consenting Lenders agree that they shall sell, all the Non-Consenting Lenders’ Commitments for an amount equal to the principal balances thereof and all accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of sale pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, without premium or discount. Administrative Agent is irrevocably appointed as attorney-in-fact to execute any such Assignment and Acceptance if such Lender fails to execute same within ten (10) days of such request of assignment. Such Lender shall be entitled to receive, in cash, concurrently with such assignment, all amounts owed to it under the Loan Documents, including all principal, interest and fees through the date of assignment (but excluding any prepayment charge).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (American Assets Trust, Inc.), Credit Agreement (American Assets Trust, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document or waive any failure to pay any principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents on the date fixed for such payment by this Agreement or such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) release Holdco from the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders may be effected with the consent of all Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or the modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (California Water Service Group), Credit Agreement (California Water Service Group)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend (except as provided in Section 2.13) or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iviii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change any of the terms or provisions in any Loan Document requiring pro rata payments, distributions, commitment reductions or sharing of payments without the consent of each Lender; provided, that with the consent of the Required Lenders, such terms and provisions may be amended on customary terms in connection with an “amend and extend” transaction, but only if all Lenders that consent to such “amend and extend” transaction are treated on a pro rata basis;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release the Borrower or any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended (except as provided in Section 2.13) without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (American Residential Properties, Inc.), Credit Agreement (American Residential Properties, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, or change the manner of computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in determining the Applicable Margin that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderRate;
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent Consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent, with the Consent of the Required Lenders or the Australian Security Trustee, acting on the instructions of the Administrative Agent), and the Lead Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent Consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent Consent of such Lender;
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, interest or fees or other amounts due to the applicable Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document hereunder, without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent Consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate; (d) change Section 2.13, Section 8.03 or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if Section 9.17 in a manner that would alter the effect pro rata sharing of such amendment would be to reduce payments required thereby without the rate written Consent of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereundereach Lender;
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Quiksilver Inc), Credit Agreement (Quiksilver Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such LenderLender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 4.01 or 4.02, or the waiver of any Default or Event of Default or any mandatory prepayment, shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment);
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivvi) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or Rate, (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderhereunder or (iii) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest, commitment fees or Letter of Credit Fees at the highest grid rate upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default;
(d) change (i) Section 8.03 without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (ii) following an exercise of remedies pursuant to Section 8.02, change Section 2.12(a) or Section 2.13 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby or (iii) the order of application of any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b), in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (x) if such Facility is a Class of Term Loans, the Required Tranche Term Lenders and (y) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(e) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(e)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders” or “Required Tranche Term Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility;
(f) at any time other than during a Collateral Suspension Period, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(h) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is a Class of Term Loans, the Required Tranche Term Lenders with respect to such Class and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(i) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 without the written consent of the Lead Arrangers; or
(j) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under the Revolving Credit Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders; and provided further that without limiting any requirement that the same be signed or executed by the Borrower or any other applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (v) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days after notice thereof; (vi) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto and (vii) any waiver, amendment or modification of any Loan Document that by its terms affects the rights or duties under such Loan Document of the Lenders under a Facility (but not the Lenders under any other Facility) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into solely by the Borrower and if such affected Facility is (i) a Class of Term Loans, the Required Tranche Term Lenders with respect to such Class and (ii) the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment or waiver of any representation or warranty set forth in Article V or any existing Default or Event of Default, in each case, in connection with the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 for any Credit Extension after the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date shall be ineffective with respect to the satisfaction of such conditions without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders (it being understood that an amendment or waiver of any representation or warranty for which the condition set forth in Section 4.02(a) is met at the time of such amendment or waiver (without giving effect to such amendment or waiver), or any amendment or waiver of any covenant under which no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of such amendment or waiver (without giving effect to such amendment or waiver), shall not require the separate written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders as a condition to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02; provided that any waiver for the purpose of waiving a condition to borrowing shall require the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Obligations, (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and (iii) to permit any such additional credit facilities which are term facilities to share ratably with the Term Loans in the application of prepayments and to permit any such credit facilities which are revolving credit facilities to share ratably with the Revolving Credit Facility in the application of prepayments; provided that no such consent of the Required Lenders shall be required to make any changes contemplated by Section 2.14. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to effect the provisions of Section 2.14, 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender (or all of the Lenders under any Facility) and that has been approved by the Required Lenders (or the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Tranche Term Lenders, as the case may be), the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (MSCI Inc.), Credit Agreement (MSCI Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative AgentAgent (provided that such acknowledgement shall be administrative in nature and shall not be construed as a consent right, except as required in next the proviso below), and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.1 (other than Section 4.1(d)(i)) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.028.2) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any scheduled date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) Lender hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentLender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, Swingline Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.1) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountamount and directly and adversely affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan, Swingline Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.3 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.1 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) except as provided in Section 9.10, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions (other than as contemplated by the Loan Documents), without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iii) the Engagement Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; (iv) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; and (v) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems appropriate in order to implement any Replacement Rate or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 3.3(b) in accordance with the terms of Section 3.3(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that without the consent of such Defaulting Lender (A) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended, (B) the amount of principal payable to such Lender may not be reduced (except as provided in Section 2.15) and (C) the voting provisions hereof with respect to such Lender may not be amended without the consent of such Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph). In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the individual Letter of Credit Sublimit of any L/C Issuer (but not the aggregate Letter of Credit Sublimit) may be increased or decreased as agreed between the Borrower and such L/C Issuer (and without the consent or approval of any other Lender or the Administrative Agent).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (PBF Logistics LP), Revolving Credit Agreement (PBF Energy Co LLC)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as provided in Section 2.14 with respect to an Incremental Facility Amendment, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the any Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative AgentAgent (provided that the Administrative Agent shall not unreasonably withhold or delay its acknowledgement), and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment of any Lender terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled whose payment is to such paymentbe postponed;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivy) of the second proviso to final paragraph of this Section 11.01Section) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled whose amounts or rates are to such amountbe reduced; provided, however, that (A) only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i1) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii2) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderhereunder shall not be deemed to be a reduction of the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (B) in order to implement any ESG Amendment, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended in accordance with Section 2.19 with only the consent of the Company, the Sustainability Coordinator and the Required Lenders;
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Methode Electronics Inc), Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Methode Electronics Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No (a) Subject to Section 3.03(c) and the last paragraph of this Section 11.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(ai) amend Section 4.02 or waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 therein as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, Required Term Lenders or the Required Incremental Term Lenders, as the case may be;
(bii) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(ciii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(div) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivD) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(v) change (i) Section 8.03 or Section 2.13 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender,
(vi) the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, Required Term Lenders or Required Incremental Term Lenders, as applicable or (iii) Section 2.12(f) in a manner that would alter the pro rata application required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vii) change (i) any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Required Class Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this clause (a)(vi)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definitions of “Required Revolving Lenders”, “Required Term Lenders” or “Required Incremental Term Lenders” as each relates to the related Facility (or the constituent definition therein relating to such Facility) without the written consent of each Lender under such Facility;
(viii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(ix) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(x) release the Borrower or permit the Borrower to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender;
(xi) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, Required Term Lenders or Required Incremental Term Lenders, as applicable;
(xii) directly and materially adversely affect the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of one Class differently from the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of any other Class without the written consent of the applicable Required Class Lenders; or
(xiii) subordinate the payment priority of the Obligations or any Liens securing any Obligations, without the written consent of each Lender. and provided, further, that (A) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (B) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; (C) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (D) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (E) the term “L/C Commitment” may be amended pursuant to a fully executed (and delivered to the Administrative Agent) Notice of Additional L/C Issuer.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (A) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; (ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, and except for those matters that may be addressed in an Extension Amendment or an Incremental Agreement without the requirement for additional consents pursuant to Section 2.16 or Section 2.17, respectively, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Zeta Global Holdings Corp.), Credit Agreement (Zeta Global Holdings Corp.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(db) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate”;
(c) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(d) change (i) any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any obligation rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definition specified in clause (ii) of this Section 11.01(d)), without the Borrower to pay interest or Letter written consent of Credit Fees at the Default Rate each Lender or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect definition of such amendment would be to reduce “Required Lenders” without the rate written consent of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereundereach Lender;
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (American General Finance Corp), Credit Agreement (American General Finance Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender; provided, however, in the Required Revolving Lenderssole discretion of Agent, only a waiver by Agent shall be required with respect to immaterial matters or items specified in Section 4.01(a)(iii) or (iv) with respect to which Borrower has given assurances satisfactory to Agent that such items shall be delivered promptly following the Closing Date;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.12 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; or
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender. and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent in addition to Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (A) as Administrative Agent, or (B) as Letter of Credit issuer or under any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it (including, without limitation, any reduction in any fee, charge, expense, cost or other amount payable to Agent for its own account under this Agreement in any such capacity); and (ii) the Agent Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, No Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Hooker Furniture Corp), Credit Agreement (Hooker Furniture Corp)
Amendments, Etc. (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than the Fee Letter), and no consent to any departure by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrowers (or other Loan Party, as applicable), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given and no amendment or waiver of any provision of any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders Lenders) and the Borrower Borrowers (or the applicable other Loan Party, as the case may beapplicable), and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(bi) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.027.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(diii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein (other than the reduction or waiver of the applicability of any post-default increase or any change of a financial term not for the purpose of reducing the rate of interest specified herein) on, any Advance, Swingline Loan or L/C BorrowingReimbursement Obligation, or (subject to clause (ivd) of the second first proviso to this Section 11.019.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of each Lender entitled directly affected thereby;
(iv) change Section 2.10 or any other provision of this Agreement in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(v) change any provision of this Section 9.01, or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to such amountamend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vi) release any Borrower or any other Loan Party from its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than the release of a Guarantor pursuant to an Asset Disposition permitted hereunder;
(vii) release all or any substantial portion of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender; provided, however, that any Collateral may be released if it is sold or transferred as permitted hereunder;
(viii) change any provision of this Agreement requiring Lenders to hold pro rata interests in, or that requires any pro rata funding or increases of, the Revolving Advances, Term Advances, Revolving Commitments or Term Commitments without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (A) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Bank in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it, (B) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (C) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement, (D) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto and (E) the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, the Borrowers) may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents in order to implement any Benchmark Replacement or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 2.18(c) in accordance with the terms of Section 2.18(c).
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the Required applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend require the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect consent of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;Defaulting Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.), Credit Agreement (CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments, which may be postponed or waived by the Required Lenders) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.11 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release any Loan Party without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions without the prior written consent of each Lender;
(i) release any Borrower or permit any Borrower to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender;
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Lenders; or
(k) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iii) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except (y) that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, and (z) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Allied Motion Technologies Inc), Credit Agreement (Allied Motion Technologies Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Majority Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLC Exposure, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Majority Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Post-Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit LC Fees at the Post-Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing LC Disbursement or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Multi Year Revolving Credit Agreement (Questar Corp), Multi Year Revolving Credit Agreement (Questar Corp)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document Lender without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentLender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iviii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Subsidiary Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or any amount owing to such Lender reduced (except in accordance with Section 2.15) or the final maturity thereof extended, in each case, without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, (i) this Agreement may be amended by only the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in order to effect any increase to the Applicable Rate and Applicable Fee Rate and/or to add any more restrictive and/or additional financial covenants in connection with the Borrower’s incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.02(j) or amendment thereof and (ii) if the Applicable Rate and Applicable Fee Rate are so amended, upon the repayment in full in cash of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(j), this Agreement may be amended by only the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in order to decrease the Applicable Rate and Applicable Fee Rate back to the pricing grid applicable immediately prior to such amendment. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Tesoro Logistics Lp), Credit Agreement (Tesoro Corp /New/)
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders[reserved];
(b) [reserved];
(c) extend or increase the any Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) (i) change Section 2.13 or 8.03 or any other provision hereof in a manner that would have the effect of altering the ratable reduction of Commitments, pro rata payments or pro rata sharing of payments otherwise required hereunder or the order of application of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender adversely and directly affected thereby or (ii) subordinate, or change any provision hereof that would have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation, without the written consent of each Lender adversely and directly affected thereby;
(g) change the allocation of Commitment reductions and prepayments of Loans among the Tranches pursuant to Section 2.07 without the consent of the Lenders holding more than 50% of the then outstanding Commitments and Loans under each Tranche which would be adversely affected by such change;
(h) change Section 2.05 in a manner that would alter the order of application of any prepayments of Loans without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(j) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(k) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranties without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(l) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Lenders; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect (x) the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (y) the provisions of Article IV, in each case; (ii) the Fee and Syndication Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (iii) any provision of any Loan Document may be amended in a writing executed only by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to the extent such amendment is being made to address an ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency in any such provision that has been jointly identified by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Tranche may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) no Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Tranche that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing Conforming Changes to the Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the terms of this Agreement are required to be modified as specified in the applicable provisions of the Fee and Syndication Letter, then this Agreement may be amended (to the extent not adverse to the interests of the Lenders) by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any Lender; provided, that if the Borrower shall fail to execute any amendment that the Arranger reasonably determines is necessary to effect the changes contemplated by Section 6 of the Fee and Syndication Letter within three (3) Business Days from the date of delivery to the Borrower of a draft thereof, then the Administrative Agent is and shall be authorized to execute such amendment on behalf of the Borrower and such amendment shall become effective without further action by any Person. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree that it will enter into any amendment to this Agreement requested by the Arranger in compliance with the terms of the Fee and Syndication Letter.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Bridge Credit Agreement (Tetra Tech Inc), Bridge Credit Agreement
Amendments, Etc. No Except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.16 and Section 2.19, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan PartyBorrower, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayments of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 8.03 or 2.14 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; or
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to amend the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any financial covenant other Loan Document; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any defined term used therein) even if Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the effect consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment would be to reduce or modification requiring the rate consent of interest on all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (TJX Companies Inc /De/), Revolving Credit Agreement (TJX Companies Inc /De/)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent Consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent, with the Consent of the Required Lenders), and the Lead Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent Consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent Consent of such Lender;
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, interest or fees or other amounts due to the applicable Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document hereunder, without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent Consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(d) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written Consent of each Lender;
(e) change any provision of this Section or change the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written Consent of each Lender;
(f) except as expressly permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, release, or limit the liability of, any Loan Party without the written Consent of each Lender;
(g) except for Permitted Dispositions, release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents without the written Consent of each Lender;
(h) except as provided in Section 2.15, increase the Aggregate Domestic Commitments or the Aggregate Canadian Commitments without the written Consent of each Lender;
(i) change the definition of the term “Domestic Borrowing Base”, “Canadian Borrowing Base” or any component definition of either term, if as a result thereof the amount of credit available to the Borrowers hereunder would be increased without the written Consent of each Lender, provided that, subject to Section 9.18 hereof, the foregoing shall not limit the discretion of any Agent to change, establish or eliminate any Reserves with respect to the Domestic Borrowing Base, or of any Agent or the Canadian Agent to change, establish or eliminate any Reserves with respect to the Canadian Borrowing Base even if such change or elimination results in an increase in the amount of credit available to the Borrowers hereunder;
(j) modify the definition of “Permitted Domestic Overadvance” or the definition of “Permitted Canadian Overadvance” so as to increase the amount thereof or, except as provided in such definitions, the time period for a Permitted Domestic Overadvance or a Permitted Canadian Overadvance without the written Consent of each Lender; and
(k) except as expressly permitted herein or in any other Loan Document, subordinate any of the Obligations hereunder or the Liens granted hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, to any other Indebtedness or Lien, as the case may be without the written Consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to amend any financial covenant hereunder the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any defined term used thereinother Loan Document; (iv) even if no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the effect Canadian Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Canadian Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (v) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Co-Collateral Agents in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of any Co-Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (vi) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or Consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such amendment would Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender. If any Lender does not Consent (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) to reduce the rate of interest on a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the Consent of each or L/C Borrowing each affected Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Lead Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Lead Borrower to reduce any fee payable hereunder;be made pursuant to this paragraph).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Quiksilver Inc), Credit Agreement (Quiksilver Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, and no nor consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may beMajority Lenders, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the following: (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as increase the Commitments or the Commitment Amounts of the Lenders or subject the Lenders to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
obligations in addition to those set out in this Agreement; (b) extend or increase reduce the Commitment principal of any Lender (outstanding Loans, or reinstate the rate of interest or fees on any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without of the written consent of such Lender;
Loans or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder; (c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein onor fees in respect of, any Loan Loans or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without hereunder; (d) change the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent percentage of the Required Lenders Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans which shall be necessary required for the Lenders to take any action under this Agreement (i) to amend including, without limitation, the definition of “Default Rate” Majority Lenders); (e) change any currency or mode of calculation or computation of any payment required hereunder; (f) amend this Section 12.7 or subsection 8.1(l); or (g) amend, release or waive or consent to waive any obligation departure from any matter stated to require approval or consent of all the Lenders. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Lenders shall use reasonable good faith efforts to respond to any written request by the Borrower for permission to pay interest take any action which is or Letter may be prohibited under this Section within 20 Business Days of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;receipt thereof.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Loan Agreement (Gulf Canada Resources LTD), Loan Agreement (Gulf Canada Resources LTD)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as provided in Sections 1.06 and 3.03, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and Lenders, the Borrower or the applicable Loan PartyParty which is signatory to the Loan Document subject to amendment, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders[reserved];
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentor L/C Issuer directly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 8.03 without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby;
(f) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors without written consent of each Lender (other than as otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents);
(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) [reserved];
(i) change or waive Section 4.03 without the written consent of the Required Lenders; or
(j) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each L/C Issuer; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by an L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it, (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to amend any financial covenant hereunder (the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any defined term used thereinother Loan Document, (iii) even if any Issuer Document may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the effect of such amendment would be to reduce Borrower (and any Subsidiary party thereto) and the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing Issuer party thereto and (iv) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to reduce cure any fee payable ambiguity, omission, defect, technical error or inconsistency without the consent of any Lender or any L/C Issuer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder;) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Broadcom Inc.), Credit Agreement (Broadcom Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as provided in Section 2.16 with respect to an Incremental Facility Amendment, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that that
(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(bi) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(cii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such paymentpayment or whose Commitments are to be reduced;
(diii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivi) of the second final proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such amount; provided, however, that (A) only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or and (iiB) an amendment to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderhereunder shall not be deemed to be a reduction of the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
(iv) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(v) change any provision of this Section 11.01(a) or the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(vi) release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender whose Obligations are secured by such Collateral;
(vii) release the Borrower without the consent of each Lender, or, except in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender whose Obligations are guarantied thereby, except to the extent such release is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(b) unless also signed by the L/C Issuer, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it;
(c) unless also signed by the Swingline Lender, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; and
(d) unless also signed by the Administrative Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein, (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders, (iv) Incremental Facility Amendments may be effected in accordance with Section 2.16 and (v) ministerial amendments as are necessary to add HoldCo as a Guarantor may be effected in accordance with the definition of Up-C Restructuring. No Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects such Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any other Loan Document to cure or correct administrative errors or omissions, any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency or to effect administrative changes, and such amendment shall become effective without any further consent of any other party to such Loan Document so long as (i) such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or other holder of Obligations in any material respect and (ii) the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (I3 Verticals, Inc.), Credit Agreement (I3 Verticals, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative AgentAgent (provided that such acknowledgement shall be administrative in nature and shall not be construed as a consent right, except as required in next the proviso below), and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.1 (other than Section 4.1(d)(i)) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.028.2) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any scheduled date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) Lender hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentLender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, Swingline Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.1) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountamount and directly and adversely affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan, Swingline Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.3 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.1 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) except as provided in Section 9.10, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions (other than as contemplated by the Loan Documents), without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iii) the Engagement Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (iv) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that without the consent of such Defaulting Lender (A) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended, (B) the amount of principal payable to such Lender may not be reduced (except as provided in Section 2.15) and (C) the voting provisions hereof with respect to such Lender may not be amended without the consent of such Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender or each affected Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (PBF Energy Inc.), Revolving Credit Agreement (PBF Logistics LP)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivvi) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
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Sources: Credit Agreement (MSCI Inc.), Credit Agreement (MSCI Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders Lenders, and the Lead Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative AgentAgent (a copy of which acknowledgment shall be furnished by the Agent to the Required Lenders promptly following the Required Lenders’ written request therefor), and no amendment or waiver of any provision of any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Agent (with the consent of or at the direction of the Required Lenders), and the Lead Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent described in this Section 10.01 shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent described in this Section 10.01 shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any scheduled payment (excluding including the Maturity Date) or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) Lender hereunder or under such any of the other Loan Document Documents without the written consent of such Lender entitled to such payment, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentaffected thereby;
(db) as to any Lender, reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent Consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate; (c) as to any Lender, change Section 2.08 or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the effect pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderLender;
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document Lender without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentLender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lenders in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lenders under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Amendments, Etc. No Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged and agreed by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, on the Closing Date, Section 4.02, without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Term Lenders, as applicable;
(bc) extend or increase the any Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentaffected thereby;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountaffected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or the order of application of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(a) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(g) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Required Class Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders,” or “Required Term Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender (other than pursuant to Section 10.22(a));
(i) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders; or
(k) directly and materially adversely affect the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of one Class differently from the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of any other Class without the written consent of the applicable Required Class Lenders; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Lenders in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Issuing Lenders under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended and the maturity date of any of its Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment, consent or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Sanmina Corp)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as provided in Section 2.16 with respect to an Incremental Facility Amendment or Section 2.17 with an Extension Amendment, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that that
(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(bi) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.029.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 5.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(cii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such paymentpayment or whose Commitments are to be reduced;
(diii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivi) of the second final proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (iA) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (iiB) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(iv) change Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(v) change any provision of this Section 11.01(a) or the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vi) release the Borrower without the consent of each Lender, or, except in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 8.04 or Section 8.05, all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender whose Obligations are guaranteed thereby, except to the extent such release is permitted pursuant to Section 10.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(b) unless also signed by the L/C Issuer, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it;
(c) unless also signed by the Swing Line Lender, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; and
(d) unless also signed by the Administrative Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein, (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders, (iv) Incremental Facility Amendments may be effected in accordance with Section 2.16, (v) Extension Amendments may be effected in accordance with Section 2.17 and (vi) amendments permitted by Section 2.03(l) may be effected in accordance with Section 2.03(l). No Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects such Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any other Loan Document to cure or correct administrative errors or omissions, any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency or to effect administrative changes, and such amendment shall become effective without any further consent of any other party to such Loan Document so long as (i) such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or other holder of Obligations in any material respect and (ii) the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Qorvo, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each 4901-8586-1905 v.14 such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or of any Default is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled directly affected thereby (subject to such paymentan extension of the Maturity Date of any Lender in accordance with Section 10.02);
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iviii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01 relating to the Fee Letter) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder Section 6.15 (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderunder the Loan Documents;
(e) without the written consent of each Lender, (i) change Section 2.12,
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Sources: Credit Agreement (NVR Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the any Commitment of any Lender (including an Applicable Commitment in respect of any Alternative Currency Sublimit) (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountpayment; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or change the provisions of Section 2.13(b), in each case without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) release the Company from the Company Guaranty or all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty, if any (except as provided in Sections 9.10 and 11.19), without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to amend any financial covenant hereunder the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any defined term used thereinother Loan Document; and (iv) even if the effect Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such amendment would Lender may not be to reduce increased or extended without the rate consent of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;such Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Perkinelmer Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of themLender) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) any Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.028.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any scheduled date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding it being understood that the mandatory prepayments) prepayments under Section 2.05 do not provide for a scheduled date fixed for payment), of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; provided that an extension of the maturity date of any Loan (or the termination date in respect of the Commitment under which any Loan is made), and a waiver of Section 2.13 by the holders of Loans whose maturity date (or the termination date of the Commitment under which such Loans are made) is so extended with respect to payments received on the maturity of Loans whose maturity date (or the termination date of the Commitment under which such Loans were made) has not been extended shall not require the consent of any Lender whose Loans are (or whose Commitment is) not subject to such extension so long as the terms of such extension are not otherwise adverse to any Lender whose Loans are (or whose Commitment is) not subject to such extension;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Super-Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) except as provided in Section 9.10, release, or subordinate the Liens of the Administrative Agent on, all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty or subordinate all or substantially all of the Obligations, without the written consent of each Lender, except in the case of the Guaranty to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(i) amend the definition of “Borrowing Base” (or any defined term used in clauses (i) through (xiii) of such definition excluding the defined terms “Borrower”, “Guarantor”, “Administrative Agent” and “Letters of Credit”) in a manner that would have the effect of increasing the amount of the Borrowing Base, without the written consent of the Super-Majority Lenders; provided, however, that only the consent of Required Lenders shall be necessary for amendments the effect of which is to reduce the amount of credit available under the Borrowing Base; or
(j) increase any of the advance rates set forth in clauses (i) through (xii) of the definition of “Borrowing Base”, without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that without the consent of such Lender (A) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended and (B) the amount of principal payable to such Lender may not be reduced (except as provided in Section 2.21) or the final maturity thereof extended. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Western Refining, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the any Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular the Revolving Credit Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(bc) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments, if any) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
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Sources: Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Diodes Inc /Del/)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document Lender without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentLender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of a Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(i) amend the definition of Borrowing Base (or any defined term used in such definition) or any other provision of this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender (except any Defaulting Lender) if, in either case, the effect of such amendment is to increase Availability; or
(j) change Section 9.10 in any manner without the prior written consent of each Lender; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the applicable L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lenders in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lenders under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) no Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, except in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to the other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the prior written consent of Newpark only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, Newpark may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrowers to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 5.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender except to the Required Revolving Lendersextent otherwise provided for in Section 5.01(a);
(b) extend or increase (i) the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Lender (or reinstate any Revolving Credit Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.029.02) without the written consent of such Revolving Lender, or (ii) the obligation of any Term Lender to make any portion of either Term Loan without the written consent of such Term Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (but excluding the delay or waiver of any mandatory prepaymentsprepayment) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) ), including the Term Loan A Maturity Date, the Term Loan B Maturity Date and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, or any scheduled reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document Document, in each case without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C - BA Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” (so long as such amendment does not result in the Default Rate being lower than the interest rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as applicable) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit – BA Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce change the rate Applicable Rate or amount of interest prepayment required under Section 2.06(e)(iii) or (iv);
(e) change Section 2.14 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Revolving Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Revolving Lender;
(h) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Term Loan A Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Term Loan A Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Term Loan A Lender;
(i) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Term Loan B Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Term Loan B Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Term Loan B Lender;
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Credit Exposures then in effect within each of the following classes of commitments: (i) the class consisting of the Revolving Lenders, (ii) the class consisting of the Term Loan or A Lenders, and (iii) the class consisting of the Term Loan B Lenders; provided that for purposes of this clause, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Borrowing - BA Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be held by such Lender;
(k) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent such Guarantor is the subject of a Disposition permitted by Section 8.05 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(l) release all or a material part of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender except with respect to Dispositions and releases of Collateral permitted or required hereunder (including pursuant to Section 8.05) or as provided in the other Loan Documents (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(m) reduce the number or type of events that give rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.06(e) or change the order or manner of application of the Net Cash Proceeds provided therein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that the delay or waiver of any particular mandatory prepayment, without the permanent waiver or removal of such type of mandatory prepayment, shall not be included in this Section 11.01(m)); or
(n) amend Section 1.08 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance issued or to reduce be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any fee payable other Loan Document; (iv) Section 11.06(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (v) each of the Bank of America Fee Letter and the JPMorgan Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto; (vi) no amendment, waiver or consent which has the effect of enabling the Borrower to satisfy any condition to a Borrowing contained in Section 5.02 hereof which, but for such amendment, waiver or consent would not be satisfied, shall be effective to require the Revolving Lenders, the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuer to make any additional Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan, or to issue any additional or renew any existing Letter of Credit or issue any Bankers’ Acceptance, unless and until the Required Revolving Lenders (or, if applicable, all Revolving Lenders) shall have approved such amendment, waiver or consent; and (vii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.01, each Lender agrees that, upon the execution thereof by the Administriatve Agent, the Borrower and the Guarantors after the Closing Date, the Fronting Structure Amendment shall thereupon be and become fully effective as an amendment to this Agreement without any further notice to, action by or consent of any Lender (it being understood that the final Fronting Structure Amendment will be made available to the Lenders). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder;, except that the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the any Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 4.03 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders and the Required Term Loan Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for (i) any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentpayment or (ii) any scheduled reduction of any Facility hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Appropriate Lender;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; directly affected thereby, provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate; or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) therein even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder);
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders,” or “Required Term Loan Lenders,” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility;
(g) release (i) any Guarantor from the Guaranty or (ii) any Collateral, in each case without the written consent of each Lender; provided however, the Administrative Agent may release any Lien on any real or personal property that is sold or transferred in accordance with Section 7.05 to a Person other than a Borrower or any Subsidiary and may release any Excluded Guarantor;
(h) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Loan Facility, the Required Term Loan Lenders, and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrowers may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments, if any, required by the Borrowers to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Amendments, Etc. No Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) : 224. waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(c)(i) or (d)), without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) each Lender; 225. extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) ; 226. postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) ; 227. reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate; 228. change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; 229. change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; 230. release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or 134956965_1 231. release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to amend the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any financial covenant other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any defined term used therein) even if Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the effect consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment would or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (1) to reduce add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit the rate extensions of interest credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (2) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or L/C Borrowing or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to reduce any fee payable hereunder;be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Quidel Corp /De/)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.16 and Section 2.19, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan PartyBorrower, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayments of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 8.03 or 2.14 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; or
(iif) to amend change any financial covenant hereunder (provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any defined term used therein) even if other provision hereof specifying the effect number or percentage of such amendment would be Lenders required to reduce amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the rate written consent of interest on any Loan each Lender; and, provided further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Borrowing Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to reduce be issued by it; no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any fee payable hereunder;other Loan Document; and each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (TJX Companies Inc /De/)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentDocument (other than the Fee Letter), and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Parent or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Majority Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Majority Lenders and each the Borrowers and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 3.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.027.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate or amount of interest specified herein on, any Loan Revolving Advance, Swing Line Advance, or L/C BorrowingReimbursement Obligation, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Majority Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the either Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(e) change Section 2.02 or 2.12 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section, or the definition of “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(g) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty or all or any substantial portion of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender; provided, however, that any Guarantor or Collateral may be released if they are sold or transferred as permitted hereunder; or
(h) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision contained in Section 2, 3, or 5 of the Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of all of the Lenders, and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Bank in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to amend any financial covenant hereunder the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any defined term used thereinother Loan Document; (iv) even if Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the effect consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Revolving Advances are being funded by a SPC at the time of such amendment would amendment, waiver or other modification; and (v) the Fee Letter may be to reduce amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;parties thereto.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Total Gas & Electricity (PA) Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Majority Lenders and the Borrower Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 5.3, or, in the case of the initial Loans, Section 5.1, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.0210.2) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingReimbursement Obligations, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0113.5) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Majority Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing Reimbursement Obligation or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 1.6 or Section 10.4 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender; or
(f) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrowers may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 13.6; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrowers to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the any Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document (except as expressly provided in Section 2.18) without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or interest, Letter of Credit Fees or BA Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) Section 2.05 in a manner that would alter the order of application of any prepayments of Term Loans without the written consent of each Term Loan Lender;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than as provided in subclause (ii) of this clause (f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required (USD) Lenders”, “Required (MC) Lenders” or “Required Term Loan Lenders” without the written consent of each Committed (USD) Lender, each Committed (MC) Lender or each Term Loan Lender, as the case may be;
(g) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required (USD) Lenders, in the case of the Committed (USD) Facility, the Required (MC) Lenders, in the case of the Committed (MC) Facility, or the Required Term Loan Lenders, in the case of the Term Loan Facility;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions without the written consent of each Lender; or
(i) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) no Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Additional Lenders providing the relevant Additional Loans and/or Additional Commitments to permit the Additional Commitments Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15 and (2) the Letter of Credit Sublimit and the Swing Line Sublimit may be increased by the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, in accordance with Section 2.15(d) without the consent of any Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Mastec Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) reduce the number or type of events that give rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(d) or change the order or manner of application of the Net Cash Proceeds provided therein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Hologic Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement (including without limitation in Section 2.15, Section 2.16 and Section 3.03), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 4.01 (except as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility expressly provided therein) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that (i) only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (iA) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (iiB) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder, and (ii) no amendment entered into pursuant to the terms of the last paragraph of Section 3.03 shall constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (d);
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders” or “Required Term Loan Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility; or
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(h) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is any Class of Term Loans, the Required Term Loan Lenders with respect to such Class of Term Loans and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(i) (i) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under the Revolving Credit Facilities or (ii) amend, waive or otherwise modify any term or provision which directly affects Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility and does not directly affect Lenders under any other Facility, in each case, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (iv) the BofA Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (v) any amendment or waiver that by its terms affects the rights or duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) will require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03(c) and the last paragraph of this Section 10.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a), Section 4.02(a) or Section 4.03(c) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Term Loan Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be required to postpone any date fixed for any mandatory prepayment of principal of any Term Loan or interest accrued on such paymentprincipal amount;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingTerm Loan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Term Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.10 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata payments or pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release the Company from the Company Guaranty or release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, except as specifically required by the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) except as expressly permitted by Section 9.10 and otherwise as expressly permitted by this Agreement, (i) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation or (ii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Liens securing the Obligations to Liens securing any other Indebtedness or other obligation, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or the maturity of any of its Term Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Term Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Term Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender 97 and (y) any waiver, amendment, consent or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, (y) this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Company and Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement, and (z) Administrative Agent and the Company may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to (1) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency therein or (2) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties, extend an existing Lien over additional property for the benefit of the Secured Parties or join additional Persons as Credit Parties. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Company acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement or release the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) reduce the number or type of events that give rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(d) or change the order or manner of application of the Net Cash Proceeds provided therein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Hologic Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty (other than upon the occurrence of an Investment Grade Event) without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than upon the occurrence of an Investment Grade Event) without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of the Collateral is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, nor the principal owed to any such Lender reduced, or the final maturity thereof extended, without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03(b), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) and the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Required Lenders), and the Borrower Parent or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any scheduled payment (excluding mandatory prepaymentsincluding the Maturity Date) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any of the other Loan Document Documents (but, for clarity, not including any mandatory payment required by Section 2.05(e)) without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein onherein, on any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders of the relevant Class shall be necessary to (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to ”, (ii) waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees fees at the Default Rate Rate, (iii) waive any mandatory prepayment, (iv) waive any Default or Event of Default or (iiv) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing Credit Extension or to reduce any fee payable hereunderpayable;
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Sources: Asset Based Revolving Credit Agreement (C&J Energy Services, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party Borrowers therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may beBorrowers, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in (i) Section 4.02 as 5.01(a) (except to any the extent otherwise provided for in Section 5.01(a)) or, (ii) in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 5.02, in each case without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Lender (or reinstate any Revolving Credit Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.029.02) without the written consent of such Revolving Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) ), including the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, or any scheduled reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document Document, in each case without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” (so long as such amendment does not result in the Default Rate being lower than the interest rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as applicable) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein);
(e) even if change Section 2.14 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release any material Borrower from the this Agreement or any material Security Instrument to which it is a party without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent such Borrower is the subject of a Disposition permitted by Section 8.05 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender except with respect to Dispositions and releases of Collateral permitted or required hereunder (including pursuant to Section 8.05) or as provided in the other Loan Documents (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(i) without the prior written consent of all Lenders, amend the definition of “Borrowing Base”, “Accounts Formula Amount” (including any advance rate therein), “Inventory Formula Amount” (including any advance rate therein), “Eligible Inventory”, “Eligible Accounts” or “Loan Cap” in a manner that would increase the availability; provided that the foregoing shall not limit the discretion of the Administrative Agent to change, establish or eliminate any Reserves; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 11.06(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (v) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto; (vi) no amendment, waiver or consent which has the effect of enabling the Borrowers to satisfy any condition to a Borrowing contained in Section 5.02 hereof which, but for such amendment amendment, waiver or consent would not be satisfied, shall be effective to reduce require the rate of interest on any Loan Revolving Lenders, the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Borrowing Issuer to make any additional Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan, or to reduce issue any fee payable additional or renew any existing Letter of Credit, unless and until the Required Lenders (or, if applicable, all Revolving Lenders) shall have approved such amendment, waiver or consent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement (as to which no Lender shall have any obligation to participate) and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share, on a last-out or subordinated basis to the existing facilities hereunder;, in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 4.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the order of application of any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or Required Term Lenders, applicable, or (iii) Section 2.12(f) in a manner that would alter the pro rata application required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend amend, waive or otherwise modify any financial covenant rights hereunder or thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definitions of “Required Revolving Lenders” or “Required Term Lenders” as each relates to the related Facility (or the constituent definition therein relating to such Facility) without the written consent of each Lender under such Facility;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any defined term used thereinSubsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(h) even if release the effect Borrower or permit the Borrower to assign or transfer any of such amendment would be its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender; or
(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under any Facility to reduce assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the rate written consent of interest on any Loan the Required Revolving Lenders or Required Term Lenders, as applicable; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Borrowing Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to reduce be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; and (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any fee payable other Loan Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (1) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (2) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; (B) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (C) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the prior written consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional term or revolving credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder;) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (b) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to obtain comparable tranche voting rights with respect to each such new facility and to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(d) or (e)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.01, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment);
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it, amend Section 1.08 or the definition of “Alternative Currency”; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent or ratification of the Required Lenders or such other number or percentage of Lenders as may be specified herein) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(ai) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 or Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(bii) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(ciii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(div) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(v) change Section 2.09 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(vi) change (A) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (B) of this Section 10.01(vi)), without the written consent of each Lender or (iiB) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if “Required Lenders” without the effect written consent of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereundereach Lender;
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Inphonic Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or or, subject to Section 8.02, waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefromtherefrom (including any cure of any Event of Default), shall will be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or Administrative Agent at the written request of Required Lenders) and the Borrower Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and with receipt acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall will be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shallwill:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.01, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.028.03) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) payment, of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivi) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01(d)) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, or change the manner of computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in determining the Applicable Rate that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall will be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit L/C Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender, (ii) the definition of “Revolving Credit Maturity Date” or “Revolving Credit Stated Maturity Date,” Eligible Assignee,” “Participant,” “Defaulting Lender” or “Specified Lender” without the written consent of each Lender, or (iii) the definition of “Alternative Currency” or provision of Section 1.02(l) without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change (i) Section 2.07 to allow for non-pro rata application of any reductions in the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (ii) Section 3.07 or (iii) Section 8.04 without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) release any Guarantor from its Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender except as permitted by Section 10.15(a) or Section 9.10; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent will, unless in writing and signed by ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo and each other designated L/C Issuer that has issued a Credit under this Agreement in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of any L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent will, unless in writing and signed by Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent will, unless in writing and signed by Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender will have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (1) the Commitments of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, (2) the amount of principal and accrued fees and interest owing to the Defaulting Lender may not be reduced without the consent of such Lender, and (3) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders will require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03(b) and the last paragraph of this Section 10.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative AgentAgent (such acknowledgement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;[Reserved]
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (ivii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Company to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, except as specifically required by the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders, or the assignment rights of such Lenders, holding Loans of any Applicable Facility differently than those holding Loans of any other Applicable Facility, without the written consent of Lenders holding more than 50% in interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each affected Applicable Facility (in addition to any consent required under any other clause of this Section); provided that outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining the foregoing at any time; or
(j) except to the extent expressly permitted herein as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, (x) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent or (y) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation, in each case of clauses (x) and (y), without the written consent of each Lender, except any “debtor in-possession” facility. and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) the PNC Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the respective parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of all Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment or Loans of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification described in clauses (a) through (j) of this Section 10.01 requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Company and Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment (or amendment and restatement), such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended (or amended and restated)), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Company may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Company to be made pursuant to this paragraph). Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Company acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
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Amendments, Etc. (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent Consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Agent, with the Consent of the Required Lenders Lenders, and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent Consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(ai) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) , postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any scheduled payment (excluding including the Maturity Date) or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any of the other Loan Document Documents without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;Lender,
(dii) as to any Lender, reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowingheld by such Lender, or (subject to clause (ivii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to or for the account of such Lender, without the written consent Consent of each Lender entitled to such amountLender; provided, however, that only the consent Consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(iii) as to any Lender, change Section 2.10 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written Consent of such Lender;
(iv) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders”, or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written Consent of each Lender;
(v) except as expressly permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, release, or limit the liability of, any Loan Party without the written Consent of each Lender;
(vi) except for Permitted Dispositions or as provided in Section 9.09, release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents without the written Consent of each Lender; and
(vii) except as expressly permitted herein or in any other Loan Document, subordinate the Obligations hereunder or the Liens granted hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, to any other Indebtedness or Lien, as the case may be without the written Consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of any Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document any Loan Document may be amended and waived with the consent of the Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to amend cure ambiguities or defects or (iii) to cause any financial covenant hereunder Loan Document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) If any Lender does not Consent (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the Consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may repalce such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
(d) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional term loan facilities to this Agreement, and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Agent and approved by the Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any defined term used therein) even if required vote or action required to be approved by the effect Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable Lenders hereunder;.
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Sources: Second Lien Term Loan Agreement (Sequential Brands Group, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 2.15, Section 2.18, Section 2.19, Section 3.03, and the last paragraph of this Section 10.01, or otherwise expressly provided herein, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) modify Section 2.14, Section 8.03 or any other provision hereof in a manner that would have the effect of altering the ratable reduction of Commitments or the pro rata sharing of payments otherwise required hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” or “Eligible Currency” without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Applicable Percentage,” “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely (and disproportionately) than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Borrower and the Lenders affected thereby to amend the definition of “Alternative Currency” or “Alternative Currency Daily Rate” or “Alternative Currency Term Rate” or Section 1.06 solely to add additional currency options and the applicable interest rate with respect thereto, in each case solely to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 1.06. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that the Administrative Agent shall provide each such amendment implementing such changes to the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement (other than Section 4.01(b)(i) or (d) of the Existing Credit Agreement), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(bc) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement (including extension of the Maturity Date) or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(f) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the order of application of any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.03(b), in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of the Required Lenders of such Facility;
(g) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend amend, waive or otherwise modify any financial covenant rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(g)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the Facility;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under the Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Lenders; and provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any defined term used therein) even if other Loan Document. Notwithstanding anything to the effect contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Additional Lenders providing the relevant Additional Loans and/or Additional Commitments to permit the Additional Facility Amendment in accordance with Section 2.12. In the event the Borrower replaces a Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13, such amendment would amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or be made pursuant to reduce any fee payable hereunder;this paragraph).
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Sources: Term B Loan Credit Agreement (Remy International, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as provided in Section 3.03 with respect to an amendment implementing a Successor Rate, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments, if any, is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document or (except as expressly set forth in this Agreement) redenominate the currency of the Commitment or Loans of any Lender, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) amend Section 1.09 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender;
(e) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(f) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release the Company from the Company Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender; or
(i) add a new jurisdiction in which an Eligible Foreign Subsidiary may be organized without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of any L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit or Bankers’ Acceptance issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable Swing Line Lender in addition to amend the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any financial covenant other Loan Document; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any defined term used therein) even if Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the effect consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment would be or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to reduce other affected Lenders shall require the rate consent of interest on such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Company, may amend, modify or supplement any Loan Document without the consent of any Lender or L/C Borrowing the Required Lenders in order to correct or to reduce cure any fee payable hereunder;error, ambiguity, inconsistency or defect in any Loan Document.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend (except as provided in Section 2.14) or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any of the terms or provisions in any Loan Document requiring pro rata payments, distributions, commitment reductions or sharing of payments without the consent of each Lender; provided, that with the consent of the Required Lenders, such terms and provisions may be amended on customary terms in connection with an “amend and extend” transaction;
(g) release the Borrower or any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Corporate Property Associates 16 Global Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party Lenders therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, in each case, at the Borrower or written request of the applicable Loan Party, as the case may beRequired Lenders), and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such waiver, amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Borrower, all the Lenders, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent do any of the following:
(a) waive increase or extend the Commitment of any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving LendersLender;
(b) extend postpone or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentDocument;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein onherein, on any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without Document, or forgive, compromise, or cancel any of the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountObligations; provided, however, that only the no consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders shall be necessary required for the compromise of any Obligation relating solely to Loans and no consent of the Lenders shall be required for the compromise of any Obligation relating solely to Term Loans;
(d) change the percentage of the Commitments that is required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder;
(e) amend this Section or any provision of the Agreement providing for consent or other action by all Lenders;
(f) release Collateral other than as permitted by Section 13.11, or subordinate any security interest or liens of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;
(g) change the definition of "Required Lenders";
(h) release Borrower from any Obligation for the payment of money, or agree to subordinate any of the Obligations in right of payment to any other Indebtedness;
(i) amend the provisions of Section 3.03;
(j) permit the sale of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (except to amend the extent necessary to effect a Disposition otherwise permitted hereunder);
(k) change the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive the Borrowing Base; or
(l) amend any obligation of the Borrower provisions of Article XIV; and, provided further, however, that (1) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (2) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Collateral Agent, affect the rights or duties of Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (3) each of the Lenders is hereby deemed to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at have instructed the Default Rate or Collateral Agent (iiA) to amend release its Liens as to the property which is the subject of any financial covenant asset sale, assignment or other disposition of property or assets which is permitted hereunder without any further consent of any Lender, and (B) to take such other actions as are necessary or desirable to facilitate any defined term used therein) even if such disposition. The foregoing notwithstanding, any amendment, modification, waiver, consent, termination, or release of or with respect to Article XIII shall not require the effect consent by or the agreement of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;Party.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Avado Brands Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 2.02(g) and Section 3.03, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure therefrom by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefromBorrower, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, Borrowers and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance instance, and for the specific purpose purpose, for which given; , provided, however, that that:
(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(ai) waive any condition set forth extend (except as provided for in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b2.16) extend or increase the Revolving Commitment of any a Lender (or reinstate any Revolving Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.029.02) without the written consent of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ whose Revolving Commitment is being extended or increased (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 5.02, or of any Default with respect to any Borrower, any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower or a 147741843_5 mandatory reduction in Revolving Commitments, is not considered an extension or increase in Revolving Commitments of any Lender);
(cii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) ), or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Revolving Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document Document, in each case of the foregoing, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such paymentpayment or whose Revolving Commitments are to be reduced, as the case may be;
(diii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (ivi) of the second final proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, in each case of the foregoing, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such amountpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; provided, howeverthat, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” in Section 1.01, or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(iv) change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” in Section 1.01, in each case of the foregoing, without the written consent of each Lender;
(v) change the provisions of Section 2.12 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, in each case of the foregoing, without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) unless also signed by the Swing Line Lender, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; and
(c) unless also signed by the Administrative Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Loan Document:
(i) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto;
(ii) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to amend approve or disapprove any financial covenant amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent that, by its terms, requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, as the case may be, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that: (A) the Revolving Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, nor any principal amount(s) owed to any Defaulting Lender reduced nor the final maturity thereof extended, in each case of the 147741843_5 foregoing, without the consent of such Lender; and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, as the case may be, that, by its terms, affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(iii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersede the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein;
(iv) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Borrower to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders;
(v) this Agreement may be amended in accordance with Section 3.03 (with only the consents and/or approvals expressly required thereby);
(vi) this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and the relevant Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to: (A) add one (1) or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement, to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding hereunder, and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof, to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof, and to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders; and (B) change, modify or alter Section 2.12 or Section 9.03, or any defined term used thereinother provision hereof relating to the pro rata sharing of payments among the Lenders, solely to the extent necessary to effectuate any of the amendments (or amendments and restatements) even if enumerated in this clause (vi) and for no other purpose;
(vii) this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment (or such amendment and restatement): (A) such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended or so amended and restated); (B) the Revolving Commitments of such Lender shall have been terminated; (C) such Lender shall have no other commitment(s) and/or obligation(s) hereunder or under any other Loan Document; and (D) such Lender shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(viii) upon the consummation of the AWC-CT Disposition, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended to reflect the release of AWC-CT as a Borrower in accordance with Section 10.12 with only the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent; provided, that, with respect to any such amendment would effected, the Administrative Agent shall post such amendment to the Borrowers and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective; and 147741843_5
(ix) if, following the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, acting together, identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error and/or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, without limitation, the schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall be permitted to reduce amend, restate, amend and restate, supplement and/or otherwise modify such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error and/or other defect, and such amendment (or amendment and restatement, as the rate case may be) shall become effective without any further action or consent of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or other party to reduce any fee payable hereunder;this Agreement.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b)), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders or the Required Term Loan Lenders, as the case may be;
(bc) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for (i) any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentpayment or (ii) any scheduled reduction of any Facility hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Appropriate Lender;
(de) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iviii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend change the manner of computation of any financial covenant hereunder ratio (or including any change in any applicable defined term term) used therein) in determining the Applicable Rate even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the interest rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) change (i) the definition of “Applicable Percentage”, Section 2.12(a), Section 2.12(f), Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby or (ii) the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Loan Facility, the Required Term Loan Lenders, and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(g) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each L/C Issuer;
(h) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(h)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders” or “Required Term Loan Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility;
(i) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(j) release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from the Subsidiary Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(k) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Loan Facility, the Required Term Loan Lenders and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(l) increase the Advance Rates under the Borrowing Base without the written consent of each Lender;
(m) amend, modify or waive any provision of (i) the definition of “Borrowing Base” or (ii) any of the capitalized terms used in such definition, in each case, without the consent of Lenders holding at least 75% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held by such Revolving Credit Lender for such purpose) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments but excluding the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender; or
(n) amend the last sentence of Section 9.09 without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that (x) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended, nor the principal owed to such Lender reduced or the final maturity thereof extended, without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders (excluding any increase pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.15) (a “Non-Consenting Lender”), the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03(b), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as 4.01(a) with respect to any the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 4.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, on any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 or Section 2.13 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(i) release the Borrower or permit the Borrower to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (1) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (2) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; (B) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (C) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (a) this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement, and (b) the Administrative Agent may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency therein or (ii) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties, extend an existing Lien over additional property for the benefit of the Secured Parties or join additional Persons as Loan Parties. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 11.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Sources: Credit Agreement (NV5 Global, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No (a) Except as provided in Section 11.01(b), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(bi) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 4.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(cii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such paymentpayment or whose Commitments are to be reduced;
(diii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(iv) change Section 2.12(a), 2.13 or 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(v) change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders”, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(vi) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender whose Obligations are secured by such Collateral;
(vii) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(viii) release the Borrower or permit the Borrower to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender;
(ix) without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (i) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation or (ii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Liens securing the Obligations to Liens securing any other Indebtedness or other obligation; and provided, further, that (A) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (B) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; and (C) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
(i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (A) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; (ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
(ii) this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
(iii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may make amendments contemplated by Section 3.03(c).
(iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
(v) Incremental Facility Amendments may be effected in accordance with Section 2.16.
(vi) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan PartyBorrower, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(b) or (c)), or, in the case of the initial Borrowing, Section 4.02, without the written consent of each Lender;
(b) without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension Borrowing under a particular the Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(bc) extend or increase the Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Loan Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Loan Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.029.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder hereunder, or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “"Default Rate” " or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) change (i) Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the order of application of any reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Loan Commitment or any prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans or the Term Loan from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.03(b) or 2.04(b), as applicable, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under the Facility without the written consent of the Required Lenders;
(g) change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) change the clause in Section 7.02(g) permitting certain additional Senior Debt only upon the written consent of all Lenders;
(i) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under the Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Lenders; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Loan Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
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Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 2.02(g), Section 3.03 and the last paragraph of this Section 10.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iviii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(i) change Section 8.03 or any other provision hereof in a manner that would have the effect of altering the ratable reduction of Commitments, pro rata payments or pro rata sharing of payments required hereunder, (ii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Liens securing the Obligations to Liens securing any other Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) release, or have the effect of releasing, all or substantially all of the Collateral securing the Obligations, or (v) release, or have the effect of releasing, all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Required Class Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder(other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders,” or “Required Term Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders; or
(j) directly and materially adversely affect the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of one Class differently from the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of any other Class without the written consent of the applicable Required Class Lenders; and, provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, (x) affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (y) modify, change, waive or consent to any departure from, or have the effect of modifying, changing, waiving or consenting to any departure from, Section 3.03, any term defined in such section, any term defined in any other section or provision in this Agreement relating to Daily Simple SOFR, SOFR, Term SOFR or any Successor Rate, or any term or provision relating to the replacement of any such rate or Successor Rate; and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary,
(i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or the maturity of any of its Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment, consent or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(ii) this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement, in each case subject to the limitations in Section 2.15, and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder;
(iii) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement;
(iv) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, without the consent of any Lender or any Guarantor then party hereto, amend this Agreement to add a Subsidiary or Parent Entity as a “Guarantor” hereunder pursuant to a joinder agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H; and
(v) for the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Co-Borrowers or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Co-Borrowers or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the prior express written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the prior express written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly adversely affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior express written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Co-Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.13 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby; or
(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Loan Party Guaranty without the prior express written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of a L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or the maturity of any of its Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment, consent or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Co-Borrowers may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, make one or more offers (each, a “Loan Modification Offer”) to all of the Lenders of any class to make one or more amendments or modifications to (a) allow the maturity and scheduled amortization of the Loans and/or Commitments of the Accepting Lenders (as defined below) to be extended and (b) increase the Applicable Rate, the Commitment Fees and/or the Letter of Credit Fees set forth in the Applicable Rate payable with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the Accepting Lenders, (“Permitted Amendments”) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Co-Borrowers. Such notice shall set forth (i) the terms and conditions of the requested Permitted Amendment and (ii) the date on which such Permitted Amendment is requested to become effective. Permitted Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments of the Lenders that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the “Accepting Lenders”) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Loans and/or Commitments as to which such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s acceptance has been made. Each Loan Party and each Accepting Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an agreement containing the terms of the Permitted Amendments (a “Loan Modification Agreement”) and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the acceptance of the Permitted Amendments and the terms and conditions thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Modification Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Loan Modification Agreement, this Credit Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Permitted Amendment evidenced thereby and only with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the Accepting Lenders as to which such ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’ acceptance has been made. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Co-Borrowers acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Co-Borrowers shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Premier, Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) subject to the last paragraph of Section 4.01, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the any Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “"Default Rate” " or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or interest, Letter of Credit Fees or BA Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of "Alternative Currency" without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); and; provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit or Bankers' Acceptance issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) no Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement , in each case subject to the limitations in Section 2.16, and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) in the case of the initial Credit Extension, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(c)(i)) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) [reserved];
(c) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each such Lender entitled to such payment;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (ivii) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or and (ii) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees on the Loans at the Default Rate Rate;
(f) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby or (ii) to amend the order of application of any financial covenant hereunder (or prepayment of Loans from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) in any defined term used therein) even if manner that materially and adversely affects the effect Lenders without the written consent of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderRequired Lenders;
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Sources: Term Loan Credit Agreement (Nn Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such LenderLender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 4.01 or 4.02, or the waiver of any Default or Event of Default or any mandatory prepayment, shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment);
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivvi) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or Rate, (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunderhereunder or (iii) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the highest grid rate upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default;
(d) change (i) Section 8.03 without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (ii) following an exercise of remedies pursuant to Section 8.02, change Section 2.12(a) or Section 2.13 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby or (iii) the order of application of any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b), in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (x) if such Facility is the Term Facility, the Required Term Lenders and (y) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
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Sources: Credit Agreement (MSCI Inc.)
Amendments, Etc. No Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (except to the extent not required under any of clauses (a) through (h) below) and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:shall (subject to Section 2.16 and as further provided below with respect to any Defaulting Lender):
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (which extension or increase or reinstatement shall not also require the vote of Required Lenders), and it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments, if any, is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby (which extension shall not also require the vote of Required Lenders);
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby (which reduction shall not also require the vote of Required Lenders); provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or commitment reductions required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) amend Section 1.07 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release the Company from the Company Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by a Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Lender under this Agreement (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to amend the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any financial covenant other Loan Document; (iii) Section 11.07(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any defined term used therein) even if Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or the effect maturity of such amendment would any of its Loans may not be to reduce extended, the rate of interest on any of its Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender, (y) Section 8.03 may not be changed in any manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the consent of such Lender and (z) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other Lenders or affected Lenders, as the case may be, shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in addition to any amendment authorized by Section 2.15, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Company (i) to add one or more additional revolving credit or term loan facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit and all related obligations and liabilities arising in connection therewith from time to time outstanding to share ratably (or on a basis subordinated to the existing facilities hereunder) in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the obligations and liabilities from time to time outstanding in respect of the existing facilities hereunder, and (ii) in connection with the foregoing, to permit, as deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Required Lenders, the Lenders providing such additional credit facilities to participate in any required vote or L/C Borrowing action required to be approved by the Required Lenders or by any other number, percentage or class of Lenders hereunder. Notwithstanding any provision herein to reduce the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Company acting together identify any fee payable hereunder;ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Danaher Corp /De/)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the any Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Borrower, or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 4.01(a), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 4.03, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Borrowers to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate;
(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(h) release all or substantially all of the value of the Domestic Guaranty and the U.K. Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender; and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to amend any financial covenant hereunder the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any defined term used thereinother Loan Document; (iv) even if no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the effect Foreign Currency Lead Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Foreign Currency Lead Lender under this Agreement; (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (v) Section 10.06(i) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment would amendment, renewal or other modification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be to reduce increased or extended without the rate consent of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;such Lender.
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Amendments, Etc. No Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, or in any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document that is substantially similar to the Alternative Reference Rate Committee recommendations regarding more robust fallback language for new originations of LIBOR bilateral business loans or LIBOR syndicated loans (subject to Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed executed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable such Loan Party, as applicable, and the case may beRequired Lenders, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, or by the Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:shall:
(a) waive extend, increase or reinstate any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cb) postpone reduce the principal of, or rate of interest specified on, any date fixed by this Agreement Loan, or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to payable hereunder, under the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder Credit Agreement or under such any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
directly and adversely affected thereby (d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (ix) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” (or similar or analogous term) or to waive any the obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate a default rate or (iiy) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term directly or indirectly used therein) ), even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing any other Obligation or to reduce any fee payable hereunder, under the Credit Agreement or under the other Loan Documents);
(c) postpone or delay any date scheduled for any payment of principal of, or interest on, any Loan, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, under the Credit Agreement or under any other Loan Document, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(d) change any provision hereof or of the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or the application of proceeds without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(e) release of all or substantially all of the collateral for the Obligations in any transaction or series of transactions or all or substantially all of the value of the guarantees of the Obligations, without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) waive any condition precedent set forth in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) amend, modify or waive or consent to any departure from any provision in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any mandatory prepayment, relating to Borrower’s certifications and covenants in Section 2 (CARES Act Borrower Eligibility Certifications and Covenants) or Section 3 (FRA and Regulation A Borrower Eligibility Certifications) of the Borrower Certifications and Covenants, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) amend, modify or waive or consent to any departure from any provision in any Loan Document requiring the periodic financial reporting by Borrower or any other Loan Party, other than any consent to the temporary delay in (but not the permanent waiver of) delivery of any such periodic financial reporting (i) originally required to be delivered on or before September 30, 2020 or (ii) originally required to be delivered after September 30, 2020 for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days after such original delivery requirement date, without the written consent of each Lender;
(i) expressly subordinate (i) the Loans or other Obligations or (ii) any lien securing the Obligations in or over all or substantially all of the collateral that has been, or is purported to have been, granted (or otherwise created) to or for the benefit of the Lenders under the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender;
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of, or any additional consent necessary for, any Lender to assign, participate or pledge its rights or obligations under any Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(k) have an adverse effect on any class of obligations under the Credit Agreement that would be disproportionate to the effect on any other class of obligations under the Credit Agreement, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(l) amend, modify or waive or consent to any departure from any provisions in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document that provides a default or Event of Default upon any acceleration of any other indebtedness owed by the Borrower to the Initial Lender or an Affiliate of the Initial Lender, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(m) change any provision of this Section or the percentage in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; provided, further, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties hereunder or under any other Loan Document of the Administrative Agent, unless in writing executed by the Administrative Agent, in each case in addition to the Borrower and the Lenders required above. In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
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Sources: Co Lender Agreement
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03(b) and Section 2.17(c), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Majority Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan PartyBorrower, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled directly and adversely affected thereby (it being understood that any waiver of (or amendment to such paymentthe terms of) any mandatory prepayment hereunder shall not constitute a postponement of any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document);
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLC Obligation, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly and adversely affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Majority Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter letter of Credit Fees credit fees at the Default Rate or (ii) it being understood that any change to amend the financial covenants hereunder and the defined terms used in computing financial covenants hereunder and any financial covenant hereunder waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any defined term used therein) even if mandatory prepayment hereunder shall not constitute a reduction of the effect of such amendment would be to reduce principal of, or the rate of interest on specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing LC Obligation, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document);
(e) change Section 2.15 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under this Agreement, release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Subsidiary Guaranty or, prior to the Collateral Release Date, release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Collateral Documents, in each case without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the LC Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the LC Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to reduce be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any fee payable hereunder;other Loan Document; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) each Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended nor the principal owed to such Lender reduced nor the final maturity thereof extended without the consent of such Lender, (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (z) any modification of this sentence shall require the consent of all Lenders, including any Defaulting Lenders.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Sunoco LP)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Parent or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Parent or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document Documents for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingLoan, or (subject to clause (ivv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(f) release the Parent from the Parent Guaranty or all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender; and provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (ii) Section 11.06(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (iii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
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Sources: Bridge Loan Agreement (Ipsco Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No Except as expressly provided below, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such writing is acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
: (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
each Lender; (b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
; (c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding or mandatory prepayments) prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment;
; (d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (ivb) of the second proviso to last paragraph of this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such amount, it being understood that any change to the definition of Consolidated Leverage Ratio or, in each case, in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in any rate of interest or any fees based thereon; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate Rate; (e) amend (i) Section 8.03 or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (Section 2.07 or any defined term used therein) even if Section 2.14 in a manner that would alter the effect pro rata sharing of such amendment would be to reduce commitment reductions or payments required thereby, in each case, without the rate written consent of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereundereach Lender directly affected thereby;
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Carmax Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03(c) and the last paragraph of this Section 10.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a), Section 4.02(a) or Section 4.03(c) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Term Loan Commitments hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be required to postpone any date fixed for any mandatory prepayment of principal of any Term Loan or interest accrued on such paymentprincipal amount;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C BorrowingTerm Loan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Term Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.10 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release the Company from the Company Guaranty or release all or substantially all of the value of the Subsidiary Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender;
1. release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, except as specifically required by the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender; 100
(h) except as expressly permitted by Section 9.10 and otherwise as expressly permitted by this Agreement, (i) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation or (ii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Liens securing the Obligations to Liens securing any other Indebtedness or other obligation, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended or the maturity of any of its Term Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Term Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Term Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment, consent or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, (y) this Agreement may be amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Company and Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement, and (z) Administrative Agent and the Company may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to (1) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency therein or (2) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties, extend an existing Lien over additional property for the benefit of the Secured Parties or join additional Persons as Credit Parties. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Company acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
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Amendments, Etc. No Subject to Section 3.03(c) and the last paragraph of this Section 11.01, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to 4.01 or, in the case of any Credit Extension under a particular Facility to be made on the Closing Date, Section 4.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) [Reserved];
(c) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(cd) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for (i) any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentpayment or (ii) any scheduled reduction of any Facility hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Appropriate Lender;
(de) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition provisions of “Default Rate” Section 2.08(b) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate thereunder or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(f) change (i) Section 8.03 or (ii) the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Loans among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.05(b) or 2.06(b), respectively, in any manner that materially and adversely affects the Lenders under a Facility without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term A Facility, the Required Term A Lenders and (y) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;
(g) change (i) any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Required Class Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 11.01(g)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders,” or “Required Term A Lenders,” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility;
(h) [Reserved];
(i) release, or have the effect of releasing, all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone);
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the Term A Facility, the Required Term A Lenders, and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders; or
(k) directly and materially adversely affect the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of one Class differently from the rights of Lenders holding Commitments or Loans of any other Class without the written consent of the applicable Required Class Lenders; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, (A) unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuers in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuers under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended and the Maturity Date of any of its Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment, consent or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (B) without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (i) modify Sections 2.05, 2.13 or any other provision hereof in a manner that would have the effect of altering the ratable reduction of Commitments or the pro rata sharing of payments otherwise required hereunder, or (ii) subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Obligations hereunder to any other Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iii) amend or waive any provision of Section 7.03 (or release, or consent to the release, of any security interest granted thereunder), or (iii) amend, modify, terminate or waive Section 2.05(b)(i), any defined terms used therein or the constituent definitions thereof. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility 4.01(a) without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments, which may be postponed or waived by the Required Lenders) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.0110.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change Section 2.12 or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release any Loan Party without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions;
(i) release any Borrower or permit any Borrower to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender;
(j) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Required Lenders; or
(k) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender; and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iii) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers and the Lenders affected thereby to amend the definition of “Alternative Currency” or “Eurocurrency Rate” solely to add additional currency options and the applicable interest rate with respect thereto, in each case solely to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 1.09.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any 5.01(a), or, in the case of the initial Credit Extension under a particular Facility Extension, Section 5.02, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenderseach Lender;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.029.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document scheduled for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principalprincipal or interest under Sections 2.07 or 2.08, interest, or any date fixed by the Administrative Agent for the payment of fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower Company to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release the Company or any Designated Borrower or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors, from its or their obligations under the Loan Documents without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; or
(h) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Credit Exposures then in effect. For purposes of this clause, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be held by such Lender; and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Macdermid Inc)
Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility SECTION 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in the Required Revolving Lenderssole discretion of Agent, only a waiver by Agent shall be required with respect to immaterial matters or items specified in SECTION 4.01(a) (iii) or (iv) with respect to which Borrower has given assurances satisfactory to Agent that such items shall be delivered promptly following the Closing Date;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section SECTION 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such paymentdirectly affected thereby;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01SECTION 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document Document, without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amountdirectly affected thereby; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “"Default Rate” " or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit L/C Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(e) change SECTION 2.13 or SECTION 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) amend any financial covenant in Section 6.12 without the written consent of each Lender; or
(g) change any provision of this Section or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; and, PROVIDED FURTHER, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Agent Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.
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Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under a particular Facility without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;
(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent in Section 4.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(cb) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such payment;
(dc) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iv) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary [(i) )] to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(d) change (i) Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) 2.12(f) in a manner that would alter the pro rata application required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(e) change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(f) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) release any Guarantor or all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
(h) release the Borrower or permit the borrower to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the consent of each Lender; and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders, except that (1) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (2) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender, or all Lenders or each affected Lender under a Facility, that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender; (B) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (C) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the prior written consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency. If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 11.13; provided that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Ixia)